Quote:"I am referring to the fact that the multimedia environment of the Web, as well as much of what we experience, through our computers requires our students to think and communicate as designers and artists.
Reaction: I agree with this quote. I feel that everything students do in the classroom requires them to use their creativity and imagination. I feel that the internet requires students to think outside the box and to learn how to communicate with other classmates as well as teachers. The multimedia environment of the Web is so complex that it is almost impossible to not learn something each day you explore a new website or area. For our students to think and communicate they have to able to interact with their classmates. Students do not realize that as they are working on the Web or through a multimedia website or activity, they are also learning as well. When a student is having so much fun, they don't realize they are learning. Being able to explore a multimedia site will allow a student to learn and get more familiar with technology. Technology is the key to the future and is changing the world drastically everyday. Students need to stay more involved with using technology to be ready for the future. In the future I feel that every single job will revolve around technology and multimedia.
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I believe this video is a good way to show how we need to start using multimedia more in the 21st century. Media literacy is very important and that is addressed in this video. The video states that learning should be active and fun which i agree 100%. Media is all around us all the time. Retrieved from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpikhEiwmTs&feature=related
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Ohler, J. (2005, March). ar the fourth r. Retrieved from http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4383
Great video! I use to go the Lawerance Hall of Science in Berkeley when i taught in Oakland! Good understanding of art and creativity are important skills for the 21st century!
ReplyDeleteI agree! So why are educators not wanting to use technology in their classrooms. I think it it could be that technology changes all the time and teachers don't want to put in the extra effort to learn the stuff themselves. I don't understand why because technology is here to help! If students that are striving for an education want to quit learning once school is over they have another thing coming. Being a teacher means that learning never stops.
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