As I have always thought instruction is a specific layout of how information is to be processed and utilized and media is a platform like social media, newspaper or so. So I would think instructional media would be defined as the platform or area in which you can find details on the next steps. From this definition I learned its more like the presentation of specific information and details needed to conduct a viewpoint of perspective.

I wanted to make a comment regarding the breakdown of the article. I did not understand some of the topics that were included and the language utilized made it harder to follow along. I was unable to fully engage and interact on the same level as the first chapter but I look forward to utilizing technology and learning from the other chapters and diving deeper into educational technology usage.

This section kind of connects to my past couple capstone projects and my joy of educational play. There are various types of television shows and games that can make learning educational and fun and I really want to be able to better understand the usage of technology as an fun educational learning tool that can encourage interactive learning and I feel this article touches upon some important aspects like educational TV. It also interacts with the idea of media as it is displayed on a technology based platform.

I can see why this time was the bloom for visual and audio instruction as there was increased isolation and maintained leadership where so many people were trying new things on their own without having to seek approval.

I agree that written and tactile textbooks and books are not utilized as much but there are sometimes I would rather use tactile books over technology and vise versa. For example, when reading and annotating I prefer technology as it can read to me. But when I am reading for fun or need to analyze a text I would prefer pen and paper and a tactile book as its easier for me to keep track of.

Although these ideas are characterizing the important aspects and main ideas of technology and learning they are seeming to get lengthier and stretching the common knowledge of technology and making it a bit complicated to understand.

Based on the reading and the information presented from the early definitions to this definition I believe this one catches the true interests and accurately describes what technology is used for. For example by mentioning performance improvement, management and resources we can dive into the main reasons we use technology. Which are to help us progress , improve our learning, and create new ideas with previous known information.

This is a very good point utilizing the words learning and teaching rather than instruction adds objective understanding and an overall connection. For example instruction has been seen before as teacher or student led informal explanation. Rather than when we use teaching and learning it expands the idea that we are always learning and creating new ideas.

Would these visual instruction include moving pictures, movies and projector slides that they used to utilize in the classroom? As we move into the later years we have also added PowerPoint and google slides how we were able to add our pictures so technology has really come far in the visual aspect.