Assignment #3: What is the difference between effective and ineffective media in the classroom?

For me an effective media is a media that is going to improve the learning of the students throughout the teaching of the teacher. The media doesn't take the place of the teacher but reinforce the explanations of the teacher. For instance, when i was junior high my english teacher was always using videos to show us how people in England (i learned british english first) were and their costumes. She was also using tapes to help us pronounce the words better and to get used to the british accent. All this helped us to be more prepared as speakers and listeners.

However, an ineffective media is a media that has no purpose besides making life easier for the teacher ;) It doesn't help the student to learn better so it's a waste of time. For instance my spanish teaher was showing us funny youtube video for 30 min each day and that was soooo boring (and yes it was last semester at BYU :S)