"Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants" By: Marc Prensky
Some things I understand: In the article by Prensky, I pretty much understood most of the article. I think that the article stresses the fact that our generation gap is affecting the way children learn today. The Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants theory is clever in going after the fact that people learn differently when comming from different generations of people. The decline in our education is a direct result in that the students know more about the technology than the teachers that are teching them. It is almost like a lack in power.
Some things I don't understand: I did'nt understand or grasp the fact that the article questioned if students should learn old ways or techers should learn new ways. The digital natives will not go backwards as stated in the article. People are learning new innovations everyday, i think teachers can learn the new digital age. As a country, we have grown so far and i think it is wrong of the digital immigrants to not learn the new digital age. They are teachers, they are constantly learning, they should keep up with then world around them!
Conections to text/ course themes: This connects with out course them in that teens and the media are how students are so digital savy. It is because of the media. Teens come home from school and go straight to the computer, it sad but true, and they are learning new things everyday!
Questions/ Comments: I enjoyed this article and thought that it was a good topic to look at! The digital age is here and in full speed and i think it is nessesary for all ages to learn more and keep up to date with the digital era!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager
After reading this article about teenagers, i realized that i was being pretty stereotypical even though i myself was a teenager about 3 years ago. LIke the article said, our belief about teens is contradictory. "They should be free to become themselves. They need many years of training and study. They know more about the future than adults do. They know hardly anything at all. They ought to know the value of a dollar. They should be protected from the world of work. They are frail, vulnerable creatures. They are children. They are sex fiends. They are the death of culture. They are the hope to us all." This section of the text was quite a wake up call as i realized that i do myself think of teens in that manner at times, as does everyone i feel. It is expressed that way through the media and through portals of out lives.
People assume that all teenagers are alike and the same and this article expressed that about our assumtions. "all young people regardless of their class, location, or ethnicity, should have essentially the same experience, spent with people exactly their age, in an environment defined by high school and pop culture."
I didnt quite understand the intro section of the article about if teens were necessary. I mean i understand what he is saying i jsut dont think that he chose the right wording in soem cases in the article.
Overall, i think that the article gave great insight to some questions and expleined some things that i had not otherwise been thinking about at all.
People assume that all teenagers are alike and the same and this article expressed that about our assumtions. "all young people regardless of their class, location, or ethnicity, should have essentially the same experience, spent with people exactly their age, in an environment defined by high school and pop culture."
I didnt quite understand the intro section of the article about if teens were necessary. I mean i understand what he is saying i jsut dont think that he chose the right wording in soem cases in the article.
Overall, i think that the article gave great insight to some questions and expleined some things that i had not otherwise been thinking about at all.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Talking Points #2
MEDIA LITERACY
After spending quite sometime surfing the web on media literacy, i have come to find some things about the topic. First, i didnt have a firm grasp as to what it exactly meant. In turn, i did what most do in that situation. . .wikipedia. Media literacy is the process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres and forms. It uses an inquiry-based instructional model that encourages people to ask questions about what they watch, see, and read. So blogging would be a form of media literacy. It is basically understanding the media through discussion of the topics that are being expressed in the media. Media literacy was origanally conceived as an educational tool to protect people from what many perceived to be mass media's ill effects. To this day it is still a way to look at the media nto as a form of entertainment, but taking a "deeper look". For example, when we watched the opening scene of beauty and the beast in class, we tore it apart, and didnt really watch it for the entertainment aspect, but to look at what was the deeper message being expressed by the scene. Found a really great organization called ACME (Action Coalition for Media Education). It was really great for information and seems like a great organization. Its mission is: We live in the most heavily mediated society in world history. Powerful media tools—print, radio, television, the Internet—can bring a rich diversity of information into every home and school. Yet just a few multinational corporations (Big Media) own much of the media that shape our 21st century culture. Independently-funded media literacy education plays a crucial role in challenging Big Media's monopoly over our culture, helping to move the world to a more just, democratic and sustainable future. Maybe check out the site for yourself. http://acmecoalition.org/ . I feel as though it is definitley an important topic to discuss and understand when being influenced by the media! It is fun to watch thesemovies and ads, but one must not let it negetively affect them or influence them throughout their lives. I especially feel as though it is important for children and teens to understand this while growing up!!
After spending quite sometime surfing the web on media literacy, i have come to find some things about the topic. First, i didnt have a firm grasp as to what it exactly meant. In turn, i did what most do in that situation. . .wikipedia. Media literacy is the process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres and forms. It uses an inquiry-based instructional model that encourages people to ask questions about what they watch, see, and read. So blogging would be a form of media literacy. It is basically understanding the media through discussion of the topics that are being expressed in the media. Media literacy was origanally conceived as an educational tool to protect people from what many perceived to be mass media's ill effects. To this day it is still a way to look at the media nto as a form of entertainment, but taking a "deeper look". For example, when we watched the opening scene of beauty and the beast in class, we tore it apart, and didnt really watch it for the entertainment aspect, but to look at what was the deeper message being expressed by the scene. Found a really great organization called ACME (Action Coalition for Media Education). It was really great for information and seems like a great organization. Its mission is: We live in the most heavily mediated society in world history. Powerful media tools—print, radio, television, the Internet—can bring a rich diversity of information into every home and school. Yet just a few multinational corporations (Big Media) own much of the media that shape our 21st century culture. Independently-funded media literacy education plays a crucial role in challenging Big Media's monopoly over our culture, helping to move the world to a more just, democratic and sustainable future. Maybe check out the site for yourself. http://acmecoalition.org/ . I feel as though it is definitley an important topic to discuss and understand when being influenced by the media! It is fun to watch thesemovies and ads, but one must not let it negetively affect them or influence them throughout their lives. I especially feel as though it is important for children and teens to understand this while growing up!!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Talking Points #1
Author: Linda Christensen
Title: Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us
Some things I understand: This article by Christensen goes over the "myths" in our society that make us work the way that we do. I think that the media playes a huge role in how people live there lives. A quote that stuck out right away was by one of Christensen's students, Omar, was "When we read children's books, we aren't just reading cute little stories, we are discovering the tools with which a young society is manipulated." What Omar is expressing is that when reading stories like cinderella, you often think nothing off it but as a childrens book, but in turn, every girl wants to find her prince and live happily ever after because that is what society and the media a constantly pushing into each and everyone brain every day! If you think about it from the moment you wake up, until the moment you go to bed, the media is everywhere. you wake up to an alarm clock with the radio blaring another annoying commercial about a new weightloss pill. then you go to the bathroom, pick up the toothpast, which is of course a name brand like crest or colgate, because the media has made it known that this is what we should use, when im sure that the CVS brand is the same thing in a different bottle. billboards, tv commericails, magazine ads, songs, shows, clothing. . . everything that you see, listen to, hear, or touch from the moment you wake up till the moment that you close your eyes to go to bed has shaped your schema and how you think about the world. (that was a bit sidetracked, but this article made me think of how everything that i do forms the way that i think about the world and how to live my life) The article also went into talking about cartoons and how they are stereotypical for men and women's roles. Race in cartoons was also an issue addressed, Black Cinderella? How women who arent white feel ugly becuase the lead of every princess in movies is usually white.
Some things i don't understand:
- Now there have been cartoon movies where they are trying to make the leading lady not strictly caucasian like mulan and even aladin, so i think the article can address those points.
- Is there a man's deception too? men are made to look strong and built, it seems as though they are focusing on women mostly in the article.
Connections:
-This can be related to how we are going over our 3 assumption in class and how the media effects the way in which everyone thinks and molds us into what we are today.
Questions/ Comments/ Points to Share in Class:
-I feel as though the way the media depicts women has negetvley affected how girls grow up more so now with more of a media outreach through youtube and facebook. There is so many ways to be conected to society that girls as young as 8 and 9 are wearing make-up and dressing like minny adults.
Title: Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us
Some things I understand: This article by Christensen goes over the "myths" in our society that make us work the way that we do. I think that the media playes a huge role in how people live there lives. A quote that stuck out right away was by one of Christensen's students, Omar, was "When we read children's books, we aren't just reading cute little stories, we are discovering the tools with which a young society is manipulated." What Omar is expressing is that when reading stories like cinderella, you often think nothing off it but as a childrens book, but in turn, every girl wants to find her prince and live happily ever after because that is what society and the media a constantly pushing into each and everyone brain every day! If you think about it from the moment you wake up, until the moment you go to bed, the media is everywhere. you wake up to an alarm clock with the radio blaring another annoying commercial about a new weightloss pill. then you go to the bathroom, pick up the toothpast, which is of course a name brand like crest or colgate, because the media has made it known that this is what we should use, when im sure that the CVS brand is the same thing in a different bottle. billboards, tv commericails, magazine ads, songs, shows, clothing. . . everything that you see, listen to, hear, or touch from the moment you wake up till the moment that you close your eyes to go to bed has shaped your schema and how you think about the world. (that was a bit sidetracked, but this article made me think of how everything that i do forms the way that i think about the world and how to live my life) The article also went into talking about cartoons and how they are stereotypical for men and women's roles. Race in cartoons was also an issue addressed, Black Cinderella? How women who arent white feel ugly becuase the lead of every princess in movies is usually white.
Some things i don't understand:
- Now there have been cartoon movies where they are trying to make the leading lady not strictly caucasian like mulan and even aladin, so i think the article can address those points.
- Is there a man's deception too? men are made to look strong and built, it seems as though they are focusing on women mostly in the article.
Connections:
-This can be related to how we are going over our 3 assumption in class and how the media effects the way in which everyone thinks and molds us into what we are today.
Questions/ Comments/ Points to Share in Class:
-I feel as though the way the media depicts women has negetvley affected how girls grow up more so now with more of a media outreach through youtube and facebook. There is so many ways to be conected to society that girls as young as 8 and 9 are wearing make-up and dressing like minny adults.
"When I was 13..."
When I was 13 years old, i was in the 8th grade. I played field hockey and loved it! I was really into new hip clothes like bell bottoms and of course they had to be the brand that everyone was wearing! These pants were not just a little flared at the bottom, but they were like boats i swear! Looking back at pictures makes me laugh! (really hard!) I was one of those teenagers that had a really hard time with her locker. I didnt quite get the hang of it. It took me a while!
I really enjoyed middle school though, i had some great friends and in fact still talk to some of them to this day! I enjoyed school for the most part however hated the bus. we used to call it the "loser cruiser."
There are a lot of memories that i experienced while being 13, dancing at school dances with boys, you only danced to slow songs as your arms were strait across and teachers were glaring the whole time, "no touching!"
I think back and laugh, however, i really did have a pretty good time while being 13!
I really enjoyed middle school though, i had some great friends and in fact still talk to some of them to this day! I enjoyed school for the most part however hated the bus. we used to call it the "loser cruiser."
There are a lot of memories that i experienced while being 13, dancing at school dances with boys, you only danced to slow songs as your arms were strait across and teachers were glaring the whole time, "no touching!"
I think back and laugh, however, i really did have a pretty good time while being 13!
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