Wednesday, March 19, 2008
spring break is here-- post early!
First off, i really enjoyed Valerie's in-class lesson that incorporated media literacy into the classroom. Until recently, i didnt exactly know what media literacy was, but now that i have had some experience with it, i have been enjoying it. Chapter 9 had some really great information about media literacy also. From incorporating media and technology into the classroom a lot to just a couple times throughout the semester, the ideas were great. Although I enjoy the blog for this class, i have a difficult time thinking that it would be just as effective in a high school classroom- especially where i am from. Unless there was classtime given to student every week to blog, they would not be able to complete the assignment. I think the other ideas such as an in-class webquest or reading e-books would be effective, but i have a difficult with the blog in a high school classroom. Also, i think the part about the films is important. Although most of the information was common sense, it is important to be reminded of the obvious things sometimes. Don't make students watch long boring movies, but instead use specific clips; don't use inapppropriate language or scenes, but also dont restrict the meaning of the film. I think these and other ideas are important when showing a high school classroom a film. I remember when my high school teacher took 10 minutes out of class to show us the Simpson's take on Edgar Allen Poe and I can still connect them together. This was a quick, interesting clip that got students involved in the reading and it was really effective. Well- I guess it is time for spring break now! Everyone have a good one and see you in a couple weeks!
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I feel the same way you do about requiring something like a blog in a high school class. While some kids are on the internet a lot, it still doesn't seem very realistic to me that all kids will have access to the internet or that all kids will be motivated to contribute to the blog. Allowing class time (like you said) seems like the most obvious and effective way to get kids to participate in a blog, but on the other hand a blog is something to be utilized when students are feeling inspired about something...so by forcing students to participate in a blog at a certain time each week kind of takes away some of the "inspired" aspect of it. Maybe we're not quite at a point where we can expect students to be able to contribute to online portions of a class -- at least not at the jr high or high school level.
I think that the blog aspect would depend on your class. If you did a survey, and everyone had internet access at home, you could use the blog with that block. If not, maybe journaling would be a good substitute for the commenting on a novel.
To cover the media aspect, I think I would probably allow some class time each week in the computer lab. The more exposure the students get, the better. It shouldn't be the job of other teachers to incorporate media.
~Stan
As I was reading through the technology chapter I thought of Valerie's lesson as well. I really liked the idea that Valerie used in class and how she said in her classroom she would let her students take it home and do the same thing with a tv show they like to watch. I thought incoporating tv into the class would be pretty cool.
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