Media and Learning

Investigating the different types of media available: images, audio, video, and DVD leads one to conclude that each has a useful place in education and in creating or delivering lessons. As a photographer I use bridge to manage photos and Photoshop CS5.5 to edit and export images, however, tools like Google Picasa will work well for the average user who would like to incorporate images.
To provide audio content either for lessons or for review I generally use the podcast option found in Garage-band (mac user that I am). However, once again tools are available for people on other platforms or who want another option. Audicity was also an easy tool to use and people can find a number of simple tutorials on you-tube if they need help. The ease of use of a tool follows that it will be frequently used. Media in lessons, should always be supported with a sound pedagogy of why using it and what one would like the students to take away from it. The message could be something as simple as a little background about their teacher so they can better build rapport with students or it could be an indepth lesson on architectural design, doesn’t matter, you just need a plan!