tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43810688771855060292024-03-05T19:03:20.091-05:00Pencils and Chalk Dust and HyperlinksBrittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-40293639300419639932015-10-21T21:02:00.003-04:002015-10-21T21:02:52.184-04:00Look what I found about gender and race!As I poked through Twitter tonight, look what I found...<br />
<a href="https://rethinkingschoolsblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/2149/" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="https://rethinkingschoolsblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/2149/" target="_blank">What if Stories Were For Everyone</a> - a blog post on Rethinking Schools from a female black author on why she hopes more than just black females read her books.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjeZMQPMNMQ&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">That's What He Said: What is Masculinity</a> - a new series from SoulPancake exploring masculinity<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BjeZMQPMNMQ/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BjeZMQPMNMQ?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-26719603383846088052015-10-14T08:16:00.001-04:002015-10-14T09:25:17.036-04:00Who Do I Want to Be Today?Hey everyone, here is my interactive graphic novel - <i>Who Do I Want to Be Today?</i> It's a fully interactive "choose your own learning" adventure. When you click on the image below<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iXS0wNh6CmsVCt0lwDjHMh5A_d1L6rBYRC3I6PLdYRQ/edit#slide=id.p3" target="_blank"></a>, the Google Slides document will open. Just click "Present" to begin!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iXS0wNh6CmsVCt0lwDjHMh5A_d1L6rBYRC3I6PLdYRQ/edit#slide=id.p5" target="_blank"><img alt="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iXS0wNh6CmsVCt0lwDjHMh5A_d1L6rBYRC3I6PLdYRQ/edit#slide=id.p5" border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeC_9Q8KeKJnJ1kAXwbfK43uUJuubjI9YFRRCgzmtSYg9VnV_rlYJrv90FQQRpfzHWmRLtMYLfl6A74LECR1qnXrBL_XB-etefxNHIxZvoADhHb10zGS3MAoD2nPbjeL2dsnuSmRjH3MR/s320/who+do+i.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-f0c066dd-6644-da4b-eb1b-4168d5cb5e3e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b> <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-59257761511523479822015-10-04T14:15:00.000-04:002015-10-04T14:27:06.756-04:00Growth Mindset Just Ain't Enough<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a kid, I knew that my intelligence could be developed. I knew that embracing challenges and working to overcome obstacles required effort, but I always thought that effort was worth it. I heard criticism from others as a guide to improvement rather than a personal attack. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I could have been one of Carol Dweck’s poster children for growth mindset. </span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img height="353px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/KTW0T1zF5dn9kArAAptgemUUhXIzNpsydhrEWPuKLz_HrNmPn8XHsME3lr3cbFTtGYsaAyGqcBUY0r47AP0RPskk7Dc-wjzRnC_ErnCKQ2khlqU-amAF4EKlNHVexd4ddcxIy8ZJ" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="461px;" /></span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It makes sense, right?. What you think you can, you can and what you think you can’t, you can’t. All my life I have seen that attitude plays a role in my own and others' outcomes. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So when my superintendent opened the school year with Carol Dweck’s <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en" target="_blank">TED Talk</a> about growth mindset, why wasn’t I jumping out of my metal folding chair with applause? </span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I couldn’t name it at the time, but these chapters from Nakkula and Toshalis have given me some frameworks and language to now explain my skepticism. </span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img height="212" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/XIPDLg-5V9K-pblzOXHLPU0ALkWZn7bXBXZGuQ2kbiLJgFb6S4N-oBEY63gEP2hbS8fwAfPhFs8Att7auaV6ExUvq43FUz8q3rMnK7e5xdP9f0gJ8D637z1aRa52Dkyf_n_GEqZK" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="320" /></span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First, I think an emphasis on growth mindset ignores the important role that adults play in co-constructing meaningful opportunities for development. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the main signifiers of a growth mindset is the willingness to embrace challenge. This is certainly an important life skill. However, growth mindset seems to be employed under the assumption that all students have equal access to meaningful, developmentally appropriate challenges. I worry whether students who consistently face challenges that are not relevant, too difficult, and not within their ZPD (think: ELLs forced to take PARCC, Lorena pre-rowing, etc.) will be able to develop this growth mindset - thus continuing their cycle "failure." </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Nakkula found in one of his research projects, education professionals are trained to identify deficits. This is important in order to know which skills to build. However, he also noticed that many students who were referred for support services did not have individual problems, rather “the more accurate diagnosis was the lack of meaningful opportunities for healthy development” (66). It’s not that the students had problems/were the problem. Instead Nakkula and his colleagues recognized that the students’ had strengths and interests that were untapped. They have foundations that could be built upon and used to help imagine the future. While I think Nakkula and Dweck would agree in the importance of possibility development, I think they have different opinions about who is responsible for imagining the future. Would Lorena have ever considered rowing if it weren’t for Maggie’s suggestion?</span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Along with this, I think an emphasis on growth mindset ignores the role of mutual relationships in learning. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sure, Dweck believes that part of a growth mindset is being “inspired by and learning from the success of others” (as seen in the poster above), but this is cursory. This wording implies that the student is the one solely responsible for seeking that inspiration and learning from it. Moreover, it implies that they can only be inspired by others’ </span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">successful outcomes</span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which I think disregards the power of learning from mistakes and devalues process. My beliefs are much more in line with Nakkula’s: “to live well, to live fully, is to co-create, to invent possibilities for living and to work toward actualizing those possibilities collectively” (67). As with the example of Steve, Lorena, and Mr. Harrison, all three people were important for success of the project and developmental growth. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although Mr. Harrison did a lot of the arranging, Steve and Lorena absolutely learned from each other. the </span><a href="http://www.search-institute.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Search Institute</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (mentioned in Chapter 3) created a chart that outlines the “</span><a href="http://www.search-institute.org/downloadable/Dev-Relationships-Framework-Sept2014.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Developmental Relationships Framework</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.” While they acknowledge the absolute importance of caring adults, they also make clear that developmental relationships can also exist with friends, siblings, and other peers, as seen between Steve and Lorena. I’m wondering how this could be used alongside the growth mindset framework...</span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img height="507" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OaiAX3OSZBELHi47mrPKUz3jnPNjMw1q50_-a8-Q5R5xSDJLu7QftvXNPfUlnFQjIKMlpiZqHoNZiqmNhQ4-3L7RjqlW_YXhIZDGTgdCg__yjqLRQNqN0a-NeWP6k4gCcx9TFspf" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="640" /></span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5jUJjYH8mEoQxpAYD1vI_qNl3XZMfJf5j6vtgBgT3FFQgzfR33Y1EMrBLNclWL4EFK2WI_uDnEPga_Cgi_-L8sLMFaXApD5A0J6ftIL-NfbqzS7nP0j6qXvUQKtEwSIP6ylqtpBO" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5jUJjYH8mEoQxpAYD1vI_qNl3XZMfJf5j6vtgBgT3FFQgzfR33Y1EMrBLNclWL4EFK2WI_uDnEPga_Cgi_-L8sLMFaXApD5A0J6ftIL-NfbqzS7nP0j6qXvUQKtEwSIP6ylqtpBO" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="132" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And, finally, would someone remind Dweck that energy is finite? </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One danger of being a growth mindset poster child is the immense pressure that comes with thinking you can and should be able to do anything and everything. It’s exhausting to take on every challenge presented to you and devote full effort to each challenge all the time. Nakkula provides some sensibility, however, in recognizing that “energy is finite and skill development requires energy” (73). To move from diffuse identity to moratorium and ultimately an achieved identity, adolescents have to make some decisions about how they focus their energy. Nakkula explains the key role that educators play in this: “by pointing out what might be gained</span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or lost with their investment of time and energy, we help them to see more clearly the possibilities they are imagining and to recognize the ones they might leave behind” (72). Again, I worry that growth mindset downplays the role that adults play in adolescent development. Adult mentors are not relieved of responsibility once students develop a growth mindset. They must continue to ask questions that help adolescents navigate the complexity and make informed choices about their imagined futures. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5jUJjYH8mEoQxpAYD1vI_qNl3XZMfJf5j6vtgBgT3FFQgzfR33Y1EMrBLNclWL4EFK2WI_uDnEPga_Cgi_-L8sLMFaXApD5A0J6ftIL-NfbqzS7nP0j6qXvUQKtEwSIP6ylqtpBO" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="line-height: 17.94px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Now What...</b></span></div>
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I guess I can’t just sit back in my metal folding chair at PD next week, huh? I’m not sure exactly what it will look like and sound like, but now that I can name my concerns and I have research to support me, I need to speak up. I need to share. I need to ask questions of my colleagues and administrators. It’s time to take some risks. </span></span>Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-19625583844348849802015-09-27T12:42:00.001-04:002015-09-27T14:44:07.335-04:00Making the Classroom Risky<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Image result for middle school problems" height="200" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSIQRppidO69rAdNRlnpHedf0Gmi3m3FXkIAGqNPIi-s6qM0KL_GQ" width="200" /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I dread situations like the one Mitch walked in on in the boys bathroom. I know I react with frustration and annoyance. I don’t want to “deal with behavior.” I just want to be responsible for teaching and learning. </span></div>
<div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-f931d222-0fa4-6794-71ed-9ec40eef8f30"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course, the graffitied bathroom is all about teaching and learning - just not the stuff that I feel comfortable with. Moments like these make me cringe. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to say. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nakkula and Toshalis (with Smith echoing in the background) remind me, though, that this is a giant </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">opportunity</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for co-construction of identity, not just something to be “dealt with.” </span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For starters, I probably would have been surprised to see Julian in such a predicament. It wouldn’t have fit in with my perception of him. Diligent students don’t break the rules, right? I would probably have figured that something else outside of school was distracting him and chalked it up to a one-time mistake. As for Antwon, I hate to admit that I probably would have expected to see him behind the door. Assuming that I knew about his reputation in class, especially with Ms. Peterson, it would have fit right in with my existing schema. Troubled kid, troubled choice. Just another unsuccessful attempt to avoid academics. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course, something </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">distracting Julian and Antwon </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> avoiding academics. But in my judgment, I would have missed the subtleties of their risk-taking, the implications for their friendship, and the potential to work with Julian through this crisis. As the authors explained, “If Julian’s experiment were to be viewed </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">only </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as an infraction . . . And treating Antwon the same as Julian simply because they were involved in the same event also misses a key developmental opportunity. The two of them approached that event from very different perspectives and present unique needs” (24). </span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If I were in Mitch’s shoes, I think my response would have been missing the understanding that “when risk-taking experiences are undertaken with others, they often function to secure relational bonds” (52). I think one of my biggest challenges is that I take misbehavior so personally. I know how much effort I put into planning and teaching, that I am disappointed and hurt when things don’t go as planned. But I need to remember that it’s not just about me. The students each have their own worlds and their own motivations for engaging in (un)expected behaviors. And one major reason is figuring out where they stand in their peer group. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PzyXGUCngoU/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PzyXGUCngoU?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Hank Green uses <i>The Breakfast Club</i> to frame the adolescent struggle of standing out/fitting in.</span></div>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My parents sheltered me and I later sheltered myself from situations where my values and beliefs might be questioned by my peers. I didn’t want to try on any other roles or try to fit in any other group. It wasn’t until college that I finally had an adult in my life create a safe space to explore my previously foreclosed identity. This teacher asked me questions like Mitch asked Julian: “What did it feel like to be like that in that setting? or What was it like when you were with those people in that place?” (34). My experiences as a child and adolescent were validated but, for the first time, open to interpretation. This teacher helped me see that my identity was still being constructed and that I had power over its development. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So the next time I walk into a graffitied bathroom, I know that I need to balance accountability with meaning making (37). I need to develop trust by observing and asking questions that help the students see how their choices and analysis of events in their lives shape their life story. And most of all, continue to try to develop engaging challenges that help counter the “high risk” risk taking behaviors with their peers. I need to make my <i>classroom</i> a risky space where they can more safely be creative theoreticians. </span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin: 0px;">
<img alt="Image result for skydiving group" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="cursor: move;" /></div>
</div>
Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-28686816952651112242015-09-23T19:37:00.001-04:002015-09-23T19:37:20.037-04:00Online Comic Making!Here is a link to our blog from our <a href="http://medialiteracysummer2015.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Media Literacy class</a> this summer. If you scroll down and look on the right side under the heading "Digital Toolbox," you will find tutorials (made by the class members!) for a variety of web-based tools. One to check out for comics is <a href="https://www.pixton.com/ca/" target="_blank">Pixton</a>. Another user-friendly comic maker that my kids love is <a href="http://www.storyboardthat.com/" target="_blank">StoryboardThat</a>. Happy creating!<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Image result for pixton logo" height="62" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBxQQEBUUEBQUFhUVFRYYFxQWFBYUFxUXFBYaFxUXFxYYHCggGBwmHBQVITEhJSkrLi4uGR8zODMsNygtLisBCgoKDQwNGg8PGjclHyU3Ny03Nzc4NzQzNzc3NzYwMjcyNzcvNywtNzc3Liw3KzY0KzQ0MDc4Nzc3ODcvNDguN//AABEIAGMB+wMBIgACEQEDEQH/xAAcAAEAAgIDAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABwgFBgEDBAL/xABQEAABAwICBgMIDAwFBAMAAAABAAIDBBEFIQYHEjFBURNhgQgiMlJxkZKhFCMzQlNzdJOxs8HCFyQlNVRiZHKCstHSFTSiw+Jjo9PwQ4Ph/8QAGAEBAAMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQFBgP/xAAhEQEAAgMAAgEFAAAAAAAAAAAAAQIDBBEFMSEGEhNRYf/aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8AnC6xeI6SUlP7vUwRkcHSsB817qp+L6Y11WT7Iqpng+92yxnoMs31LBILYVetLCovCrGH9xkkn8jSvONb2Efpf/YqP/GqrogtzR6xMMltsVsGfBzujPmeAtipayOVu1E9j2+MxwcPOCqSL00GIy07tuCWSJ3jRvcw5dbSguyirrofruqoC1le32RFxeAGzDr4Nf5DY9annAcbgroGzUsjZI3cRvaeLXDe1w5FBkURCg8GK1vRtAb4Tt3VbeStZqHOJu5xJ5krJYxJ7cb8Gtt23JWMlddYjzW3fJmtTvxX44uNTHFaxP7d1JXviIsSRxaTcEfYtsglD2tcNzgD51pK2vBfcGeT7Spn07tZb3titPY51y38dYrFo9veiItWrBFhtK9JqfDacz1T9kbmtGb5HcGsbxP0bzkoXwTXfN/iBfVNApJCG9G0XdCBezwd7jn3w48NyCwKLpo6tk0bZInNex4DmvabtcDuIK7kBERARFoutbToYVS2jINTNcRNy7wcZXDkOHM260G9Ior1b63Yq3ZgrtmGoyDX+DFNuAzPgPJ4bjw5KVEBEVZcW1sYrFUSxiobZksjR7VHua4gcOpBZpFVr8MGK/pDfmY/7V2t1zYqB7rGeswsQWgRVg/DPinwkXzLVyNdGKfCRfMtQWeRVl/DbinOD5n/APVz+G3FOcHzP/JBZlFWYa7sT50/zP8AyXP4b8T/AGf5o/3ILMIqz/hvxP8AZ/mj/cpW1PaV1eKQTTVfR7LZGsj2GFlyG7TySSb+E0dhQSEiIgIviWQMaXOIaALkkgADmSdy0LSDXBhtIS1sjqh3KAB7eO+QkNtlwJQSAigrENf7rkU9G0DgZJSfO1o+1Yl+vuvvlBR262TH19KEFi0UBUOv6ce70kLuuN74/U7aW6aP66cPqXBs3SUzjxlAMZ/jaTb+IBBJKLqpalkrA+NzXscLte1wc1wO4hwyIXagIiICIo41k6znYPVRwinEwfEJC7pCwi73NtbZN/BQSOih6l1+0xt0tLO3nsOjf5rlqzNFrtwuTw3TxfGQk/VlyCSEWL0e0hp8QiMtJK2Rgdski4Ida9iDmMiFlEBEWNxnHqejDTVTMiDyQ0vOyCRmRfcgySLGUOkNJP7hVU8n7k0b7ei5ZJrgRcG/kQcoiICIiCkVULPdbxnfSuperFhaol+Nf/MV5UBEVo9FtBqCpwmk6elhcX0sLnPDdl5L42uLtttnA577oKuIt21paCHCKhuwS+nluYnne0jwo3HmLjPiPIVpKAtr1eaaS4TVNe0kwvIE0V8nNvm4DxxwPZxWqIgu3Q1TJo2SRODmSNa9rhuc1wu0+YrvUY9z/jJqMMMTzc08pY34twD2eYl47ApOQYPSGjJtI0XsLOty4H6VgbrerLxy4VC43LBfquPoKzvkvBzs5fy4rcmffU/X3Ix1+20NYoqQzP2W7vfHkP6rcIow1oA3AADyBcQwtYLNAA5Bdin+M8bXSpMd7afcuOxsTmn+C1rTnTSnwmDpJztPdcRwtI25CN9uTRfN3Dy2Cy+NzzR08r6aMSzNYTHGXbAe4bhtf+33XG9U/wBJcVqKuqklrXOM20WuDhs7GySNgN96Abi3lVmjPRpdpTUYnUGapdfgyMX2I2+KwcN2Z4rBoiCRNVOsd2FydDUFz6R5zG8wuJzewcube0Z77MUdUyaNskTg9j2hzXtNw5pFwQVSO6kbVRrIfhkggqCXUj3ZjeYHOOb2c2829ozvcLOIuqmnbIxr2ODmuAc1wNw4HMEHkvt7w0EkgAC5JyAA3klBjdJcdiw+mkqKg2Ywbhvc4+Cxo4knJVH0p0glxGqkqJz3zzk25LWNHgsbyAHrueK2jW5p0cUqtiIn2LCSIxmOkdudKR6hyHlK0WmgdI9rGAuc9wa1o3uc42aB5SUG16sNEDitc2Mj2mOz53fqA5MB8Zxy8lzwVsIow0BrRYAAAcgMgFq+rbRFuFULIrAyvs+dwzvIQLgHxWizR5L7yVtaAqZaWM2a+rA4VM480rlc1U10yH5SrPlVR9a5Bh0REBERAREQEREBWu1PYV7GwamB8KRpmdlbOU7Tf9OyOxVawyjNRPHC3wpZGMGV83uDRl2q6dHTiKNkbRZrGta0cg0AD1BB3LWdONNafCYduc7T3X6OFpG3IR9DRxd9O5enTPSaLDKR9RNnbJjL2Mjz4LR9JPAAqpmkWOTV9S+oqX7T3nsa0eCxo4NA4fagy+mWntXijz07y2K52YGEtjA4XHvz1nsstWREBERAREQbNoZpxVYVIDA8mMnv4HkmN442HvXfrDPyqzehWl0GK04lpzYjKSI2243cjzHI7j6lT5ZzQ7SebDKptRAd2T2E97IwnvmH7DwNkFxkWPwHF462njqIHbUcjdoHiOBaeRBBB6wsggKtndDSXxZo8WmjHnc8/arJqsOvmbaxqQeLFE3/AE7X3kEdoiIN51R6Zf4ZWgSOtTz2ZNyb4knYTn1Eq1DTfcqPKx2onTP2XTexJ3Xmp296Sc5Ib2Ha3Jvk2etBKih7uk/8nS/Hu+rKmFRD3SI/EaY/tH+27+iCva9tLjFRF7lPMy27Yle23mK8SINootYuJwizK2c/GO6X1yXKnzRXTB4wSnq6y8s8znMYxjWtdNI6Z7ImNAyBIaM+AuVVtWPoqJ8WDYRUxsMjaQxTyMaLuMcsbhI5ot3xb0u1bjYoMk3S+qMmy12HPlDi00bZJRIXszfGyod3j5BYjZ2RmN62rBdI4KqnZMx2yHjNj7NexwJa9jhwc1wIPkUbQdDEI6w1cEkTcRmqeh6Zr2mKXb2JI4wNvpxtDvN9yRvX3h2ryarYamSR8BqJJpuhNwYxNK+RrSL5HZcLjgboIL0iH45UfHy/WOWOWW0u/OFX8qn+tcsSgK5Wh0exh1G3ds0sAt5ImhU1V1cFZs00LeUUYz35MAQaPr5o2yYNI5wF4pIntPIl4YbdjyqxKwfdD6RMjpGUTSDJM5r3ji2OM3BPK7rW/dcq+ICIiCbu5oedqtF8rQG3WTIPsCnRQx3NmHlsFXOb9/IyMf8A1tLj9aFM6DXqnTjDo3OZJWU7XMcWuaZW3a5psQRzBC6fwhYZ+nU/zgVXdM/zlWfK6j65ywyC3X4RML/TYPTWXwXHKetYX0srJWtdslzDcB1gbX52IVLlZLud6cswl7j/APJVSOHkDI2fSwoJQUW63NWQr2uqqNobVNHfMGQqABuPKQAZHjuPAiUlwgpBJGWktcCHAkEEWIIyIIO4r5VjdburIVwNVRNAqWi74xl04H+4Bx47uSrpIwtJDgQQSCCLEEbwRwKD5REQSZql1kuw54p6ol1I45HeYHH3w/UPEdo432bXhrCaY/YNG8ODwDPKxwI2XAObG0jfcG56rDiVBqICmzUDoXtOOITtybdtOCN7tz5ezNo/i5BRjoPo4cSroqYO2Q8kvdcAtY0Xds33utkBnmeSt5QUbIImRRNDWRtDWtG4NaLAIPQEREBRVjWpKCqqZZ31UwMsjnloYyw2jewupVRBEbdQdFfOpqiOoxD7i7fwC0Hw9Z6cP/iUrogpfpLQNpq2pgYSWQ1E0bS6xcWxyOa0kgDOwCxqzmnX51rvllT9c9YNAW/aKapazEaWOphkpmxybVg98gf3j3MJIbGRvaeK0FW71Y0oiweiaBb2hjuWcnfn1uKCJ4NQNQfDq4R+7G930kL20/c/fCV3owf1epyRBFui2peChqoqg1EkronbQYWNa0uANicycjY9ilFcrB6b4x7Bw+oqOMcTtn993es/1OCCveuvSs1+IOiYfaKUmNljk5+XSv8AONnyN61Hq5JvvXCAiL24RhU1XK2GmjdJI7c1ouesk7gOs5IPEimDC9QdS9l6iqiid4rGOmt5Tdov5LrnEdQVS1t6eqhkPivY6LzEF3rsgh5FlNIdHqmgl6KridG7hfNrwOLHDJw8ixaAiIgl/ufdK+hqHUMru8mu6K+5srRdzRy2mjzt61YNUmw2ufTzRzRGz4nte0572m4vbhkroYbWNnhjlZ4MjGvHkcAR9KD0qqWuV98cq7eNEPNBGD67q1hVRdZ0u1jFaf8ArvHo979iDWEREBZPRvG5KCqiqYT38br24OByc09RBIWMRBdHR7GI66mjqIDdkjQRzB3OaesG4PkUbd0g38nU5/ah64pP6LT9RGmnsWo9hTu9pnd7WScmTHIDqD93ltzW6d0cPyXCf2xnrhm/ogrmiIgK52jFP0dFTMHvYIh5mBUxAV3aaLYY1vitA8wsg8zMHgEnSiCESfCCNof6Vrr3IiCmmmP5xrPlU/1rliFndPB+VKz5TL/OVgkBS/U6+qjotiGliY+wAe57pALZX2bD6VECIPXiuJy1Urpqh7pJHm7nONyerqA3ADILyIuQLmw38kHC92C4TLWTxwU7dqSRwDR9JJ4AC5J5BbNorqxr8QcCITDEd80wLBbm1p75/VYW6wrBaB6BU2ER2iG3M4WkncBtO6mj3jb8B2koMlofgDMOooaZmfRt751rbbzm91uF3E5crLNIiCmOlJvXVXyib6xyxayWkrr1tSRuNRMf+45Y1AVp9SVOWYJT398ZXelI6yqwrd6soNjB6Ic6djvTG395Bs6IiAom1vasRWB1XRNtUAXkjG6cDiOUgA/i8qllcIKPvaQbEWI3g5WPELhSPrwqaGTED7DF5hcVL2kdG5/C3N498Rl23UcICIiDsp53RuD43Oa5pu1zSWuaRuII3FT/AKsNbranYpsRcGzGzWT7mSngH8GP69x6uNfEQXiRV51X63H0uzTYi5z4MgyY5vhG4B3F7OveOsZCwNNUNlY18bg9jgC1zSC1wO4gjeEHaiIgIiIKbaaG+J1pP6XUfXOWGWY0z/OVZ8rqPrXLDoCungMHR0sDLW2YY228jAFTTD6UzTRxjfI9jB/G4N+1XZCDlERAUZd0JV7GEhnwtRG30Q6T7ik1RJ3SAP8Ah9Py9lC46+ikt9qCvCIiArO6ktFmUeHMnIvNVNEjnkZhjs42A+LbvvK7yWrErXaoccZV4TThp76BjYHt4tMTQ1uXItDSg3RERBrWn+i8eJ0MkLwNsNLoX2zZIBdtjyO49RVQlc7SfGWUNJNUSEARsJF/fO3MaOsuIHaqYoCIiArX6nasy4JSF28Mezsilexv+loVUFajUlEW4HS34mY8sjPJb1C/ag3pU200m28Sq3c6mb6xyuQSqWY9Lt1U7vGmlPneSg8KIs5oVo+cSrY6UO2DIJO/tcNLI3PbccrtA7UGDRe7G8Jlo53wVDCySM2I4dRB4gjMFeFByxxBBBIINwQbEEbiCpa0z0uGK6NwukP4xBVxMmHM9DKGyeRwv2gqJF9CQgFoJsbXF8jbdcdVz5yg+UREGQ0fp+lq6ePx54m+k9o+1XSVP9XdP0uLUbf2iM+idr7FcBAREQVB1jj8rVnyh/0rW1tOtH881vx7voC1ZAVk9VGidJPgtM6qpYJXu6U7b4mudYyuI74i+6yrYreas4djB6Ic6eN3pja+1B8jV3hn6DT+gsrh2jtJTZ09NBEebImNPnAusmiAiIgIiIKVY5/mp/jpP5yvEvXi79qolPOV587yvIgK52i9L0NDSx/B08LPRjaPsVNqWLbe1vjOaPObK7NPHssa3k0DzCyDsRFwg5ULa4daAjD6LD39/wCDNOw+BzjY4e+3gnhu37vrXFrP6HaosPf7Zm2edp9z3e1xke+3gn3u4Z7oEJQECKdNTuq7Z2K3EGZ5OggcN3FssgPHk3hvPUER41oxVUUcUlTC+NkzQ5jiMs/enxXWF9k52WHV1cWwuKrhdDURtkjeM2uFx1EciOBGYVbtZeq+XDHGan2paQ57e98Nz4Mg4jk4Zc7cQjtERAW86uNZE+Ev2HXlpXG7or5svvdETuPVuPVvWjL34HhEtbUMgp27UkhsBwHNzjwaBmSguDgGOwV0DZqWRr2O4g5tPFrm72uHIrJLXtB9FYsLpGwRZu8KSS1jJIRm49XADgAthQEREFNNL3XxGsI41U588rliFlNKv8/VfKZvrHLFoNh1e0vS4rRs51EZ9F2191XAVVdS9P0mOUuWTTK49WzC8j12Vq0BERAWg678KNRg0xaLuhcyUeRhs89jHOPYt+XXUQtkY5jxdrgWuB3EEWI8xQUhRbFp7ou/C62SB1yy+1E8+/jd4J8o3HrBWuoCzGjGk1Ths3S0khY45Oac2PA969vEescLLDognLCtf3e2qqTvvGhkyJ/dfu85Xrqdf8AaeipJS7gHSMaO0i59SgJEG16b6f1WLOHTkMiabthjuGA+M65u53Weyy1REQEREHZTQOke1jAXOe4Na0by5xsAO0q52j2GCkpIYG7oomMvzLWgE+e6gnUHocZ6j2dM32qAkRXGT5SLEjmGA+cjkrDIPiZ1mkngD9CpC9xJJO8m57VdLH5diknd4sMp8zCVSxAUl9z7T7eL7VvAgkN+RJa37xUaKY+5rpr1VXJ4sLG/OPv/ALaCQtamr9uKwbcVm1UQPRuOQeN5jeeXI8D1Eqr9TTuje5kjXNe0kOa4FrmkbwQcwVd1RPrl1b+zWOrKNv4ywe2MA93a0b/3wB2gW4BBXVERAREQbnqdh28coxydI70IXu+6rXqsOoSm28ajd8HFM/zt6P8A3FZ5AREQVI1q/nms+O+6FqinXT7U/V11fNUwS09pXB2w8vaRZobvDSDuWl1eprFY90Ub7eJKzPsdYoI+Vz9F6XoaGlj+Dp4WehG1v2KrUmrvEo3tElHOAXAEtZ0lgTYk7F7K2sLbNA5ADzBB9oiICIiAiIgpLiXu0nxj/wCYrzrI1GFzue4iGY3cd0bzvPkX3Ho3WO8GkqT5IJD91A0Vg6SvpWePUwN9KVo+1XOVW9XWiFYMVpHTUdSyNkzXue+nlY1uxdwJc5thm0K0iAok126fzUIFJSh7JJWXdUWLdlpy2YiRYu5uHg357pbWL0hwCCvhMNVGHsO6+TmnxmOGbT1hBTElFv8ArF1YVGFkyRXmpfhQO+j6pQN37wyPVuW5antV3gVuIM5OggcPNJID6m9p4IOdTuq+2xW4gzPJ0EDhu4tlkHPk0+U8FN9kAXKAvmSMOBDgCCLEEXBB3gjivpEEC6z9UBi2qnDGkszdJTDNzOJdFxcP1N44X3CF1eJRXrQ1UMrtqpoQ2OpzLmbmT/2v69x480Fc42FxAaCSSAABckk2AA4lWd1Q6AjDKfpZ2j2VM0bf/SYbERDr4kjecuC1fUtq1fC/2bXxlr2OIhheLFpabGVwPG4Ib2nkprQEREBEXBQUy0q/z9V8pm+scsWrMYtqUw+okdJt1LHPc5ztmRpuXEk+Gw8SsHU6gID7lWSt6nRsf6wWoNT7nmn2sVc62TKd/YXOYB6rqySjvVlq1dg880jp2yiRgYLMLC2zrm+ZvwUiICIiAiIg1bWDoVFi9N0cneysuYZrXMbja4PNpsAR5DvAVWdIcBnoJ3QVTCx7e1rhwcx25zTz+3JXPWF0p0XpsSh6KrjDgPBcMnsPNjuH0Higpuik7TDUzWUhc+k/GohnZotM0cjH77+HfyUa1FO+NxbI1zHDe1zS1w8oOYQdaIiAiL7iic9wa0FzjkGgEknqA3oPhbZq90Hmxeo2WXZCwjpprZNHitvveeA7Stm0F1N1NW5slcHU8G/YItM8cg0+5jrdn1KwWC4RDRwNgpo2xxsGTR6ySc3E8Scyg+sJw2OlgZBA3ZjjaGtb1DmeJO8niV7ERBg9OJujwysdyppvWwj7VTlXZxGhjqInxTN2o5Glr23I2mneLjNR/iGpLDJfAE0JvvZLfstIHZIKzKe+5qpQKerk4ukjZ6DS77682Idz/wDo9Z2SRfea77FveqnRCTCaOSGd0bnunc/ajJILS1rW32mg3705IN1QoiCCddmrnZ28Qo2d6buqI2+95zNHLxgPLzUJq8D2AixAIORB3EHgVW7W/q4NBL7IpGE00js2tBPQPNzs2HvDwPDdyuEYIhCIJX7nKn2sRmf4lOR6b2/2qxagbuaYbzVr/FZC30nPP3FPKAiIgLhEQECIg5REQEREBERBwEREBcoiAiIg+ZGggg5jkuURByiIgIiIC4KIgLlEQEREBERAREQEREBERAREQEREHCx+K4HTVYtUwRSjh0kbXEeQkXB8iIgi7TnV/h0LXOipgw/qySgejt2UE4nCGSENFh2n6URBIWrXRalqyPZEW3kD4cjf5XBT7gejFHRC9LTRRkgXc1g2z5Xnvj50RBmAuURAREQEREBERAREQF8EX35oiDzz4ZDILSQxOHJ0bXD1hYqo0Hw5/hUNL2QRtPnaAiIPRgOjVLQGT2HCyLpNnb2b99sbWze54bTvOswiICIiD//Z" width="320" /></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Image result for storyboard that logo" height="66" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" width="320" /></div>
Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-79090741856878676052015-09-21T20:49:00.001-04:002015-09-21T20:49:52.163-04:00Co-Constructing Identities: The Big Bang<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">After the glow wore off the Sunday brunch buffet and the meat that was called chicken became intolerable, my brother and I were pumped to be living off campus in our own house. No longer were we beholden to Donovan (the lovely RIC cafeteria) where you couldn’t get dinner past 7:30 pm. We had our own place with our own stove and microwave and cabinets and spice rack. We were free to make our own food decisions! </span></span></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-c9450ca7-eb25-b6b8-4ef7-8df847e64914" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">And also get under each other’s skin.</span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">You see, we shared responsibility in the kitchen. But other areas of house maintenance lingered without discussion between us. I would complain to a mutual friend about the way he heaped his stinky clothes everywhere but the laundry basket, while he complained the to same mutual friend about the way that I left my hair tools (and maybe a few stray strands) in the bathroom each morning. </span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">We weren’t in tune to each other’s thoughts and both characterized the other as messy, lazy, and inconsiderate. We wasted our energy feeling frustrated instead of just sharing what was on our minds. </span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DYkYYjwl-x4/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DYkYYjwl-x4?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Leonard and Sheldon share some pent up roommate frustrations.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was reminded of this experience as I read the first chapter of </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Understanding Youth</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. One thing Nakkula and Toshalis emphasized was the important responsibility of educators to reach out beyond the curriculum and see teaching as relational. They cited Vygotsky’s conclusion that “children’s cognitive development is shaped by the access they have to the thinking of others” (8). They shared one of the criticisms of student-centered learning, explaining that “it is not enough just to give children books and lessons; development requires providing children with the workings of other people’s minds” (8). Educators must engage in “think alouds” where they “share how they themselves think about or make sense of this content.” But they also warned that this is not as successful if educators do not understand the level or nature of their students’ thinking. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span id="docs-internal-guid-c9450ca7-eb2a-16ba-5053-42f4d792f1ae"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="200" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/3GZ5HhlOzezyYSese4vLoKCgcE7SvgL1bNukzIDc6ocWdbdEVjZzPMaD3__NXqNNZwKCMgKMP9pRLYTNGTUoNB6XXmjI3Pqe3hdQMzpdBa5aJWJWGKjZvuqaPek2uG8j4Q8=s1600" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="154" /></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the case of my brother and I, we hit a roadblock because we were not sharing our frustrations with one another. We didn’t know what was going on in each other’s brains. How could we</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> learn</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to live with one another peacefully if we didn’t share what we were thinking? (Luckily we had our mutual friend let us in on each other’s complaints and we negotiated various chores and responsibilities.) </span></span></div>
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-c9450ca7-eb26-0343-106d-d5c33c304ee9" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Reading theoretical texts like this can be overwhelming because Nakkula and Toshalis show that there is so much to consider about adolescent development and it can all seem so abstract. Their assertion that “optimal coauthorship can only occur through collaborative mental engagement and the open, transparent negotiation of meaning” (9) is a mouthful, but makes so much more sense when you realize that “collaborative mental engagement” and “open, transparent negotiation of meaning” is really important in any relationship - between teachers and students, siblings, best friends, and especially significant others. </span></span></div>
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An important difference between the story of my brother and me is that we are essentially equals. I am older, but I am not professionally responsible for him or his development. I found that Nakkula and Toshalis really emphasized the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">responsibility</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> educators have to create rich experiences that allow students to productively imagine themselves and their worlds (5). There is a lot of power that comes from being in such a position. So what does it look like to “encourage and even join them in their experiments in possibility development?”</span></span></div>
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Luckily, Ayers included Katie and Mayra’s story (110). Katie recognized that “the full development of each is necessary for the full development of all” (72) and created an experience that would allow Mayra to imagine herself as a valued individual and allowed the other class members to imagine themselves as integral to a supportive community. I think Nakkula, Toshalis, and Graves would agree with Ayers example of Katie as a great teacher because of the way she “engages students, interacts with them, draws energy from them, and offers reason to plunge into classroom life,” (97) rather than leaving kids to invent ways to avoid showing their incompetence (like Antwon). </span></span></div>
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I strive to be like Katie. I believe that learning happens </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">best</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when a class is a “close-knit, spirited, and coherent group, brought together by collective interest and enthusiasm” as her class was (110). But I recognize this is a work-in-progress because the community is not dependent on my imagination alone. </span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k0xgjUhEG3U/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k0xgjUhEG3U?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sheldon trying to create a friendship based on his imagination alone. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instead, it is a co-construction with each student and the universe they bring with them. Some days I absolutely feel like Ms. Peterson, aware that something isn’t clicking with a particular student but unsure about how to reconcile with a mind that I can’t read and an identity that seems so different from my own. But I keep going because I can't imagine my world without teaching and learning.</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_bRXAMgKfd8/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_bRXAMgKfd8?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sheldon struggles to imagine a world without his best friend.</span></div>
Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-89137502940106637442015-09-13T12:23:00.002-04:002015-09-13T12:23:27.818-04:00What's up with Quinn?<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Like Ms. Asile, I immediately noticed the loud, expressive, active boy named Quinn. My mind quickly compared him to other students I have had in the past who have displayed similar behaviors - some of the students that I struggle the most with. As a teacher, the growing volume of his song and the disaster of peanut butter on the table would have left me embarrassed in front of these visitors to my classroom. For years, I have learned - classically and officially - that students should not act that way in a classroom, especially if the teacher is talking to another important adult. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b id="docs-internal-guid-a6862465-c75c-1ffc-ed9b-7994f6f6f614" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But Bill has a different perspective. Though his squinted mouth and head scratch in the bottom panel of page 17 reveal some uncertainty, it is clear that he approaches Quinn with an asset-based lens. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="116px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/PgaMW54ODvK1hykxYmFCD_iZwOizFPYUOuCERWDOkJn0I9sfQvCScsl7KA4CKsdAwnhCKj5QRtlPwuiKccHHJDji51BeWpdhpBw9SDfy1KG3qVax50YTBiGOs71Lgmj44Qro97lH" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="172px;" /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bill names Quinn’s activity as “youthful exuberance” (p. 16) and realizes that “he’s just putting things together in his own way” (p. 17).</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So what is Quinn learning? </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Depends on who you ask. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="246px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/bKW7vqrCyxi49wy1uJBToMtQSt3HyIPZEe8BhCIDe9FGj5qo_BEOGlz7XHhLz4xitAtH8iFdZ-YRKI4fWCpfNnx5BK9ryeY-4ymrHSeNUpDMB6zSV0iGtXMcC6pSW7S80kLQs3Hf" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="200px;" /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ms. Asile would say that Quinn isn’t learning anything. She even goes so far as to send a note home that says Quinn is “hypoactive disordered” (p. 30), which she believes is already interfering with his ability to succeed in school. From her perspective, she must help new teachers identify those students who seem to be struggling and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">give</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> them the help that they need. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the other hand, Bill would say that Quinn is learning so much. From Bill’s perspective, Quinn has learned that he is an artist (p. 14), that he has an important role in the classroom as plant waterer (p. 27), that he is a leader in fort making (p. 28), and that he has learned the importance of taking responsibility when an accident happens (p. 30). Bill, like Frank Smith, believes that kids are always learning. Rather than seek outside help and alphabet soup labels from Ms. Asile, Bill says, “the answers lie in the students’ hands. We must look unblinkingly at the way children really are and struggle to make sense of everything we see in order to teach them” (p.26). Rather than </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">giving</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> students anything, we need to see what they </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>already have</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="185px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/uEZLiZ-G8ne_jmPTJ9IyqYcpTiuRmWmVFlhrptIauAi3rk5pSLMK5sHzGcJpEGhnKfjwT05SQLwIqfOe-Awa4u-f26cRBtw5jfX5ktMhWzbyWybDqLAnmCysw9044mCRykOm9CLU" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="272px;" /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This reading was a reminder that what we see depends on how we look at things. Our assessment of a student is colored by the lens that we use. Does Quinn fit the diagnosis of someone with ADD? Probably. In fact, Ms. Asile is probably really good at identifying kids who would be labeled as having learning disorders. That’s the lens she is using. That’s the perspective she is coming from. However, as Frank Smith and Bill would point out, that’s not the only way of looking at students. Bill says that “while working together, we need to learn to see each other as fully as possible” (p. 27)</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My immediate reaction to Quinn shows that I need to continue to be aware of the way my perspective and experience affect my approach to a situation. I grew up as a much more reserved kid. I sat quietly at my desk, raised my hand if I had a question, and always did what I was told. I have a hard time working with those students who are/were most unlike me - the ones push back against “doing school.” While I don’t think that description quite fits Quinn, I do know I would have to work hard to figure out what works for him. I know I would have to find ways to use his energy for good and ensure that I was not (unintentionally) punishing his creative spirit. I'm excited for this case study as a way to see what the students </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">learning rather than what they are not, and seeing each one as fully as possible.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And here is an quick, interesting video by Derek Sivers, reminding us about some of the assumptions we fail to realize we have...</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1K5SycZjGhI/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1K5SycZjGhI?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-62317540813050020292015-09-06T17:18:00.001-04:002015-09-06T17:18:27.886-04:00Keep Calm and Enjoy Classic Learning<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Image result for learning enjoy" height="200" src="data:image/png;base64,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" width="171" /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we were asked to make a list of “learnings we enjoyed” last Thursday, I wasn’t sure that I completed the task correctly. As the instructions were being given, I figured my list would contain concepts and facts and ideas learned in school. What I ended up with was a more personal list of skills I have developed and understandings I have come to about myself and the world (for example, how to do research, how to plan and execute a fun camping trip, and realizing I don’t have to agree with and follow everything my parents do). </span></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-737cf822-a468-c9f1-d3e8-bea23a6fe900" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I read this brief section of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Book of Knowing and Forgetting </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Frank Smith, I realized that what I had listed were all examples of classic learning. The skills and understandings fit the criteria on page 5, in that they are </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">continual</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (for example, I am continually learning how to be a better researcher), </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">inconspicuous</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (after all my years of camping as a kid, I didn’t realize how much I had picked up about what supplies are necessary and what makes the best site), and associated with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">growth</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (for example, I have a much more critical view toward the institution of religion my parents raised me in). And Smith’s idea that “we learn from people around us with whom we identify” was made obvious by the names listed in the margin of Wednesday’s notebook entry. The names are all of people that I would quickly identify as having a major positive influence on my life.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img src="http://sashamalalasekera.moonfruit.com/communities/7/004/008/099/387/images/4541141116_425x114.jpg" /></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Absent from my list were things that I have learned “officially” - all 50 states and capitals, how to multiply fractions, and the chemical formula for sugar. Discrete knowledge and skills like these were not really enjoyable (aside from the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reward</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of getting a good grade on a test). As official learning theory says, these learnings were </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hard work</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">intentional</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">individualistic</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">assured by testing</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">intellectual activities </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that required </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">memorization</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. And aside from multiplying fractions, which I do when I cook or bake, it takes great effort to recall all those states, capitals, and elements from the periodic table. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Image result for lisa delpit" height="200" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTBg0tBYJOOAC0aVm3YA3M0MQkqBLLVpSxs7BR_I1epMFYOeJX_Cw" width="147" /><img height="200" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3c/20/f1/3c20f1e71c8d3c1cbb6426e19b572df0.jpg" width="130" /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While reading, I was curious about what Lisa Delpit might say in conversation with Smith, considering her belief in the importance of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">intentional </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">teaching about the culture of power and code-switching. (From the lists on page 5, intentionality is associated with official learning.) But with further thought, realized just how much her philosophy aligns with Smith. They both recognize that learning is taking place all the time - especially “things that we might be better off not learning, such as the fact that there are certain things we should expect to be able to learn, or that we have certain (usually fictitious) learning deficiencies or disabilities” (3). Delpit would say that in the case of students of color or students with diverse linguistic backgrounds, every time a teacher punishes a student for their word choice or bleeds red ink correcting every punctuation and grammar mistake on an essay, those students are learning that they are not normal, wrong, and inferior (when it is not actually a matter or "right" or "wrong," just "different). So although certain intentional teaching about the codes of power must exist, Delpit and Smith would agree that it must be done in the context of learning from the people around them. Students cannot memorize a formula for code switching. Traditional pen and paper testing will not prove their understanding of the way power is enacted in the world around them. See Delpit's </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Rethinking Schools </i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">article "<a href="http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/ebonics/ebdelpit.shtml" target="_blank">The Real Ebonics Debate</a>" for even more about how teachers might approach classic and official learning of language.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<img alt="Image result for language learner comics" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQOxdd3-u-Ta7PHXporLVbqV-qARbFrJLtRIxoywiP-_PmzR3z31A" /></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e2176101-a477-cd25-41c9-78e42c5c11d5"> </span><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Though my students are not very racially or linguistically diverse, they do vary in gender identity, socioeconomic status, family structure, learning style, academic readiness, and extra-curricular interests. I need to keep in mind that these students are always learning something - and it may or may not be the academic content or skills that are listed in my objectives on the board. Whether it is the texts I use, the attitude I take toward certain topics, the way I interact with different students, the time I give to particular conversations, or the order in which I explain the requirements and grading of an assignment, the students are learning something about what is “normal,” what is valued, and whether or not they fit in with that. I will continue to incorporate open-ended reflection questions at the end of individual lessons and longer units of study as a way to check </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">what else</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I am teaching and the (not so) hidden curriculum that is being learned. </span></div>
Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-77867244749173006362015-07-10T13:53:00.000-04:002015-07-10T13:53:13.482-04:00Once Upon a Time: The Final Reflection<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c08b81e5-790f-cfd6-0c4c-370284323eb8" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once Upon a Time </span></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-252446a3-790b-e31c-27f1-e44441b834cb" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RIUZUKvUSClDDnPHz_SGt3GcNj1vOvsvjFflehwh3Cc_nLjkuLXlgU4_k3-k7VPF4GEeHvDEs-GajMmLw52X88c_qs1LiZTGx5OUHGM7jC4N8B2N4xOqb3Rw2lGmOKd1tcUl2Xy1Sw" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RIUZUKvUSClDDnPHz_SGt3GcNj1vOvsvjFflehwh3Cc_nLjkuLXlgU4_k3-k7VPF4GEeHvDEs-GajMmLw52X88c_qs1LiZTGx5OUHGM7jC4N8B2N4xOqb3Rw2lGmOKd1tcUl2Xy1Sw" width="320" /></a></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once upon a time I was a first year Language Arts teacher in Coventry. I taught seventh grade and really tried my best, but struggled to find the joy that I had been cultivating through college. Like Elsa hidden away in a castle, I felt isolated in my classroom and needed to be saved. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But not by a knight in shining armor.</span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unless by “knight in shining armor” you mean a new job and enrollment in the Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning program at RIC.</span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a cohort of professors to push me and critically-minded classmates to support me, I transitioned more smoothly to life as a sixth grade Language Arts teacher in Jamestown. Rather than feeling isolated in my castle, I felt free to roam with my new colleagues in the luscious gardens of social justice teaching and action research. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now that the year has ended - and I will remain in Jamestown as the sixth grade Language Arts teacher with the same curriculum - I have a list of ideas as long as Rapunzel’s hair about what I want to keep, throw away, and revise. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-23308432-7910-748c-8668-33def6225eef"></span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not A Princess, Not Quite a Techno-Constructivist</span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I came into this class rather unlike a princess, no longer feeling isolated in my own castle or feeling in need of saving by a prince. Instead, like Merida, I was armed with a bow and arrow to sling my social justice pedagogy. Unlike my first year in Coventry, this year in Jamestown I felt more confident in pushing back at the traditional texts and assessments demanded by the curriculum. This year I was really able to take action on my belief that everything is political. I infused a study of critical lenses, stereotypes, and power hierarchies based on traits like race, class, gender, sexuality, and social class. At my end of year survey, countless students said that our “Media Busters” unit ruined Disney movies and that because of Photovoice, they will never see the world the same again. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/rmTQ50pMnt90Qi73foQrgxLq129XXVlBw4C4aVSpjM-87QfwjOkzOsBxTMpdh7Zm3aACXouj9q5JgNvNaOAVKMjlc0bjso4fPv5RhzAB2_iUIK03ZoXNMP8AJgAYyfC72cBWjW_LAQ" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/rmTQ50pMnt90Qi73foQrgxLq129XXVlBw4C4aVSpjM-87QfwjOkzOsBxTMpdh7Zm3aACXouj9q5JgNvNaOAVKMjlc0bjso4fPv5RhzAB2_iUIK03ZoXNMP8AJgAYyfC72cBWjW_LAQ" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also came in with greater technology proficiency than most princesses. Whereas all Cinderella can do is sew and all Snow White can do is clean up after the dwarves, I have wide variety of exposure to other tools and tasks as an assimilated digital immigrant. Before this class I had already explored TED Ed, Animoto, Storybird, and Glogster and even used some like Blogger, Google Docs/Slides/Forms, Screencastify, StoryboardThat, and Prezi with my students. They’ve appreciated the chance to “play” online when I incorporate these tools into instruction.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So part of my struggle through the class has been to ensure that I am making conscious choices about using technology and also pushing myself further. Where have I and where should I take a techno-traditionalist approach, using technology to simplify/enhance traditional classroom tasks? Where have I and where should I take a techno-constructivist approach to completely change the content and process of students’ learning? </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rapunzel’s Strand #1: Youth and New Media</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
</div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<a href="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for biblionasium" border="0" height="259" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I said, my list of curriculum revisions was about about long as Rapunzel’s hair - so I began by just playing around with some new tools I found on my own - specifically </span><a href="https://www.biblionasium.com/#tab/content-summer-reading" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BiblioNasium</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. All year I felt that my Independent Reading program was missing something. Having students log book titles, author names, and page numbers in a file folder in a rickety cabinet screams old-school. I noticed some students reading similar books and some students stuck with no clue about what to read next. In my own personal life, </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has been a godsend for this. However, I am not comfortable having my eleven-year-olds on such a vast social network. A quick Google search with the terms “Goodreads for kids” led to some reviews for BiblioNasium - which the creators say is a space for kids to “flex their reading muscles.” I watched a video overview, signed up for a teacher account, explored a student account, and created accounts for all of my incoming students. I added a </span><a href="http://msricherlanguagearts.blogspot.com/p/biblionasium.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BiblioNasium page to my blog</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, wrote an introductory note for parents and students explaining the purpose, and even used Screencastify to make my own tutorial. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This part of my project positions me somewhere between techo-traditionalist and techno-</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">constructivist. While initially BiblioNasium is a digital platform that brings my paper-and-pencil reading logs into the 21st century, it also goes beyond that. The ability for students to write reviews that the whole class can see, make recommendations to individuals, and explore other students’ bookshelves changes the nature of the task. I’m not sure I can still call it “Independent Reading.” Of course, the students must still read on their own, but BiblioNasium acknowledges the way that “many of today’s teens are deeply engaged with social media and are active participants in networked publics”(Boyd, 2014, p. 176). My hope is that my students will see the way in which online connections can be used productively and to enhance their learning. As Boyd (2014) continues, “Familiarity with the latest gadgets or services is often less important than possessing the critical knowledge to engage productively with networked situations, including the ability to control how personal information flows and how to look for and interpret accessible information” (p.180). As a teacher, it is my job to expose students to tools that will help them learn and be more digitally savvy citizens. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rapunzel’s Strand #2: Critical Pedagogy and Educational Reform</span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As great as BiblioNasium might be, I knew it wasn’t enough. So, I turned to the syllabus for the course anchors and guiding assumptions to see how those fit in with the remaining items on my Rapunzel-length list. As I read #2 about critical pedagogy and educational reform, I was reminded of the fun and inspiration that came from our afternoon with Kelly Reed. I believe that students need space be creative and innovative to overcome the regulation and routine of </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4-TSHnE6uPLUWo2TFBwbmt1Wm8/view" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">audit culture</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that has seeped into our schools (Hall, 2015). </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/bJ0HGCCdsrSduzo9QScskHxqGED6dOnH4VGGnTSagsP_kqYLai9KdCnV4NLUypr47wUA3oUiGL_wt9GRd7J5C4enHcfgyAVHTxOGZtQBesjHi4C1Px40Sb0pHzWyf0JZhSu195cK0A" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="images" border="0" height="179" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/bJ0HGCCdsrSduzo9QScskHxqGED6dOnH4VGGnTSagsP_kqYLai9KdCnV4NLUypr47wUA3oUiGL_wt9GRd7J5C4enHcfgyAVHTxOGZtQBesjHi4C1Px40Sb0pHzWyf0JZhSu195cK0A" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since most of my units are already designed with critical pedagogy principles in mind, I wanted add something new the my beginning of the year routine. I designed a curation-inspired project, which I am calling the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1himiiyovuhQLH9nZj_8-H5gYe8qs395FU9la--sqlqw/edit" style="line-height: 1.38; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Brown Bag Bio,</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> as a get-to-know-you activity. While this project does not use technology, we have agreed that </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">it is not even about the technology</span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">, it’s about the principles behind it. </span></div>
<br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The goal of this Pintrest-in-real-life activity is for students to curate objects (from the massive pile of stuff - trinkets, toys, game pieces, clothing items, accessories, memorabilia, etc.) that will be available on various counters and tables in my classroom) that represent who they are. They will then have an opportunity to share their brown bag full of objects and their related explanations with their classmates so that they can get to know one another. They will answer reflection questions based on their classmates’ presentations like, “Who do you think you’d work well with?” “Who do you want to get to know more?” and “Who do you have a question for?” And of course, then go talk to these new classmates. As Turkle (2012) explains, “We have gotten used to the idea of being in a tribe of one, loyal to our own party.” This worries both her and me. I see this activity as a way to teach patience, provide real-life listeners, look up, start a conversation, and build a community of learners. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Media as Ideology</span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To complete my climb up Rapunzel’s braid, I wanted to use what I have learned about media as ideology. Though I didn’t name it as such, this assumption grounds my </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BDeNMfisaxqDI-JpK2G75x4VifrCDt8Arih057CWaus/edit" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Media Busters” unit </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">where students learn to use critical lenses to analyze the messages about race, class, and gender being sent to them via commercials, movies, toys, and other media. Both during and after that unit students emailed me randomly about </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PkptNiPw3dTvq9F8caLy-Aqmvo3ZOH7bk1H_JcYxPxI/edit#slide=id.p" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sexist messages they saw in commercials</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or (on a more positive note) provide links to spoken word poems about </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YshUDa10JYY" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">changing the world, one word at a time</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I would try to share this information with the rest of my students either by mentioning it or screening it in class, but didn’t always have the time. These cultural artifacts were some of the best proof that they were wearing the critical lenses we tried on in class; they were the best proof of their </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">learning</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. However, I felt like some of these learnings remained locked in the dungeon of my overflowing inbox. Because of this, I knew that some component of my final project for this class would be creating a space to share these connections more widely and easily. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/NMd8t62FwTbd5_NIdQnsTWhOSZzGCQ8JPjFd4OCbRyBWrvzbr5Uo1bezDuZPn-viuJz-oyn8xk9DIJgm47KzLwQ98ITHq3s7cHpjvb5xqoo_GmMTm1eXYQEHjcuYvWOhKMY0BWfOvg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/NMd8t62FwTbd5_NIdQnsTWhOSZzGCQ8JPjFd4OCbRyBWrvzbr5Uo1bezDuZPn-viuJz-oyn8xk9DIJgm47KzLwQ98ITHq3s7cHpjvb5xqoo_GmMTm1eXYQEHjcuYvWOhKMY0BWfOvg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.38;">To do this, I have created a </span><a href="http://languageartsirl.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.38;" target="_blank">second blog</a><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.38;"> with a separate email address that the students can email their IRL (In Real Life) examples to and they will automatically be posted to the home page. This blog feed will also appear on my current blog so that everything is essentially housed in one place. I wouldn’t have thought of such a possibility before this class. </span></div>
<br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Censoring all negative and potentially dangerous content from children is not the answer. As Christensen (2011) says, if we want students to “unlearn the myths that bind us,” then we must give space - especially digital space - for students to unveil the “secret education” that “colonizes their minds” (p. 189). Like Wesch and his World Simulation, I’m still not sure of all of the possibility that this collection of IRL moments has in store. But this is the joy of a techno-constructivist. The technology is sure to change the content and process of learning and I am excited to see where the students will take me. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happily Ever After</span></div>
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So what does happily ever after mean anyway? No, it’s not about lip locking with a gorgeously muscled prince. Like Merida, it’s about standing up for what you believe in. Like Anna and Elsa, it’s about developing relationships of trust and love. It’s knowing that kids today experience the world differently than I did or my parents did or their parents did. It’s about making </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">s p a c e </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for students to explore, reflect, create, share, and take action in order to make the world a more equitable place. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Image result for social justice" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQv69w05UpS3cOFaza6_I-upRPS5tAjDwFiD8hi35BP5bx09fJyGw" /></span></div>
Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-36898839415011533302015-07-08T11:05:00.001-04:002015-07-08T11:05:30.535-04:00Once Upon a Pecha Kucha<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OGHZofa3re6E-my3ynxX2Ogu_F-V_jRG89f78pC5qE0/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=20000&slide=id.gb6a748c29_0_68" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.therobertsgroup.com/images/uploads/blog/il_340x270.54173323ds9_8x1t.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
Click on the picture to open my Pecha Kucha. Enjoy!Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-39704943117212893562015-07-07T17:25:00.000-04:002015-07-07T17:36:21.828-04:00Rhode Island Writing Project: Open Air InstituteEveryone's "This I Believe" essays were so powerful today! Come to the RIWP's Open Air Institute to continue to use writing to explore your personal and professional self, travel to three of the state's coastal towns, be rejuvenated for the school year, and meet some fellow fantastic teachers.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="The Open Air Institute is Fast Approaching!Write. Rejuvenate. Reflect. Connect. Join us for the Open Air Institute, a place-based Institute open to all teachers. Our theme this summer is Coastal Connections: exploring the physical and metaphysical coasts that connect us to other places and times. Explore local history, culture, and geography as we write our way around three of Rhode Island’s coastal towns: Bristol, Westerly, and Jamestown.Click here for a detailed itinerary and information about what to bring.Register here: http://bpt.me/1785776General Registration: $100 for all three days.Contact riwritingproject@gmail.com for more information." src="http://36.media.tumblr.com/ec53b76843f0ff658c22ba2868f8090f/tumblr_nqkfomqigf1uo6ivyo1_1280.png" height="254" width="400" /></div>
<br />
Check out the <a href="http://riwp.org/advanced" target="_blank">Rhode Island Writing Project's website</a> and look at more pictures from last year's Advanced Institute on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/riwritingproject?fref=photo" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>. Then, click this <a href="http://bpt.me/1785776" target="_blank">link</a> to sign up!<br />
<br />
<br />Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-44645844554434943122015-07-06T11:43:00.002-04:002015-07-06T11:43:40.726-04:00The Flight From Teaching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
At first glimpse, Turkle and Wesch couldn't seem more different. In "The Flight From Conversation," Turkle laments the way that "At home, families sit together, texting and reading e-mail. At work executives text during board meetings. We text (and shop and go on Facebook) during classes and when we're on dates." </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<img src="http://arnoldzwicky.s3.amazonaws.com/ZitsConversation.jpg" height="121" width="400" /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Meanwhile in "Anti-Teaching: Confronting the Crisis of Significance," Wesch opens his first paragraph lauding his use of YouTube for a class assignment. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<img alt="Education Cartoons | Randy Glasbergen - Today's Cartoon" height="256" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/28/7d/09/287d09e2ffd4dad24eb9f1fb2a2487c1.jpg" width="320" /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
However, as you continue on, you can begin to see the convergence of their point of view. The 10th grader who tells Turkle that "he wishes he could talk to an artificial intelligence program instead of his dad about dating" is Wesch's student who "reported reading less than half the assigned readings, and further perceived only 26% of the readings to be relevant to [his] life." </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
As I (thought) I finished, I couldn't help but be reminded of Suli Breaks's powerful spoken word video, "Why I Hate School But Love Education."</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y_ZmM7zPLyI/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y_ZmM7zPLyI?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This made me go back and re-read each author again. This time, though, I highlighted points of similarity. And then replaced some of Turkle's words with some of Wesch's ideas.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
***</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-95fd0344-6407-ad92-0cb0-90810c60eb96"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.</span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We exist in </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">an education system</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> which we are always</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> trying to improve</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. And yet we have sacrificed </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">meaningful exploration of the world</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a relatively meaningless game of grade</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">s. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With the young lawyers in their cockpits, the office is quiet, a quiet that does not ask to be broken. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With the young </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">students</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in their desks, the</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> lecture hall</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is quiet, a quiet that does not </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">include meaningful inquiry. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We can use technology to keep one another at distances we can control: not too close, not too far, just right. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We can use </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">education </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to keep one another </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in places </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we can control: not too </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">much knowledge</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, not too </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">much power</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, just right.</span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It seems that over time we stop caring, we forget that there is a difference.</span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It seems that over time we stop </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pushing</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, we forget that there is </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">another way. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connecting in sips doesn't work as well when it comes to understanding and knowing one another. In conversation we tend to one another. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Test-taking skills don't </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">work as well when it come to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lifelong learning. By asking questions</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> we tend to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the crisis of significance and the narratives that motivate us.</span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have confused conversation with connection. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have confused </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">learning </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">teaching. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We...seem increasingly drawn to technologies that provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of relationship. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We seem increasingly drawn to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">strategies </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that provide the illusion of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">knowledge, understanding, and growth </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">without the demands of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">learning. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Many] think of it as, "I share, therefore I am." </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Many] think of it as, "I </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">teach</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, therefore </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">they learn.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If we don't teach our children to be alone, they will know only how to be lonely. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If we don't teach our children to be </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">learners</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, they will know only how to be </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">taught. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most of all, we need to remember...to listen to one another, even to the boring bits, because it is often in unedited moments, moments in which we hesitate and stutter and go silent, that we reveal ourselves to one another. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most of all, we need to remember...to listen to one another, even to the boring bits, because it is often in unedited moments, moments in which we hesitate and stutter and go silent, that we </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">learn the most. </span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I say, look up, look at one another, and let's start the conversation.</span></div>
<br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I say, look up, look at one another, and let's start </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333333333333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">learning together.</span></div>
</span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />***</i></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
Though the topic of their writing is different, I'd argue that their philosophy about what is important in life is pretty similar. When making meaning of his World Simulation, Wesch writes, "the future is up to us." Turkle recognizes this too and together they (and I) hope that it is a future that uses new media and education for conversation, not just connection.<br />
<br />Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-80498661134998650812015-07-02T07:08:00.000-04:002015-07-02T07:08:22.931-04:00"TV Bullies: How Glee and Anti-Bullying Programs Miss the Mark"<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<a href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTs0WqNc_eVf3SUihAOEpOa5phTlLcDGMieXjDFu9zP8PqqBwkngA" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for hands up" border="0" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTs0WqNc_eVf3SUihAOEpOa5phTlLcDGMieXjDFu9zP8PqqBwkngA" /></a><i>Teachers, raise your hand if you think bullying is a problem at your school. </i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Teachers, raise your hand if you attempt to address issues of bullying in your own classroom.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Teachers, raise your hand if your school has implemented some program to educate about and reduce bullying in your school. </i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Teachers with your hand up, keep it up if you think this program has been successful.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Those of you with your hand still up, what are some reasons why this program has or has not been successful?</i><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>***</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><br /></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
If I were to teach Gerald Walton's chapter "TV Bullies: How <i>Glee </i>and Anti-Bullying Programs Miss the Mark," I might start this way. As a presenter, I would assume that the number of hands still up by the final prompt would be much fewer than the number of hands up at the first prompt. All of this would of course imply that teachers recognize bullying as a problem, but the current practices to address it are ineffective and insufficient. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
I would allow the teachers to share out some theories about why this might be. I might even share my own story of an anti-bullying program disappointment. Just days after the school psychologist worked with my sixth grade students on identifying and clarifying myths about bullying (which many of them had already answered correctly), one student's Instagram account was hacked by a fellow student. The hacker left inappropriate and disparaging comments, posted crude pictures, and when the students tried to figure out who it was, the hacker pretended to be several other students. Clearly something in the anti-bullying program was amiss. The students came in to school the next day in a tizzy, wondering who could have done such a thing and we as teachers weren't sure where to go from there.<br />
<br />
This would then lead us to a discussion of Walton's argument: the term "bullying" has become so generic and commodified that its use distracts people away from recognizing the perpetuation of social prejudices that is true problem - especially in cases of homophobia.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
***</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
The premise of Walton's argument is that media and the public acknowledge that bullying is an issue. He cites the work of Dan Savage's <a href="http://www.itgetsbetter.org/" target="_blank">"It Gets Better"</a> project where celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and political figures like Hillary Clinton speak up in support of LGBT youth. He then moves into the example of the television show <i><a href="http://www.hulu.com/glee" target="_blank">Glee</a> </i>where bullying is a vicious theme for many of the characters, particularly the openly gay character Kurt and "avowedly straight" Finn (216).<br />
<br />
However, he uses these examples also to set up his critique which is that "using the term [bullying] to describe acts of homophobia hides the ways in which LGBTQ youth are subjected to unique forms of verbal and physical assaults related to their real or imagined sexual orientation" (216). He goes on to say that "identifying incidents of violence in schools as 'bullying' has become usual practice for behaviors that used to be accurately described as sexual harassment (218). Walton recognizes the way that the language of bullying hides a deeper social issue.<br />
<br />
<i>Why has this come to be? Why are things this way?</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGQUWM-_4GnrAEehij23r44latoetM9KiWBbZib7Ml5WuyxlFxTw" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for dollar sign" border="0" height="200" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGQUWM-_4GnrAEehij23r44latoetM9KiWBbZib7Ml5WuyxlFxTw" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Walton points to the political economy. He writes, "bullying as become useful and profitable for corporations, and they have an interest in framing it in the most generic way possible, which in turn strips it of any social critique" (218). He believes that the term bullying (like Disney's Princess line) has been produced and distributed by mass media and other for-profit companies for the purpose of consumption by the general public. Because these groups are trying to appeal to as many people as possible, "bullying" becomes an easy blanket term, limiting a further look at wider (aka systemic) social problems.<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br />
He acknowledges that some of this might be "well-meaning work" but so much of what is offered focuses on "the management of behavior," even providing examples from <i>Glee </i>to support his idea. In his eyes, the regulation of behavior is about control "which fails to account for social prejudices, such as homophobia, which inform behaviors that are routinely labeled as bullying" (220). This is such a problem because in <i>Glee </i>and life in general "homophobia is regarded as a personal problem rather than an institutional one that poisons school environments and leaves children emotionally and physically unsafe" (221). Like <a href="http://www.agjohnson.us/books/privilege/excerpt-from-privilege-power-and-difference/" target="_blank">Allan Johnson</a>, author of <i>Privilege, Power, and Difference, </i>Walton knows that "these [marginalized, targeted] groups [like LGBT youth] can't do it on their own because although they certainly aren't powerless to affect the conditions of their own lives, they do not have the power to understandingly do away with entrenched systems of privilege. If they could do that, there wouldn't be a problem in the first place." By calling everything bullying, the systems of power and privilege are allowed to continue to exist without question or disruption.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://heart4thehood.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/fish-cartoon-580.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://heart4thehood.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/fish-cartoon-580.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
As a professor, Walton believes that education is an important step and organizing <a href="http://www.glsen.org/" target="_blank">gay-straight alliances</a> is one concrete way to do this. By gathering people together, it changes homophobia from a personal problem to an institutional one. He also provides a variety of other resources for educators to explore so they can get to work on this issue right away.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
***</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Teachers, raise your hand if you think the word bullying is not enough.</i></div>
<br />
<br /></div>
Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-25747074126693700102015-07-01T07:21:00.003-04:002015-07-01T07:22:19.273-04:00A Pumpkin Can't Become a Horse-Drawn CarriageI did not grow up in a house filled with Disney movies. I didn't grow up in a house with many movies at all. That is, unless you count the Richard Simmons's <i>Sweatin' to the Oldies </i>tapes my mom would break out every afternoon. Not one to be left out, I used the ketchup and mustard bottles from my play kitchen set to do the shoulder presses in Workout 2 (see 0:44) right along side her.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FYXiiYjV8U8/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FYXiiYjV8U8?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div>
<br />
I know this post is supposed to be about our relationship to Disney and animated culture, but my relationship with those was fairly non-existent as a child. Sure I knew the names and general story lines - I think my grandma had VHS tapes of <i>Snow White </i>and <i> The Little Mermaid </i>- and a picture was taken of me as Snow White one Halloween. But unlike Lila Johnson, my younger brother and I did not hunger for "our daily cartoon fix" (201). We were much more influenced by the traditional gender roles played out by our immediate family and the few sitcoms and shows we were allowed to watch.<br />
<br />
Growing up, my brother's favorite show was <i>Power Rangers </i>and mine was <i>Full House. </i>We would compromise in our play; he'd be a ninja saving the world with his Gator Golf putter as a sword and I'd be a mom carrying a diaper bag pushing my doll in my carriage. One of the greatest days was when I got a car seat for my doll so I could ensure her safety as we traveled to the library. After all, most of my play time was spent imagining my future as a mom like my own - one who cooked dinner every night, read bedtime stories on the couch, made sure teeth were always brushed, and ensured clothes were always clean and coordinated. I didn't need Disney princess to tell me what I should aspire to because I was quite content with the way things seemed to be. My life was comfortable and I didn't understand why some of my friends were so obsessed with characters and situations that weren't even real. <i>Come on,</i> <i>a pumpkin can't become a horse-drawn carriage!</i><br />
<br />
I have to admit, though, I thought <i>Mulan </i>was cool. I could be a ninja like my brother. I also would have thought that <i>Brave </i>was cool because Merida is able to shoot her own arrows - and is good at it. However, that would have been the extent of my reading of both texts. As I said, I didn't quite understand some of my friend's obsession with all things Disney. I didn't watch enough of it and I didn't have the critical lenses to view the movies with a more analytical eye. As Linda Christensen writes, in her classroom, they "can view many [children's literature and movies] in a brief period of time, so students can begin to see patterns in media portrayals of particular groups and learn to decode the underlying assumptions these movies make" (190). But, because of my limited exposure and lack of perspective, I wouldn't have been able to name the advances in princess culture, with Merida and her fiery red hair representing her fiery personality. Or the lack of a "knight in shining armor" since the plot centered on a mother-daughter relationship rather than a just a girl needing a man to save her.<br />
<br />
Now, since I have been trained as an English Ed major complete with my "intellectual armor" (190) - and I teach a Media Busters unit to my sixth graders - I can notice the larger problem of <i>Brave</i>'s representation of males as competitive and only able to fight. As Elinor said, suitors must "prove their worth in strength or arms in the games." I also recognize the incompetence of males to hold a serious conversation. When I watched <i>Brave </i>last night, I was annoyed at the way that Fergus <i>knew </i>that something wasn't quite right about the tradition of the suitors coming for his own daughter, yet he allowed the tradition to continue. In fact, he even helped his wife practice what she would say to Merida to convince her to marry. I also can now name Fergus's joke to Merida about the second suitor's "flowing locks" (complete with hand gesture and all) as homophobic.<br />
<br />
<i>Brave </i>certainly reflects some of the steps forward in equality that have been made since the release of the earliest princess films. But this does not mean that we can stop at analyzing, because there is still a far way to go. I love Christensen questions, "But what am I teaching them if I end there?" (197). Rather, she asserts the importance of action. She is a model of social justice teaching who "instead of leaving students full of bile, standing around with their hands on their hips, shaking their heads about how bad the world is... provide[s] them the opportunity to make a difference" (200). If we can commit to this work together with examples like Christensen to guide us, I have hope that the world will be a better place.Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-50088793123851432292015-06-30T15:00:00.001-04:002015-06-30T15:25:19.535-04:00Messy ClassroomHere's our spoken word poem, <a href="http://youtu.be/4b_w6uluvXo" target="_blank">"Messy Classroom,"</a> inspired by Shel Silverstein's "Messy Room."<br />
<br />
Here is the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bco6ILKwWgekzoLU_ZexzgZ--yBynRCPoIs_8E9bNDg/edit" target="_blank">modified text</a> of our poem. To get the audio recorded over the slideshow, we used the Google Chrome extension <a href="https://www.screencastify.com/" target="_blank">Screencastify</a>. Then, posted the video on Youtube and edited out some of our extra recording.Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-50835277579531040792015-06-30T09:06:00.001-04:002015-06-30T09:06:29.300-04:00Pecha KuchaHere's my <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7G8BfOSluBWdEhVcld4bFRieVE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Pecha Kucha</a> from Dr. Bogad's class in the fall!<br />
<br />Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-48620518433782027592015-06-30T07:41:00.000-04:002015-06-30T07:41:19.012-04:00The Power of NamingI really appreciate <a href="http://www.academiccommons.org/2014/09/09/from-knowledgable-to-knowledge-able-learning-in-new-media-environments/" target="_blank">Michael Wesch's optimism about new media</a>. As a teacher who believes that learning happens when students and their teachers are provided space to explore what is significant to them, I look forward to his idea that "the new media environment provides new opportunities for us to create a community of learners with our students seeking important and meaningful questions." As I mentioned in my previous post, this is the approach I tried to take with my "Media Busters" unit, using questions and texts the students wanted to explore to drive the content of the class. This emphasis on questions means that "it becomes less important for students to know, memorize, or recall information, and more important for them to be able to find, sort, analyze, share, discuss, critique and create information." Because he frames students as producers rather than consumers, he says that students "need to move from being simply knowledgeable to being knowledge-<i>able.</i>"<br />
<i><br /></i>
While I agree with his premise, I worry that his assertion that his anthropology course subjectivities cannot be "taught" will be misinterpreted. He says that, "We can only create environments in which the practices and perspectives are nourished, encouraged, or inspired." This comes in direct conflict with <a href="http://www.danah.org/books/ItsComplicated.pdf" target="_blank">Danah Boyd's ideas about teaching and learning</a>. She would say that his approach of nourishing, encouraging, and inspiring is not quite enough to ensure that digital citizens will have access to and acquire the skills needed to become media literate.<br />
<br />
Boyd's observation that "teens may make their own media or share content online, but this does not mean that they inherently have the knowledge or perspective to critically examine what they consume" (p. 177) connect with <a href="http://lmcreadinglist.pbworks.com/f/Delpit+(1988).pdf" target="_blank">Lisa Delpit's arguments about educating other people's children</a>. Here are Delpit's five aspects of power and some quotes from Boyd that go along with them:<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span id="docs-internal-guid-979c98c6-443e-7bc2-76c0-6b7037eacbdd"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 624px;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="background-color: #cccccc; border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lisa Delpit says...</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Danah Boyd says...</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And so...</span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“1. Issues of power are enacted in classrooms” (p. 282).</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“From this perspective, teens are ‘digital natives,’ and adults, supposedly less knowledgeable about technology and less capable of developing these skills, are ‘digital immigrants’” (p. 176).</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Like Delpit, Boyd recognizes that naming people as “digital natives” and “digital immigrants” is way that people use their power. </span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“2. There are codes or rules for participating in power; that is, there is a ‘culture of power’” (p. 282).</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"In describing youth as natives, both Barlow and Rushkoff frame young people as powerful actors positioned to challenge the status quo. Yet many who use the rhetoric of digital natives position young people either as passive recipients of technological knowledge or as learners who easily pick up the language of technology the way they pick up a linguistic tongue" (p. 178).</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boyd notices that there are codes/rules for media literacy, specifically when she mentions that there is a “language of technology.”</span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“3. The rules of the culture of power are a reflection of the rules of the culture of those who have power” (p. 282).</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Worse, by not doing the work necessary to help youth develop broad digital competency, educators and the public end up reproducing digital inequality because more privileged youth often have more opportunities to develop these skills outside the classroom" (p. 180).</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When Boyd says that “educators and the public end up reproducing digital inequality” she is acknowledging that media literacy reflects skills that those educators and the public already have.</span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“4. If you are not already a participant in the culture of power, being told explicitly the rules of that culture makes acquiring power easier” (p. 282).</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“When they engage with media— either as consumers or producers—they need to have the skills to ask questions about the construction and dissemination of particular media artifacts. What biases are embedded in the artifact? How did the creator intend for an audience to interpret that artifact, and what are the consequences of that interpretation?” (p. 181).</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here, Boyd explains that adults who call youth digital natives are setting them up to stay in their position. Those adults can help youth become literate by teaching them to ask certain questions (which she gives two examples of). If students are taught how to ask these questions, they can then become media literate. </span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“5. Those with power are frequently least aware of - or least willing to acknowledge - its existence. Those with less power are often most aware of its existence” (p. 282).</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Rather than assuming that youth have innate technical skills, parents, educators, and policymakers must collectively work to support those who come from different backgrounds and have different experiences"(p. 180).</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1px; border-left: solid #000000 1px; border-right: solid #000000 1px; border-top: solid #000000 1px; padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boyd’s use of the word “assumption” shows that the adults in power are not necessarily willing to acknowledge their role in reproducing the inequalities inherent in the digital world, particularly for youth in underprivileged situations. </span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<br />
Ultimately, I agree most strongly with Boyd in that media literacy skills can and MUST be taught. Otherwise those with privileged access (to digital tools and resources) will continue to gain power over those who don't.<br />
<br />
Calling it a "digital world" is so appropriate because the interactions and hierarchies that exist in our "real world" have been so easily reproduced online. Critical voices like Boyd's are important to point out that the playing field is not even and that not everyone is starting from the same place. Certain groups have privileges/advantages and those with power must recognize this and use their power to ensure more just outcomes for everyone.Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-13054049462004996872015-06-29T20:46:00.000-04:002015-06-29T20:46:36.878-04:00From Immigrant Student to Assimilated TeacherDon't let my age fool you. As a kid, I kept a handwritten address book and snail-mailed letters in doodle-covered envelopes. When I was finally old enough to walk around the mall without my friend's parents, we carried walkie-talkies in our sparkly purses. Only my dad had a cell phone, and it was strictly for work purposes.<br />
<br />
All of this makes me a digital immigrant.<br />
<br />
I would say that I had a slower entrance to the digital world than most people around my age. I used my computer to play a floppy disk version of Jeopardy and my dial-up Internet to write a paper about Sandra Day O'Connor - not to send rapid-fire instant messages to my friends. I never personalized a MySpace and my Facebook profile picture has been the same for five years.<br />
<br />
My aversion to certain social media platforms originated from my parents' rules against them. (My mom works for lawyers and has seen the worst.) But through college, I've definitely explored more. I kept a blog to capture my student teaching journey, I try to tweet updates from my classroom (follow me <a href="https://twitter.com/BrittanyRicher" target="_blank">@BrittanyRicher</a>), and my team teachers come to me when their Google Drive is wonky. This year, I even learned how to make a screencast!<br />
<br />
<iframe height="480" src="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7G8BfOSluBWNFltY2hFUzJ5N1U/preview" width="640"></iframe><br />
<br />
Nevertheless, as I've assimilated more and more into the digital world and grown into my beliefs as a teacher, I worry about the harmfulness of certain messages that are sent via social media, pop culture, and through other digital texts. I recognize the way that straightness, Christianity, whiteness, able-bodiedness, Americanness, maleness, and property ownership are privileged. I recognize the way that these cultural norms are reproduced. I recognize that my digital native students' <a href="http://www.wired.com/2010/05/ff_nicholas_carr/" target="_blank">brains are changing</a> because of these things.<br />
<br />
As a result, I take a critical pedagogical stance in my teaching. I had the opportunity to teach a "Language Arts Extra" course this year, so I designed a unit I called "Media Busters." One day, my students and I analyzed these commercials to see what their message was about what it means to be a man in America.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dwA_OWRhhBE/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dwA_OWRhhBE?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QoqWo3SJ73c/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QoqWo3SJ73c?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div>
<br />
In addition to analyzing media texts like these, I also believe that it is important for students to be producers of their own texts. One way we did this was by conducting a Photovoice research project. Instead of just reading articles to gather information, we used the participatory action research method of Photovoice where students took their own pictures of the issue at hand in order to come to their own understanding of the topic and advocate for change. One of my classes chose Digital Citizenship as their topic and here is Susan's* <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KzbT6ah-rAl5DdP_4LTGk3r8R6kXrAcavGOBTGf-CkU/edit" target="_blank">final presentation</a>. Another student, Laura* made a video using the song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-QaNzd-0Y" target="_blank">"Stolen Dance"</a> in the background, drawing a parallel to the way that spending too much time on social media steals us away from the humans in front of us. Unfortunately, because it contains images of many of my students' faces I cannot post it publicly here. <br />
<br />
At different points in the school year, my digital immigrant accent was audible. When planning a project for students to create an advertisement for a play we read, I figured they would make posters or a DVD case cover. However, they all requested to make video commercials. Because of my limited experience with making videos, I was tempted to just tell them all no. Luckily, I took a risk, gave up some control, and allowed them to pursue their interest. And I am proud to say that it led to some of the greatest levels of engagement all year. They were eager to figure out the technology on their own. They were eager to make revisions because they knew it would be shared with their peers. Like Sir Ken Robinson said, "their curiosity was the engine of their achievement."<br />
<br />
All in all, I love what Dr. Bogad said about <i>learning</i> being the point. It is important to acknowledge my status as an assimilated digital immigrant not for the sake of being able to name myself as such, but to make changes in my teaching accordingly. Similarly, it is important to acknowledge my students' status as digital natives not just to name it, but rather to make changes that will improve their learning. It is important to continue to recognize where my life and my students' lives both stray and intersect. There should not be a value judgment on either status - immigrant or native. Rather, the labels can be a way to help frame conversation and questions about the way we approach education.Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-12502735668353692892015-06-29T10:51:00.001-04:002015-06-29T10:58:47.913-04:00Welcome back!If you take a peek at around my blog, you'll probably be able to figure out a little about me, but here goes...<br />
<br />
-Last year I taught sixth grade English in Jamestown and I'm really pumped to be coming back again in September - with some revamped ideas for the media literacy work I already try to do. This year I created a course called "Media Busters" where we explored the portrayal of gender in various media texts including commercials and a few Disney movies.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4381068877185506029" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a> <img alt="Image result for little mermaid" height="200" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQTlV5H__PlBebUWf2H54oiTVyhl4Pdh8Bh8BzW3UaHYn-R7SpO" width="125" /><img alt="Image result for frozen" height="200" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTM8LBVdSjee4v25EYbvUNPiezK5nboSYys_cdf_V1VfL2yD9Oqrg" width="140" /><img alt="Image result for walle" height="200" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" width="134" /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
-After this class I plan to spend the summer outdoors. It's my favorite place to be! <img src="http://sectionhiker.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbskeep/2013/12/Map-of-the-White-Mountains.jpg" height="164" width="200" /><img src="http://www.bobbydoyleraces.com/Doylerace.jpg" height="121" width="200" /><img alt="Image result for girl mountain biking" height="200" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" width="133" /></div>
</div>
Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-40930909817838982602014-12-11T15:11:00.000-05:002014-12-11T15:11:30.970-05:00Gender Lenses<a href="http://www.rethinkingschools.org/img/publication/covers/9780942961485_250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.rethinkingschools.org/img/publication/covers/9780942961485_250.jpg" width="224" /></a>Today I introduced the idea of lenses - gender lenses in particular - as a way to analyze media and other texts. I was inspired by some articles in <i><a href="http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9780942961485" target="_blank">Rethinking Popular Culture and Media</a> </i>(thanks Dr. Bogad!) and broke my students into (mixed-gender) groups and told them a phrase, either "act like a lady" or "man up."<br />
<br />
This was their launch into a word splash about what society says it means to be a girl/lady/woman/female or boy/guy/man/male. Some got right to work listing off common stereotypes while others had a more difficult time. I couldn't tell if it was just a few of my male students being their usual goofy selves or if the question really did make them uncomfortable, but these boys did have a much harder time being serious and naming these societal norms.<br />
<br />
I definitely have some more observations to do. But for now, here they are, telling it like it is...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0b9Ubtrq5xjqO66VoOsC_-3EjPfWpvUluko1TFHjglT_G8RUaV0QzK0WJkW4GJlsowWEZp2DWY5SEetvr0_XRcZjAT5ooBbBuJe8hKWAX-QEyoJC6gARyVBJiZZcCUGp0H3xAQ_CXgyM/s1600/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0b9Ubtrq5xjqO66VoOsC_-3EjPfWpvUluko1TFHjglT_G8RUaV0QzK0WJkW4GJlsowWEZp2DWY5SEetvr0_XRcZjAT5ooBbBuJe8hKWAX-QEyoJC6gARyVBJiZZcCUGp0H3xAQ_CXgyM/s1600/image.jpeg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
I'm really excited to see how this section of the unit is going to progress and I hope to document as much of it as I can here!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-21465412272405809772014-12-01T17:59:00.001-05:002014-12-01T17:59:20.118-05:00A Powerful Lesson About PrivilegeSaw this on Twitter and wanted to share it! A simple activity, but a memorable way to teach kids about privilege...<br />
<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/this-teacher-taught-his-class-a-powerful-lesson-about-privil" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/this-teacher-taught-his-class-a-powerful-lesson-about-privil" target="_blank">"This Teacher Taught His Class a Powerful Lesson About Privilege"</a>Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-8869796908863975592014-11-16T15:53:00.000-05:002014-11-16T15:53:01.515-05:00Who Do You See? <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://cosmiccowgirlsmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/whatwesee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cosmiccowgirlsmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/whatwesee.jpg" height="320" width="233" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Of all our course readings so far, this "Citizenship in School: Reconceptualizing Down Syndrome" by Christopher Kliewer has been the most challenging for me. My brain was firing back, "Yes, but..." the whole time. My brain had a hard time making sense of the logistics of this ideal. How would this work in my classroom? Reading this seems to have made me aware of the detriment of those systems which have been "cultural sorting machines" that "justify a competitive ethic that marginalizes certain students or groups of students... [that] legitimize discrimination and devaluation on the basis of the dominant society's preferences in matters of ability, gender, ethnicity, and race...and [that] endorse an elaborate process of sorting by perceived ability and behavior" (73).<br />
<br />
As we mentioned before, it is very hard to find a teacher who enters the field with an openly racist, sexist, homophobic, or anti-social justice attitude. I think the same goes for attitudes toward students with disabilities. I am very careful to use people-first language and have the same conversations with my students who say "That's so retarded" that I do with "That's so gay."<br />
<br />
However, I also have a long way to go toward the inclusive, participatory, democratic classroom that Shayne is described as having.<br />
<br />
This year I have more students with special education needs than I ever have before. My school very much aspires to a full inclusion model. Granted, these are considered "mild/moderate" needs and nowhere near as "severe" as some situations described in the article, but as a beginning teacher, my lack of experience with these students makes me feel very inadequate.<br />
<br />
But as I am writing this I am seeing, too, the way that my brain has been trained to think about students with disabilities. Classifications and categories. Putting students in such boxes makes things "easier." Having separate classrooms makes things "easier." I found an <a href="http://www.copower.org/models-of-disability.html" target="_blank">article</a> from the Michigan Disability Rights Coalition that elaborates on this idea, explaining the two models of disability: the medical model and the social model. While the first model asserts that "disability results from an individual person's physical or mental limitations" the second argues, "that disability stems from the failure of society to adjust to meet the needs and aspirations of a disabled minority." They compare the social model to the "doctrine of those concerned with racial equality that 'racism is a problem of whites from which blacks suffer.'" They also provide an example, "If a wheelchair user cannot use a bus, the bus must be redesigned." Sounds like something Johnson would say.<br />
<br />
All of this leads me to the John Lubbock quote: "What we see depends mainly on what we look for." If we as teachers look only for kids doing exactly what is instructed and has been said is typically accepted as "proficient" we might miss out on the opportunity to see (Gardener's) multiple intelligences. Rather than "entreprenuerial individualism" (72), we need "a set of values based on respect, humility, and creative listening" (73). The story of Shayne's creative listening to Isaac affirms the necessity of an asset-based lens. Her classroom started from the viewpoint of valuing something very different, which was a "distinct shift away from mere school tolerance of diversity defined by resignation and benevolence," instead "recogniz[ing] diversity as the norm" (79).<br />
<br />
Throughout this school year I have said several times how unprepared I feel to work with the special education students in my class. However, I need to recognize that "We have our basic core in common" (88) - yes, our "common core" - and it is not a matter of being unprepared to <i>work </i>with them, but rather unprepared to <i>see </i>them.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/36m1o-tM05g?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />
<span style="background-color: #009099; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span>Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-71887443879475855902014-11-13T18:53:00.002-05:002014-11-13T18:53:14.087-05:00Passing notes, passing ideas. That's Power.Remember the long ago (or not so long ago for Tina and I...) days of practicum? The first time you referred to yourself as Mr. or Ms.? The worries about filling the time or not filling enough. What if they don't talk? What if they're confused? Or bored? Or tired? Or the computer explodes?<br />
<br />
Okay, well maybe not the last one, but all of those feelings of uncertainty ran through<br />
me as I planned and prepped for facilitating class this week. I was brought back to my memories of spending waaay too much time finding waaay to many resources that I wasn't going to get the opportunity to use. Yup, as an undergrad I definitely spent weeks planning my micro-teaching lesson that lasted 30 minutes.<br />
<br />
Though the task was a bit easier now that I have almost a year and a half of teaching under my belt, I have to make a connection to the English language learners that we read about this week. As Collier explained, students "do not automatically develop the academic language skills needed to compete" (225). I certainly did not automatically develop the pedagogy skills needed to compete. Being a good student doesn't mean I am automatically a good teacher. Just like being a good speaker of a second language doesn't mean that person is automatically a good writer in that language (as Ken pointed out in his blog and our discussion). There are explicit theories, skills, and codes of power that need to be taught in order to be most successful. It was important that I had a professor who respected and affirmed and helped clarify the ideas I brought to the table (well, GoogleDoc). Because even though I teach everyday, the experience of leading a group of seven adults is different from leading a group of 20 eleven-year-olds.<br />
<br />
You were awesome as students in the foreign language lecture, working so diligently at the task. You showed empathy for your own students and realized how you might make adjustments for ESL students (or otherwise), ranging from prompting prior knowledge, to slowing down, to providing a list of key words <i>and </i>definitions. The note passing was a better experience for some than others, which, again, put us in the shoes of our students when we ask them to do lots of verbal processing. If I were to teach this again, I might put the quotes on large poster papers, increase the time with each pass, and maybe have fewer passes. This way we could get out of our seats or get deeper. As Tina mentioned, I loved that the connections to other authors went beyond the author that I had listed in the prompt. It's cool to see the conversation among ourselves grow. I think my favorite part was sharing the spoken word poems (<a href="http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=1INMYz0AMSI" target="_blank">"Duality Duel"</a> by Daniel Beaty and <a href="http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=lByDfPOG0LA" target="_blank">"I Can't Read"</a> by Lamont Carey) and crafting our six word memoirs. You all provided me with a richer understanding of how similar/different the two poets' pieces are and Melissa's question, "Where does Rodriguez fit?" really made us think. The six word memoirs then allowed us to show off our creativity and the learning that we were taking away.<br />
<br />
My Six Word Reflection: Passing notes, passing ideas. That's power.Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-10391967904638934092014-11-02T12:58:00.000-05:002014-11-04T07:38:37.137-05:00"Safe Spaces: Making Schools and Communities Welcoming to LGBT Youth"Growing up, one of my uncles had a "friend." I knew that they lived together and I didn't really think too much about it.<br />
<br />
Then I learned that my uncle's friend got sick and passed away. That was that.<br />
<br />
Then my uncle got sick. And passed away. That was that.<br />
<br />
As a sixth grader, I didn't ask questions. I didn't even know what questions to ask.<br />
<br />
Now I know that my uncle was gay and had died from AIDs.<br />
<br />
I don't know much of the story of my uncle's experience and I certainly wonder about how "erased," "invisible," and "kept outside" of the curriculum (and society itself) he felt.<br />
<br />
As a college student, I was finally exposed to LGBT issues. In the first weeks of my Western Lit seminar, we learned about Whitman - but in the "exploration-of-the-poet's-not-so-oblique-references-to romantic-relationships-between-men" sense (86). Then, I participated in the Emerging Leaders program where we learned about our own privileges (including my own heterosexuality). A short time after, I became a Resident Assistant and learned about "Words that Hurt." In this training session, we brainstormed all the words we know that have hurt us or have hurt others, consider why they might be hurtful, discussed intent vs. impact (which is similar to Patrick's story on 97-99), and prepared ourselves to create safe spaces for all of our residents. As a second-year RA, a friend and I hosted a Tunnel of Oppression event where we created a tunnel exhibit in one of the common areas with various sections exposing various injustices that people experience everyday - including biases against sexual orientation and gender identity. My hall council created <a href="http://www.aidsquiltri.org/index.html" target="_blank">quilts</a> in memory of those who have died because of AIDs. In our practicum class, Dr. Cook and Dr. Johnson used Andrea Gibson's spoken word poetry (I think <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhvbTW_BwnQ" target="_blank">Swingset</a> is one of my favorites - and is a good representation of what she speaks for) as a mentor text for our own poetry. <br />
<br />
I think all of this has prepared me to be an ally for LGBT youth in my classroom and beyond. I feel comfortable addressing students' use of "That's so gay" in a way that educates, rather than silences or shuns (and have had to do so many times - and I might even ratchet it up with a lesson like this one from GLSEN on the famous phrase <a href="http://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/MS%20Lesson-I%20Was%20Just%20Kidding.pdf" target="_blank">"I was just kidding"</a>). I came into teaching knowing that "LGBT students need advocacy and protection, not neutrality" (84). Vaccaro, August, and Kennedy's problem with saying nothing is the same as Armstrong and Wildman's problem with colorblindness - all it does is perpetuate the SCWAAMP status quo.<br />
<br />
Instead, I'd like to take Megan Boler's affirmative action approach (90), starting first with visibility and normalization (94). As I plan for the Language Arts elective that I am teaching 2nd-4th quarters (I'm calling it Media Busters), my goal is to "teach students to critically examine all texts for bias, whether in the form of LGBT exclusion or negative stereotypes" where I can "encourage students to talk back to the curriculum, to look for assumptions, and . . . to examine what they see and hear (and what they don't see and hear)" (94). If I encounter problems with this, I know that Shor will back me up on the importance of this curricular choice.<br />
<br />
I agree with Vaccaro, August, and Kennedy's assertion that "words <i>are </i>sticks and stones. And those sticks and stones can either build bridges or break bones" (95). In his spoken word poem, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltun92DfnPY" target="_blank">"To This Day,"</a> Shane Koyczan explains how much worse words hurt than literal broken bones. Not only as a lover of language and teacher of English, but as a human who cares about the world and its people, it pains me to see the way that words are used (consciously or unconsciously) as verbal assaults. Or how silence spreads our biased phobias.<br />
<br />
As my favorite vlogbrothers explain, <a href="http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=kk0-fcSx0wM" target="_blank">Human Sexuality is Complicated</a>, and I am not aiming to have discussions about anatomy and reproductive processes or religious beliefs. I just want my students to have the eyes to recognize injustice, ears to hear injustice, mouths to ask the difficult questions (including the ones I never knew to ask about my uncle), and hands to create safe spaces for all.Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381068877185506029.post-68128572501814489182014-10-29T16:31:00.001-04:002014-10-29T16:31:51.465-04:00Weather Update!Hey everyone! I guess I'm feeling like a cool dusk. The bright light of a day at school is waning and I'm ready to squeeze the last bit of fun and play in before I have to head inside for the night. I definitely enjoyed sunny skies earlier when my students were researching and writing their own magazine articles. A student who struggles to stay focused and is typically resistant to writing has spent two class periods with his bum glued to the chair working furiously to publish his masterpiece. I'm excited to use up the last of the sunlight here in class, but I know that the waning light will lead me soon inside to my kitchen table to upload data for my SLOs. Not that I don't want to see my students grow, the process is just so tedious... Luckily, tomorrow's forecast is another sunny day of kids exploring and writing and creating!Brittany Richer Ahnrudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777477783602958216noreply@blogger.com3