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From the NYTimes: "Last week we asked readers to submit questions to James Paul Gee, an expert on how video games fit within an overall theory of learning and literacy, in response to The New York Times Magazine article "Learning by Playing." It featured a public middle school where every aspect of learning is designed to be game-like."

Another video about Facebook vs the true self in reality.

The article talks about that you chose who you want to be. How facebook shapes your identity.

interesting student creations of multi modal texts

This article by Arnold Brown focuses on the impact of online social media, the "virtual world," on relationships, identity, community, and family. It talks about how relationships are established in the virtual world and how it may become if it increases later in the years. It talks about how family can still interact with each other even when one is far away from their family members. Lastly, it talks about how identity may be created online through users.

hey everyone who's inquiry paper is on facebook! watch this!! if not watch it anyways!! its so true and so hilarious!

Sharon Pitcher's "The Literacy Needs of Adolescents in Their Own Words" discusses the problems that youth in today's classrooms face regarding reading comprehension. She examines these problems and seven case studies of students and their particular situations. Throughout her article, Pitcher argues that without classrooms' recognitions of when they need to modify their teaching techniques to its students' needs, the students will not fully develop the reading techniques that they need.

This article tells about how teenagers interact online; exposing themselves to a myriad of ideas and cultures.

in this article, Anderson and Balsamo spreads the idea of our digitalworld and how we are surrounded with the use of this digital technologies since we live in a digital generation. The whole idea of technology can be used for educational goods or bad depending on how responsible the students use it and with the support of teacher helping the students to understand technology use for useful purposes.

Article by danah boyd from the journal First Monday. Abstract from the site: ""Are you my friend? Yes or no?" This question, while fundamentally odd, is a key component of social network sites. Participants must select who on the system they deem to be 'Friends.' Their choice is publicly displayed for all to see and becomes the backbone for networked participation. By examining what different participants groups do on social network sites, this paper investigates what Friendship means and how Friendship affects the culture of the sites. I will argue that Friendship helps people write community into being in social network sites."

This article looks at other articles and gets into some of the social aspects of video games that are being talked about, as well as the effects of the video game industry on everyone. This article also looks at some writers that talk about why more and more people celebrate gaming because of the displays of powerful combination of entertainment, competition, and technology. While on the other hand the other writers talk about the social and moral aspects that they think are important. However, according to Michael Jindra, the author of this article, she thinks that all of them writers that she used agree that video games are a phenomenon that will have social implications. I personally think that we are bettering video games because we are moving more and more to a social way of gaming.

The number of educators who now welcome social media into the classroom is growing. Some go so far as to say that the use of services such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are an integral part of a 21st century education. This represents a sea change for educators. Until recently, most schools banned students from using social media tools in the classroom. But progressive educators say this represents a major disconnect with the world that awaits them outside the school walls. It's not protecting them today so much as handicapping them tomorrow.

Gives ideas on why embracing social media is a good idea. Talks about how a growing number of teachers are starting to use networking sites in their classroom.

"The entire educational community must share responsibility for the development of literacy skills for the older student. This requires a paradigm shift from common practice where literacy instruction has been viewed as the sole responsibility of specialists instead of general educators. "

Hip Hop is Evidence

This article by Johnathan Last focuses on the spread of religion techniques and religious ministry through the Internet.

Here is a photo music of Thai Featuring V8 using Se7en music instrumental. The song is called Going Crazy. Its a great song. Just listen to the lyric. This song is subscribe to 454 life entertainment.

The book "Why We Hate Us?" By Dick Meyer is about how we as American have too many option and things to buy or do that we sometimes can't afford to achieve that goal. So then we blame ourselves for not reaching that goal.

great video

The video is about how music touches someones heart. With the sounds of music, it would cause an individual emotion to rise up and start show sympathy around others.