1. An Overview on Technology Compiled by Doris Shih Math Science Social Science English

2. Outline for Today u Let’s discuss about technology u The kinds of technology u The Internet u Issues

3. What is technology? u Some people think them as “machines”! u What do you think? Am I a machine??

4. Technology is… u The replicable ‘means’, forms or vehicles by which instruction is formatted, stored, and delivered to the learner.

5. Technology includes… u Print-based materials u Non-projected materials u Projected materials u Video u Audio u Computers

6. Issues u How to determine the validity of online information?? u Censorship u Copyright Laws u What else?

7. Readings u Brown, 2001, Chapter 9: Techniques, Textbooks, and Technology