As I contemplate how I will create my final image for the teachnology philosophy remediation, I am kind of stumped. So, here I am, thinking “out loud” about it. Forgive me jumping around as I take notes for a few minutes. As I discussed in earlier posts, I had a sort of mind movie idea in place. A movie, or course, is composed of many, many images. So how am I going to get that “movie,” that PPT of several slides, down into a single image? There is a sense of time there that I will have to try to capture. I was also trying to get a sense of balance between digital teaching and more traditional teaching that I will want to include in the image. And of course, intentionality is part of my philosophy, so how does one illustrate a concept like “purpose”?
*look at the suggested applications to create the image, which has the abilities that seems to speak best to your vision?
*a “life cycle” like you might find in biology textbook’s image concerning the “time” problem
*actually the time aspect isn’t all that important here. you showed how technology has kind of invaded our classrooms and how a teacher has made intentional choices in trimming the fat so as not to become overwhelmed, but you can simply address the “now” of the situation – we are already inundated by technological options, just illustrate what you think is important about limiting tech’s takeover of a classroom ***and why you think that is important.***
*one half of the screen versus the other half? two cycles occurring together, one inside the other perhaps? which inside? why?
*Venn diagram/s? Tech vs. Traditional? Tech vs. Teacher? Tech vs. Student? Intentional vs. Indiscriminate?
*there is a sense of “coming together” in your PPT project, and it is recurring here as you bounce thoughts around, how can you maintain that piece? concentric rings acting as filters as you approach the innermost circle? that is a separation though… several categories being distilled, yes…but the categories blending as the reach the center?
*how would you address this project with colored pencils, clippings, glue, etc. – traditional art supplies?
I definitely understand this struggle. Some of my concepts are quite difficult to put into pictures, which is why my draft was in the form of multiple ppt slides. I wanted to tell a story, rather than people trying to figure out what I am saying, so I wanted to lead them through it. I am kind of looking forward to the challenge of putting them onto one page and seeing what peoples perceptions are.