Using New Media
by Clara Chung-wai Shih and David E. Weekly
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction (Home)
Preface
1) Distribute print media electronically
2) Use CD/DVD
3) Use Internet media
4) Encourage reading on computer monitors
5) Select appropriate materials using proven methods
6) If possible, teach computer use
7) The trend is in technology's favor
8) Conclusions
Glossary
References
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Glossary
Brief descriptions of technical terms used in this booklet.
Bidirectional - literally "two way". When
information can be not only passively absorbed but also published by
an end user. Televisions is not a bidirectional medium, but
Internet terminals are.
Browser - a software program for
network-connected personal computers that lets a user display,
navigate, and print web pages such as
www.Yahoo.com.
CD-ROM - stands for Compact Disk,
Read-Only Memory, or just CD for
short. These five-inch wide circular disks can contain a great deal
of information and can be cheaply produced.
Chatrooms - when a group of people in
different locations use a piece of software to see what the others
are typing to the group. If one participant types "Hi! How is
everyone?" everyone using the software sees the message. It's as if
everyone were in a kind of "chat" room, speaking out loud.
Client-server model - a configuration
where a user's "client" computer connects to a centralized server
via a network like the Internet or a phone line. The server keeps
track of the user's preferences and information and makes them
accessible from many different clients.
DVD-ROM - stands for Digital Versatile
Disk, Read-Only Memory, or simply
DVD. These five-inch wide circular disks are similar to CDs
but, invented a decade later, can store almost ten times as much
information. They are cheap to produce but not quite as cheap as
CDs.
Google - a company in the United States
that runs a free service to let people search for information on the
Internet. Google is one of many such "search engine" companies, but
it is generally considered the best at quickly producing useful and
relevant results without showing lots of ads. See
http://google.com/
Hardware - the physical components that
make a computer work, like memory and a processor.
HTML / hypertext - stands for HyperText
Markup Language. This language specifies a series of
simple "markups" that can be applied to text, such as making a
certain word bold, or telling the browser to take a user to a
different web page when a certain image or word is clicked.
Information society - the concept that
modern society is starting to revolve around the production,
modification, and distribution of information as opposed to
manufactured goods.
Instant Messaging (or IM) - a kind
of computer program that let two people type immediately to each
other. Every line of text one user writes is immediately displayed
to the other. Users can keep "buddy lists" that show when their
friends are online and using the program. 250 million people use IM!
Internet - the network that connects all
public computer networks in the world. It is a "network of
networks", acting as an "inter-network" connection; hence
"Internet". There are literally billions of pages of information on
the Internet, nearly all of which are freely available to anyone
with a computer.
Multimedia - materials encompassing not
only one medium like text, but also pictures, movies, and sounds.
Nonlinear Learning - a learning style
where a student can explore topics in the order of their choosing.
Typically, this level of personalized teching was only available to
those who could afford pupils, but today anyone with a computer and
access to learning materials can engage nonlinear learning.
Nontraditional learners - many students
don't learn effectively in a "traditional" environment, where
students take notes as a teacher talks at length. Students who
engage new environments, such as computer learning, are considered
nontraditional learners.
Scalability - being able to apply a
technique or concept widely without too much difficulty. You may
know someone who can cook a wonderful meal, but it might be
difficult for them to open hundreds of restaurants, because what's
involved in running hundreds of restaurants is very different than
cooking for a family; individual cooks don't "scale" well.
Software - computer programs that can be
stored and run on a computer. Software can be installed by
downloading it from the Internet or by copying it off of a CD.
TXT - a plain text format readable by any
computer without special software, TXT files only have basic
formatting and cannot, unlike HTML, specify that a word be bold or
clickable.
Wikipedia - a free, non-profit website that acts as an encyclopedia and that
amazingly lets every visitor modify any page they'd like. Websites
that act like this are called "Wikis,"
so the name comes from Wiki + Encyclopedia
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