Using Audiovisual Technologies

*Multimedia & Projection systems *Interactive Whiteboards for Training and Meetings*Touchscreen Displays *Video Conference

Shon Trent November 11, 2013EDU 697: Capstone: A Project ApproachInstructor: Christopher Sorensen

Multimedia & Projections Multimedia may be broadly divided into linear and non-linear categories. Linear active content progresses often without any navigational control for the viewer such as a cinema presentation. Uses for Teaching:Non-linear uses interactivity to control progress as with a video game or self-paced computer based training. Hypermedia is an example of non-linear content.

Pros Allow to spice up lectures and help to make the material more accessible

ConsHardware Failure (Laptops & projector fail)Sound or video quality Cables can break Internet connection Incompatibility

Interactive WhiteboardsOffers a clean dustless and allergy-free way to communicate to students. They are operated by PCs and internet connection. Uses for Teaching: Teaching can be enhance with interactive whiteboards by the accessibility of internet access ,which in turn, provides the instructor and student with more updated information. Also, it provides a more exciting classroom experience that keeps the attention of the student.

Pros Great for demonstrations One computer classroom

maximizes the use of limited computer access

Boards are clean and attractive tools

Cons Setting up is a bit worrisome if

you have to do it on your own The fact that sometimes the

classroom have to be move for connection purposes

Cables and wires can be a safety concern

Touchscreen Displays A display screen that is sensitive to the touch of a finger or stylus. Used in myriad applications, including ATM machines, retail point-of-sale terminals, car navigation and industrial controls, the touch screen became wildly popular for smartphones and tablets after Apple introduced the iPhone and iPad.Uses for Teaching: Touch screens can be use to provide students with a easy way to solve or respond to assignments in a quick and effective way. Touch screens are also user friendly and provides a learning tool that helps out In the classroom.

Pros Infinite ways the interface can

be design User friendly Speed of the operations are fast

Cons Low battery life Screens get very dirty Application crash Qwerty keypads are not always

dependable

Video Conference A videoconference or video conference (also known as a videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously.Uses for Teaching: Video conferencing can be very effective when communicating to students that may want to provide feedback after lecture and also for your use as well.

Pros Eliminates the need for travel Face to face interaction that is

need in some cases.

Cons Audio Delays (Delays in audio

can prevent communication clarity)

Audio Echoes (Echoes can be very troublesome)

Image Softness (Not a consistent flow of information been showed.)

References Bell, Mary Ann-http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN02/mabell.html http://www.topmarks.co.uk/INTERACTIVE.ASDXEriksson, T. (2010a).

Endless semiosis. Audiovisual Thinking, 2010(1). Eriksson, T. (2010b). Sign, texts and contexts. Audiovisual Thinking,

2010(1). Fernández-Luanco, E. C. d. A. (2010). The video as infovis to portrait

analysis on a TV advertisement. Audiovisual Thinking, 2011(3).