Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Media Influence on Learning.
With the assignment we were given this week of contributing to the debate of whether media influences learning, I thought back to the presentation given by last week's group. We were all broken into groups and supplied instructions on how to make a lotus flower. Some groups were given traditional forms of learning, others were given various forms of media. In regards to the debate we had, did the various forms of media influence the learning of that individual group? Though in the debate I argued for Clark, I can see Kozma's argument. Some groups came out with much nicer lotus flowers than the other groups. If this was not a result of the various forms of media and their influences, what was it a result of?
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My monthly use of a communication degree says that the media is the message. In everything. I think I was dissuaded of any kind of objective news reporting within 10 minutes of my first class. It was depressing, but I don't watch the news because I don't think they should be telling me what is important.
ReplyDeleteHow are kids knowing what is important these days and how are they learning? I know that the media itself can have a huge impact on any part of the learning process even without our knowledge. It's the Last Starfighter all over again, that guy didn't know his video game was training him for a real space fight. This should be required viewing in the public school system.