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The TV monitor can be an opening to adventures that students may never have the chance to explore. When I use cable television and video clips in my classroom my students get excited about what we are going to study. If a student is a visual-spatial learner the television or videos could be an excellent tool to use in order to meet their learning style. Alexander Golon explains â€Å"Visual-spatial learners are students who show advanced abilities with computers, maps, construction toys, and puzzles† (Golon). Throughout my paper I will explain how cable television and video clips can be useful tool because they appeal to different learning styles in the classroom and meet South Carolina’s state standards when used appropriately. Let’s face†¦show more content†¦The guidelines express the importance of TV/media in the classroom. The following two guidelines that follow were created by, media education consultant, Frank Baker: Guiding Principle 8 An effective English language arts curriculum provides for literacy in all forms of media to prepare students to live in an information-rich society. The skills of critical inquiry—the ability to question and analyze a message, whether it be textual, visual, auditory, or a combination of these—are a crucial element in literacy instruction. The production of visual media is also a crucial element enabling students to acquire and demonstrate an understanding of advertising, aesthetic techniques, audience, bias, propaganda and intellectual purpose. Integrating into the ELA curriculum the vocabulary and skills associated with media presentations helps students develop lifelong habits of critical thinking. Guiding Principle 9 An effective English language arts curriculum emphasizes informational text that is relevant to our increasingly complex and technological world. 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