false 3 24 17 true 7328634 read 4 true 7328633 currently-reading 3 true 7328632 to-read 11 false 7329390 comix 7 false 7329764 education 5 false 7329876 libraries 4 false 7329858 technology 4 false 7329467 fiction 1 false 9057178 philosophy 1 false 7329549 history 1 false 7329633 ya http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79326646 Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide (Hardcover) by Henry Jenkins
bookshelves: technology, to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78631406 to: Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) by Henry Jenkins
bookshelves: education, libraries, technology
Jenkins' (et al) report examines the various ways which young people become members of “participatory cultures,” as consumers and creators of information, and how these cultures inform a need for schools to incorporate new media skills into the curriculum.

Various sources have wondered whether students become skilled users of new media on their own, outside of the classroom, by participating in popular culture activities. To some extent this is true; the book gives numerous examples of teenagers who have excelled in non-curricular technology projects and developed successful careers. (Right now, you might be using a web browser developed by one of them.) Proponents of the separation of “online (recreational) life” and “school life” further suggest that schools should not spend valuable time instructing students in skills which do not apply concretely to traditional curricular goals.

The authors of Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture provide three concerns which support “pedagogical interventions” between students and the participatory culture of new media. These are the “participation gap” (whereas unequal access to technology will decide who excels and who does not in the future); the “transparency problem” (distinguishing perceptions of the world as created by the media); and the “ethics challenge” (how we are to behave in virtual interactions with other people). These concerns should not be ignored, and in fact may be (in some form) already in existence within traditional curriculums. However, schools have been slow to adapt to the demands of new media literacies, and participatory culture programs continue to enjoy the most success in small classes or afterschool groups. Library media specialists, who (should) consider themselves fluent or knowledgeable in new mediums of communication, can play an important role in how schools view technology as an educational tool. One can absolutely lead by example, and a compelling and enriching framework for media literacy can have a significant impact on everyone’s desire to learn.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79323429 On the Internet (Thinking in Action) by Hubert L. Dreyfus
bookshelves: currently-reading, philosophy, technology
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79175411 to: Cat's Cradle (Paperback) by Kurt Vonnegut
bookshelves: fiction
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78916234 to: Krazy and Ignatz 1941-1942: "A Ragout of Raspberries" (Paperback) by George Herriman
bookshelves: comix
Krazy Kat in color...such a thing of beauty. For one thing it makes you notice the scenery, which is outrageously creative and surreal (made me think of Outland, which probably cribbed from Krazy Kat like, well, crazy). And the design, the color schemes, the personality of Herriman's line...and his language, of course. WOW. As Jeet Heer sez in the introduction, the man was a "magpie" who sampled freely from both high and low cultures of early 20th century America. I don't think any comic strip ever got more Twain-ian. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78915977 to: Krazy & Ignatz 1929-1930: "A Mice, A Brick, A Lovely Night" (Krazy Kat) by George Herriman
bookshelves: comix
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77144230 Angela's review of Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (CBC Massey Lecture)
by Margaret Atwood

Book Clüb! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78649925 Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (CBC Massey Lecture) by Margaret Atwood
bookshelves: currently-reading
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78631776 Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide (Paperback) by Allyson A. W. Lyga
bookshelves: comix, education, libraries, to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78631635 to: Going Graphic: Comics at Work in the Multilingual Classroom (Paperback) by Stephen Cary
bookshelves: comix, education, libraries
Awesome resource for using comics in the curriculum. ]]>