City TV Calgary covered this new technology in a morning news briefing.
I began to search on the web for ideas of how to incorporate this new technology in the classroom. There are actually numerous websites available where teachers have posted lesson plans and interactive websites they have found to be useful. This is an example of such a link:
http://www.theteachersguide.com/InteractiveLitSitesSmartBoard.htm
The very fact that teachers are sharing their successes with others, shows how technology is also serving to unite eachother. The Internet is allowing educators to help eachother flourish!
Barbara Kruger is a conceptual artist. She uses large photographs with overlaid captions. The messages critically express messages that challenge the viewer to consider the power structures in society. "I Shop Therefore I am" was one image we discussed. A large black and white hand is holding the caption. To me, this is expressing how in order to truly exist in our world, you need to be a buyer and user of material objects. This is an unhealthy outlook of our role in the world. Consumer goods are increasingly taking on a stronger psychological role in a person's life. The ownership of a particular object serves as a status symbol to shape one's identity. I think it would be a valuable activity to bring in images like these to critically extrapolate meaning with students.
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