Sources: Image is from Google. Portrait of a Teacher is paraphrased.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
(2) Interactivity #2
Sources: Image is from Google. Portrait of a Teacher is paraphrased.
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Sources: Image is from Google. Portrait of a Teacher is paraphrased.
I enjoy your image choice but I also really like that you made a connection between instructional films of the past and current, similar ideas such as Portrait of a Teacher.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. When I saw that aspect of the video, I immediately thought of Portrait of a Teacher.
DeleteI enjoyed your choice of technology and how you explain how instructional videos have been able to help reach students through a different path other than lecturing. But since your photo choice is a comic, are we supposed to read this picture as a teacher trying to get her student's attention so she is pretending to be on tv? Or, are we supposed to see this image as a mockery of teaching implying that our teachers work like a recorded program which as a result ignores the requirements of the democratic classroom? Either way, your commentary effectively reflects the beliefs of the Portrait by differentiating teaching methods as a way to meet different student's needs.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was looking for pictures, I tried to find one that stood out to me, and this one did, though I initially wanted one that had the 'look' of the period. I don't know if I didn't express the message I wanted with it well enough, because both of your views are viable, but here is what I wanted it to depict: schools in the 1900s used film as a means of shaping students' to believe what faculty and those in charge of faculty wanted them to. Thus, having the teacher speak with the monitor around her face means she is trying to instill the importance of a particular thing in her students' minds - i.e. a democratic system - just like the films in the 1900s did. I didn't mean for it to be a mockery of teaching at all. Thanks for such insightful questions. I hope my response is clearer now?
DeleteSarin, interesting photo. Can you help me understand where the technology is?
DeleteI am so sorry for the late reply. I didn't see this.
DeleteThe teacher is holding a television monitor up to her face. I connected this to the instructional films depicted in the historical video we watched, which said, because students were being built up for the work-force and to be good citizens, a lot of the messages in the films they watched proliferated their school's political or other agendas. That's what I saw in this image and I connected it to the portrait of a teacher at MSU because that, too, requires teachers to ingrain a particular value in their students - to promote democratic values.
Sorry again for the late reply.
I'm enjoying the abstract thinking behind your message here. You're going for something beyond the surface that delves into the psychological mindsets of our youth. The educational spheres are indeed institutions that are working towards formulating a set of beliefs and values to the general public. Molding students into working/functioning parts to society. I think the philosophy you're going for here is sound. The functioning effect, with or without technology is what's linear here. Interesting take on the assignment.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Michael. As soon as I saw the social films in our historical video, I was eerily reminded of our own Portrait of a Teacher, which isn't to say it's values are unsound. If fact, the values today are considerably more beneficent, but they are still a propagation of certain values and I thought it interesting to dissect that, if only in a sentence.
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