DLP response

Our piece represents what we are. We are mothers and fierce protectors of our children. We do our best to protect and care for our families. We can be ferocious when trouble arises. Therefore, we chose to portray ourselves as tigers in our project because they represent how we feel. We are mothers, hear us roar!!!!!
Lisa, Brooke, and Kathy

CIR411 Article

68 This article was very hard to read and comprehend, therefore making it hard for me to "get into" really reading and understanding this article. I understood some of the article. I found a couple of interesting things in the article that I actually understood and that was the lack of use of text media in the classroom. I believe that this could be valuable to the students, especially since technology is ALWAYS! changing.

On page 68, the next to the last paragraph talks about: "Given this context, I suspect if we can help teachers become more knowledgeable and comfortable in working with students to read, discuss, and compose texts that depend primarily on visual elements, they will also be increasingly willing and able to apply these understandings to the teaching of new media texts as well." I agree because when students are given the opportunity to expand their knowledge and use resources that are available to them, then they will be more willing to get involved and want to learn how to use new text media.

I also found the lesson plans very informative, in that, they can be adjusted to fit in the teachers lesson. I think it is important to teach students how media text is used in their daily lives and how it can be of value to them in the future. Technology is changing every day and, therefore it is important to make certain that teachers, faculty, and students are kept up to date on the newest versions of technological programs out there.