Uncomplicated Technologies and Erstwhile Aids: How PowerPoint, the Internet, and Political Cartoons can Elicit Engagement and Challenge Thinking in New Ways.

CURRENT events education; POLITICAL cartoons; EDUCATIONAL technology; COMPUTERS in education; INTERNET in education; ART in education

The article comments on ways that educational technology can enhance teachers' current events curricula. It focuses on political cartoons created by students using technologies such as Microsoft PowerPoint and imagery from the Internet. The author suggests that computer-generated student cartoons may be more complex than hand-drawn cartoons. He also argues that using the computer to make cartoons creates fewer distractions and leaves students more satisfied with the readability of their cartoons.