Category: Week 1

Week 2 Discussion

by on January 13, 2016 9:19 pm
Alper mentions the unproductive generalization of today’s children as “iKids” or “digital natives”.  She claims these assumptions ignore a few core problems in the way today’s children must navigate new media literacy. First, the “transparency problem” or “the challenges young people face in learning to see clearly the ways that media shape perceptions of the world.” Second, the “ethics… Read more Week 2 Discussion

Week 1 Discussion - Lisa J

by on January 12, 2016 4:03 pm
One line from the Rogoff reading (Children’s Development of Cultural Repertoires…) particularly stuck out to me: “Tacit, routine expectations of everyday life are likely to be among the most powerful cultural experiences – especially because they are expected and unexamined by most participants” (Rogoff, p. 491). This made me ponder what the implicit social cues… Read more Week 1 Discussion - Lisa J

Juan's Cartoon

by on January 7, 2016 1:52 pm

Sim City

by on January 7, 2016 1:48 pm