LIZA TORRENCE - Media Literacy

class reflection

5/8/2018

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Final Project

5/6/2018

How does bias in television news stories shape narratives of social movements?

Alison Rutch and Liza Torrence investigate this idea through a research paper, middle school lesson plan, artwork, and final project presentation.

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Final project lesson plan

4/30/2018

Lesson Plan Link

event reflection

4/27/2018

Alexandra Lange, architecture and design critic, spoke at The School of Visual Arts on Tuesday, April 24th to reveal her new book The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids. During this talk, Alexandra spoke about her perspective as a mother and architecture critic regarding children's environments and toys.

Alexandra spoke on how objects and spaces encode decades, even centuries of changing ideas about what makes for good practices of parenting and what does not. This talk caught my attention considering I work in a field that deals directly with interactive components and "manipulatives" as we call them, at the Children's Museum of Manhattan. Furthermore, I was interested in hearing how Alexandra feels the tools and toys of childhood shapes children interactions and experiences. In our class, we consider how new tools can influence learners and contribute to their development as a human. Alexandra considers the same.

Resources

4/23/2018

Resources for Final Project!

4 week plan

4/16/2018

Final Project 4 week plan
April 16th- Brainstorm ideas, 5+ sources each, 4 week plan, start lesson plan
April 23rd- Finish lesson plan, start paper, start art piece
April 30th- Lesson plan due, finish art piece
May 7- Finish paper

The age of the ikid

4/15/2018

This article, by Kathleen A. Unrath and Melissa A. Mudd, speaks about the importance of media literacy for the current generation of iKids in school, due to the changing world we live in.

Critical play

4/9/2018

Critical Play is a book written by Mary Flanagan, and a TED talk performed by Mary Flanagan. Both discuss the evolution of games over time, and the idea of critical or serious games, which is play that represents one or more questions about aspects of human life. Serious or critical games often use critical thinking to examine social and political issues, that may lead to interventions or subversive practices.

Scratch

4/8/2018

Click this link to Scratch.mit.edu where you can play my game, Pollution KILLZ!

Glitch & delirium and resistance

4/2/2018

Check out my web page and code here:
https://delirious-noise.glitch.me
https://glitch.com/edit/#!/delirious-noise

Click the Read More link for commentary on Delirium and Resistance.