1. On p. 53 of Picturing Texts, the author writes that "seeing is learned." Is it possible that when we look at a picture their are things we physically don't see, because they are not in our concious thought? I don't know the science of it, but I think it's an interesting question. How do we know we are seeing all the possiblities so that we can teach our students to see them, too?
2. In reading the article by Michael Blanding on Facebook and Myspace, I instantly thought of the status bar used in facebook. For those of you unfamiliar, the status bar gives the writer an opportunity to fill in the statement, So and So is..., in my case Bridget is_______. People often use verbs (Bridget is blogging) and adjectives (Bridget is excited for the weekend) to describe their stauts, but I think that it could be a great place to work on metaphors. I like to think of creative statuses (most of which I don't post, I just like the mental challenge), and I think students might enjoy them too. For example, a possible status could be, "Bridget is a dustbunny hiding under the bed."
3. In the article on having a courtesty policy in school, my main question is what do we do about controlling the content of technology, if anything? I know schools that have had problems with kids text messaging inappropriate pictures, but there are even small things like the lyrics a student is listening to while working on a paper. Would it be our job as teachers then to talk about those lyrics, possibly bringing up issues of negative gender roles, etc? Is there a way to show that we accept the technology but not all of its content?
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ReplyDeleteBridget, I think your first question is a valid one. What about the teachers that are not artistically or technologically minded? Does that make them bad ELA teachers? If teachers are not trained in "critical seeing" then I do not see it as a possibility to move forward into the age of incorporating the classroom with media technology. This whole idea borders on the world of fine arts too much for me and it is not the province (to use Heather's word) of the art teacher? I realize though that arts education often times falls by the wayside when budgets cuts come-a-knocking...must ELA teachers be expected to pick up the slack?! :)
ReplyDeleteBridget, did the courtesy policy article answer any of your wonderings about how to deal with uncivil or hurtful texts, messages, web pages? It seems a place to start in my mind.
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