About half the time I've spent with my class so far this semester has been spent either in the computer lab or projecting streaming video in the classroom. We've been practicing media literacy by looking at the election coverage. We've compared 2004 red/blue state divisions to post-Super Tuesday headlines from different states' newspapers to look at audience and angles. We've used the internet to research candidates' positions on issues. We've looked at major candidates' political ads to discuss persuasive strategies.
Stephanie, my cooperating teacher, says that visits recently have been more frequent than is typical. We've seen increased familiarity with operating the computers, and more time devoted to the tasks at hand. Students have been engaged in the activities and we've been able to tweak them a little for each class. We've been posting links from the school's website, rather than allowing free browsing of the internet. Mainly, this is a time issue, but we also have not discussed reliability of internet sources yet.
Nevertheless, it's been a great experience to cull material from a number of sources so quickly. I've seen that my most effective lesson plans from both of my placements utilize computer-based presentations. The main reason for this is that I can present EXACTLY what I want to present, with little fuss.
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