Type I and Type II Technology

Type I technologies do not change how things are taught and do not use technology to its fullest extent.
1) When I think about Type I technologies I think about my High School Freshman English class. We had the new laptops but they were never used. They sat in the carts and the only time we used them was when we had to print off a paper or type a paper. They were never used to look up information or to augment our learning.
2) The next class that we never used technology to its fullest extent was in my High School Computer class. In this class we would walk in and sit down at a computer and spend the rest of the time following onscreen instructions for typing. We never even learned about the different programs in Microsoft Word or how to use the features. If any of us were to try to explore the computer and learn about other programs on our computer we would be told to get back to work and be disciplined.
3) Another class that Type I learning seems to be primarily used is in math classes. Many math classes use calculators to do basic math and for the most part nothing else. Calculators are useful devices but can be used in many more ways then just the four operations and for the most part they are not needed when it comes down to the four operations.

Type II technologies change how things are taught and use innovative ways in which to teach.
1) The first example that comes to my mind when I think about Type II technologies is when I think about my High School Calculus class. Every class period we used our TI-83 calculator to help us solve problems. We used almost all the different functions on our calculators to supplement our learning. When we were graphing we used the calculators to learn how adding and multiplying functions changed the derivatives after we made hypotheses on how we thought the graphs would change.
2) The next example that comes to my mind when I think about how technologies have supplemented my learning I think about Sophomore English in High School. My teacher was younger (just out of college) and was receptive to using technology in his classroom. We would use movies and make songs during the class. One lesson was taught as a “Survivor” type game with a lot of it filmed and each contest incorporated parts of the lesson plan.
3) The last Type II teaching that I can think of was in my Middle School Science class. My teacher had us build all sorts of things like when we were learning about Morse code we built a telegraph between our classroom and a couple of other classrooms and we actually sent messages back and forth.

Maddux, Cleborne D., and D. LaMont Johnson. "Type II Applications of Technology in Education: New and Better Ways of Teaching and Learning." Computers in the Schools. Vol. 22, No. 1/2, 2005, pp. 1-5