Visualizing with Technology

I think using visual technology in the classroom is a great idea.  It is a way to make the things you are trying to teach stick with the student longer because they can actually see the lesson, as opposed to just trying to follow along with what is being said.  This is also a good idea because so many people have different learning styles, having a visual aid is very helpful in regards to this.  I think a really good example of why visualizing with technology is a good idea was found in the chapter we were to read for this lesson.  There was a picture of a visual aid used in a microbiology class, and it reminded me of my transition from high to college classes, where technology was implemented more.  I have always struggled with biology.  I am  a very visual learner and for years at my high school, I had all the complicated terms thrown at me and I could never fully grasp what I needed to know.  Then, my college biology teacher implemented technology with visual aids, and it really changed my understanding of biology.  I could see this picture of a cell and using his computer, he could show us different parts of the cell, and different terms were shown what a time in relationship to where the were located on the cell, and I was finally able to SEE it.  It became more than just a mash up of complicated terms.

Visualizing with technology has had a major impact on the learning process.  You can use it tom improve lessons in every subject that can be taught.  There are many different types of technology that can function as visual aids to improve the learning process. As I mentioned above, in a biology classroom setting, i twas helpful to me to see projected images of the subject I was trying to label, and it helped me to understand the concepts.  Another example of using different types of technology in the learning process, that in my opinion has majorly impacted the learning process, is the use of excel sheets in math.  By using excel sheets, we can apply mathematical principles to real life scenarios, and see how they affect things.  Google Earth is an example of visualizing with technology.  Thanks to it, we can see parts of the world we might have never fully understood before.  Technology in the classroom is such a useful tool, and when you think about all the visual aids than can assist us in the learning process thanks to technology, you can really appreciate how lucky we are to live in such a technologically advanced time.