Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century

Citation: Jenkins, Henry. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture Media Education for the 21st Century. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2009.

Reading and Thinking

The article was quite interesting but I found myself constantly looking up the technology verbiage.  I agree with the author about the teachers not being totally responsible for the usage or understanding technology.  For once the pressure is off of us.  Parents play an important factor in students being successful at these skills also. Teaching technology is not an easy task and the instructor must feel confident in using it themselves before they can introduce it to students.  I always find myself amazed at how advanced technology is becoming and as a teacher myself, I need to continuously dive into these applications.