Live Blogging Alec’s Media Awareness Presentation
We are streaming live
Alec has created this wiki on Media Literacy, unfortunately his slides are not posted. The wiki provides many great examples on the dark side of the web.
Looking at the dark side of the web. Alec touches on history and problems since 2000.
- Scams, bullying (starwars kid)
- racist sites, pro-suicide sites, anti-immigration
We touched on Prensky’s idea of Digital Natives vs. Immigrants.
Touched on how consumerism drives companies (iPhone).
Neil Postman 5 things we need to know about Tech Change. Missed the last two and am looking for a link.
- tech change requires tradeoff
- +/- are never distributed equitably
- not addictive, ecological
Parents have little idea of what’s happening. Alec shows metaspy.com what people are looking at.
Whats big with teens
- poker, rating sites (hot or not), alcohol sites, downloading/sharing,
- video assults, phone bans
Interns shaddy experiences on the net
- Axe deordant ad on website
Plagiarism is a major issue with internet. Sites that trade and sell papers. I did this, but would never now that I understand content. I had a lack of awareness and understanding of researching and consequences.
turnitin.com is a solution that cross checks references. Policing is the last thing we need, Alec says more groundwork needs to laid. I think being proactive should always be the first step. We need to teach what plagiarism is and why it is wrong. Need to teach importance of citations and reference.
Democratic creation of material is a foundational component of Media Literecy. We need to teach awareness so that our students can achieve the potential of the internet while avoiding dangers.
Safe Searching images, wikimedia commons
Your post has thoughts racing through my head, Kyle. I’m in class right now so I can’t really reflect in depth like I want to. You’ll have to check my blog later today. Chances are I’ll have a huge reflection on it posted there and I’ll link back to your post. You brought up some really important points and some very interesting finds!