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| "Learning to Read not Just to Repeat" |
I think one of the greatest impacts of technology in the classroom comes from the transition of using solely the Bible and repetition as "teaching", to the publication of the Eclectic Reader in which a combination of words and images were used to teach. While the Reader continued to explain morals and had a religious undertone, it depicted real life situations. It was no longer the word of God being studied, but rather described the everyday trails.
Now in the video a lot of attention was paid to the use of visual instruction. While it is still used today to explain themes and show films on certain subjects, I think the impact of the radio had a greater influenced in the subject area of English rather than the television. I feel that, ideally, hearing the way English word were spoken on the radio, as well as being exposed to the auditor common way of English sentence structure would have had a great benefit instead of seeing the projected words on a screen. Even though the use of radios had ceased because of sound quality and reception issues, the radio gave way to the television. Having them both used as technological advances, I think the radio would have ideally had more affect of the education system.
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