UNIT 2 Lesson Plan (Susanne Hillman)
9/23
Introduction to Boyd: what is the broader conversation? (digital natives versus digital immigrants) Let’s go to her twitter feed to find out.
What is critical media literacy?
Question for free write: how savvy are today’s teens when it comes to the internet? How “media literate” do you consider yourself? (make a claim and provide evidence from personal experience, reports you’ve seen, studies you’ve read, etc.)
Introduce the text:
Who is Boyd? (her website and blog)
When was the text written? (rhetorical situation)
Who is she trying to reach? (look at publishing information, footnotes, creative commons license)
What is she arguing, and how can we tell before reading the text? (look at front cover)
HW: read Boyd’s chapter and write a one-page summary of her main ideas
9/25 Thompson final draft due
Show Danah Boyd’s talk at the NIS conference 2013 (20 min. youtube) – discuss
Show “Do Digital Natives Exist? Idea Channel” (9 min. youtube) – discuss
Free write: what have you learned that you didn’t know before coming to class today?
HW: read Wood pgs. 49-56 for quiz on sources / read Adler article on Blackboard
9/28 skimming and surveying sources
Quizbased on Wood
Introduction to skimming and surveying: why we do it, how it helps
Surveying Boyd based on Wood pg. 59 (class-exercise)
Annotating: model the process (what to look for)
HW: annotate your copy of Boyd and bring to class for quick peer-review (provide guidelines)
9/30Micro- and Macro-Charting
Quick peer-review of annotations in pairs
Jigsaw macro-charting in 6 groups, share findings
Micro-charting exercise as a class
Introduce assignment: its purpose and scope, briefly mention how texts intersect
10/02: Library Visit – class meets in Love Library for research tutorial
10/05 Analyzing and evaluating Boyd
Warm-up exercise on key terms (50 % of students bring laptops to work in pairs):
Look the term up on Wikipedia, make note of how it is referenced, etc.), then search for the same term on google. List the first several websites that pop up and check them out. Is the term identified and properly referenced? Are there ads on the site? Who is the site trying to reach?
Terms to use:
Digital natives vs. digital immigrants Networked publics
Techno-idealism Cyberlibertarianism
Critical media literacy Native participants
Digital inequality Digital divide
Share findings with class. Question: would you choose Wikipedia or google?
What have we discovered? How does it relate to Boyd’s argument?
10/09 Essay structure: extend, illustrate, complicate, qualify, challenge
Discussion of Boyd in small groups: sheet with questions from “Some Materials” pg. 4
Revisit assignment: how texts intersect (Boyd says / they say…)
Go over list of suggested sources
Explain homework
HW: look at the sources and decide which ones you will pick / write a prospectus and annotated bibliography
10/12 Drafting: Prospectus and annotated bibliography due (2 copies) for peer-review
10/14 Drafting continued: peer review of introduction and body paragraph (2 copies)
10/16 Drafting continued: peer review of rough draft (2 copies)
10/19 Conference (optional)
10/21 Final draft due
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