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= = = **Welcome to Paul Sparks's Class!** = New Media Literacy

A student who is new media literate has the capability to utilize current technology to communicate in a socially responsible fashion in order to complete the task at hand.

The history of cognition and technology

40-50 – Learning theory, Ed. Practice, radio, mainframe computers, media, rulers, Skinner, drill and kill

60-70 – personal computers, interactive media, pong, principles of instruction, get attention, Gange, programmed instruction, Unix, cognitive

80-90 – Carmen Santiago, Oregon Trail, multimedia, Mac, Mouse, logo, self publications, experiential learning, Papert, ppt, Encarta, mosaic, constructive

2000 – social constructivism, building meaning with others, Wenger, Vygotsky, whyville, woogi world, iPods, mobile devices

Future – wearable, mobile, ubiquitous, cloud computing, open, accessible, sync networks, independent learning, ed. Practice, blended, home industry, skoogle, global,