Showing posts with label media literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label media literacy. Show all posts

Sunday, April 25, 2010

HOW TO DO EVERYTHING WITH YOUTUBE by Chad Fahs

This book tells you everything about youtube -- how to start up youtube, how to put up your own videos, how to use youtube responsibly, how to shoot and use other tools.

It was really good and showed how to blog in a good way if people are interested in youtube and computers.

Recommended.
Musfera in Esopus

Thursday, March 4, 2010

EXPOSED by Susan Vaught

Chan Shealy's got most things going right in her life -- she's got straight A's, a shot at the regional majorette championship in baton twirling and best best girlfriend a girl could wish for. But after the football quarterback spreads a vicious lie about her and the whole school decides she's too trashy for words, Chan begins to wonder if the only place she will find love is online. She is careful. She follows all of her parents rules -- mostly. But then a girl has to be on her own at some point, and even though her gut is telling her to be careful she ignores it until it's too late. From the moment Chan gets online and meets Paul, even I knew something bad was going to happen -- the guy she was talking to online almost kidnaps her sister.

This was a really great book that keeps you at the edge of your seat until the very end. It was a romantic book about a girl who just wanted to be loved, but reminded readers that the Internet can be a dangerous place. It also warns us to be careful about what we say because one rumor started for fun can ruin another person's life.

Outstanding.
Musfera in Esopus

Sunday, February 21, 2010

GENERATION TEXT by Dr. Michael Osit

This book explores how kids today text too much, how different they are from kids ten years ago or 20 years ago. It talks about how parents don't relate to their kids and how kids use their computers, phones and other electronic devices to manage time.

I learned a lot about myself from reading this book -- mainly to pay attention and keep my mind on one thing.

Outstanding.
Musfera in Esopus