"I was watching a 10th grader struggle at his computer to create a multimedia presentation for his language-arts project. He wasn't struggling with the technology-like any infoage kid, he could click around the screen with considerable ease. It was the aesthetics that seemed insurmountable. As I watched him clumsily cramming together scads of video clips, graphics, sounds, buttons, and a few words, it suddenly hit me like a ton of bits: He was trying to create art, and no one had shown him how. In the process of fumbling with the medium, he was losing his sense of what he wanted to communicate in the first place." (J Ohler, 2000)
I liked this paragraph because I have been in that tenth graders seat and struggled while losing what I wanted to begin with. It is great for teacher to recognize this because it makes the learning process much easier if you can diagnose the problem. I feel that the map we made in class felt easy and understandable. The first one was seemed a little confusing, but now that I know how to use it I should be able to make them with ease now.
Using digital media to tell stories and using the map to help illustrate your ideas is a great way to make things more interesting for the digital age children. It should help kids like my nephew who struggles learning, but can learn and play a video game with ease. My hope is that teacher will understand how important it is for young children to have the homework provided to them in a digital way so they can grasp it with less difficulty.
Reference :
Ohler, J. (2000, October). Art becomes the next r. Educational Leadership Magazine,58(2), 16-19. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vCKbHYY-gzXtLXnLak8i_hoV7TPAOfxNIamNrkWW3Pc/edit
Dartnell, L. (2008, September 1). Digital art.+Plus Magazine , (48), Retrieved from http://plus.maths.org/content/digital-art
Great example of how digital art and math can be connected!
ReplyDeleteI agree that teachers should provide students with the technical skills required to use technology. However, I would push for there to be more programs to bring teachers up to date regarding these new technologies. Because while students have a hard time with much of these new technologies, they will not be able to use them effectively unless the educator can too.
ReplyDeleteMarvelous post!
I agree that teachers need to be able to give students that have trouble learning the opportunity to learn in another way. And digital story telling and other technologies may be a good way for them to learn. I also agree with Ian we have to keep the teachers up to date on the technology if we want them to be able to effectively teach it.
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