Quotes

·         “It will only attain its highest degree of effectiveness when accompanied by good teaching.”

I agree with this quote. I feel that anyone can show a movie in a classroom. I definitely feel that teachers that show movie in classes should have a reason to show them. Although it’s nice to have a movie Friday, teachers should have a reason to show a movie or a clip. The movie or the clip should coincide with the teaching lesson.

·         “A less controversial but equally engaging movie from 2005 was The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Based on the children’s book by C.S. Lewis, the story has the universal appeal of other fantasies (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix) that include the struggle between good and evil, and it provides an excellent opportunity to explore the archetypes, rites of passage, genre convention, and themes motifs.

I think that this movie is a great example of fiction. I don’t necessarily see where it can come into play in a classroom other than a language arts classroom. This movie was shown in my sixth grade class as an elective movie. Going back to what I mentioned earlier, the movie needs to support a lesson plan. We had not read the book or had been studying the area.

·         “Kids love movies! This is evident when you tell them you’re about to show a clip of a movie and the noise level in the classroom drops immediately.”

I agree with this statement. While working in afterschool care and doing summer camps with the school, I have seen just how attached students are to movies. They believe everything that the movie is showing them. They think that it is real and that fiction is true. I think that in the future it will be important for movie makers to make real factual movies for children to view so that they can distinguish and know the difference.

·        “Notion that entertainment, commercialism, and education do not mix.”

I disagree with this statement. I think that in the right way, education and entertainment can mix. In my English 2001 class, my teacher uses clips and media for the class to rhetorically analyze. Teachers have to be cautious in the way that they use media. The media they use should support but not dominate their objective and lesson plan.