Ms Anita

  Twenty First Century classroom Presenting learning in the 21st century Today technology plays an important role in a teachers pedagogy. In the twenty first century there are a multitude of digital recourses and promote and present learning on a contextualized platform that enables students to become pro-active, collaborative self learners with in todays society. The purpose of a presentation is to persuade, narrate and to educate. As you can see in the picture above, the teacher is merely the facilitator of learning that is occurring. Students are using their own personal devices while engaging in content and in front of them is a PowerPoint being presented on the interactive white board. Using power point presentations (PPP) in the classroom have considerable potentials for  students and teachers. PPP have become an instructional aid in educational settings. An outstanding PowerPoint has the potential and power to culminate the attention of students and empower them to anal...

  Digital Media Digital Media Once again as I delve into the dark and unknown depths of digital technology, I've had a small but mighty breakthrough in understanding  concepts and processes of digital technology in contemporary learning of the 21st century. The pedagogical affordance of using selected media can be utilized within many classrooms from primary, secondary and universities to transfer, support active learning or student centre products. Digital Media can be used to as a direct instruction or facilitate active learning for students, it can also be used as an effective teaching strategy for educators. Digital Media   Research has shown that people learn better through abstract, new and novel concepts when presented verbally and visually (Salomon, 1979) Why Use Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning (carleton.edu) Advantages of using Media: Many media sources (feature films, music videos, visualizations, news stories) have very high production quality ...