Week 3 Reading and Discussion

This reading was very helpful in giving me insight on how to use media texts in the classroom without worrying as much about it being taboo. A lot of the strategies are to make sure they are clean and to set ground rules for showing the media texts with the class. There were a few examples of the class transgressing, but they were able to counter it by making it into a part of the lesson. I really enjoyed the part that talked about not alienating any of the students by grouping them all together. It seems like that would happen a lot and I am pretty sure that I do that myself, even though I know they are all their own unique person. I am still unsure about the full extend to using media in the classroom and weary of picking the wrong topic, because science is a controversial topic itself. The best way to link media and science is to show how what we learn in class applies to the real world, which is very important, but I want to talk about how it will apply to the future and how science may help us get there. The unknown is always a scary and exciting place that does bring up controversy. I would just like to know more about how I can talk to students about these types of articles from the media that are experimental and how to pick articles that will not cause offense.