Where do social action, art, music, technology, media, pop culture, and most importantly, student needs intersect?
At a NSTWP Professional Development Advanced Institute I was co-facilitating, there was much discussion on student culture and identity and using an asset model to best serve our students. My thoughts are this. If each individual being a part of a wider system, and many systems at once, is not aware of his or her identity, this causes potential problems within any network that he or she is a member. If a person's identity is not recognized, affirmed, and responded to, this, too, can cause hiccups in that particular...
via dmlcentral.net Because the notion of identity just got more complicated. Okay, not just, but it certainly seems to becoming more and more complex due to digital innovation.
via dmlcentral.net Always thought of literacy as being a social practice, but I never took the time to consider the importance of social networking tools and how they shape our identity. Makes...