VIDEO SLIDESHOW Richard M. Cano

Time Machine

I am grateful that there are businesses that cater to the experience of a visit to their establishment. Having Cat Woman be our waitress was exciting to this little one. At the end of the day, she got her face painted. Places like The Magic Time Machine and Build-A-Bear Workshop make the trip to the place well worth it. I hope this teaches her that ordinary things like eating dinner or buying a bear can be exciting if you change it up a little with imagination, a valuable lesson in life.

Teens vs Adults and Social Media

I came across this article from my Google Alerts. donah boyd explains how teens use social media differently than adults. They rarely use linking and speak to only a handful of friends through their accounts. It also mentions her new book that I am going to purchase.

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/240184/teenagers-dont-use-social-media-to-share-links-says-microsoft-researcher/

http://www.danah.org/itscomplicated/

The U.S.

On this day, President's Day, I have to be grateful that I live in the U.S. My father was a Marine in Vietnam, and he proudly flies this flag. I am grateful for everything that we take for granted in this country, and I'm grateful to the privilege of having been born in this country.

Exploring Online Content of Sociological Relevance

The topics in the list of sociology topics range from the basic concepts of sociology to particular and very specific topics such as racism and family inequality. The topics varied into feminist argument for women in the family to racist ads that portray Harriet Tubman on a Google Doodle. There was a Native American ad that was to run during the Super Bowl that was criticized. This ad symbolized what many of my Native American friends (who prefer to be called indigenous) fight against in search of respect of their identity. So, I do believe that the study of sociology reaches many areas of life, if not all. I did, however, see a lot of topics in the list that had to do with culture and finding identity, another one of the topics that I am very interested in my research area.

I was particularly interested in Teaching with Data. I found it fascinating how the issues that were portrayed on this Facebook page are closely related to the issues that we find in offline life: Right-wing politics and argumentation, Obama’s State of the Union address, Economics, and inequality. The subject matter was very vast, but I did see it all relevant to teaching with and through digital media. I’m glad that I stumbled on this page that is essentially a support group for learning how to teach through multimedia.