Comments on Technology Affordances

Technology Affordances Comments

You are right, but I think you are thinking too hard on the affordances. Don't think of the specific examples for affordances. Think of the simple action it allows.
For example: email is a form of communication, between a sender and receiver(s), that allows both written and video conferencing.
Blog is a forum in which one can communicate and have the reader respond back online for all readers to see. Think basic at first for the affordances, and then your learning activities specify what can be done as an activity that results in the learning process. I think your learning activities look good.
Good luck! Look at a few others and see if that helps you. You're on the right track.- Jill

I think your learning affordances and activities are well thought out. I think yours teaches in the process, because I was not as familiar with wiki until this class, and I think anyone reading it could clearly see the difference in wiki and a basic web page. I was wondering about the web affordance where you listed one - usually web master writes and edits the content - I hope I am remembering exactly what I read- anyway I think it was the 2nd or 3rd one. At first, I thought that it didn't sound like an affordance, but that is an important one because the web page is different from wiki from that aspect because generally that person has control over material presented- you can really use that to target the sense that you may have more direct influence that way, whereas the wiki can allow others to comment thus having influence to the reader. Just a thought, but then again maybe I still don't have it right :) Anyway... good job. I think you could leave it bullet point if you wanted, but maybe condensed the size to a full page.

Stephanie- This looks really great. I was wondering if you should reword the affordance for the 1st paper/pencil. Instead of stating paper and pencil doesn't run out of batteries, maybe just reword and say pencil& paper is all that is needed to ...write and express oneself. That may not even sound great, but I was just thinking that it was stated as a negative and the affordance is what it allows. It just kind of stood out compared to some of the other ones.Everything else reads easily & learning activities are great! Jill

Technology Comments

I really like Group 2's idea of placing it in a Venn diagram. It was very easy to read and the technology that both students and teachers use was easily identified in this type of classification.

I thought Group #3 was very thorough. It did take a little longer to read through and follow across, but this is because they didn't combine to one cumulative list. Excellent job!

Group #5 did a nice job as well. I really liked the classification of technology and then how they showed some technology in several categories. I think it was easy to understand and in very clear terms.

I think Group 4 tried to separate everything into specific categories, but I found it a little strange that they had a category for extra multi-media when they could have listed it together with their first listing. Also, I thought their distance learning unique. I would also think you could consider some software that was listed in another category that as well. I think it just goes to show us that we all think of technology a little differently. I think maybe even our age has something to do with it. I read in the discussion that one school had not listed tv's as technology. I guess when you've never been w/o it, its not to you. I am 35, but I still think of tv's as being part of technology. I remember having a small black and white tv in my room- a Christmas present- I had asked for it. I think I could pick up 3 channels without an antenna hook up :)