Teaching with Technology

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• truffaut015 // Feb 2, 2010 at 9:38 pm

  Yes, this is a good point, Joanthan, and one of the nastiest experiences in web browsing is to encounter solid text that runs from one side of the screen to another.

  But remember that the material integrated in a web presentation need not all be text. One can keep the text to a readable line, but then integrate additional material to complement the text. Indeed, the electronic format invites us to think and compose in multiple media. So…

  One could amplify a text with images/video etc., and use the extra screen space for those elements

  One could also use the screen real estate to present complementary text(s) or texts that amplify the main text.. One could provide annotations to the main text or summarize ancillary ideas, etc.

  One of the most interesting uses of screen orientation I saw came from a first-year student who composed his main analysis down the center of the screen in a very readable line, and then used the spare space at either side to integrate longer quotations from the primary texts to which he had referred in his main analysis, and complementary images. It became a very rich narrative.

  Finally, we need to remember the link: we don’t have to squeeze all our work onto a single page. We can design our free-style, native-to-the-web compositions screen by screen and then link our rich and vivid screens into a coherent whole. Just some quick thoughts on electronic composition, to which (the composition) we’ll return throughout the semester, all being well….

• Jonathan G. // Feb 1, 2010 at 10:35 pm

  There was a comment made on 27 January about web site text format not taking advantage of the wide screen format and I did some research on this question. As near as I can determine, the engineering of the human eye is optimal for reading about 70-80 characters per line at normal reading distance. Anything beyond that becomes difficult to read as it requires too much movement and may be difficult to track the line.

• vjoneswa // Jan 30, 2010 at 7:55 pm

  I found a journal related to my area of study which is second language education and I will be using this instead of my previous post: Language Learning and Technology (LLT)

• jlapple1 // Jan 30, 2010 at 1:21 pm

  I will be using The Journal of Music, Technology and Education (JMTE).
  It explores the issues concerning the use of technology in music education and examines pedagogy in composition, musicology, performance and music production. It is the only journal specifically dedicated to the educational aspects of music technology and the technological aspects of music.

• vjoneswa // Jan 30, 2010 at 12:39 am

  I will be using the following journal: Journal of Technology Education (JTE)