The article "Students Use Technology for Critical Thinking" serves up a role model for media literacy teachers. NCTE itself has just rewarded Abigail Kennedy, the featured teacher of this article, with an award. Ms. Kennedy, teaching as Pasco High School in Florida, incorporates podcasts, commercials, and other technology in her classroom with the purpose of analyzing digital content critically in mind. The article reports exactly what a prospective teacher like myself likes to hear about what is going on in current media litearcy teaching:
"With media being so prevalent in the world," Kennedy said, "if they're not taught how to view it, they can be passive viewers, and can be taken advantage of." So naturally, Kennedy was thrilled earlier this year when a student told her the young teacher had "ruined" the girl's enjoyment of television commercials.
That current high school teachers are full-steam ahead on teaching media literacy and critical thinking is relieving and inspiring. She is a good role model for prospective teachers like us that grapple with how to incorporate technology in the classroom and worry about how technology is presented. With teachers such as Abigail Kennedy putting into practice exactly what I have read about in theory, I feel more confident joining teaching ranks such as her's. I feel that I will join teachers that are not passive in their teaching of technology, and will not teach their students to be passive in a technological world.
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I must agree with Kennedy's theory as well on how to introduce and incorporate technology correctly in the classroom. I think that media literacy is very important for students to understand. For example Kennedy's assignment on Cyber Bullying is a great way to make students aware of some of the dangers of media literacy as well.
Also the idea of podcasts and othre media uses for critical thinking can also help students use their creativity in more ways than just one. I think that Kennedy is on the right track with media involved with education as well as the other teachers involved.
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