Comments on Two reasons for "teaching Facebook" in schoolTypePad2010-03-13T22:04:34ZEwan McIntoshhttps://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2010/03/two-reasons-for-teaching-facebook-in-school/comments/atom.xml/Jim Walker commented on 'Two reasons for "teaching Facebook" in school'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e20120a936ce78970b2010-03-14T18:21:34Z2010-03-14T18:21:34ZJim WalkerThis blog post will be a resource I can use in the media literacy course I am developing. No better...<p>This blog post will be a resource I can use in the media literacy course I am developing. No better example for teens than to see what happens to other teens.</p>James Michie commented on 'Two reasons for "teaching Facebook" in school'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e201310f9c069e970c2010-03-14T10:53:55Z2010-03-14T10:53:55ZJames Michiehttp://jamesmichie.blogspot.comGreat stuff Ewan - could not have said it better myself. It's the same argument I use when asked "why...<p>Great stuff Ewan - could not have said it better myself.</p>
<p>It's the same argument I use when asked "why should my child take a "Mickey Mouse" subject like Media Studies.</p>
<p>Er...your child spends all their free time online! But you don't want them to understand it (the media text) in the same way they understand Dickens or Steinbeck! </p>
<p>Digital literacy and Media literacy is Literacy - this is the language of the 21st century.</p>
<p>I wonder when attitudes will really change?</p>