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Choosing appropriate technologies to facilitate interactivity

Choosing appropriate technologies to facilitate interactivity

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Choosing appropriate technologies to facilitate interactivity

- In an earlier movie on choosing appropriate technologies, I showed you the XYZs, a 3D framework for choosing technologies for sharing content. Now I'll use that framework for choosing content for facilitating activities. I've provided an Exercise File in the Chapter 5 folder called XYZ Activity Framework so you can refer to it during or after this movie. If you jumped straight to this movie, the three dimensions of the framework narrow your choices by answering three common questions. On the x axis, we answer, where are the learners? On the y axis, we answer, when are they learning? On the z axis, we answer, how many learners are there? This framework is described in more detail in the chapter on sharing content with technology. In this movie, we'll use the framework to pick technologies for specific teaching and learning activities. Let's start with some in-class activities. To engage students in small groups during face-to-face class meetings, use presentation apps like Nearpod…

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