Today it seems like things are changing so fast. The way we communicate with each other and the way that you listen to music. Even the way companies advertise is changing. With things like youtube, twitter/facebook, blogs, and other new media tools being used on a daily basis. I want to give you a couple of sites to look at.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUdjNDn5FyY
http://www.youtube.com/user/cocacola
One of the media tools that I think has changed a lot are video games. Video games have changed so much in the last 15 years. You now have games that children and adults can learn from. You have a game now that I think is great. The Wii. It is a game that can be used by anybody at any age. Families play the game together. The game has been used in assistance living facilities. It is a great game that never gets boring.
Another new media tool that I see a lot of people use is the mobile phone. You have phones now that can do almost every thing that a computer can do. You can send and check messages. You can pay bills. You can watch television shows and listen to music. You can buy things from other sites. You take and send pictures. You can make small video clips. You can check what the weather is going to be like. There is so much that you can do on mobile phones. You do not have to be tied down in one spot to get things done any more.
And now blogs. I think that blogs are another good tool to use. I never would have thought this until I had to make one myself. You can write things down or put in pictures for others to look at what you are thinking about. Or what you want others to know about. Just give them the site and they can look at it. Blogs can be just an informal way of letting people know about something that is important. These are my three media tools. Which ones are yours.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was looking at the tools to chose from I saw Videos Games and I has to think about it for awhile, but your blog brought the point home. They have done so much with video games in the last couple of years it is a little crazy. They have interactive ways of learning which is proven many times to be the best way of learning. However, it makes me wonder how the whole video games causes violence debate will affect the effectiveness of video games. What do you think? I love that you brought up YouTube. I spend a lot of time watching "how tos" and "lyrics" on YouTube and think this is a wonderful tool for learning as well.
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