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EDUC1751
Analysis of Technological Artefacts
Two Technological Artifacts
Top: This etymology unit is an example of what I consider to be a relatively good digital artifact.
Bottom: A fairly rudimentary unit on letter writing which lacks any real depth of learning opportunities.
Etymology Unit
Etymology Unit
The unit starts with a simple warm up exercise in the form of a memory game that introduces the students to some words that they may be
unfamiliar with and which will crop up again later in the lesson.
Etymology Unit
Main room with as yet inacessable objects marked with red padlocks.
Information Screen 1 Information Screen 2.
The students direct the action by clicking on one of the available options.
Most of the possible exercises are unavailable at the beginning and have to be unlocked by the user. However there
is no indication of what the activities behind each button will be so the student
direction is to that extent more or less ostensible.
Etymology Unit
The TV is unlocked first.Students must have prior knowledge of the words'
current meaning, most of them being fairly common, but with one or two exceptions. Help is offered if and when students
make mistakes.
Etymology Unit
Etymology Unit
It uses examples from the text to talk about language techniques students have
learned about in previous classes, i.e. alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor, once again reminding the students what the terms mean if they get them wrong.
Etymology Unit
Etymology Unit
The changing attitudes towards indigenous people are hilighted eg. language that was acceptable back
then, may now be considered offensive.
Etymology Unit
The changing attitudes towards indigenous people are hilighted eg. language that was acceptable back
then, may now be considered offensive.
As well as how the language of newspapers has changed over the last century from more to less
formal and how it has changed as technology has
evolved.
Etymology Unit
Etymology Unit
Juxstaposition
Etymology Unit
Juxstaposition
Abbreviation
Etymology Unit
Juxstaposition
Abbreviation
Rebus
Etymology Unit
Juxstaposition
Abbreviation
Rebus
Tone
Etymology Unit
Here the unit steps the difficulty level up a notch, with this activity on the Canterbury Tales. Most adults wouldn't understand many of the words on this
page, so the unit is obviously providing an extra challenge for the students who may have flown through the other activities.
Audio support.
Letter Writing Unit
Letter Writing Unit
Audio symbol.There is no audio support for the visually impaired etc.
Letter Writing Unit
Letter Writing Unit
Letter Writing Unit
Letter Writing Unit
Letter Writing Unit
Conclusion:
The first artefact focused on the topic of etymology in a focused and succinct way linking grammatical terms from various contexts and making connections with
other disciplines such as History and Sport.
The second artefact was very simplistic, it basically does the work for the student without discussing any of the ideas it's attempting to demonstrate and with very
little opportunity to demonstrate understanding. The unit was very linear, prompting students to input specific information, with no feedback as to whether the information they were inputting was correct. The engagement with the use of
language was only very superficial and there was no prior modelling of what was required, meaning that the finished letter could easily turn out wrong
without the student, or even the program, knowing the difference. There were no links with prior knowledge or other disciplines and no alternative perspectives
were considered, eg. how letters might differ between cultures etc. There was no examples of real world applications for this type of letter and no effort was made
to make learning meaningful or accessible to students.
Analysis of a Technological Artifact
Jason Walls
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