Education has now ushered in the new millennium and with it, technology has entered the discipline, in a big way. In fact, educational technology as a separate discipline contributes a lot to further development and growth of education. Varying media aids are a part of this process. These devices have made the function of teaching easier, smarter and faster. This book deals with all sorts of audio-visual aids in detail and provides an account of other devices also. Further, it deals with utility of audio-visual aids and teaching methods etc. These specialties make the book highly useful and reader friendly. Innovation has for all time adjusted and upgraded the field of education. With the help of imaginative devices, for example, media innovation, teachers can make a positive effect on understudies' learning background. This book incorporates far reaching scope and academic bits of knowledge on the most recent patterns in innovation helped dialect learning strategies. Featuring a scope of points of view on themes, for example, intercultural fitness, understudy engagement, and web based taking in, this book is in a perfect world intended for all.

Abstract: This revision emphasizes the use of audiovisual materials as an integral and vital part of a particular program of instruction and serves as a practitioner's guide to their selection and utilization. The teacher is viewed as a manager, organizer, and evaluator of learning experiences as well as a motivator of students. Audiovisual methods are viewed as an important part of the communication process that undergirds education. The text begins with a discussion of the theory and practice of audiovisual teaching followed by chapters dealing with selected audiovisual methods. Methods discussed include contrived experiences, purposeful experiences, demonstrations, study trips, exhibits, educational television, motion pictures, still pictures, radio, and recordings. A final section deals with the role of systems and technology in teaching and the educational process.

Written for student teachers learning to teach in primary and secondary schools and newly qualified teachers, this book has been designed to engage with a wide range of issues related to ICT teaching. It presents key debates that teachers will need to understand, reflect on and engage in as part of their professional development. Chapters highlight major questions, consider the evidence from theory and practice and arrive at possible answers. Building on their learning about teaching using ICT on ITT courses, this book will encourage students and newly qualified teachers to consider and reflect on issues so that they can make reasoned and informed judgements about their teaching. Issues discussed include : the background to developments in the UK the globalisation of teachers using technology the role of the teacher teacherless classrooms a whole school approach to using ICT creativity visual literacy and ICT school websites and opportunities for lifelong learning in the community.