I have to admit that I was not really excited at the thought of making a video with other students from my class whom I knew virtually nothing about. Although it was a little slow in getting the ball rolling – once we did, there was no stopping it. What an experience! There were so many different aspects and levels of learning that I experienced on a personal, emotional, educational level, I don’t think I could even begin to list them all. It was interesting to meet the people “behind the words.” We are four completely different people in various stages of our lives, but we each brought unique interest/talents/and experiences that we could share with each other in the making of the video.
Anderson’s article “The Low Bridge Benefits: Entry Level Multimedia Literacies and Motivation, states that the amount of passion/motivation a students invests in his work is completely dependent upon his interest level in the assignments. I agree with this completely, as this was very evident with my group members who had AV backgrounds and interests. I think that Anderson has a valid point. We can’t expect the students of the 21st century to learn in the same manner that the students in the 20th century did. Teachers have to incorporate low bridge technologies into their assignments to keep the students interested, motivated and engaged. A well-written paper isn’t the only assessment of skills or knowledge that should be used. We need to appeal to the learning styles of the 21st century student in order to help them succeed.
