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 |