The type of reader I am, I feel like I've missed out on something important if I don't read the whole article or whole story or whole book. Simply scanning a reading is not my style. So to have two articles both over 20 pages (one a whopping 37!)was just short of the death penalty. But that's all for the complaints.

The content in each reading, video followed each other pretty closely and often overlapped and repeated. I can say that I have pretty thorough understanding of new media literacies.

1. What is your general reaction to the video? Well for starters I liked the music. I thought the video accurately and succinctly got to the essence of what new media literacies are; that someone who knows nothing at all about what a "new media literacy" is (like myself) could sit down and watch the video and walk away with a pretty good idea.

Points of Interest:

"We're not just consumers of media anymore, we're producing things."

Necessary skills include: Negotiation, appropriation, play, simulation, multi-tasking...

2. What features of participatory culture are evident in the video? Which are not?
I don't understand this question and I HATE when I don't understand the questions? Do you mean what features of participatory culture were not discussed in the video versus which are? I'll answer this question...

The video and article shared definitions and skills. Play, performance, simulation, appropriation, multi-tasking, distributed cognition, collective intelligence, judgment, transmedia navigation are New Skills that the article and video both site. Obviously the articles (with its 37 pages) explores the concept of new media literacy more in-depth, as well as its implications.

Points of Interest: *3 Concerns=>Need for Policy & Pedagogical Interventions
1. Participation Gap, 2. Transparency Problem, 3.Ethics Challenge

~Schools and Afterschool programs must devote more attention to fostering new media literacies~

~Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement~

~Fostering such skills & cultural competencies requires a more systemic approach to media education in the US~

3. Based on the video and article, how do the experiences of the student look similar/different from your experiences as a student?

I like this quote: "If it were possible to define generally the mission of education, it could be said that its fundamental purpose it to ensure that all students benefit from learning in ways that allow them to participate fully in public, community, [creative] and economic life." -New London Group (2000 p.9)

Luckily, I was able to go to pretty good schools that employed a pretty good staff and group of teachers and principal that allowed for pretty good teaching methods.I recognize several skills on the list from my experiences. I remember having ample opportunities for play, performance, simulation, distributed cognition...However some of the newer competencies that require more technological savvy i.e., transmedia navigation are not as memorable.

4. In what ways might you engage your students in participatory culture?
Every subject presents ample opportunities to involve students in play, performance, simulation, appropriation, multitasking and distributive cognition. I would like to teach writing so there are ample opportunities for collective intelligence (Ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with other toward criminal goal), appropriation.

Educational Fair Use

1. What is your reaction to the new media literacy video?
2. Define Media Literacy Education. In what ways is it important for students to be aware of media literacy? Media Literacy is the tools that students need to be active in the new participatory educational setting.
3. Define Educational Fair Use. Define the different licensing options associated with Creative Commons?
4. What is your reaction to the idea behind Creative Commons and their different licensing options?
5. How might you use Flickr in your classroom?