you need to be aware of issues anywhere in the globe. And to solve these sorts of problems, you need to be in dialogue with people across the globe.
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Chris Sloan
Monster Milktruck! - 0 views
Douglas Rushkoff - Present Shock - 0 views
Our Courts - Homepage - 0 views
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Spearhead by Justice O'Connor, Our Courts is a web-based education project designed to reinvigorate civics learning inside and outside the classroom.
The ReDistricting Game - 0 views
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The Redistricting Game is designed to educate, engage, and empower citizens around the issue of political redistricting. Currently, the political system in most states allows the state legislators themselves to draw the lines. This system is subject to a wide range of abuses and manipulations that encourage incumbents to draw districts which protect their seats rather than risk an open contest.
Teacher's Guide - 0 views
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Teacher's Guide for the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition.
How News Happens | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) - 0 views
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The Lead Teaser: A new PEJ study investigates where news comes from in today's rapidly changing media landscape. An examination of local media in Baltimore provides insight on how the U.S. media ecosystem works. What role do new media, blogs
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education - National Writing ... - 0 views
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As the Internet evolves, copyright issues are increasingly confusing-and often nettlesome. That's why The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education (PDF) was developed: to help educators make thoughtful decisions about interpreting the copyright doctrine of fair use to support media literacy education.
Diigo Tutorials - 2 views
On The Media: Transcript of "Brooke, Clive and Ethan at Aspen" (September 4, 2009) - 0 views
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This is the fundamental question: How do you make people want to do something that seems to be against our very nature, which is to reach out beyond what we think we know, what we're comfortable with, to something utterly foreign and unfamiliar?
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The answer seems to be making personal connections and composing brilliant narrative.
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The Internet makes it easy for us to seal ourselves into little impermeable spheres, where we never have to encounter ideas we don't like or issues we don't care about. Is that where we're all headed?
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you need to be aware of issues anywhere in the globe. And to solve these sorts of problems, you need to be in dialogue with people across the globe.
The Internet's Role in Campaign 2008 - Pew Research Center - 0 views
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Politically-active internet users are moving away from news sites with no point of view to sites that match their politics views; this is especially true among younger voters.
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But if we only read people with our same views, how do we know enough to make an informed decision?
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For internet users and those under the age of 50, the internet plays an even more central role. Fully 35% of those who use the internet get most of their election news online (compared with 25% who point to newspapers), while 34% of both 18-29 year olds and 30-49 year olds rely on the internet, compared with the 20% of those in each age group who rely on newspapers as a major source of campaign news.
100 Best Blogs for New Media students - 0 views
AP Rhetoric and Writing Resources - 0 views
Google Web Search - Classroom Lessons and Resources - 0 views
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Google Web Search - Classroom Lessons and Resources
PolitiFact | Sorting out the truth in politics - 0 views
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PolitiFact.com is a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in Washington and the Obama presidency.
Is Diigo worth it? - 19 views
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Part of me says that delicious does the trick for my social bookmarking needs. But I guess I'll have to look at what all else Diigo can do that would help us and our students on Youth Voices.
Paul Allison wrote:
> Let's discuss the potential and the problems of integrating Diigo into our Youth Voices curriculum and community.
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Chris Sloan
I teach English and new media at Judge Memorial in Salt Lake City, Utah