Quote: "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."
Response: This is kind of like my last journal entry because it describes exactly what I had experienced. There are a lot of kids who try too hard to make their presentation look good they forget what they were trying to communicate. This is at fault because I'm sure that the teacher would much rather have a detailed and clear message about the project rather than one with fancy text/slide intros with music. The whole reason for doing the presentation is to tell your fellow classmates about the subject that you picked. It is also important that you display to your teacher that you have mastered the subject that you picked and can explain it to others.
Citation: Ohler, J. (2000, October). Art Becomes the Next R.Educational Leadership Magazine, 58, p. 16-19.
Citation: AlmightyDevin. (2009, May 30). The Worst Powerpoint I've Ever Seen Made By A High School Student... - YouTube .YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.. Retrieved September 22, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eukwtNNBIus
Response: This is kind of like my last journal entry because it describes exactly what I had experienced. There are a lot of kids who try too hard to make their presentation look good they forget what they were trying to communicate. This is at fault because I'm sure that the teacher would much rather have a detailed and clear message about the project rather than one with fancy text/slide intros with music. The whole reason for doing the presentation is to tell your fellow classmates about the subject that you picked. It is also important that you display to your teacher that you have mastered the subject that you picked and can explain it to others.
Citation: Ohler, J. (2000, October). Art Becomes the Next R.Educational Leadership Magazine, 58, p. 16-19.
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I agree with you entirely. Students need direction on projects such as these and the projects should be monitered frequently.
ReplyDeleteI like your response to this quote. I agree that in some cases students are focusing to much on the aesthetics of a presentation rather then the actually subject matter. Interesting response!
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