Video Reflection: We Didn't Start the Fire

"We didn't Start the Fire" is a Billy Joel song I was introduced to my junior year of high school. My American history teacher played this song for us then gave us the assignment of writing an additional verse about the decade of the 90s. (This song was written in 89.) Since then, I have thought back to that experience every time I hear that song. This video has added a visual aspect to the song for me and caused me to think about this principle dealing with education. Our culture is a conglomeration of dates, objects, people and emotions. The things illustrated in this song, extend not only to a history class but can be used to show students just how many things can happen in a short period of time, especially if you consider this song only mentions a small portion of what went on from 1950 to 1990. The other principle I draw from this video has to do with the video itself. Here a teacher, took the time to track down images, organize them and synchronize them. In doing this, he provided students and educators an audio-visual example of how much goes on in our world. This also has me thinking of what kind of videos or presentations I could create that would hold students attention, and teach important facts and principles.