Saturday, March 20, 2010

Video Reflection: Teach or Educate

Some things I liked from this clip were the quotes about education by socrates, the analogy of filling a vessel and lighting a flame that showed the differences between teaching and educating, and the music transition that recognized educating as the better choice.
I didn't like that there were no pictures of students. Teaching/Educating is all about the students, and I didn't feel the point the author was making really made that deep of an impact without any pictures of students.
I thought the  color of the font was too translucent. I also thought the speed of the words transitioning was too fast, and I thought the words needed to be more interesting to make up for the lack in interesting pictures.
I also thought the pictures were a little irrelevant. An empty school chair on the grass didn't really make any connection with the topic, to me. I also thought the blue flowers weren't related to the subject at all. I thought the connection between the fire extinguisher and the quote about lighting the flame in the students was contradictory and a little confusing.
I thought the definitions of teaching supported the ideas of an educator, so it didn't really separate the light between the two ideas that the creator was trying to get across.
Overall, I didn't think this Digital Story was all that educational or moving. It didn't practice what it preached by really educating the audience.

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