C4T #4

Improving Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking with Media

In Wesley Fryer's post, Improving Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking with Media he provides slides and audio from a session at the Innovative Learning Institute. Students need to create and document media projects in order to develop and improve their reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. They improve these skills through the decisions made, script writing/editing, sequencing and creative thinking when making media projects. Since technology is everywhere and is here to stay, it is important that educators teach students how to use it for education and good and not solely as entertainment.
In my comment, I thanked Mr. Fryer for his helpful advice and information because I've always known how important reading, writing and critical thinking skills are but I had never connected the use of the media to improving them until this class and even more so, this post.


Seeking Adventure in the Wide World

In this video, Mr. Fryer shares a story, showing the importance in giving people the freedom to explore the "wide world", which I take as a metaphor for many things. He says that it is important to experience these things for yourself rather than taking someone else's word, who may not have the whole perspective.

My name is Adrienne Babb and I am a student in Dr. Strange's EDM310 at the University of South Alabama. Great story, metaphors are so helpful when teaching! It is extremely scary, especially when it comes to children, to give permission to explore the "wide world"/ internet/real world/etc. but I believe that it is our responsibility as educators and parents to teach children how to make responsible decisions and handle themselves in many different types of situations. After we fulfill these responsibilities, we should allow them to experience the freedom of the world and grow from these experiences. Again, I will be commenting on your posts in my blog if you would like to visit: Adrienne's Blog