2/20 - Task # 2

• Hobbs conducted a research assignment in 1998 which focused on Concord High School and how teachers are using media literacy in their classrooms. The study was based on eleventh graders and Hobbs not only observed in the classrooms, but also had interviews with the teachers and the students. She collected "notes, videos, lesson plans and assignments" for her data (13).

• I found this study to be very interesting and I especially liked the fact that the teachers had no trouble admitting that they were having a difficult time adjusting to the new curriculum as well as struggling to understand it. This goes back to our last reading when we said that students are now teaching the teachers. It helped me to feel less ancious knowing that adults are also going through a huge adjustment with the change in lesson plans and I was comforted in knowing that students were so engaged in the lesson because it was something they could 100% relate to. I am always afraid of going to student teach and not having students participate or engage in conversation. Well, with this type of curriculum, I don't think I'll have to worry about that anymore.

• Hobbs mentions a variety of positive aspects that can come about from using media literacy. Students will be participating through conversation, writing, reading and observing. It wasn't until I read these positive aspects that can come from using media in a classroom, that I slowly began to accept this idea.

• I think Hobbs' research is very relevant and something I will definitly keep in mind when I go out into the field. All of her research correspondes with the six principles and they should all be conducted in classrooms.