Week 3 - Ron Smith Interview Interactive Q&A

Ron Smith Interview Question – Quiz
Directions: In the short film that you are about to see you will need to pay attention to what the speaker is talking about. There are questions that are going to be asked at the end of the film.

1. Who is Ron Smith?
a. Ron Smith is the lead teacher in the New Media Academy from the Hollywood High School in Hollywood, California
2. What is the goal of the New Media Academy?
a. The goal is to get students into the entertainment business
3. How can the program help students obtain jobs in the entertainment field?
a. The program helps give the students internships and mentorships to get them on a career path
4. What type of media do students tend to like at the Hollywood High School?
a. Animations, Flash Animations and Video
5. What are some ways that he likes to engage his students?
a. Movies, sounds , websites, dance around the room, or integrate any technology that is available
6. Why does he believe that the teachers are part of the problem?
a. It is because teachers think that using PowerPoint and word processing in the classroom are technology.
7. How much work do you put in a digital media based classroom?
a. At least 2 months ahead of time before school starts
8. What are some of the new technologies that you learned from Mr. Ron Smith?
a. One application that is free is called Scratch there is another application called Sketch up through Google.
9. How can you use Google Earth in the classroom?
a. The students can integrate Sketch up and Google Earth and take virtual field trips to anywhere in the world to locate anything
10. Where is technology and education heading in the future?
a. Many classrooms at this time can be virtual classrooms and can be turned to be online courses that will be better and enrich students lives


Resources:
EMD613.(2009).MAC GL Ron.Retrieved May 27, 2009, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0e3YlOFPcQ