Media Literacy

It is amazing the difference in media literacy from the 19th and 20th century to the 21st century.  Students and teachers have access to media of all sorts, which reach beyond just print material from books.  Technology has improved therefore the literacy of students has improved, there are different ways for students to express themselves, [...]

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Websites Targeting Kids/Teens as Possible Texts

I was looking at the website for CapriSun, the juice drink for kids/teens.  The Kraft Brand CapriSun created this website.  They used colorful animated characters on the main page, with a game that they can play, they also used creative language like “Disrespectoids”, which sounds alot like other robots or other characters in movies or [...]

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My thoughts on Scrutinizing the Cybersell by Dr. Crovitz

I thought the article was very interesting about how Dr. Crovitz talked about the media culture that is a part of students’ daily interactions.  It is important that Dr. Crovitz pointed out that the web can be used in ways in the classroom that are new takes on the same standards that are being taught [...]

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Ch.4 of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms

Teachers tend to stay far away from Wikipedia, but Wikis allow you to be editor in chief on whatever subject you so chose.  There is so much flexibility to using a wikipedia, and can also be beneficial in the classroom. Wikis have the possibility of not containing accurate information but according to the book Wikipedia [...]

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Quebracho

What is a Quebracho?I have no idea, so I found that the encyclopedia referred to Quebracho as “axe breaker”.  I found out through other sources like wikipedia and britanica that it is a hardwood type of tree, and that is likely the reason for the name “axe breaker”.  All of these sources confirmed that these [...]

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