Double Journal Entry #5

QUOTE: As I watched him clumsily cramming together scads of the 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.


REACTION:  Using and applying technology in classrooms is always a great idea. There are some important factors that need to contributed into the material. Although we are applying photo stories, power point, and other technological tools into our material the actual purpose needs to be explained. The student in the story had not got the idea of what art really was. The teacher had done a great job with using the tools but she had not actually taught the child art. Students need to know what the actual purpose and not just the technology.

REFERENCE:Ohler, Jason . "Art Becomes the Next R." Educational Leadership Magazine Sep. 2011: 16-19. Google Docs. Web. 21 Sept. 2011.


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