OK so as an extrension to the last post with the question of videos as a viable form of presentation, TV has come to mind. Now i think that some TV has an educational place, for example, The magic school bus is a great cartoon, my daughter (remember the 5yr old with the dinosaur poop fixation) come to me with profound knowledge about science and when i ask her where she learned it she says magic school bus. I have no problem letting her watch this type of TV (when she understands digestion better then some of my highschool biology students it scares me, and makes daddy so proud of his little geek SNIFF)
Now there are other shows.....hearing the theme music can send my IQ into a deep downward spiral, but thats just my personal opinion. So i guess the main point (other than to say JOFFA KREE in a gould voice) is that not all media presentation is created equally so if we choose carefully you can have good results.
tek ma tay T'ealc
Hey! She isn't a geek! She is a science smart kid (see even I know about multiple intelligences!!).
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