The task for educators is not to drain this sense of open-ended exploration from student-fans but rather to make sure that it is accompanied by the Jiminy Cricket-like voice of critical literacy…
Q: How to Connect Critical Thinking, Research, and Information Literacy? A: Fandom
April 2, 2013 By 14 Comments
MTV’s Andrew Jenks on Storytelling, Media Literacy, Baseball’s Bobby V, and His New Book
March 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Teaching media literacy seems almost as important as teaching any other subject because it is one of the main ways that young people learn and develop–and if you don’t know how to navigate the basics of consuming media and using media, you’re in trouble.”
The Shoah Foundation on Media Literacy… and the Importance of Librarians
March 6, 2013 By 2 Comments
“It was purposeful that the IWitness platform was built with media literacy and school standards around digital education right at the center of its architecture.”
Please Take This, Copy It, Use It, Improve It: A Digital Fandom Checklist
January 26, 2013 By 8 Comments
Teaching librarians and language arts educators have, via fandom, a unique opening to reframe netiquette as something other than a subset of character education or online safety.
New NCTE Research Brief Aligns Perfectly with Pop Culture Fandom… and Libraries
September 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“Students who develop expertise with a particular kind of reading— science fiction or online games, for example—outside of school may not think this kind of reading will be valued by their teachers.”
Guest Post by Ryan Goble… Uncommon Literacies: Teaching ‘This American Life’ (2)
September 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If our job as educators is to engage the hearts and minds of our students I can think of no better pop cultural text than “This American Life” to uncover the silly, strange, and sublime states of the human condition with our students.
Guest Post by Caitlin Plovnick: The Universe Behind The Universe
July 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When we provide graphic novels and comics, we should also be prepared to introduce curious readers to information about their history, how they are produced and who produces them.
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