5th Grade Video Essays on Local Food
5th graders at PS 124 produced a series of "Video News Releases" to share their findings after visiting a supermarket, food coop, and farmer's market investigating issues related to the food industry, and where their food comes from.
Spot On
If you lack the technical skills to utilize these communications tools [the Internet, and "web 2.0"], you can't participate online and catalyze civic influence. And if you lack the media literacy skills to understand how other people are creating content or what their underlying motivations are, you face the possibility of being manipulated. As Spiderman learned again and again, with great power comes great responsibility. The Internet is a powerful tool, and if you don’t learn how to use it effectively, you yourself may end up being used.