History of Technology in Photography

     After watching the video “History of Educational Technology,” I noticed how school settings were designed to tech students how to be obedient. Teachers during the late 1800s did not implement discussions, which would mean students sat through hours of lectures. During the historical time period the chalk board was a key medium for visually demonstrations. Years later the television was created in 1910 by George Klein. My particular content area is photography, so television played a major influential role. As television became more popular among Americans television became integrated within classrooms. Around the year 1930s films were used in classrooms for educational purposes. It took roughly twenty years to have televisions within classrooms and it has proved to be very usefully within school settings. Thirty eight years later, the children television network workshop came into existence. Cartoon programs, such as seasame street created a fun educational process. It essentially became one of the most innovative and effective educational programs for children. Computers in the 1980s used virtual games to spark an interest for the students. According to Donna Howar, “It helps to organize information and extract information from that information...”
       One of the technologies that I believe to have the greatest impact is television. As a photography film and photographs go hand and hand. In relation to my previous statement I can teach my students about photography using clips from a movie or television show. The rules of photography still apply when filming. A major technique for photography is following the rule of thirds. The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have nine parts. You use the rule of thirds for composing your shot (picture). Now on the downside of using television can have a distracting side effect. Most of the time television provides other programs which are non educational, as a result if the student gets bored he or she will simply change the channel. In other words, students don't want to bring school home. According to the book rethinking technology in schools, it explained how progressive era “was a period of reform in the united states between 1890's and the 1920's that emphasized social justice and equality. It was also characterized by the belief that industry and technology could address many social problems.” Technology will always continue to grow because society demands it. Cellphones used to have one major purpose and now they have been integrated with camera capabilities. Digital Photography can now be done via cellphones. I use my camera and cellphone to produce photographs because the purpose is the capture the moment. I will not always have my dslr camera at hand, but my cellphone will provide me with a decent shot. Simple point and shoot digital cameras can give surprising quality when they have the right lenses. Cellphones are automatic in focus and exposure, they just have to be pointed at a subject. They have limited capabilities for controlling the image, although even very inexpensive cameras often have white balance controls. Some are exceptionally compact, are able to fit easily into a shirt pocket, making them ideal cameras to keep at hand.