Type I and Type II Technology

Type I technology uses forms of technology to aid traditional teaching methods.
* taking notes on a Smart Board and saving them
* a cassette recording of journal entries
* typing tutor programs in elementary school- it spits letters at you and you type them.

Type II technology uses new and more efficient types of computer technology; allowing students to interact with each other and the technology while learning.
* online (blogging) debate
* typing contests
* recording on itunes of class performing Romeo and Juliet


Citation: Internet Applications of Type II uses of Technology in Education (2005) by Cleborne D. Maddux and D. Lamont Johnson, editors. NY: Haworth Press.