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"Ultimately, participatory media literacy is as much about a literacy of *participation* as it is a literacy of media. For, as Howard says, "a participatory culture in which most of the population see themselves as creators as well as consumers of culture is far more likely to generate freedom and wealth for more people than one in which a small portion of the population produces culture that the majority passively consume.""

More education. Less schooliness. Open Invitation to Join the Conversation at Our AP Literature Ning without commentsPrint This Post Print This Post Last week, I mentioned reading Jeff Wasserman's post about how schools teach bad writing (the 5-Paragraph Essay and other abominations). I mentioned how it made me "want to make my AP Lit class Ning public. We're having forum discussions about Organic Form v. Mechanical." The more I thought about atomizing those Ning walls and welcoming the world of people who like to talk about reading, writing, and how schooliness creates lifelong non-readers and non-writers, the more attractive the idea became. So whoever you are, if conversations such as the one below entice you to share your thoughts with my students about literacy in schools versus the literacy so many of us adults managed to grow into despite them (okay, maybe you were lucky and had good teachers, which would be interesting to hear about), then come on in. My students gave me permission to invite you.