1. Technology Theories
1.1. Social Construction of Technology
1.1.1. Technology is shaped by human action
1.1.2. Popularity/quality of the technology is depended on how good the technology actually is
1.1.3. People can relate this to old cell phones versus the new ones
1.1.3.1. Iphone
1.1.3.2. Samsung Galaxy
1.1.3.3. Technology improved based on popularity and how well it worked.
1.2. Media Ecology
1.2.1. Technology is very influential of societal environments
1.2.2. The way we see the world is affected by technology
1.2.3. Social media creates ambient intimacy
1.2.3.1. feeling of being connected without having face to face or verbal communication with someone
1.2.3.2. facebook, twitter, etc
2. Frameworks
2.1. Philosophy of Teachnology
2.1.1. Each teacher has their own philosophy of teachnology
2.1.2. How can technology be incorporated into day to day teaching?
2.1.3. technologies used in the classroom are included
2.1.3.1. Powerpoint
2.1.3.2. smartboards
2.1.3.3. Prezi
2.1.3.4. Ipads
2.1.3.5. Online learning
2.2. TPAK
2.2.1. Three kinds of knowledge is needed:
2.2.1.1. Content
2.2.1.2. Pedagogy
2.2.1.3. Technology
2.2.2. this knowledge is intersected so the best type of technology can be used in the classroom
2.2.3. evolving and teachers can build on this
3. Constructivism
3.1. -Learning is building connections by actively interacting with the environment
3.2. -Start with complex problems and build simple steps as solutions
3.3. -Learning used constructed knowledge mixed with one's one experiences
3.4. -Facilitated learning
3.5. -Problem-based
3.6. -Technology
3.6.1. -role playing video games
3.6.2. -Google sites
3.6.3. -wordpress
3.6.4. -scratch
4. Connectivism
4.1. -Newest theory
4.1.1. emerged in 2006
4.2. -Motto is "Learning for the digital age"
4.3. -Knowledge and learning has a diversity of opinions
4.4. -Capacity to learn more is critical
4.5. -Ability to make social networks with peers from all over the world
4.6. -Technology:
4.6.1. -Twitter
4.6.2. -any social network site
4.6.3. -any communication device
5. Cognitive Load
5.1. -"Our brains are not a blank slate"
5.2. -uses the memory systems
5.3. -Prior knowledge is the key to learning
5.4. -Meaningful Effect:
5.4.1. -The idea that when learning something it has to have some sort of meaning to a person in order to tie in to a scaffolding
5.5. -Has organization
5.6. -Metaphors and Symbolism:
5.6.1. -building a picture in your mind that has metaphoric meaning
5.6.2. -relating to something already known
5.7. -processing information can over or under load the working memory
5.8. -Technology:
5.8.1. -powerpoint
5.8.2. -Prezi
5.8.3. -Mindmaps
5.8.4. -Wordle