Zoe's Media Literacy Blog

Who am I? Academic spaces should be safe spaces where young people are able to answer the question "Who am I?" through their experiences, reflections, growth, and learning.Dr. Michael Wesch decided to meet with his students for lunch one on on to speak deeply with each other and to get feedback on his pedagogy and class with a framework of asking questions. He highlighted the three main questions all students are asking are " Who am I?' "What am I going to do?" "Am I going to make it?. He spoke to the "just getting by" attitude that many students have towards education, and this is something that I see in my 5th grade studetns as well. Welsh points out how learning is a fundemental trait for human beings using Baby George learning to climb stairs as an example. In the fifth grade I love to do Identity work with my young people because it is important for us to uderstand ourselves and what we are bringing into a space as well as how our ide...

Sir Ken Robinson speaks about the disconnect between the education system in the United States and participants (meaning teachers and students), this disconnect leasds to a lack interest in school. He cites that 60% of young people in the United States drop out of highschool and the statistic growns to 80% when looking at just young people in Native American commnities. Robinson spoke to how "education" can be happening even though learning is not, however, in order for learning to happen the student needs to be open and engaged in the intruction and activities. He speaks to increased diagnosises under the umbrella of attention defficet disorder (he does highlight that it is a valid diagnosis) and how it is not targeting the real cause. He jokingly refered to the mondain tasks students are expected to completed repetetively, "don't be suprised if they start to fidget". Although I do believe that ADHD is valid and I have seen the benefit of a diagno...