WEEK 6

For this week's blog I decided to write about objective 5: Identifying social, ethical, and human issues that are important with respect to multimedia. With the ease of illegally copying in todays society it, has increased the need for teachers to teach the students the legal concerns of copying. Teachers must show their students the ethical perspective toward the creators of multimedia. It is extremely to teach our students how to be a literate citizen! We all can practice the legal and social uses of media.

As a teacher, I must be considerate in the needs of diverse learners, their backgrounds, abilities, and their individual characteristics. We must be able to accomodate all the students! We now know that not all children learn the same way, so we must be able to provide a multicultural education that provides opportunities for all students. While using a variety of media and teaching styles we can accomodate all children. The media we teachers are able to use will help the students to be exposed to different cultures.

This chapter seemed to be written very well, full of useful information. However, I still wonder about the cons of using technology while trying to create a more diverse cirriculum. I wonder just HOW big of a role media plays in supporting diversity. Also, how can we as teachers possible keep up with all the new technology? How can a district afford all the best technology with the tight budget they are on? Finally, wht stereotypes does media bring to the surface with students?