Week 4- Images and Podcasts

Images are useful when engaging students in a new topic. They can support students’ critical and creative thinking skills as they analyse and interpret the meaning of various visual representations. This learning tool can also benefit visual learners as well as reinforce what the learner has been taught and/or learnt.

(Image from Flickr)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44340545@N05/4175730573/sizes/s/in/photostream/

I believe the above image could be used for educational purposes when informing students about different cultures and embracing diversity. In a classroom setting, I would display this image on an interactive whiteboard or data projector in order to form a discussion about what this picture represents. (This would be used to gain students knowledge on ‘Culture and Diversity’ as part of a unit plan). To record students’ thoughts on this image I would begin constructing a concept map in which I could refer to at a later date.

Podcasts

Unfortunately, I was not able to access the website for the podcast task.