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Week 2
M 7/14 Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (PDF in D2L)
— excerpts: “Enabling Participation” (5−14)
& “What Should We Teach? Rethinking Literacy” (28−34)
— Notes (Google Doc)
Focus/Discuss: Digital Culture and “Public Pedagogy” vs. School
T 7/15 Lessig, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (2008) (PDF in D2L)
- excerpt from Chp 4 (“RW Revived”) — “Remixed: Media” (pp. 68–83)
+ excerpt from Chp 5 (“Cultures Compared”) — “Differences in Value” (pp. 90–97)
- note: “Read-Write” (RW) vs. “Read-Only” (RO) Media/Culture discussed
— Notes here (Google Doc)
Activity: Case Study / Model critique
Video: “Examples of Remix Culture”
Due: Blog 2 (9pm on personal blog)
W 7/16 Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture
excerpt from chapter 5: “Core Media Literacy Skills”
— Notes here (Google Doc)
Focus/Discuss: Media & Invention; Project 1 (topics & generative strategies)
R 7/17 Kuhn: “The YouTube Gaze: Permission to Create?” Enculturation 7 (2010)
+ bonnie kyburz, “status update” Enculturation 8 (2010) Video & Prezi
Focus/Activity: Discourse Community
Due: Blog 3
F 7/18 Jenkins (2009): ‘If It Doesn’t Spread, It’s Dead” Parts 5–8
Split in Groups:
- “If It Doesn’t Spread, It’s Dead (Part Five): Communities of Users” (February 20, 2009)
- “If It Doesn’t Spread, It’s Dead (Part Six): Spreadable Content” (February 23)
- “If It Doesn’t Spread, It’s Dead (Part Seven): Aesthetic and Structural Strategies” (February 25)
- “If It Doesn’t Spread, It’s Dead (Part Eight): The Value of Spreadable Media” (February 27)
Group activity: Network Culture and Learning/Instructions (Exercise 2 warm-up)
S 7/19 Due: Exercise 2 — Instructions Page