Dale 5
Technology , Resource, or Innovation
Why Do You Want This?
Possible Downsides
iPad
interactive museum tours
expensive, might not be enough, distracting
SMART board
taking notes
it could break and you won't have your lecture material if you depend on it
laptops
group projects, museum tours, collaboration, research
very distracting
drawing tablets
digital art
if used in place of real drawing utensils, could lose the feel of art, expensive
maybe Photoshop
digital art
could use photos they're not supposed to, expensive
TiVo/DVR
History Channel
some movies could be too graphic
digital cameras
photography/drawing
expensive
TV
TiVo etc.
you can put more information in a lecture than getting it from TV
historically accurate video games
an interactive way to get a grasp on a time period
might be too gory/mature for the students
discussion boards
to do homework and help each other
use for chatting and not homework