Quote: "We must teach communication comprehensively, in all its forms. Today we work with the written or spoken word as the primary form of communication. But we also need to understand the importance of graphics, music, and cinema, which are just as powerful and in some ways more deeply intertwined with young people's culture. We live and work in a visually sophisticated world, so we must be sophisticated in using all the forms of communication, not just the written word."
Reaction: I strongly agree with Mr. Lucas' point of view on the education system and the steps that need to be taken to improve it. Though written and spoken communication is obviously very important, it is an archaic practice to teach only those things. As we have learned in this class, countless tools are available to teachers and students, many at no cost, and there is no reason that we should not take every advantage of them. We live in the 21st century, an era of constant change, new ideas, collaboration, and progress. Why is this not evident in the classroom? If the point of education is to prepare and inspire students to be sucessful in todays world, then the classroom should be at the forefront of new technological advances. I know that as a student and a young person, I respond strongly to music and movies, sometimes more so than the written word, and I am an avid reader. For students who are not so fond of literature, I think it is extremely important that we use other methods of communication to get them interested and that we teach them other way to communicate. Communication is a tool that students will use for the rest of their lives and they must know how to wield this tool in order to be sucessful in life. The more ways a student is capable of communicating, the better.
Resource: Daly, James. "Life on the Screen: Visual Literacy in Education | Edutopia." K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work | Edutopia. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. http://www.edutopia.org/lucas-visual-literacy.
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Good point. Many teachers, if they know about them, don't take advantage of the tools we have learned about this semester. Education needs to keep up with the times.
ReplyDeleteI like your response. The class room should always be ahead of the curve on technology, teaching the students how to master them and using them to teach in different ways.
ReplyDeleteI like your posting. I think that teachers should keep up with times and make sure they are up to date with technology, like the ones we have used in class.
ReplyDeleteYou make a lot of valid points. Its true that teachers aren't keeping up with the times. I have learned so many different ways of teaching basically any content area that I have never seen or heard of before and I'm surprised about it too. Its important that teachers shake things up in their curriculums and get more knowledgable of recent teaching strategies involving technology. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this quote and your response, you made a very good point when you talked about students that are not so eaily amused by the classic literature and it is great to reach them through other options of communication. great post.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that many teachers don't utilize the tools that are right in front of them. If it hadn't been for this class, I wouldn't know about any of these tools, but now that I do I definitely plan to use them in the classroom!
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