This year marks my 17th year teaching in the field of new media literacies. In this time, I have conceptualized and designed curricula to sharpen the effectiveness of teaching and learning new media literacy skills, including active and critical thinking, across a stunning array of contexts and for a wide variety of learners. I have used existing media literacies frameworks […]
A few weeks ago, I visited with a friend and colleague at his home in the mountains of western North Carolina. While exploring the banks of a slow, wide river that runs along his road, we encountered butterflies “puddling” on the shore. He exclaimed “I’ll post this to my mind blog.” It was a playful sentiment that made us all
The idea for this journaling spread began with inspiration from Terry Tempest Williams who references the Indian teachings of Samkhya in her book Refuge (1991, p. 168), writing: “If you consciously hold within yourself three quarters of your power and use only one quarter to respond to any communication coming from others, you can stop the automatic, immediate and thoughtless
What is this space for? Who is my audience? Does it matter? When I began blogging years ago, I could name my readers. They had blogs too— on topics like cooking, biking, birding, photography, and more. We reached out to each other through cyberspace to share the things that made us tick— our interests, our passions— we were ourselves. Few
