Prie

I liked the activity towards the end of the reading, about how to incorporate drama after reading a novel. The article gave the example of using this activity when the novel is finished and the ending is open to interpretation, the class would select volunteers to go up and pretend to be the characters in the novel, and then the class discusses how they should act and what should happen. I think this would also be good in groups, you can stick with the theme of creating an epilogue, but each group could create their own. To take it s step further, the volunteers are not allowed to speak, other group members must narrate what is going on, and speak for the volunteers.

Kist

I really liked the Facebook lesson from the beginning of the chapter. What i thought was really great about it was that when the teachers commented, they didn't just say things like "good point", they played devils advocate. And what was really cool was that since these questions weren't being asked in class, so it gave the students more time to think of a response, or to do a little more research (since they were already on the internet) and can get more information on their own. I really liked that the teacher exposed them to extremist opinions as well, since when extremists of any kind come up in class its almost like a discussion at a safe distant, where as when they are commenting on your page, it closes the gap.

The one thing that i wasn't too sure of was the hybrid course. I think that would work with college students, but i didn't quite grasp how it would work in a high school setting. Do the students just not go to class? Was it in the morning so they can just come in late? I took college courses in high school, where the prof came to our classroom twice a week, so i was able to come in for second period on monday, wednesday, and friday, so that is the only way i can think of to make the Hybrid Course work.

Toddler Beauty Pageants

Today in my comp and rhetoric class, i watched a presentation on how beauty pageants are sexualizing young girls. This conclusion was drawn from the TLC television show Toddlers & Tiaras, and the costumes that mothers choose to dress their daughters in. Young girls can compete starting from a few months of age, where they are judged on beauty, costumes, and performance. Some of the things that these little girls go through to get ready for a pageant, that they do every weekend, i didn't go through to go to prom. They get false teeth made, spray tans, their eye brows waxed, make up, and hair extensions. One mother dressed her daughter up as the main characters from Pretty Woman, who is a prostitute. After establishing what these mothers put their little girls through, we had to ask why. Why does a little girl need to strut on stage as a premature sex symbol? What motives do the mother's have for doing this? Just google Toddlers & Tiaras and go through the images, and ask yourself these questions and see what answers, if any, that you can come up with.