Hi everyone - I hope all of you had good weekends!
1. From Alvermann:
- Does bringing out-of-the-classroom technology into the classroom change its meaning? Will it lose its appeal with students, thus its effectiveness, because it is no longer associated with being "theirs" out of the classroom?
-Are we complying with technological advances to the point of losing the foundation we once had? Perhaps the foundation that was needed in order to create this technology in the first place? Can we really consider text messaging as reading?!
- pg.23: "education is organized to serve the goal of economic growth." Does this notion lend itself to a shift away from learning for the betterment of oneself? How do bring that back? Or do we?
2. From Silverblatt:
- As educators, I think it is important to be aware of ourselves as individuals and what it is that we are bringing into the classroom with us and how that will affect how we teach. How has media affected your life? How do you forsee this affecting the way you will teach?
3. From Christel & Sullivan:
- Do you think we have a responsibility to address the issues and equip students with the skills needed to become media literate? At any point, does choosing NOT to teach current media literacy become an ethics issue?
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I really like your comment, "text messaging as reading?!"
ReplyDeleteMaybe a good way to look at it is yes, texting IS reading- but so are books for first graders. Texting obviously has its place in society, but that doesn't mean it is appropriate for all situations. Perhaps we can just place texting on the reading/writing continuum. Educationally, texting has little value and does not challenge readers or writers. However, it still uses rules and code just as "proper grammar" does. This relates back to the idea that writers must write for a specific audience in mind. The rules apply for texting just the same.
I think as educaters we are by any means responsible for what it is that we are bringing into the classroom with us and how that will affect how we teach. Thus, it is us who are responsible to what extend media is integrated into the classroom. Looking at all the reasearch done about young people's engagement with multimodal texts has shown how important multiple sign systems are for learning and growing. Not to choose to integrate them in our own teaching will soon or later (in our media dominated world) become an ethic issue.
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