PhyreBards

Today's discussion on media in the classroom was interesting. I am glad that we talked about how movies, music, and art can all be integrated into the classroom. I think that we get hung up on what is "appropriate" or what movies we show, and what songs we use as being cannon literature. Using these art forms can not only engage the students but also give them an avenue for analysis in which they are comfortable. We talk a lot about using literature that our students can connect to because then they can see themselves in it, thus giving them more incentive to actually read the material. So why not use a medium that the students are successful in as a connection between English Literature and popular culture? Do we care more about the content that the process of analyzing literaure or speaking in depthly about themes that are relevant in many avenues? What is the purpose of what we are supposed to be teaching? I think it is really cool to use different methods in the classroom to reach your students with the content. Students get bored and detatched if you do the same thing over and over. Why not surprise your students by forcing them to look at things differently that are looked at in one way previously? I think giving them different mediums also gives them different ways to see success in their own understanding.