1. Concept Map: Static versus Dynamic Technologies mod 5
Facebook/twitter Discussion boards googledocs writeboards
wikis Peer-to-peer
Collaboration Collaboration
emails Audio conferencing
/teleconferencing
Technology
communication and Media
Text/IM Static for distance
Dynamic communication Elluminate
education
blogs Discussion boards
content content
powerpoint gaming
Tuiorials/ teacher
mindtools
directed
Visual simulations
Digital libraries
Static verses dynamic…where do I fit in? I find myself in the middle of the continuum moving slowly but surely towards
the dynamic side. Before entering Walden University I was definitely on the static side using power points, texting and
face book (along with others). However, now that I am attending Walden I have found myself moving to the dynamic
side using tools such as; googledocs, teleconferencing, discussion boards, visual stimulations, and evaluating content.
Blogging has been a very new experience for me and I find it very interesting. The dynamic side of the continuum
introduces many new tools to me and I look forward to using them soon. The opportunity or availability of such tools
and hardware/software is ever-so increasing or developing each year-it seems! The ability to connect/educate people
through computers has come a long way from the face2face instruction. Social media, for example, has generated a
whole new platform from education, business, communities, and marketing. Fahy concurs that “where normal software
links people to the inner workings of a computer or network, social software links people to the inner workings of each
others’ thoughts, feelings and opinions” (Fahy,2008, p. 186).
I look forward to learning more of the tools on the dynamic side which can be challenging for the first time user. Since
there are some many options out there, I hope to find some that will benefit my line of work-special education-which
would benefit special needs students.
Fahy, P.J. (2008). Characteristics of interactive online learning media. In Anderson, T. (Ed.), The theory and practice of
online learning. (2nd ed.) (pp. 167-199). Edmonton, AB: Athabasca University Press.