I'm taking away these 3 things from The Power of Media:

1. Framing the idea of seeking truth through media literacy because truth is relative as our understanding is constantly in development.
2. When we are confronted with challenging things in the media (i.e. recently the events at the Capitol on Jan 6 for me), that it's important to model for students the need to step back and have space to process what's going on.
3. Considering trauma that can be produced by showing videos/images (which I tend to rely on) and trying to mix it up more with audio through the listening tools suggested (Listen Lines and StoryCorps and ListenWise).

I'm taking away these 3 things from The Power of Media:

1. Framing the idea of seeking truth through media literacy because truth is relative as our understanding is constantly in development.
2. When we are confronted with challenging things in the media (i.e. recently the events at the Capitol on Jan 6 for me), that it's important to model for students the need to step back and have space to process what's going on.
3. Considering trauma that can be produced by showing videos/images (which I tend to rely on) and trying to mix it up more with audio through the listening tools suggested (Listen Lines and StoryCorps and ListenWise).

Such an awesome and well articulated reflection! Thanks for sharing.

Reminded me that audio sources are powerful.  The pictures kids have in their minds are based on their experiences, so with some exceptions of course, you are not overpowering their senses.  As they learn more about topics as they get older, the mental pictures from audio will be stronger, but early on audio is a great tool to "show" them something without too much shock.  I've used "Stuff you Missed in History" many times.  But until I heard it today, and thought about this in new light, realize I can use audio more and more.   Highly engaging with some kind of doddle notes page.

Thank you, Bryan. So much more good food for thought!