Although the video on Assistive Technology contained a lot og good information and tips about incorporating interesting, colorful, fun, and up-to-date technology in the classroom, it proved to be a contradiction of itself in that there was no incorporation of any interesting, colorful, fun, or up-to-date technology.
At first, the video captured my attention because it had a mysterious appeal to it, and each word appeared as if it were being typed by another person, drawing me in to continue watching. Additionally, any piece of material that is relevant to a person's personal preference of study is alluring in itself.
I assumed that after the first few slides of black background and white text, there would be a picture of teachers using technology in the classroom, or streaming video of examples of an effective technology-efficient classroom. Unfortunately, there were not. I began to lose interest after the first couple minutes and only managed to finish watching for the sake of having comments to make on it for this reflection.
If, however, the creator kept his or her presentation short, then choosing to use the same text, pace, and background would have been effective instead of losing any viewer's interest. Again, while the presentation provided very useful information on using technology in the classroom to keep students excited and interested in learning, the creator failed to do just that, keep our interest. I strongly that if he or she had added a bit of color to the video, or simply enlarged the text and positioned it in different areas on the screen, then the viewer's attention would have been kept for a longer period of time.
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