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Technological Literacy. Using Technology to Talk About Technology. Overview. Functionality vs. Critical Application Computer Lab vs. Classroom Technological Literacy Modules PowerPoint FrontPage Conclusion. Functionality. Capability Following a process No analysis.
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Technological Literacy Using Technology to Talk About Technology
Overview • Functionality vs. Critical Application • Computer Lab vs. Classroom • Technological Literacy Modules • PowerPoint • FrontPage • Conclusion
Functionality • Capability • Following a process • No analysis
What’s wrong with that? • Students already know • Lacks connection • Not CIS 120
A Critical Approach • Thinking rather than doing • Extension of classroom • Expands understanding of “texts”
Computer Lab vs. Classroom • Not separate entities • Opens new channels • Offers new activities
Tech Literacy Modules • Correspond to classroom lessons • Analyze known processes • Present opportunities for discussion • Take a look
PowerPoint: A Digital Text • Images and words • Reinforces speech • Uses rhetoric
Save the Children (Example) • 24,000 die daily • Small donation • Staff worldwide
PowerPoint Mistakes People often see PowerPoint as a crutch used to help remember a speech. The tendency in such cases is to put so much text on each slide that the presenter must stare at the screen, and not his/her audience. It’s also difficult for the audience to listen to the speaker and read a slide simultaneously. I mean, this slide could outline the mating habits of chimpanzees and you’d never know it – by the time you reached that point, the slide would be gone. Also, could you tell from the previous slide that I like koalas, because I really do like them. They’re neat.
PowerPoint Mistakes (cont’d) • Transitions can often be annoying • When not used consistently • Only use them • When you want your audience • To focus on one point at a time
Microsoft FrontPage • Intertextuality • Understanding through participation • Wealth of rhetoric
Conclusion? • Don’t downplay importance • Use technology for augmentation • Reinforce thinking, not doing
Thinking Back • Consistencies? • Organizational strategies? • Rhetorical Strategies?
Principles of PowerPoint • Never use sound (ever) • Rhetorical Triangle • Use pictures when warranted • Don’t use whole sentences • Slide transitions – sparingly and consistently
Principles of FrontPage • Audience! • Two-click test • Don’t offend retinas • Use pictures sparingly • Intuitive navigation