"Type I and Type II Technology"

Type I is just a way of using technology to do and teach exactly the way they had before technology played such a significant role in our society.

    One example of Type I applications of technology are iphones or ipads. These allow students to have access to the Internet where as before the technology era many students just went to the encyclopedias and were able to gather the same information that they can now with the "quick" access to the Internet. A second example of this would be a projector. This takes place of the blackboard or "white board." The projector's purpose is the same as the blackboard to show information but the projector allows the students to navigate and follow along with the teacher as they are displaying their information. Lastly, the third way this technology exemplifies Type I is through new things such as using the kindle an electronic device that allows people to purchase books online and view them on the kindle. Without this piece of technology education could still continue on just as it always has with using originally printed textbooks, but the kindle just allows technology to play a role in our fast pace society and makes it more convenient for students, especially at the high school and college level.

Type II is using technology that will help teachers try new aspects of teaching and take a different approach to teaching using more modern devices.

     One example of Type II applications of technology are smart boards, because they allow for more efficient ways to teach a classroom and allows both teachers and students to be interactive with the technology on a whole new level, because it's more personal than just pressing buttons; they can actually write with the tip of their fingers. A second example I would have to say would be one I was just introduced to a few days ago when I began practicum's technology class and that would be the tool Comic Life because it allows students to incorporate more creative ways of presenting their knowledge. A third example of this would be power point because it has made teachers lives so much more efficient now that they can put all their information on slides and they can even post it for students to go back and reference later.

From Internet Application of Type II uses of Technology in Education (Cleborne D. Maddux and D. LaMont Johnson, 2005).