Tech+Day+2

=**__Tech Friday 2__:** //March 23, 2012 //=

**Overview: **
 * 1) **Open up blogs - Do you have a name ? A color scheme ? Did you write about your gut reaction to Miss Representation?**
 * 2) **Go over reactions to Miss Representation - Marion shares her response - Were there any particular quotes that you liked ? Tape quotes page to the wall. Ask students to find a quote over the next few days and write it on the quote wall before Friday, March 30th. Encourage students to use the Media Resources page!**
 * 3) **Reflect on Omoruyi's presentation on Nigeria - What did you learn?**
 * 4) **Question: What major challenges do you face as a teenager in New York City? - Please share answers!**

**1) Show me your blog!**

**2) Miss Representation, 2 minute movie trailer:**

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 * What is your gut reaction to this video? Do you think genders are treated different in American society? Why or why not? Have you ever thought life would be easier or more difficult if you were born the other gender ? Why or why not?**

//**Jane Fonda's quote, " Media creates consciousness ," really grabbed me. We now live in a digital world, where a majority of our social relationships exist online and we receive our information from the internet, TV and movies. If we consciously expose ourselves to one way of thinking, we will inevitably learn to think that way. As women, as men , as global citizens , we need to become our own voices. Marie Wilson was on the money, " You can't be what you can't see ." More than ever, we need intelligent, compassionate, global-minded citizens expressing their voices. We, each and every one of us, are those global citizens and we hold that power. Now, we have to express it.**//
 * Marion thinks...**


 * //I am the youngest of three, and while raised by two older brothers, I guess you could call me a tomboy . Instead of ballet, I played baseball. Instead if dolls, I played with G.I. Joes. As a teenager, I noticed differences between myself and other girls. And now, as an adult , I see how that male socialization has had a profound impact on my way of thinking. I never wanted to be a boy and I consider myself a strong female, but sadly, I sometimes feel separated from other adult females who may not appear to be "strong."//**


 * Were there any particular quotes that you liked? For example, " The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker  (Tape page to the wall)**


 * Find your favorite quote! Please write in on the quote wall before next Friday, March 30th . (Hint: Use the Media Resources page!)**


 * 3) Omoruyi's Presentation on Nigeria: What did you learn? **
 * **Nigeria is in Western Africa .**
 * ** Gender discrimination is a big problem in Nigeria, but it is getting better.**
 * **Teen pregnancy and STDs are major problems facing Nigerian teens, which can lead to poverty, crime and the spread of diseases. The country is trying to overcome these problems with sex education .**


 * 4) What major challenges do you face as a teenager in New York City ? Look at your notes in your passport then blog about it! **


 * Check us out, hard at work, blogging... **