Who Says TV isn't Educational?
I was videotaping in an elementary school classroom yesterday. Fourth Grade. Knowing kids love to mug up to the camera, I thought I'd lay down a few rules... "Does anyone know what my most important rule is?" Several hands went up. I called on a girl: "No screaming?" she queried. "Well, that's a good rule, but it's not the one I'm looking for."
Another hand went up. I called on a 10-year old boy. "Don't look into the camera," he answered confidently. "That's right! You get a prize!"
After we finished, the boy approached me and asked if he could tell me how he knew not to look into the camera. I was actually dying to know.
"It was on Nickelodeon. Timmy Turner from Fairly Odd Parents said "Don't look at the camera! Just focus!"
Who says TV isn't educational?
Labels: Overheard
posted by Kell @ 5:39 AM
4 Comments:
At 8:05 AM,
Trixie said…
Sounds like the kid is ready for Star Search or some such show...
At 3:24 PM,
Anonymous said…
TV is educational. I mean, I've personally learned so much from say- SATC. I guess people have different definitions of education, or what is important to learn.
At 9:17 AM,
Virgil Libertas said…
Cute story! "Out of the mouths' of babes", eh? Thanks for visiting my blog, you keep a nice one yourself.
At 7:36 PM,
Sarabeth said…
You can get information from a variety of sources.
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