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Fryer Chapter 3 Ideas

In chapter 3 of Playing with Media: Simple Ideas for Powerful Sharing, Fryer discusses ways in which audio can be incorporated to classrooms.  In this chapter he provides many ways in which audio can be useful to students such as read aloud audio projects, field trip reflections, and portfolios. One of the reasons I really enjoyed this chapter was because, like many others, I do not care for videos to be taken of myself. I agree with the fact that many people may become intimidated by being behind a camera. It creates a lot of self-conciousness. I also agree with the fact that in todays world many parents are not comfortable with having their child's pictures and videos on the web. Audio is a great solution for sharing knowledge and experiences from a students perspective without subjecting them to the entire world. Another point that I liked from the chapter was that audio is easy to use and is easily uploaded. I have too fought with having larger files uploaded to the internet, and audio seems to be a great solution to this problem. In the chapter the ideas of how one can incorporate audio to the classroom are fantastic. I like the idea of showing an image and having a student narrate. I also love the idea of having students do read aloud projects. Often times children can learn a lot of reading skills by playing back and listening to what they may have just read. It helps them to recognize where mistakes can be made while reading as well as how great of a reader they may be. In creating audio for a field trip reflection students will have the ability to remember the trip many weeks later by listening to their experience instead of trying to just remember it. Fryer throughout the entire chapter provided many creative ways to use audio as well as a vast amount of information on resources available for creating audio. All of these ways to use audio make for an exciting classroom environment with the students being able to experiment with the many possibilities of technology.

Digital Text

Fryer Chapter 2 Ideas

In chapter 2 of Wesley Fryer's text Playing With Media: Simple Ideas for Powerful Sharing, he discusses how it is important to try strategies with students involving digital text. He believes that words are powerful and that we must utilize the many outlets to share the students' ideas and this can be done with many multimedia possibilities.  I have to agree with Fryer, because as a future educator I am not only excited to use these tools, but be able to show my students new and interesting way to communicate. 
By allowing students to use blogs, they can begin to develop a personal diary, Fryer puts it, and this will inspire creativity. I also like how he thinks of WikiPedia as an "encyclopedia". We are constantly reminded utilize this information, but to be careful of the truthfulness behind it. I personally believe it to be a fast and enticing form of quick information. I like the idea that wiki can be used as a classroom portal where parents, students, faculty, etc. can access the information. The use of these and blogs allows for "interactive sharing" which permits many people to access the pages.