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EDUC 3900, Nicole Amaral
Rhetoric of a Minimalist
Production 9: Connected Learning
The model values individual expression and peer learning instead of viewing students as empty vessels to be filled by the teacher. The...


Production 8: Culture Jamming and Remixing
I chose to do a culture jam that remixes the perspective on female Disney villains. I juxtaposed three Disney princesses with their...
Critical Analysis: American Vandal and Images of Teenagers
In Popular Media, Education, and Resistance Stack and Kelly argue “The media are a pivotal vehicle through which the social is...


Cultural Studies Analysis: Minnie's Happy Helper Van and Transforming Hot Rod Mickey
Wohlwend states, “Identity messages circulate through merchandise that surrounds young consumers… that invite identification with...
The Three Pigs and Liberating Helpless Characters
David Wiesner’s The Three Pigs disrupts children narrative tropes in the following ways: breaking the fourth wall, giving autonomy to...
Using Critical Lenses to Deconstruct Media Representations
A dominant system of representation is the weakness of girls in children’s cartoons. However, this representation started to shift in...


New Literacy Studies
In my opinion, New Literacy Studies is studying the ways people communicate meaningful content through two or more digital technologies...
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