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Diving Into Deep Reading: Post 2

Each of these podcasts talks about the concept of Deep Reading. Pay special attention to what is meant by deep reading and how it compares perhaps to how you read, or how you were taught to read. In the On Point podcast episode “The Future Of The Reading Brain In An Increasingly Digital World” Podcast host Meghna Chakrabarti interviews Maryanne Wolf, an incoming director of UCLA's Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice Author of "Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World"  Maryanne closes with wanting to emphasis two main points about deep reading processes with critical analyses and empathy "when we fail to allocate sufficient time to those 2 processes it leads us not to just be susceptible to false news but it leads us to be susceptible to demagoguery with its simple messages of fear and if you do this you will reap the rewards. This is a twitter mentality that reduces the complexities of the issues we need both critical analysis an...

Introduction for AMS-179: Post 1

Hello AMS-179 CLASS: My name is Grace  1. Where you're from and what your major is   I was born in San Francisco but I'm now I'm based in Oakland for this semester for   FA20: AMS-179 Sec 01 : American Pop Culture. My major is in Graphic Design. 2.  W hy you've signed up to study American Popular Culture for a semester Since I recently added this course, I honestly had an error in my schedule that ended up turning into a fiasco and I had to drop a course that turns out needed pre-requisites. As I was scanning the list for what class to fill, I noticed two courses: American Pop culture and Human life: Let's Talk About it! I personally have never seen more eye catching titles for courses and finalized my decision to sign up for this course!  3. T ell us how your relationship to popular culture has changed since the COVID19 shelter-in-place order began in March. think about how you use YouTube or social media differently (or the same!), television, radio or music,...