It only gets scarier from :22, when the teacher instructs the students to feign comprehension and interest. From there on out, it's a string of ordered, brief ADHD spaz-attacks. Example of how not all change is change that works for everyone?
he new "hidden curriculum" is shaping who feels empowered and entitled to participate
the model of expressive citizenship suggested by the MacArthur Foundation's emphasis on New Media Literacies
we need
While schools and libraries may represent the best sites for overcoming the participation gap, they are often the most limited in their ability to access some of the key platforms -- from Flickr and YouTube to Ning and Wikipedia-- where these new cultural practices are emerging.
We need to continue to push for alternative platforms and practices which embrace and explore the potential of collective intelligence
As John McMurria has noted, the most visible content of many media-sharing sites tends to come from members of dominant groups
danah boyd and S. Craig Watkins are arguing that social networks act like gated communities, cementing existing social ties rather than broadening them
social divisions in the real world are being mapped onto cyberspace, reinforcing cultural segregation along class and race lines
the segregation of cyberspace may be difficult to overcome
While corporations are asserting a "crisis of copyright", seeking to police "digital "piracy," citizen groups are seeking to combat a "crisis of fair use" as the mechanisms of corporate copyright protection erode the ability of citizens to meaningfully quote from their culture.
the debates over "free labor" represent the most visible part of a larger effort of consumers and citizens to reassert some of their rights in the face of web 2.0 companies
In his recent book, Dream:Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy, Stephen Duncombe makes the case for a new model of social change which is playful and utopian, channels what we know as consumers as well as what we know as citizens, and embraces a more widely accessible language for discussing public policy.
there is a need for critical theory which asks hard questions of emerging cultural practices
There is also a need for critical utopianism which explores the value of emerging models and proposes alternatives to current practices.
What follows might be described as a partial agenda for media reform from the perspective of participatory culture, one which looks at those factors which block the full achievement of my ideals of a more participatory society.