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EDER 679.12
Reading Response 5
Last update: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:49 AM

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Week 5 February 11 - Valentines
Storytelling With Film
Sound, Video
Assigned Readings
1
 Filmmaking with iMovie
2
 The Director in the Classroom [URL] [my response]
3
 Michele Jacobsen and Susan Crichton (2003) Student Teachers And Filmmaking: Representing Understandings Through Multiple Literacies [my response]

Additional References
1
 Marc Prensky Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants [http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf]
2
 Marc Prensky, . "e-Nough!" e-Learning is a misnomer it's mostly just e-Teaching. For any teaching to reliably and consistently produce the results we want, we still have a lot to learn about learning. http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20e-Nough%20-%20OTH%2011-1%20March%202003.pdf
3
 Marc Prensky, Twitch Speed--Reaching Younger Workers Who Think Differently http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Twitch%20Speed.html
4
 Marc Prensky, main site http://www.marcprensky.com/dgbl/default.asp
5
 [2003] "No Feat But What we Make" on Terminator-2 DVD (Universal Studios & ILM) CG Documentary on the DVD
6
Chapman, Nigel & Jenny, Digital Multimedia, 2000 John Wiley & Sons ISBN 0-471-98386-1
- excellent resource - explains many forms of mutlimedia WebSite: http://www.wiley.com/digital_multimedia
Response
Michele Jacobsen and Susan Crichton

Michele and Susan's paper is wonderfully timely for me personally, as is this section of the course. Over the last few years I have acquired an acute appreciation for entertainment media of all kinds and frequently use it in my classrooms. There is a strong overlap between the use of movies and some aspects of the use of games in teaching - both deal with a modern 'communication' medium (and technology). I agree with most of what is said in the paper, and based on my experiences with the use of film, music, games, and other media in the classroom I am not at all surprised.

A lot of what is said in this paper also relates to the other resources I have listed. Marc Prensky is saying the same things. He talks about digital media in general and games in particular. It's looking more and more like we have, at least to a large extent, arrived at the age of 'information appliances' as described by Norman. In some ways, we have surpassed this idea. The current generation (at least, many of those in the developed world) views computers, cell-phones, PDAs, etc. as 'appliances' in much the same way as my generation views "television appliances'. They are part of our everyday life rather than an 'event'. As such, children and young adults see this as perfectly natural. I agree with Prensky - it's the teachers that need to learn more about how to use this for learning - the kids already know.
Director in the Classroom

I must admit, my first reaction to this site was, "OK, so what am I supposed to get out of this?" I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for. The format of the main page doesn't seem suited to browsing (not for me, any ways). I think I would find this site much more attractive if I were actually making a movie and wanted further information.
Guests

I thoroughly enjoyed this class. I always find it interesting to hear from those in the 'field'.


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