I choose example 2 interactive tours the teacher wants to
provide her high student with a blended learning tool. The teacher would like
to enhance the students learning by providing them with an interactive tour of
a museum that is located in New York. After the tour the teacher will select
two pieces of art work from each exhibit and have the students to discuss the
paintings. Blended learning can provide a unique way of not only engaging students
in collaborative work and projects but also personalizing and individualizing
instructions for the students (Miller 2014).
The two technology tools that I feel
would be appropriate for example 2 is Skype. Skype in the classroom provides
the feature that allows teachers to do virtual tours with their students. Skype
will allow the teacher to show the virtual tour of the museum that is in New
York without students leaving the classroom. It will expose the students to
different types of artwork while still making the students feel as if they were
in New York taking the tour in the museum. The teacher can explain what each exhibit
is and the artwork. With Skype teachers and students are able to communicate with
other teachers and students from around world. Distance education is applied in
a variety programs serving numerous via a wide variety of media. Distance
education is rapidly changing its challenging technology in ways in which
distance education is defined ( Simonson, Smaldino, Albright, Zvacek 2013).
With distance education always changing its giving teachers more options to
find new and creative ways to enhance the overall learning in their classroom .The
other technology tool is Google drive which allows the students to upload
classroom and homework assignment, where the teacher can make corrections and
provide feedback to the student in a much faster way.
In example 2 students can
discuss and write down there answers about each of the art work that was
displayed in the museum. The students will be provided with instance feedback
on their assignment which will allow the teacher to see which topic or question
needs further explanation These two options I feel will provide technology
tools that will enhance the classroom and allow the students to have an open discussion
within the classroom.
Reference
Miller, A. (2014, April 13). Blended learning strategies
for engagement . Retrieved
September 22, 2014, from http://www.edutopia .org/blog/blended-learning-engagement-strategies-andrew-miller
Simonson,
M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S. (2012). Teaching and
learning at a distance: Foundations of distance education (5th ed.) Boston, MA: Pearson.
