Think with a critical awareness of the different avenues new media provides.
This is my most ambiguous learning objective, but it is purposeful. I mean specifically that I want to find ways to incorporate new media into the daily lives of my students and my practice, no matter what either one may be. Currently, my students are from high-risk and disadvantaged backgrounds. Peppler takes special care to touch on this. She talks about students who have been "left behind," and how new media can be the tool for effective change and access for these students.
Peppler sites that new media has the ability to inspire and speak to children who already know the language through social media and internet culture. It also empowers students to be aware of the ways visual conversations speak with us. More to the point, students are already rigorous creators and controllers of their own visual media. Peppler shows an exciting number of students already actively engaged in online creation, and that number is growing. I am excited to harness this creativity and use it as a method to grow the classroom. Peppler was able to put into words and data what I felt but could not quite prove: that new media can be critical for having a relevant classroom for all types of students.
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