Intellectual Production #2 (required)
This assignment must be submitted on or before Sept. 17th, 2019
Choose one of these, but you must get approval first and by September 12, 2019, email suzanne.decastell@ubc.ca
Abacus; blackboard; filmstrips; gestetner; radio; television; audiocassettes; videocassettes, DVDs, overhead projector; document camera; whiteout; eraser; ballpoint pen; encyclopedia; pencil; quill; lyre; microcomputer; tablet; slate; the seven grandparent teachings; the hornbook; hole-in-the-wall; logo/microworlds; smartboard; textbooks; makey makey; digital video; videogames.
Select one of the technologies above (after approval) and address: When, where, and how has this technology been used in education? Create a 5-slide presentation that describes/explains that technology’s users and uses to your peers. Your first slide should use McLuhan’s “tetrad” to situate that technology in relation to its context, its predecessors and its successors. The content of the remaining 4 slides is your choice.