Current Issues for IDT
1. Section VIII addresses new directions and emerging technologies for IDT. Select three of the following and reflect on how you might apply them in your current or future position in the IDT field: distributed or e-learning environments, reusable design or learning objects, networks or Web 2.0 technologies, rich media, digital games or simulations, virtual worlds. What learning goals or objectives could the technologies you selected help learners foster? Could the technology facilitate attainment of that learning goal better than traditional instruction? Why or why not? I must say that I am a technology nerd- in my classroom, and this next school year in my new position as the librarian at Townsell Elementary. I have been a project based learning classroom “mediator” for the past three years because I find that this type of instruction encourages problem and solution critical thinking skills. These skills, when used in conjunction with technology, really engage stu...