Hi everyone, Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak at the JFK Presidential Library's annual educational institute to a group of educators, historians and media professionals about the impact of Web 2.0 on journalism. One of the points of my presentation was to make a connection between media literacy skills and "21st century citizenship," in which the Internet creates new opportunities for civic participation, assuming you have the skills to do it. Much of my presentation relied on links to relevant YouTube clips that have influenced policymaking and elections. The only problem was a filter blocked access to the clips, so I was forced to pantomime the videos.
So while I was sitting at Logan airport stranded for about four hours last night, I wrote up some thoughts about the experience, and the potential impact of educators and students being denied access to materials directly relevant to civic education. It's been posted to my pbs blog, and you can find it here: http://urltea.com/10z5 The blog also includes a link to the powerpoint I used during the presentation, in case you're interested. thanks, andy ------------------------ Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow ------------------------ _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
