Media in Today's Classroom

While reading the chapters for today, it seems that many of the teachers and students during the early 80's and 90's resisted the idea of having media in the classroom. Teachers thought that there would be nothing educational that could come out of teaching the students about media and that student would only use such media to portray their own views of what they think is going on in media at the time. But as time progresses one can see that students really find their own meaning within media. They are able to convey their feelings and ideas in a more tangible way, allowing the teachers to chose a detailed lesson plan for each student/class/or groups. 

With the introduction of media in the classroom, teachers and students can collaborate together on how media affects them not only in their everyday life, but also how it portrays stereotypes. By comparing books to their film counter parts (and vice versa)  students can see how the ideas one puts down on a page on be changed and twisted into someone else's idea in film.