1. What is the name of the school where Mr. Ron Smith teaches?
Media Academy in Hollywood High School,
Hollywood California
2. What is the specialization of the Media Academy in terms of training students?
Mr. Smith teachers the students anything related to media as a training for the media industry in Hollywood.
3. According to Mr. Smith, what type of media do his students gravitate to?
Usually Flash animation and Video
4. In terms of engaging using technology in engaging his students, how does Mr. Smith view his class and his students?
Mr. Smith views his classroom like a laboratory and tests whatever new technology he has read up on or heard of on his students. Examples are podcasts and text messaging when they came out.
5. What presentation technology do teachers use that are already outdated for today’s students?
Examples of technology that are still used in the classroom that are not considered relevant to students are : power point, overhead projectors, and word documents projected on screen.
6. Why is digital media such as Flash, as a presentation tool, such a hard sell for most teachers?
It is a hard sell for most teachers to use digital media because it is
time consuming .
7. What is Scratch?
It is an open source software that lets you create your own game online or in your own computer.
8. What is SketchUp?
It is a Google program that lets you create 3D models.
9. What is Blender?
It is an open source 3D animation software.
10. How does Mr. Smith introduce the software to his students?
He does not tell too much information to his students, and he lets them explore and play with t on their own.
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