TLDR 173

Okay I Was Gone for a Minute But I'm Back Now

Published: 2018-11-10 • 📧 Newsletter

Welcome to Issue 173. Back now.

This week:

MURSDLeads: Anya Kamenetz interview - Interview about The Art of Screen Time. Join our discussion.
Educational Use of Twitter in Teaching, Learning, and Socializing

🔖 Key Takeaways

Media Literacy Gap: Schools add computer science but ignore critical need to teach students how to properly consume and disseminate online information.
Screentime Critique Sharpens: Kamenetz dissects NYT panic narratives exposing privilege-driven consensus lacking evidence revealing class dynamics in moral panic.
White Privilege Terminology: Concept falls victim to own connotations where "white" creates discomfort and "privilege" sounds foreign to struggling people.
Voice Texting Emergence: Short voice clips replacing both text messages and phone calls signaling new communication mode between asynchronous and synchronous.
Drawing for Learning: Research shows visual engagement through drawing provides multiple cognitive pathways enhancing retention better than passive methods.

📺 Watch

Migos Perform Dr. Seuss

Migos hip-hop trio staccato rapping style perfect for Dr. Seuss. This Wocket In My Pocket performance incredible. Check animated version too.

📚 Read

Media Literacy Curriculum Needs

Schools need to supply students with skills for productive informed membership in society. As society evolves curriculum must evolve. Schools partly recognized this incorporating computer science classes but we need to go further instructing youth how to properly consume and disseminate online information.

Support movements: Media Literacy Now and Digital Citizenship Institute.

What the Times Got Wrong About Kids and Phones

Anya Kamenetz dissects NY Times posts from last week. Also recommend The Backlash Against Screen Time at School from The Atlantic.

What Is White Privilege, Really?

I've been on journey learning more about racism white privilege and white fragility.

White privilege fallen victim to own connotations. Double whammy inspiring pushback: 1) "white" creates discomfort among those not used to being defined by race. 2) "privilege" especially for poor and rural white people sounds like word suggesting they never struggled.

Is the Era of Voice Texting Upon Us?

Lately spending more time using voice typing on mobile keyboard. Android option to send voice message opposed to text. Been wondering why send short voice clips opposed to just call. Apparently lots of people. Might check out Wire.

Drawing Is Fastest Most Effective Way to Learn

Researchers hypothesize drawing provides brain many different ways to engage with new material. You figure out how to draw it imagining detail in mind experience physical feeling rendering idea then look at visual representation.

🔨 Do

Stress Management Strategies

This week stressed about couple things. Hoping learned lessons won't forget or repeat. This post shares good strategies for managing dealing with stress.

🤔 Consider

"I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness. All seems beautiful to me. Whoever denies me, it shall not trouble me; Whoever accepts me, he or she shall be blessed, and shall bless me." — Walt Whitman

Whitman's self-discovery resonates with returning after absence finding yourself larger than remembered. Media literacy revealing we're capable of more critical thinking than curriculum assumes. Screentime critique showing we contain more nuance than panic narratives allow. White privilege journey discovering complexity within ourselves we didn't know existed. Voice texting finding new communication modes within us. Drawing for learning realizing visual thinking capacity we hadn't accessed. Stress management revealing resilience we possess. Return from absence often means rediscovering capacities that were always there waiting to be recognized.

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🌱 Connected Concepts:

Media Literacy Curriculum — Schools adding computer science but ignoring critical need teaching students consume disseminate online information requiring advocacy for systemic changes in Digital Citizenship.
Screentime Critique — Anya Kamenetz dissecting NYT panic narratives exposing privilege-driven consensus lacking evidence revealing class dynamics driving moral panic in Media Effects.
White Privilege Understanding — Concept fallen victim to own connotations where terminology creates discomfort and sounds foreign to struggling people complicating necessary conversations in Anti-Racism.
Drawing for Learning — Research showing visual engagement provides multiple cognitive pathways enhancing retention better than passive methods revealing untapped learning modalities in Cognitive Science.
Voice Communication Evolution — Short voice clips emerging between asynchronous text and synchronous calls signaling new communication mode adapting to different contexts in Digital Communication.

Part of the 📧 Newsletter archive documenting digital literacy and technology.