Wonder or Wander

We had a party yesterday. Eleven students who had struggled to make a documentary presented their own. To me, instructing was fun but organizing the event was quite overwhelming and demanding. But things seemed to move smoothly. Thanks God. Quite a few mentioned that the jazz concert was also a very nice touch. I appreciated every single note we played. I believe that media consumer's access right can only be accomplished when the consumers become producers or at least possess the potential to be producers. Otherwise, criticizing could be a just pathetic and frustrating process. Even if tools to create their own were given, they might not be able to make their own. Then, we lose games all the time. Through this workshop, I feel that presenting a concept in a visual format requires lots of critical reflection upon the production process and intellectual training. Just like writing. The workshop students had good ideas but those ideas were not clearly conveyed until they verbally exp...

Chapter 46: The Need for Critical Media Literacy in Teacher Education Core Curricula (Myriam Torrese & Maria Mercado) Critical media literacy program for teacher education is urgent in that corporatized media influence students more than teacher do and both students and teachers are the most volnerable under the influence. As Chomsky mentioned, critical media literacy is a course of "Intellectual self-defence" from manipulation and control threatening a meaningful democracy. Regarding the Odyssey Video-Telling workshop as a critical media literacy course, I ask myself the following questions: did the participants become intellectually more powerful against manipulation, control and humiliation cultivated through the mass media? Are they now more critical media consumers than before? Chapter 50: Punk Rock, Hip Hop and the Politics of Human Resistance (Curry Malott & Brad Porfilio) Critical literacy means to be fully literate and equipped with intellectual tools so that...