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Blogging as a pop culture text

Blogging as a pop culture text. Elli Kipper, Aaron Khalid & Ashley Sousa. Agenda. Intro to blogging Structures of power Web of meaning Our blogging assignment – “Urban Field Guide” Why is this text important to students? What can students learn from it?

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Blogging as a pop culture text

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  1. Blogging as a pop culture text Elli Kipper, Aaron Khalid & Ashley Sousa

  2. Agenda • Intro to blogging • Structures of power • Web of meaning • Our blogging assignment – “Urban Field Guide” • Why is this text important to students? • What can students learn from it? • Class discussion - how would you use it?

  3. Brief History of the Blog • In the 90s, stemmed from online journals • Justin Hall  1st blogger • Web + Log = Blog • More than just an online journal • Promote companies, keep in touch with family, politics, sharing opinions

  4. Blog

  5. Phlog

  6. Blogging Structures of Power • A new alternative • Amateur vs. Professional Media • Global connection • Worldwide, accessible via web • Social mobilization

  7. “Bloggers Unite is an attempt to harness the power of the blogosphere to make the world a better place. By asking bloggers to write about a particular subject, a single voice can be joined with thousands to help make a difference.” – www.bloggersunite.com

  8. Blogging Structures of Power • Breakdown of hegemonic structures • We have the power • Youth revolutions, have your voice heard vs • Facilitating hegemonic structures • Restrictions on visibility • Credibility • Media literacy

  9. Blogging – Web of meaning • Class discussion – What’s in and What’s out? BLOGGING

  10. Our Assignment “Urban Field Guide” • 3U Biology Strand B – Diversity of Living Things • Goal: have students identify and document different species in their neighbourhood • Blog or Phlog? Photography and descriptive text are both equally important • Meeting the ministries inquiry expectations Sample of expectations

  11. Why the text is important to students • Cultural capital • Have your voice heard • social activism • Counter-school culture • Opportunity to be creative

  12. What they will learn from it • Critical media literacy  anyone can make a blog! • Traditional literacy • All teachers are teachers of literacy • How to make/manage a blog

  13. Discussion – how would you use this in your subject area? • What are some benefits to using this type of assignment? • Would you do anything differently? • What are some drawbacks?

  14. Summary: Blogging/Phlogging • Expressive, creative, global • Breaking down hegemonic structure? • An increase in culture capital • Social Activism: The power to change • Differentiated Instruction • Forms of Literacy • Teachers and students as learners

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