Reflecting on the blogging process. Half of your grade for Assignment 2 will be based on the 1000-word reflection that you write in relation to your blogging experience.

Popular Culture, Schools and Libraries. Critical Literacy and PoP Culture. We have all seen them. They seem to be everywhere these days. Those little black and white boxes. Made up of seemingly random squares. But what exactly are QR codes and how can they be used in education? QR or Quick Response Codes. At this stage you might be asking yourself So what? How does this affect my classroom or library? Get kids to th.

Popular Culture Resources for Teacher Librarians. What has the public library ever done for teens? October 12, 2013. A look at what public libraries can offer to teenagers. For those of you who are fans of Monty Python. As public libraries aim to service all members of our community, it would be great to see a little more specialisation for this group .

Youth, Popular Culture and Texts. Views of a Teacher-Librarian in training. Books, Libraries and Librarians. I came across a blog post today by Hipmombrarian. About 10 reasons why she gives her children handheld devices. As an educator who can see the potential of handheld devices for children, I agree completely with her reasoning. And what sort of activities should I choose? Stereotyping in Popular Culture.

This is a great TED talk about how authors are using Twitter as a new way to create stories. I thought this idea could be easily used in the classroom, either for individuals or in small groups. I loved the idea of creating a bunch of Twitter accounts to tell the story from the perspective of different people. Does popular equal bad? October 20, 2013. For more reading on what is really popular at the moment s.