Link to presentation. (You can hear my 10 month old daughter jabbering in the background. I guess she wanted to give a presentation too.)
This week we studied the digital divide. I’ve had experience with some of the issues related to digital inequality, but the digital divide is much more complex than I had previously thought. Before, my understanding was based on wealth. Because certainly it was as simple as purchasing internet access and a device to surf the web. I had never considered how much even basic knowledge of the web or the devices used to access it might adversely affect user experiences. In the future, I hope to be more aware of digital inequalities and offer assistance where I am able.
When beginning this presentation, I had a basic idea of where I wanted to go with it, but I eventually narrowed my topic to our preferred learning management system: Edmodo. When deciding to adopt this system, I knew it wasn’t perfect. As a department, we hoped that it would fill a very large technological gap at our school. So far, it’s worked well.
However, in choosing Edmodo as a solution, we created an array of other problems. The examples in the presentation really helped me to understand the idea that educational technology is a reflective practice and that solutions often lead to new problems. I feel that our current solutions are not isolated, especially for English language learners. By establishing a community of support for students, we can improve their Edmodo experience while also benefiting from a learning management system.
Regarding multimedia principles, I like the minimalistic approach, showing the most important or revealing information to the audience and allowing the presenter to be the focus. Otherwise, if a slide is overly complicated, the audience becomes more concerned about understanding what is on the slide and not what the presenter is saying.
If I had more time to work on the presentation, I might still be re-recording narrations.
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