1. Technology Theories
1.1. SCOT
1.1.1. Human action shapes and creates technology
1.1.2. To understand technology, one must understand its social context
1.1.3. A technology's success is achieved by understanding what success means by the stakeholders who use it
1.1.4. Constructivist based findings
1.2. Media Ecology
1.2.1. The study of media as enviornments
1.2.2. Media shapes and influences society, not the other way around
1.2.3. Emphasizes the importance of communication, made possible by communication
1.2.4. Examines how are interaction with media either increases or decreases our chance of survival
2. Philosophy of Teachnology
2.1. A teachers personal philosophy about how they may use technology as a teaching tool
2.2. Similar to philosophy of teaching
2.3. May include actual descriptions of what technologies will be used according to each area of study
2.4. Explanation of what technological skills that should be developed
3. Learning Theories
3.1. Constructivism
3.1.1. Learners Build new knowledge based on the foundation of previous learning
3.1.2. Previous knowledge influences what new knowledge they will construct
3.1.3. Learners are responsible for their own learning and need to develop metacognition.
3.1.4. Teachers provide opportunities for problem solving, self reflection and collaboration where students formulate and test their ideas
3.2. Connectivism
3.2.1. Learning for the digital age
3.2.2. Our ability to learn is more important than what we actually know
3.2.3. Learning is no longer an independant activity, we utilize the tools available to us which alters how we learns
3.2.4. Connections available to learners using technology keeps them current in what they are learning
3.3. Cognitive Load
3.3.1. Working memory is composed of the visual and phonetic scratch pad
3.3.2. Working memory can only hold a small amount of things at a time
3.3.3. To learn something is to move it into long term memory. Which is done by making connections with previous information and create schema
3.3.4. Teachers can help students move information into long term memory by connecting it to their previous knowledge