Child Pageantry
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Gaming and Learning
I know that I haven't addressed all of your topics, but I would ask you to find interviews other than these for your papers. However, if you wish to use the work of those being interviewed, or an interview on a different topic by the same interviewer, you may.
Answer the following questions about your choice:
- Who do you think is the audience (perform some due diligence here, and look up the details on the interviewer/show)?
- Would you consider the person being interviewed an expert? Why or why not?
- Do you think the interviewer asked questions that brought the best results? If you did not have many overt questions in your interview, what questions do you think the interviewer asked, and do you feel they were effective?--when considering effectiveness, think about how the video would make the audience, think, feel and believe, and whether or not the interviewer achieved those goals.
- What questions might you ask?
Due before class on February 26th.
Child Pageantry
ReplyDeleteThis interview, by Kerri-Anne, was intended for the Australian legislators (if that’s what they’re called). I initially thought it was to inform the public about the practices of child pageants, but I believe their goal was to put pressure on the government to take action against these pageants. I don’t know what I would have asked differently. I think Kerri-Anne did a good job at asking the questions necessary for the main points of the topic to come into light. One thing I would have like to know more about is how the lives of the women were affected because of competing in pageants. Kerri-Anne did ask, but there was no definitive answer.
The interview did have one expert on the topic, Dannielle Miller. Ms. Miller is an expert in body image and provided hard facts on the topic. While Sharon Witt isn’t considered an expert, she did bring much insight to the interview. As an educator, she views firsthand the affects that society’s standards on beauty have on young girls. Kerri-Anne did a good job at asking the ‘meaty’ questions to Ms. Miller. Asking Ms. Miller the questions which required hard evidence made the interview creditable.
BOYS AND GIRLS LEARN DIFFERENTLY
ReplyDelete-This interview with Michael Gurian was fairly interesting. I believe the audience was mostly directed towards people who have read his book “The Mind of Boys”.
-I would definitely consider Gurian an expert if only for the fact that he really did his research past only opinions and then had a book published about it! He mostly talked about the science behind how boys learn in different ways than girls.
-I did not, however, like the interviewer. He honestly didn’t contribute much. Towards the end, he asked some questions but as a whole, he mostly clarified a couple of things when really Gurian could have just talked without the prompts and we would have received the same results.
-I do think Gurian’s interview had a positive and effective affect on listeners because he didn’t come off as petty. By that I mean he stuck to the facts and research he knew and on the rare times he did state his personal opinion, it didn’t come off as pushy or arrogant.
-My only question is how does this help us move forward? This interview was back in 2006 and a great deal has changed since then. I would’ve liked to know where Gurian sees this information having an impact in the future (or our present).
Gaming and Learning
ReplyDeleteThe audience is likely the established generation that is currently in power. Over the course of the entire program, not just the interview, there is an examination of what is going on in schools, and how we can use modern tools to improve student's lives.
Paul Gee has a Ph. D in linguistics and had taught at Stanford University, as well as other schools. HE is probably more receptive to the educational needs of the current generation than a politician or concerned parent who has been removed from school for many years.
While the questions were not said for the viewer to hear they seem to go over the learning power of games, how games could be used for education, and other benefits of games. These questions are solid for an introduction to the potential of games, but they lack the solid more concrete answers that you would need if the audience was more informed.
I would probably ask how he has an educator has incorporated games into his classrooms. If he has, what were the overall effects. Ask if he has any examples of games being damaging to students instead of purely beneficial. Essentially I would look for more hard evidence and get James Gee's opinion on his opponents in the matter.
Child Pageantry
ReplyDelete1. This interview was on a daytime talk show so it was mostly aimed at Stay-at-home moms and other women who watch daytime shows.
2. There were two women that were interviewed. First up was Dannielle Miller, author of The Butterfly Effect and The Girl with the Butterfly Tattoo. She also co-founded Enlighten Education which is now Australia's leading provider of workshops for teen girls on body image, self-esteem and empowerment. The second woman was Sharon Witt who is famous for her popular series, Teen Talk. She has written additional books and is an educator. I think both women could be considered experts in their fields since that have both been educators and have written books on body image and self-esteem. That being said, the topic of the interview was beauty pageants and the protests that were being planned against them. Neither of the women are experts on pageants or even the effects of being in pageants.
3. Both women showed strong opposition to beauty pageants based on the damage it can do to a young girl's body image and self-esteem. I thought they did a great job of describing all of the horrible possibilities that could stem from repeated exposure to the rigors of pageants.
4. Since both of these women were there to discuss body image and self-esteem, I thought they covered the subject very well.