Blogging???

Yes folks, I still have a blog!

Spent some time on vacation in Alaska, and my mind didn't really want to come back from the endless expanse of wilderness. But, sure as death and taxes, another school year begins and I will rejoin the edtech/library hive mind.

My latest efforts are in line with Henry Jenkins "New Media Literacy Syllabus". After scanning most of the readings for the course, my eye was caught on:

Antonio Lopez, "Circling the Cross: Bridging Native America, Education, and Digital Media" in Anna Everett (ed.), Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media (Cambridge: MIT Press/MacArthur Foundation, 2008). pp. 109-126.

Antonio's work with Native communities is fascinating, his substantive responses to pedagogical inquiry is equally fascinating. We have been in touch about resources to develop a community based project to introduce critical media literacy using new digital media tools on a reservation in MN.

The semester is young, yet I still fear I am being overly ambitious. I don't know if this project will ever get off the ground, but I will tell you that the research phase is starting off strong and I am excited about the connections I am making.

Look to my blog over the next few weeks as I will be dropping reflections along the path of my new media literacy journey.