Saturday, February 22, 2014

C4T Jenny Luca's blog summary

In Jenny Luca's blog post, she talks about the way she incorporates music by Macklemore(a very popular rapper/artist)into her "Language of Our Time" class. She has her students dissect and analyze the lyrics of each song and really find the meaning behind them. She equates songs in her class to poetry. She also talks about the 10,000 hour idea, which says that you need at least 10,000 hours of work in your chosen field to become truly proficient. She also talks about how the system is not always a valid way to tell how smart or successful someone is or will be. The system in this case being the school and testing system. In my comment I said that I really admired the way she intergrated secular culture into her teaching, and also the way she teaches her students that just because you aren't the best test taker or the best student doesn't mean that you are stupid or a failure. I really liked so many of Ms. Luca's blog posts that I plan to read more by her in the future.

Macklemore quote


In Jenny Luca's second post, she talks about an online viral video that turnd out to be fake. She says that in her upcoming school year, she will have a whole lesson devoted to analyzing viral videos, and what makes them 'viral'. In my comment, I said that it is very important to do a lesson on the authenticity of materials you see on the internet, and why you shouldn't believe everything you see.

Be Viral

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