Where have I been
Back form out in the ozone! Actually I'm taking classes and looking for applying for jobs. My head gets pretty difuse sometimes. Heard a very interesting comment on the CBS Sunday morning show. David Gergen, who is affiliated with the JFK School of Govt at Harvard and he is also Editor-at -Large for US News and World Report, was saying that the new political blogs have a huge impact, especially on younger voters. He credits them with bringing down Trent Lott and making Howard Dean the Democratic Party Chairman. He pointed out that this is a main conduit for news and that more young epople get ttheir news electronically than read a daily newspaper. Hmmmm.
Last week someone mentioned the blog that one of the TV news stations has set up to discuss the Erie County budget. I would hate to see venting and editorializing take over what we think of as news. Point of view is not always transparent. Now it becoems so easy for anyone to have an audience. I don't doubt that this will fuel at least some folks on the outermost fringe and they my be hard to differentiate. All in all I can appreciate that this is a good thing. It has huge potential and impact and democratizes the voice of the people. Maybe I can develop a Bozo alert that you can download, I have always wanted to develop a system to use while driving for instance that alerts you to Bozos on the road. (Is there an 'e' before the 's' in Bozos?)
posted by librarymonkey @ 9:38 AM
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2 Comments:
I think you bring up a point that is imperative that we understand and that those of us who are teachers make certain our students understand. And that is, that anyone can post anything on the web. Although television and print news is also prey to the editorial stance of the organization, with so many individuals posting to the web, this is magnified on the Internet. I just read something recently (and now can't remember where so I can't give you the reference) about how the majority of young people today get their news via the Internet and RSS feeds.
David Warlick, whom I've mentioned before, talks about the "4 E's" of literacy for the 21st century. The first E is "Expose the truth." As stated on his web site (link below)
"You and I were taught to read what someone handed to us. Our students are reading from a global electronic library of information that anyone can publish to for any reason.
These Web links (found on his web site - link below) relate to skills involved in finding information, decoding it, evaluating its intent and value, and organizing personal digital libraries.This becomes another crutial piece of literacy - being critical consumers of what we find online; evaluating the validity of information.
David Warlick Links
His Homepage -
http://davidwarlick.com/classpage.php?page_id=122
Redefining Literacy in the 21st Century web links page -
http://davidwarlick.com/classpage.php?page_id=1132&status=last
By the way, I like the new look of your blog. I think it's easier to read on this lighter background than it was on the darker background. :-)
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