Week 7: Podcast Interview

My interviewee, Robert Burns, was a middle school social studies teacher in the early 2000s. He currently works for BK Medical as a Manufacturing Support Specialist and is the President of State College Community Theatre. I selected Rob due to the very unique and different learning environments he has and currently works in. The interview…

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Week 6: Web 2.0 and Media Literacy

Digital media literacy can easily be taught through the lens of digital citizenship. Digital citizenship teaches students how they themselves should interact online. However, as is argued by Buckingham (2007) and Cadwalladr (2016), students need to be taught how to examine and critique digital media. Digital media is a tool that has proven to be…

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Week 4: The Networked Learner

Theatre is an environment that thrives on utilizing what is learned in and out of the theatre setting. Some of the examples Mimi Ito provides speak to the interconnectedness of theatre: Case Study 4: Boss Level At Quest To Learn: Connecting Learning in a Public School Boss Level is a program that spans two weeks…

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