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John Dorian - Scrubs

This is the guy who inspired me to be pre-med all throughout middle school and high school. He was quirky, personable, fallible, and a doctor.  

E.T.

E.T. was my favorite character, it came out in theaters when I was 4 or 5.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Friends

This was my favorite show in 1st grade.   #ninjaturtles

Betsy's Toy

http://eighties.me/why-jump-rope-when-you-can-skip-it/    #earlychildhoodtoy

Week 1 Discussion by Phoebe Shang

The  “Media as Social Partners” article features a particular discussion on  the degrees to which toddlers and preschoolers are able to relate the screen presentation with the reality. While the toddlers need parental direction to mirror the video content with the environment, the preschoolers, will have better learning results if parents or educators help them… Read more Week 1 Discussion by Phoebe Shang

Lisa G's Week 1 Readings

I loved the insights from the readings this week. I gave more attention to New Media Literacies and Rogoff’s 2007 piece, as well as the AAP brief.  I enjoyed the interplay between the critical developmentally appropriate lens of Alper and what I felt were the somewhat overbearing and fear-mongering AAP recommendations, including  “Examine your own media use… Read more Lisa G's Week 1 Readings

Week 1 Discussion: Corinne

I was particularly interested in the Children, Adolescents, and the Media article because I’m an editor for my friend’s media literacy web series, “The Media Show” and we actually recently did a video about kids under 2 and screen time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpNw6zA_Yjs Of course, watching this video is an experience best shared with others, as Richert,… Read more Week 1 Discussion: Corinne

Week 1 Discussion

The policy statement “Children, Adolescents, and Media” proposed by the Council on Communications and Media states that “young people now spend more time with media than they do in school,” and focuses on recommendations for pediatricians, parents, and schools to curb media’s negative side effects. This caused me to wonder about the distribution of young… Read more Week 1 Discussion

Week 1 Discussion

“Documentation highlights the importance of multiple perspectives in decision-making.” “Thus by using a variety of media to represent a single phenomenon, we are helping children ask better questions.” Alper made a great point here: technology can enable children to make sense of their experiences from different perspectives, either through documentation, different mediums, or social interactions. However,… Read more Week 1 Discussion