Digital Literacies and 21st Century Skills: Recent Episodes
EdTech @ AdelphiU
Podcast for the Digital Literacies and 21st Century Skills course at Adelphi University's Educational Technology program.
Join Gaby and Liv as they explore the dynamic fusion of digital literacy and visual storytelling. They dive into the power of images, dissect digital art, and unravel the responsibilities of digital citizenship, speaking on their own experiences both as students and future educators. Discover how images enhance education and learn valuable resources to boost your digital imagery skills. Embark on a creative journey that blends art, technology, and critical thinking. Tune in for captivating discussions on the art of the digital age!
References
Bunt, B. (2011, June 11). LeWitt. Brogan Bunt. Retrieved from: https://broganbunt.net.
Harrison, K. (n.d.). What is visual literacy? Retrieved from: https://visualliteracytoday.org.
Lopes, D. (2009). From the author’s perspective: A philosophy of computer art. American Society for Aesthetics. Retrieved from: https://aesthetics-online.org/page/LopesComputer.
McCorduck, P. (n.d.). Aaron's code: Meta-art, artificial intelligence and the work of Harold Cohen. {Software} Structures. Retrieved from: https://artport.whitney.org.
Taylor, G. D. (2001). The machine that made science art: The troubled history of computer art 1983-1989 [Thesis, The University of Western Australia]. Leonardo. https://leonardo.info/leonardo-abstracts-service.
Thompson, D. S. (2019). Teaching students to critically read digital images: A visual literacy approach using the DIG method. Journal of Visual Literacy, 38(1-2), 110-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/105114x.2018.1564604.
In this bonus podcast, Lauren, Brianna and Michelle dive into social media and education. They focus on the positives and negatives of Twitter and its use in the classroom referencing both the Tang and Hew article and the Twittering About Learning article. Referring to the Megan Mallon podcast, they talk about why digital literacy and digital citizenship is important. Then they add in pieces of their own personal experiences with Twitter and social media as a whole. To end off the podcast, they talk about how they have experienced social media use in the classroom in the past.
References
Kurtz, J. (2008, November 30). Twittering about learning: Using Twitter in an elementary school classroom. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ859276
Mallon, M., & Mallon, M. (Hosts). (2020, January 20). Megan Mallon [Episode 71]. In Leading Lines.
Tang, Y., & Hew, K. F. (2017). Using Twitter for education: Beneficial or simply a waste of time? Computers & Education, 106, 97-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.12.004
On this week’s podcast Victoria, Metin, and Stephanie explore the positives and negatives of using social media in the classroom, as well as the impact it has had on art education. While social media continues to evolve and shape the lives of students, educators have started to incorporate it into their lessons as a way to make learning relevant and engaging. In doing so, certain challenges have surfaced. During their discussion, they provide insight from the perspectives of elementary and secondary teachers by sharing personal anecdotes from their own experiences as teachers.
References
Greenhow, C., & Lewin, C. (2016). Social media and education: reconceptualizing the boundaries of formal and informal learning. Learning, Media and Technology, 41(1), 6-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2015.1064954
McDaniel, R. (2016-Present). Leading Lines [Audio podcast]. Vanderbilt Center for Teaching and The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. https://leadinglinespod.com/
Tang, Y., & Hew, K. F. (2017). Using Twitter for education: Beneficial or simply a waste of time? Computers & Education, 106, 97-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.12.004
Have you ever felt your phone vibrate but there were no notifications? Has someone ever told you that you are addicted to social media? In this week’s podcast, Lauren, Brianna, and Michelle dive into addiction and its relation to social media. They start off diving a little bit into their own social media usage. They then reference Boyd’s article and talk about why teens seem to have “less freedom” than ever before and mention how the “addiction” relates to phantom vibration syndrome. To end the conversation, they tie in the “Social Dilemma” documentary on Netflix and Feifer’s “You are not “addicted” to social media” podcast.
References
boyd, d. (2014). It’s complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Feifer, J. (Host). (2021, May 27). You are not “addicted” to technology. (No. 41). [Audio podcast episode]. In Build for tomorrow. https://www.jasonfeifer.com/episode/you-are-not-addicted-to-technology/
Orlowski , J. (Director) (2020) The social dilemma [Documentary]. Exposure Labs. https://netflix.com/title/81254224
Seeker. (2014, July 28). Why Do We Feel Phantom Phone Vibrations? [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/JnyXzgR_pAo
Have you ever been a victim of fake news? This week’s episode focuses on the topic of disinformation on the internet. The J-Birds (Jazmyn, John, and Joe,) dig deep into different producers of disinformation, their motives behind creating such content and then address ways to combat the spread of disinformation from the classroom to your daily life.
References
Bulger, M., & Davison, P. (2018). The Promises, Challenges, and Futures of Media Literacy. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 10(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.23860/jmle-2018-10-1-1
Spies, S. (2020, February 13). Producers of Disinformation - Version 1.2, V1.1.
MediaWell, Social Science Research Council. https://mediawell.ssrc.org/literature-reviews/producers-of-
disinformation/versions/1-1/
TEDx Talks. (2021, April 29). How to recognize disinformation and how to stop it | Deb Lavoy | TEDxAtlanta [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved October 19, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ubPQm63_7c
Alexandra, Noelle and Jen discuss the phenomenon of selective perception and how it causes social media users to not only believe faulty information but to also spread it. Using this week’s readings by Spies as a springboard, as well as the video on Selective Perception and a blog post by Harvard's Program on Negotiation, the trio explores the difference between misinformation and disinformation, selective perception and how it relates to echo chamber effects, the inconclusive research currently out there regarding how and why misinformation spreads and finally, what educators and even private citizens can do to stop the spread without entirely jeopardizing the public’s faith in the media.
References
Hung, A. C. Y. (2021, October 5). Selective perception [Video]. Youtube.
PON Staff. (2019, November 26th). The anchoring effect and it can impact your negotiation [The anchoring effect is a cognitive bias that describes the common human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered]. Retrieved from
https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/negotiation-skills-daily/the-drawbacks-of-goals/
Spies, S. (2020, April 29). Contexts of misinformation. Mediawell. https://mediawell.ssrc.org/literature-reviews/contexts-of-misinformation/versions/1-1/
Spies, S. (2020, July 20). How misinformation spreads. Mediawell. https://mediawell.ssrc.org/literature-reviews/how-misinformation-spreads/versions/1-0/
Schmidt, P. R., & Lazar, A. (2016). CHAPTER 5: Mapping Critical Media Literacy onto Iterative Remix Practice. In Reconceptualizing Literacy in the New Age of Multiculturalism and Pluralism. Information Age Publishing, Incorporated.
When thinking about the word “remix” what comes to mind? For Samantha and Janine, they first focused on songs but explored books, writings, images and movies as all remixes. Looking at Ferguson Everything is a remix video online, James remix practice article, as well as “Is originality dead?” podcast from the art of education university online. Using these, we focused on explaining what remix culture is and how useful or harming copying/remixing is in society and in teaching.
Tim Bogatz, Andrew McCormick (2015). Is Originality Dead?: Ep. 001. The Art of Education University. https://theartofeducation.edu/podcasts/episode-001-the-origins-of-art/#transcript
In today’s episode with Amanda and Sam, they discuss the importance of Connected Learning and how it will relate to educators and their classrooms. While they are both physical education teachers, stay tuned while they discuss different ways Connected Learning can be used to help promote a healthy lifestyle. Ever hear of the “4C’s” or “learning styles”? Yeah? In today's episode they also discuss the Tesia Marshik TED Talk based on Learning styles & the importance of critical self-reflection as well as Soule and Warrick’s article related to the importance of the 21st century “survival skills.” Tune in to find out their take on connected learning and how they will incorporate connected learning to their world/ how you can too!
References
Ito et al. (2020) The Connected Learning Research Network: Reflections on a decade of engaged scholarship. Irvine, CA: Connected Learning Alliance.
Marshik, T. (2015, April) Learning styles & the importance of critical self-reflection [Video] TED Conferences. https://youtu.be/855Now8h5Rs.
Soulé, H., & Warrick, T. (2015). Defining 21st century readiness for all students: What we know and how to get there. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 9(2), 178–186. http://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000017.
In this week's podcast, Brynn and Samantha talk about using social media in the classroom. Together they address concerns people have about social media in the classroom, talk about their own experiences with social media and school, ways to use social media in the classroom, online safety, cyberbullying, including the parents, and using social media to get the students interested in school. This discussion will reference two of the reading and one outside reading.
References
Greenhow, C., & Lewin, C. (2016). Social media and education: reconceptualizing the boundaries of formal and informal learning. Learning, Media and Technology, 41(1), 6–30. http://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2015.1064954
Holland, B. (2013, June 18). Introducing social media to elementary students. Edutopia.Retrieved from: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/introducing-social-media-lower-elementary-beth-holland
Tang, Y., & Hew, K. F. (2017). Using Twitter for education: Beneficial or simply a waste of time? Computers and Education, 106, 97–118. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.12.004
Is society’s collective engagement with social media considered addictive? Tech critics say yes, but addiction researchers hesitate to agree. In this episode, Gabby and Christina delve deeply into social media usage. As they analyze the evolution of Big Tech companies and how social media is impacting the highly malleable teenage generation, Christina and Gabby take a magnified, hard look at their own relationships with social media.
References
boyd, d. (2014). It’s complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Feifer, J. (2021) You are not "addicted" to technology. Build For Tomorrow. Retrieved from: https://www.jasonfeifer.com/episode/you-are-not-addicted-to-technology/
Solon, O and Finn, T (October 5, 2021) Facebook whistleblower tells Congress social network is 'accountable to no one.' NBC News. Retrieved from: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/facebook-whistleblower-tell-congress-social-network-accountable-no-one-n1280786
Stanborough, R (October 17, 2019) How to tell if you could be addicted to your phone. Healthline. Retrieved from: https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/cell-phone-addiction
In this episode, Ian and Jiewen will touch base on the topic of disinformation. They will first talk about what disinformation is and how it is different from misinformation. As they delve deeper into this topic, they draw on the reading: Producers of Disinformation - Version 1.2 (Spies, 2020) to talk about how disinformation affects us when it comes to demographics and what caused the spread of the disinformation. Discussions in this episode will include examining examples of disinformation they have come across to support their points, along with the reading: Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society. We Are Not Prepared (Toews, 2020). Lastly, they will relate to the reading: The Promises, Challenges, and Futures of Media Literacy (Bulger & Davison, 2018) and jump into the conversation on what actions educators, private entities, as well as the government should take to stop the spread of disinformation.
References
Bulger, M. and Davison, P. (2018) The promises, challenges, and futures of media literacy. Data & Society. Retrieved from: https://datasociety.net/library/the-promises-challenges-and-futures-of-media-literacy/
Spies, S. (February 13, 2020) Producers of disinformation. Mediawell. Retrieved from: https://mediawell.ssrc.org/literature-reviews/producers-of-disinformation/versions/1-1/
Toews, R. (May 25, 2020). Deepfakes are going to wreak havoc on society. We are not prepared. Forbes. Retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2020/05/25/deepfakes-are-going-to-wreak-havoc-on-society-we-are-not-prepared
This podcast, titled K(no)w Truth, is a brief introduction to how misinformation spreads and its potential impacts on society. It looks at some of the research that social scientists have been compiling to decide how or if misinformation is affecting society.
References
Seitz, A. and Fingerhut, H. (2021, October 8) Americans agree misinformation is a problem, poll shows. Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-health-misinformation-fbe9d09024d7b92e1600e411d5f931dd
Spies, S. (2020, April 29) Contexts of misinformation. Mediawell. https://doi.org/10.35650/MD.2003.d.2019
Spies, S. (2020, July 30) How misinformation spreads. Mediawell. https://doi.org/10.35650/MD.2069.d.2020
In this episode, Michael and Yanru begin by defining multimedia and what it means to use the multimedia principle in a learning environment. They speak on ways they've used multimedia in courses both as students and as instructors. They also bring up a reading from another class–Technology and Instructional Design–the Fish Story used in Donovan and Bransford (2004) Introduction and how multimedia could have helped the poor novice fish visualize life outside that pond.
References
Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2016). e-Learning and the science of instruction. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Donovan, M. S., & Bransford, J. D. (2005). Introduction. In M. S. Donovan & J. D. Bransford (Eds.), How students learn (pp. 1–28). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
In this week’s podcast, Carissa and Maria will be taking a closer look at imagery and visual literacy. They will examine what exactly visual literacy is, how to make content visually appealing, how to incorporate imagery into a classroom, and most importantly, why it’s important to incorporate in a classroom (especially in this new age of social media). Listen to hear more about how they feel about this topic!
Sources:
Apkon, S. (2013). The age of the image: Redefining literacy in the world of screens. New York: NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Cordell, D. M. (2015). Using images to teach critical thinking skills: Visual literacy and digital photography. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.
Duncum, P. (2015). A journey toward an art education for wired youth. Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research, 56(4), 295-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2015.11518972
Marlon, J. (2021, September 7). How to effectively show climate change in 25 images " Yale Climate connections. Yale Climate Connections. Retrieved September 16, 2021, from https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/09/how-to-effectively-show-climate-change-in-25-images/.
Connected learning has become a trend. When students connect with the world with the support of families, mentors, and friends, their interests become more than interests but passions and even the starting point for their careers. In this episode, Natalie and Grace will share their connected learning experience. This podcast is not only a reflection on Ito's Connected Learning book but also a reflection on how to support student development.
In this episode, Graziela, Kuan, and Grace deep dived into the discussion of social media use in education and shared their social media experiences in teaching and learning. How do you feel when you receive notifications from classmates, teachers, and students on social media (whether on Twitter or Facebook)? Besides, this episode discusses how social media breaks down the boundaries between formal and informal learning and creates opportunities for connected learning.
References
Anderson, M., & Jiang, J. (2018). Teens, social media & technology 2018. Pew Research Center, 31(2018), 1673-1689.
Colley, H., Hodkinson, P., and Malcolm, J. (2003). Informality and formality in learning: A report for the learning and skills research centre. London: LSRC.
Khetrapal, G. (2017). The wheel of modern education. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YwWVYX8QkE
Selwyn, N. (2011). Social media in higher education. In A. Gladman (Ed.) The Europa World of Learning (pp. 1-9). London: Routledge.
On this bonus episode, Gaynel discusses how teenagers view their privacy on social and how their views on privacy differs from that of adults, especially their parents. Making references to danah boyd's article "It's complicated," Gaynel discusses how teenagers view their online present and their privacy. Teenagers believe that not because you have access to the content means you have access to the meaning and that shows you that they do value their privacy and share only what they deems need sharing.
On this week’s episode, Matt, Dianna and Brooke discuss the dangers and drawbacks of the world’s fixation with social media, and the possible damage it may do to their students at various grade levels. Reflecting on danah boyd’s “It’s Complicated”, and Jason Feifer’s “What Will We Fear Next?” podcast, along with current government practices in China, the trio spin a satisfying symphony of thoughts on the matter.
References
boyd, d. (2014) It's complicated
Fiefer, J. (2020) What will we fear next?
In this episode, John, Victoria, and Natalie discuss misinformation and disinformation in the digital media. The trio dived into how misinformation has become relevant on social media over the course of the past 5 years. They also discussed how misinformation has made its way into the world of politics and how ideological echo chambers and filter bubbles connect to polarization on the internet. Finally, the three explored how misinformation is relevant to the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
Rodrigo (2021) Twitter to label posts with vaccine misinformation
Spies (2020) How misinformation spreads
Spies (2020) Contexts of misinformation
Twitter (2021) Updates to our work on COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
On this week's podcast, Simon Swist and Jade Tabor primarily discuss the work of Ito et al. (2020), which focuses on "connected learning," a seemingly more holistic approach to education that incorporates socio-cultural contexts, multiple literacies, and technology into curricula. With additional references to Soule and Warrick (2015), as well as Ken Robinson's talk on Changing Paradigms, we ultimately conclude that there are no alternatives to real-life interactions. Technology itself is merely a tool we can use to enhance learning experiences and our lives, but not to completely replace those human connections and interactions we need to develop crucial 21st century skills.
This week's episode of the digital literacy podcast is on Social Media and Education. Samantha, Cheyenne, and Marshaun explore how social media can be used as an assessment tool, our experience with the Twitterverse in relation to this week's readings, and how social media can relate to connected learning. During the episode we try to understand this week's readings and make personal connections to our own learning.
References
Kind, E. (2015) Social media for lifelong learning. International Review of Psychiatry, 27(2), 124-132.
References
Bulger and Davison (2018) The promises, challenges, and futures of media literacy
Manjoo (2011) True enough
Spies (2020) Producers of disinformation
References
Axis of Awesome - Four Chord Song: Popular comedic take on a "mashup"
Ferguson (2015) Everything is a remix
James (2016) Mapping critical media literacy onto iterative remix practice
Knobel and Lankshear (2008) The art and craft of endless hybridization
Madeon - Pop Culture: Producer who famously sampled 39 different songs to not only create an original "mashup," but also perform it in real-time.
Teachers Pay Teachers (discussed) |Additional TPT Reading
Time King - Tank! (Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts/Cowboy Bebop Cover): For fun: Brandon and Richie are part of a prog rock band called Time King. The band often performs and records rock renditions of iconic anime and video game themes. This one is a rendition of "Tank!" from the classic anime, Cowboy Bebop. Original jazz-oriented theme.
References
Apkon (2013) All the world’s a screen (Excerpt from The age of the image)
Burnham and Elliot (2011) Teaching in the art museum: Interpretation as experience
Cordell (2015) Using images to teach critical thinking skills
Duncum (2015) A journey toward an art education for wired youth
Music: “Earning Happiness” by John Bartman. From the Free Music Archive CC0 1.0 Universal License.
Bonus episode from The Conversation. Our guest this week is Brandon Dove, the Coordinator of Virtual Campus and Online Services at the Learning and Writing Centers. Brandon discusses what these centers are, and how students can take advantage of them to succeed and become better learners. Click here to subscribe to new episodes!
Links
Brandon's introduction video for the Writing Center
The Learning Center website
The Writing Center website
List of skills you can develop
Scheduling an appointment
This is a Podcast on Design Thinking in Education. Christopher discusses the definition of Design Thinking. He then goes over the Main Procedures students learn to follow. Then he provides a Project-Based Learning Plan for the students to learn how to use the process to solve their problem. Finally he describes the positive results students gain from learning design thinking and completing a solution. The final discussion is about resources and other options for Design Thinking.
Shannon and Jeanell, both teachers, discuss the pros and cons of using Twitter and other social media platforms in the classroom. Listen as they explore different scenarios and ideas on how to implement social media and technology in their classrooms!
Resources
Greenhow and Lewin (2016) Social media and education: Reconceptualizing the boundaries of formal and informal learning
Tang and Hew (2017) Using Twitter for education: Beneficial or simply a waste of time?
In this week’s podcast, we discuss various aspects of technological advancements and social media use in education. We analyze the episode, The telegraph, by Pessimists Archive (2019) to better understand the origins of concerns regarding the loss of privacy, moral corruption, and false news related to technological advancements. We also discuss the benefits and dangers of using social media for formal and informal learning and reflect on our experience using Twitter for #EDT501 to evaluate its use in education. Our group discussed all of the readings in our podcast Greenhow and Lewin (2016) Social media and education: Reconceptualizing the boundaries of formal and informal learning and Tang and Hew (2017) Using Twitter for education: Beneficial or simply a waste of time?
The Conversation is a podcast I used to use for another class called Technology and Instructional Design. It used to be dedicated to conversations between myself as the instructor and the students. Given the big changes seen in education today, I have decided to evolve into a conversation with educators, students, parents, and administrators who have been impacted by this. This sample episode is the first from this series, with a faculty, a graduate student who is also a teacher, and an eighth grade student. The faculty and graduate student, as well as the co-host, Professor Clara Bauler, are also parents, who have to manage their children's education. I hope you enjoy this episode. Click here to subscribe!
Julie Garvey, Marci Imbrenda and Nia Thomas discuss the duality of social media. They explore whether or not we are losing our capacity for empathy as a society, what the benefits of social media are and how we as individuals can help educate our youth into being responsible users of social media.
Resources
So you've been publicly shamed by Ron Jonson
It's complicated by danah boyd
Black Mirror, Nosedive (Netflix)
The Pessimists Archive (2018), The novel
France 24 (2019) China ranks 'good' and 'bad' citizens with 'social credit' system
In this episode, Clakkey, Jeannell and Shannon looked at the dictionary definition of literacy as well as that of the Global Alliance for Monitoring Learning and the The US National Association for Media Literacy Education. We then dissected it through the lens of Davison, Bulger and Majoo as well as our own experiences.
In this podcast, Ricci and Kim discuss the different forms of visual presentation and its impact on learning. First they talk about the multimedia principle and how images affect our understanding. Then they move onto the modality principle and whether audio or text works best when paired with visuals. Lastly, they end with a discussion on the pitfalls of PowerPoint and their encounters with it.
Special thanks to Ellen Derr, who won the logo contest last semester!
In this podcast, we discuss the Draft New York State Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards. We provide a background on why and how the standards were developed and we break down how they are organized. Focusing on the digital literacy standards, we share personal anecdotes and ideas about how these standards can be implemented in the classroom, we reflect on how they might be modified to meet the needs of all students and we share our thoughts about the presence of technology in our everyday lives and the importance of a strong educational foundation in digital literacy.
Lay back and listen as Jalesia, Kerri, and Christopher go through Connected Learning as well as give personal examples and discuss. Connected learning centers around deploying new media to reach and enable youth who otherwise lack access to opportunity. This is only the start of Connected Learning but in this podcast we talk about the possible future of connected learning and how this topic can venture off into becoming something as deep as an actual class where students are taught about it!
We are going to discuss Connected Learning through the following talking points of economical, social, technological trends and the challenges they pose to the transformation of our current educational system. Learning is meaningful when it is part of valued relationships, shared practice, culture, and identity. Young people need connection and translation between in-school and out-of-school learning. We can engage students to help effectively shape their learning experiences, with the concepts of Connected Learning and Design thinking in mind, and we can mindfully make progressive actions towards constructing a new pathway for educational purposes.
In our Podcast, we focused on a Ted Talk by TIm Brown about Design Thinking, and an article by Donaid A. Schön (Department of Urban Studies and Planning) titled “Teaching and learning as a design transaction.” Our conversation centered around communication and the issues surrounding the inherent misunderstandings that result. We used the examples from the video and article to illustrate this. We discussed the need for “giving reason” and “reciprocal reflection” as important pieces to Design Thinking. We also discussed the “Silent Game” and what teachers can take away from this activity. Our thoughts were focused on the need for awareness of multiple visions, the art of observation and reflection, to never make assumptions, and to embrace the excitement of discovery for both teacher and students. We closed with our thoughts on the bravery and leap of faith the education system must take to incorporate Design Thinking into the classroom.
On this week's Digital Literacies and 21st Century Skills, Laura, Justine, Mary, and Eilene will be talking about Design Thinking 2. They will discuss the Schon (1992) Teaching and learning as a design transaction article, as well as Tim Brown, Urges Designers to Think Big, Ted Talk.
Welcome to our Podcast on Design Thinking, a non-traditional learning style that may change the way you teach and learn forever. In this episode we discuss "abductive reasoning" which is the type of learning that goes along with design thinking. Abductive reasoning involves jumping into a problem without knowing all the information yet; it's a very hands on approach. In our talk we discussed our concerns with what using design thinking entails and through it you will learn the steps of the design process, why educators may want to use it, and how it's being applied places already. The information in the podcast is from the Burdick and Willis (2011) Digital learning, digital scholarship and design thinking reading and the Design thinking for educators toolkit.
In this podcast, Byron Stewart and Solveig Comer discuss social media, the reliability of Wikipedia, and the social aspects of Wikipedia behind the scenes. We also discuss how appropriate social media and wikipedia are for use in K-12 classrooms and look forward to digital literacy in the future.
In this podcast from Brooke White, Chris Horton and Michael Califano, we address the debate over social media within the classroom. We connect our thoughts, ideas, and personal experiences concerning social media and technology use as a learning tool to current research and educational hypotheses. Thank you all for listening!
This Social Media II podcast covers a range of topics surrounding social media in today’s education system. We will be discussing social media platforms in the classroom, with a particular focus on Twitter and Facebook. We will discuss some examples as to when it has proven to be effective in the classroom, as well as some pitfalls to watch out for.
Readings that we referenced include: Greenhow and Lewin (2016) Social media and education and Tang and Hew (2017) Using Twitter for education.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
In our podcast, we touched on both the boyd and Ronson readings. After giving a brief overview of social media, as it’s discussed in boyd’s chapter, we presented both positive and negative aspects of social media. We all concluded with different ways we believed social media could be introduced to classrooms, specifically art and elementary classes.
Welcome back! During their second episode of their podcast, Ellen Derr, Nikki Weber, and Elaheh Salari discuss social media. Their conversation focuses on this week's readings God That Was Awesome, Why Do Teens Seem Strange Online and an episode of Netflix's Black Mirror. They also discuss some of their personal views on social media and how it has impacted their lives. Thanks for listening!
The podcast’s main focus was about the Chinese social credit system and our view points on the system as a whole. As a team we collected our information from the video and reading (by Elgan) which was provided to us in class. The Chinese social credit system is in place to create an ideal “model citizen” in society based on rules and regulations. When a citizen does not obey the system they are “black listed” in a public shaming manner, of which can be humiliating to the individuals and their families as they are to be outcasted as pariahs. In the advancement of our technology, we as a society have been exposed to this social credit system similar to the Chinese, with companies that are now gaining power to “black list” customers. Now, the question is, when will this small amount of power become too much power?
We are living in a world where everything is a remix. During this episode, Ellen Derr, Nikki Weber, and Elaheh Salari discuss what the word remix means to them and how they can apply it in their professional lives as well as their personal lives. They also break down their favorite parts of Kirby Ferguson's video "Everything is a Remix Remastered." Thanks for listening!
This week, Laura Erwin, Eilene Paul, and Justine Moody spoke about Remix. We discuss Remix in terms of What is remix? Is it to combine or edit material to create something new- first seen in music? What role does remix have in cultural production? We looked at the huge influence on our musical influences and styles, by adding and switching techniques and the video “everything is a remix”. How should educators use remix? We researched the concept of Remix, to answer these questions through Ferguson (2015) Everything is a remix, James (2016) Mapping critical media literacy onto iterative remix practice, and Knobel and Lankshear (2008) Remix: The art and craft of endless hybridization. We discuss all these topics and more in this episode.
Jalesia Williams and Christopher Schimpf discuss important topics introduced in the readings “(2015) Do we really need media education 2.0?” as well as “(2017) Media manipulation and disinformation online”. Students will also take a different approach on the podcast, Christopher Schimpf representing Media 1.0 as Jalesia Williams represents Media 2.0.
All people especially children learn from the media in their environments. What they see, what they hear and ultimately what they experience. This media surrounds us. How can we sort through the digital media today? Focusing on our role as educators and parents in the growing digital world that we live in today, we ourselves need to understand the media and the avenues of that media throughout our culture and the minds of our youth. With that, we need to discuss and work collectively to a unanimous and seamless integration of Media Literacy in the education system.
Michael and Chris discuss the three readings for Media Literacy, we focus on the main points of the readings and discuss their implications for teachers and other members of society. This week's readings were very interesting and spawned a good discussion that we hope you will enjoy and find helpful. We mostly discussed the two Manjoo readings but we did discuss Gee in the beginning.
In this first podcast from Brooke White and Christine Owens, we discuss topics such as the Multimedia Principle and the Redundancy Principle. We connect our thoughts, ideas, and personal experiences concerning differentiation to current research and educational hypotheses. Lastly, we discuss Tufte’s stance on PowerPoint presentation and its effects on both the educator and the learner. Thank you for listening!
Our podcast focuses on the readings for Visual Literacy II. We review the Multimedia Principle and The Redundancy Principle by Clark and Mayer, and The cognitive style of PowerPoint by Tufte. We discuss different types of graphics and how they can effectively compliment text in eLearning and we talk about when text or graphics can be unnecessary or have a negative effect on the learner. Finally we share how PowerPoint, although a commonly used platform, is often ineffective and in certain cases, harmful, to audiences.
In this first podcast from Byron Stewart & Solveig Comer, we discuss the topic of Visual Literacy and its role in educational settings. Included are our favorite terms related to visual literacy and how it has changed and continues to change education. Thanks for listening!
In our final episode for the semester, Jennifer and Nico revisit our discussion of social media as it relates to 21st century skills.
In this podcast, Anthony and Nico discuss the Ito et al's Connected Learning reading. We go over what connected learning means and then we talk about experiences in our life where we learned something using connected learning. We then discuss some of the case studies done in the reading and give our thoughts on those and how they connect to some of the experiences that we have had in college.
We revisited social media and discussed several different class readings and videos we were exposed to in those weeks. We evaluated the Netflix Black Mirror Episode and talked about how it relates to our world now, where we see this today, and how we all felt about the concept. We also spoke about Impressions Management and whether or not we felt it was dishonest or normal/acceptable. Later we compared our views on the Chinese social media score video. Finally, we revisited and discuss the social media debate done by class.
For our podcast this week, we (Cinzia and Ann) did a revisit of Remix and discussed the readings and video from that week. Based on the feedback given on our last Podcast, we did a bit more conversational back and forth, gave more personal incites and personal examples, and tried to make it a bit more interesting overall. We also added background music during the reading of quotes by Ferguson to give some emphasis to those segments.
During this podcast we revisited Social Media I. We focused on the readings from boyd (2014) Identity: Why do teens seem strange online? and Ronson (2015) God that was awesome. Additionally we talked about a few topics from these readings, including Impressions Management, Public Shaming, Social Media Score, and whether or not social media is good or bad for society.
We are talking about forms of thinking, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, and abductive reasoning. And we also talking about Tim Brown's TED Talk, and share our examples and ideas to introduce how design thinking is useful in our lives and how we use design thinking to innovate. We are interested in the silent game, which is used in teaching and learning, and we provide ideas about how it works in the classroom.
The Podcast is a revisit on a topic we learned before regarding Media Literacy II. We used that week’s readings and videos to make connections from our personal lives, as well as connections to subsequent topics we learned, such as Social Media and Design Thinking. This podcast reinforces our learning about teaching media responsibly and engaging students.
For this weeks podcast, Marisa and I focused on Tim Brown's TED Talk, Professor Hung's video, and Donald Schon's reading Teaching and Learning as a Design Transaction. We started off by giving a quick overview of the different forms of thinking and how we relate to them. Then we wanted to talk more in depth about the TED talk example of solving problems in the world using design thinking. This came from his #CBDQ. We ended with the reading and how people have different ways of thinking about the same solution and how the silent game showed us the importance of "giving reason" to other people's thought process.
This podcast focuses primarily on Schon (1992) Teaching and learning as a design transaction reading. We do discuss briefly the Forms of Thinking video and the TED Talk. Our focus is on the idea of design thinking and communication. We were able to make connections to our own teaching experiences and this weeks reading.
The topic of this episode is social media. Wendy, Xingyue and Shahee talk about two readings and a video. The first reading is Ronson's chapter on cyber violence. Then, they discuss boyd's article about the multiple identities of youth networks. Finally, since two of the podcasters are Chinese, Shahee and Xingyue discussed their viewpoints on the social credit system in China.
For our podcast this week, Cinzia and Ann discuss both readings, the video and the Black Mirror Netflix episode. The readings they focus on were danah boyd’s "Identity: Why do teens seem strange online?", from her book "It's complicated," which talks about the trials and tribulations of today’s teens’ social life and interactions online, and their identity work in an online environment. They also talk about Jon Ronson’s “God that was awesome,” which highlighted the public shaming which occurs on social media in channels such as Twitter and the comparisons to real life shaming. They also discuss the France 24 video "China introduces ‘social credit score’ for citizens," which highlighted the social credit experiment happening today in China and the public shaming it employs to manipulate people’s behavior. And they speak briefly about the Black Mirror episode, Nosedive, whose plot concentrates on a social rating system in society in which people rate each other on a scale of 1-5 with every interaction they have and which impacts their socioeconomic status and, ultimately, their lives.
Nico and Anthony talk about fan fiction, Kirby Ferguson's "Everything is a Remix", Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear, and Kedrick James.
Jennifer and Joanna discuss remix, Kirby Ferguson's "Everything is a Remix", Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear, and Kedrick James.
Tammra, Jenna and Natalie discuss Marwick and Lewis' "Media manipulation and disinformation online" and David Buckingham's "Do we really need media education 2.0?"
Taryn and Nitasha discuss Marwick and Lewis's "Media manipulation and disinformation online" and David Buckingham's "Do we really need media education 2.0?"
Kayla and Marisa discuss James Paul Gee's "Digital media and learning as an emerging field" and Farhad Manjoo's "True Enough".
Lauren and Angela discuss Edward Tufte's "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint" and Richard Mayer's Multimedia Principle and Redundancy Principle.