Friday, July 13, 2012

Weekly Reading #8


1. What impressed you most about young people's engagement with creative production?

Its interesting to me to see how popular digital media aka YouTube has gotten. Students have gotten so creative with the productions that they are constantly working on.   Students are able to leave feedback for each other.  Sometimes not so positive feedback. 

2. What concerns do you have about young people posting content online? I think that they do a lot of impulse posting.  They don’t really think it through before they have already posted photos and comments that could hurt themselves or someone else. 



3. Do you think most school policy toward student use of the Internet is reactionary or a necessary evil? I think that if teachers would embrace the online creative learning concept  and stay on top of the situation that they would not have to have such a strict internet policy.  Students would need to be aware of their consequences if they do not follow the rules.  But I think that if they were encouraged to work creatively online that there would be less instances of violations where the internet is concerned.



4. How might teachers' capitalize on student's interest in creative production with digital media?   Teachers should consider having students create projects where they are putting the final project on You Tube.  I think they would really take a personal interest into the subject matter just to try and out do their peers. 



5. Link to an online lesson plan, article, blog post video or podcast that is an example of student engagement in creative production with digital media for school related purposes.

1 comment:

  1. I like your realization that if teachers were more comfortable with social media and digital media we might not need such restrictive Internet policies at school!

    I like this free software for digital storytelling! Great find!

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