Hayley's Digital Media Literacy

I really enjoyed reading The Flight From Conversation by Sherry Turkle.  I agreed with everything she had to say.  While reading Anti-Teaching: Confronting The Crisis of Significance by Michael Wesch I also agreed with his point of view as well. Both Turkle and Wesch have similar ideas which makes them relatable.  The relationship between their ideas is that they both believe that not only children, but the entire society lack meaningfulness of communication with deep questions.  Both of them agree that asking higher level questions and critical thinking is the real key to learning.  Since people are always stuck on their phones or the internet, they expect quick responses from the people they are communicating with via the media.  In turn, they are asking very simple and basic questions.  This aligns with  Wesch talking about his students only asking questions such as "how long does this paper need to be?" and "what do we need to know for thi...

Please watch our video of our project. Making this product, I worked with Helen and Dena.  At first we were not sure what to create but once we started collaborating, we came up with some good ideas.  We made a scene of a young, chubby, African American girl watching Cinderella.  When her disabled grandmother called her for dinner, she said she was not hungry because she wanted to look like Cinderella.  On the other hand, we did a scene of a young, thin, Caucasian girl watching Cinderella.  She was happy and went to eat dinner with her mother. This was a great experience to create a short clip showing how the stereotype of what a princess looks like effects children. I could use this in my classroom to open my students' minds to diversity and how fall representations can have negative effects on people.  We did not continue the first scene so they can come up with what they think might happen after the child does not want to eat. They can also criti...

Please check out my screencastify about the digital tool: TalkingPoints ! Additional notes: *Talking Points officially launched in 2016 so it is still a fairly new digital tool. * TalkingPoints translates into many languages for diverse populations and minority families.  These translations are not simply google translations, but they are highly, culturally sensitive, translations. This is beneficial to ensure great, meaningful, parent engagement. * The goal of TalkingPoints is to impact 3 million students and their families by 2020! * Research shows that Talking Points leads to positive student outcome. * You can send pictures to parents/caretakers.

The chapter I chose to read was Seventh Graders and Sexism by Lisa Espinosa.   I decided on this selection because it stood out to me the most.   This is because sexism was always an issue and still is.   It is important to teach our youth about these stereotypes and false representations of females and males. Lisa opens her article talking about herself and relating that to the topic.   When she wrote this, she was a new teacher who wanted to help her students analyze media stereotypes.   Growing up she can from a Mexican family which is also the majority of the population where she teaches.   She believes that women of color are greatly impacted by these stereotypes and is an advocate for them.      When she was a child, she quickly came to a realization that there was a double standard , and there still is.  This is why she wants to analyze this with her students.  Boy were/are taught to be tough, strong, and ind...

All growing up, I was surrounded by Disney.   Not only did I watch all of the Disney movies possible, but I also went to Disney World (so many times), went to see Disney on Ice (a couple times), owned a ton of Disney toys and games, and had Disney princess costumes!  My sister and I always loved to play dress up together.  I became obsessed with The Little Mermaid, specifically because I have red hair.   When I was only a baby, I was Ariel for Halloween.   Since then, my grandmother always calls me “Ariel” and I love it!   I felt like I could relate to Ariel the most because we look similar.   Growing up I was teased and sometimes bullied about my red hair.   Since red hair is not so common, and nobody in my family has red hair, I often felt like the odd child.   During sad times in my life, I would reflect on the Disney princesses and how they all had to overcome something.   This made me hopeful that I too, would be ...

What do you make of the (divergent) positions of Boyd and Prensky (per our discussion in class and/or per the article above?)  Where do you stand on the “digital native” terminology? After reading both Boyd and Prensky's positions in addition to what we covered in class, I have to say that they both have good points. Before class today I would have sided with Prensky's position but after our class conversation and reading other blog posts, I agree more with Boyd. Boyd's position on children really stuck out to me.  Not only does she know that children are into digital media, specifically social media, but she also understands that they are just kids.  Although kids are usually able to use apps, smart phones, and search the web, they are not intelligent critical thinkers are their ages.  They still need guidance and support from adults.  This is because everything on the internet is not good and not true.  Some students can get mislead by information ...

Before starting Digital Media , I thought I was a digit immigrant and a digit native.  I feel that I fit into both categories.  However, if I had to chose I would say digital native based off of my age and the media I grew up with as a teenager. The first form of digital media I used was aim .  I was able to chat with my friends from school without having a cell phone.  The next tool I used, but my parents did not really want me to use, was Facebook .  I was only 14 at the time so I understand why!                                              When I got my first cell phone, I was in high school but I was not allowed to text.  My minutes were also limited.  My dad chose to go with AT&T and I have had that ever since.                           ...

          Hi!  My name is Hayley and I am new to blogger.  I am a 4th grade ESL teacher and currently working on my Master's Degree in ESL.  I did my undergrad at Rhode Island College in Elementary Education and Dance. I graduated in Spring of 2016. I love to dance.  At one point, I almost moved to New York City to pursue my dancing dream but I chose not to.  Some days I regret not taking that risk, however, I really do love my job and I am happy where I am.  When I am not working or taking grad classes, I take trips to NYC to dance.  I dance at Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan.  Being in NYC, specifically in the middle of Times Square, I feel so alive.  There are tons of people, from all walks of life, who come to the same place, at the same time.  Although I often go to NYC alone, I never feel alone being surrounded by such diversity.                   ...