Thursday, March 31, 2011

EDUC 7108: McLuhan's Tetrad (Module 2)

From Chalkboards to Ceiling Mounted LCD Projectors


Chalkboard/Whiteboard
Enhances 
It allows the presenter to write/draw visuals to accompany spoken presentation/lesson for large groups.
Obsoletes
It eliminated the need for presenters/lecturers to be good orators. 
Reverses/Demise
Prepared materials that could be distributed or displayed without spur of the moment writing.
Retrieves/Rekindles
It reinforces the distribution of information.

Overhead Projector
Enhances 
It allows users to prepare materials ahead of presentations/lessons. Additionally, it ensured that multiple audiences received the same information.
Obsoletes
It eliminated the spur of the moment writings of presenters/instructors.
Reverses/Demise
Technology that would eliminate the need for transparency films and floor/table space would reverse the overhead projector.  Additionally, technology that would allow exciting visual effects to capture the audience/learners attention.
Retrieves/Rekindles
It reinforces the use of visuals to distribute information.

Ceiling Mounted LCD Projector
Enhances 
It contributes to a more paperless interactive presentation / learning experience.
Obsoletes
It negates the use of multiple copies for distribution during class/presentations.
Reverses/Demise
Wireles intereactive flat screen monitors that operate without the use of projectors would replace the need for the LCD.
Retrieves/Rekindles
It reinforces the use of overhead projectors with transparency film materials.






Resources


Clipartoday.com (n.d.) Royalty free meeting clipart.  Retrieved March 30, 2011 from http://www.clipartoday.com/clipart/business/business/meeting_259271.html

Media Services (n.d.) Classroom technology.  Retrieved March 30, 2011 from http://library.stkate.edu/av/ClassroomTechnology.htm

Staples (n.d.)  Apollo quantum overhead projector.  Retrieved March 30, 2011 from http://www.staples.com/Apollo-Quantum-Overhead-Projector/product_439423?cmArea=SC3:CG9:DP1446:CL140543

Thornburg, D. D. (n.d.).  McLuhan’s tetrad.  Retrieved March 25, 2011 from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=4930730&Survey=1&47=5513753&ClientNodeID=984645&coursenav=1&bhcp=1


5 comments:

  1. Angela,

    I am not able to view some of the items on your post. I have tried 3 different computers and get the same thing!

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  2. Angela,
    I can't view it either, I don't see a tetrad :0(

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  3. Lynne & Jeannine,

    I apologize for the missing image. I should have just typed it to begin with instead of trying to insert the pictures.

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  4. Angela,

    I see the images fine. In fact, using the SmartArt Graphics really gives some punch to the form. I suggest going in and changing the colors of each of the cubes in the tetrad so that they can easily be compared across technologies; e.g., make obsoletes purple, enhances pink, etc.

    Also, this is your chance to talk to the world about your thinking on the application of the tetrad model to these technologies and then get feedback from your peers and other global readers.

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  5. Angela,
    I think you did a great job at using the tetrad. Which technology tetrad did you find most difficult to come up with and which catagory. I often got them interchanged at times and had to constantly remind which one I was working on.

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