When used effectively by teachers, televised media content can add new depth to learning through vivid depictions of people and events that engage both audio and visual learners, as well as by offering another means of demonstrating differences in the interpretation of historical and current events for the development of critical thinking.
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Rob, I really like your image. The way you depict the war images into the TV image of an older gentleman says a lot about how we relate our students to history. Specifically in history, it can be difficult for students to visualize the context in which they are to apply their readings and assignments. Video and television can be a great educational tool. You are showing the positive effects of technology in schools. Can you think of another way to reach students and help them contextualize their readings without the use of television and video, or are those two medias the best?
ReplyDeleteRob, I also chose film/television as a form of technology that has had a profound impact on Social Studies Education. Personally, I can't remember classes that did not incorporate some kind of video into the curriculum. However, I feel that it is a double edged sword as sometimes educators choose to throw in movies that are irrelevant or students are disengaged when useful material is viewed as dull or tedious. Where do you draw the line at what is relevant and what is just filler? Also, is there ever an appropriate time to show entire feature films, such as Apollo 13 or Platoon (both of which I watched in high school) despite their educational merit?
ReplyDeleteRob,
ReplyDeleteYour image is really amazing. Your effort alone speaks volumes about how much impact the television can aid in your subject content of history. In the English discipline, I think it will be hard for students to comprehend something solely by basing their knowledge based on the written words they read. I feel that the television can help incorporate new ideas into their thinking as well as provide them with a dynamic approach to the text while giving them something audibly and visually to help them imagine the aspects they are reading about.
Television can provide wonders to a classroom. This is also heavily influential when reading about historical events. When I was in high school, the monotone from my teacher barely kept me awake through the lessons. However, when I took some classes in college, documentaries and history channel excerpts helped reinvigorate events of the past while affecting my learning by assisting me to remember important things and comprehend something that was beyond my regular recollection. As I read the other comments, Bobby brings in the double edged sword aspect that I was trying to overlook but always seem to remember. It will always be difficult to know when and where within a curriculum to incorporate the technology and have it appropriately affect students. We will all be "waging this war" together.