This is Quiz #1 based on the Social History of Media,Technology and Schooling article, videos and other readings you accessed as part of your Inter-Activity #1. There are 20 questions. YOU MAY ONLY TAKE THE QUIZ ONCE.
Non-stop educational innovation
Full of possibility as well as problems
Unprecedented pedagogical excellence
Predominantly a failure
Books
Pencils
Slate boards
Maps
None of the above
Recitation
Lecture
Silent reading
Group projects
Journaling
The films were too much like recorded lectures
There was not enough evidence that they film helped students learn
The use of film was driven more by technicians than teachers
Teachers were worried that they would be replaced by film projectors
All of the above
School psychologists
Air force specialists
Math teachers
Scientists
None of the above
Technological literacy
Critical thinking
Individualized instruction
Learning through trial and error
Reinforcement of foreign language skills
Teachers came to rely excessively upon it
TV couldn't stop to answer when a student had a question
TV could instruct more students from the front of the classroom
Student interest in reading increased
Skipping through the commericals
Pausing a video clip for class discussion
Learning to program the clock
None of the above
It did not reduce high drop out rates.
The equipment did not function properly.
It forced students to watch commercials during the school day.
Parents were not allowed to view it.
To fast forward the program during the commercials
To pause the program and ask critical questions
To use the equipment to produce their own programming
To just let it play and ignore it
Its non-linearity
Its vast amount of information
The user's ability to conceptually search for information
Its anonymity among users
The push of bureaucracy and capitalism
Lack of funding
Not enough computers
Ill-prepared teachers
$10 million
$100 million
$4 billion
$40 billion
We don't know
4th
8th
10th
12th
The second generation of the World Wide Web
Software that resides on the Web rather than on your computer
Information on demand
All of the above
Access
Analyze
Evaluate
Communicate
Savvy consumers
Critical consumers
Responsible citizens
Social recluses
Parent involvement
Drive for efficiency
Protectionist policies
Democratic education
None of the above
Electronic Whiteboard
Blog (or web log)
Podcast
Google documents