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: George Lucas makes a good point here. In school, we rarely discuss how graphics, music, and cinema influence us. When the fact of the matter is, these things are just as influential, if not more, than the written or spoken word. More kids today are watching movies and listening to music than they are reading a novel. This is not necessarily a bad thing, just a change with the times. Education must reflect this. Maybe start assigning movies (that are well written and produced) about the same novel that the students will only pretend to read. While I am on the "the movie is never as good as the book" team, this could be something to debate if it is substitution worthy.
Related resource:
Daly, J. (n.d.). Life on the Screen: Visual Literacy in Education | Edutopia. K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work | Edutopia. Retrieved November 10, 2011, from http://www.edutopia.org/lucas-visual-literacy
Kids and Reading : Books for Kids. (n.d.). Online Books Store | Buy Books at Tradus Books. Retrieved November 10, 2011, from http://tradusbooks.blogspot.com/2010/10/kids-and-reading-books-for-kids.html
I agree! Teacher's need to understand that education isn't just about the written work of people. Students most of the time will not read the book and then fail the assignment. If there was a movie to represent the book, the children would watch it and have a better understanding than they would have before! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI agree! I always liked to read the book and watch the movie. It always helped me better understand the story line.
ReplyDeleteYou are right. We cannot ignore the power of movies and musics. I personally prefer getting information not from the book but from the video. I do believe that I can and most of us can learn more efficiently in this way.
ReplyDeleteI'm on the same "movies are never as good as the novel" team as you, but I think you're right that it's worth a shot to substitute the movie for the book sometimes. If that gets more of your students interested and can get them talking about the themes and ideas in the movie, then it's worth it. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. Media is not always a bad thing. Sometimes simply assigning a movie would be just as good of an idea. Great Job
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, students these days are not the same as they were 20 or 30 years ago. Todays students are not turned on by sitting down in class for an hour and read a novel.They are interested in movies and technology. If students will retain more of the information out of a movie than a novel, then i say show them the movie.
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