Chapter 13- Celluloid Heroes
This chapter was pretty cool. We live in a world today where kids (and adults) are watching TV and movies more and more. It can be such a powerful tool if we learn to use it to our advantage. Students can get things out of a movie that they would never have gotten out of a textbook or a lecture. I think if a teacher is gifted enough to be able to use movies to teach and can use them successfully like Rafe did, it would be a tremendous tool in his or her classroom. I, however, don't think I would be able to successfully use them as Rafe did. A lot of things he does, including the movies, seem a little too good to be true. He has to really have a handle on his classroom in order for things like that to work properly. But a couple movies every year seems pretty reasonable and will seem special to the students.
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