Category Archives: Book Link

Link Ch. 7 – Cover versions can transform songs: Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend”

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

UPDATE: Want to see another great original and cover? Check out Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston doing their own versions of Parton’s “I’ll Always Love You.” I had not heard of the pop singer Robyn until recently when podcaster Brian … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 9 – What Is Television?

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

(Before we get started, I know I misspelled satellite on the white board this morning.  Get over it…) This morning in my Global Media Literacy class I asked my students a fairly simple question: What is television? The answers that … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Portrait of an Attempt to Ban a Book in Minnesota

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Omaha author (and former newspaper columnist) Rainbow Rowell did not grow up well off.  She wrote back in her column back in 1997 that, “We went from desperate to poor.  And poor felt so good.” In Eleanor & Park, her award-winning … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 3 – Using Kickstarter to Help Fund Movies

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Kickstarter Page for Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus  Small-town movie theaters theaters threatened by shift to digital cinema Story from the LA Times on how smaller communities are using fundraising and Kickstarter to try to buy digital projectors for drive-ins and … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Thinking about Anne Frank

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

When my family went to Europe five years ago to visit our son who was studying in Germany, one of the most profound things we did was visit the Anne Frank house where she and her family hid from the … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 1 – Ground Control to Cmdr. Hadfield – Winning Social Media from Outer Space!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has just finished up his five-month tour as commander of the International Space Station (ISS), and he’s done a great job of showing how social media can be used as a great educational and public relations … Continue reading →

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Chapter 9 – Television Links

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Here are several links I’ve been talking about during our television unit in Global Media Literacy. 8 Years Later – Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Janet Jackson Wardrobe Malfunction Case ESPN Puppets Explain TV Audience Ratings Mary Tyler Moore … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 3 – Revisiting Re-imagined Disney Princesses

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Several years ago, illustrator Jeffrey Thomas posted several incredibly twisted re-imagined Disney princesses/heroines that immediately went viral on the Interwebs.  I’ve loved his images, especially the zombie Little Mermaid and the evil-eyes Snow White. Now Thomas has released a series … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 13 – The Hazelwood Decision’s 25th Anniversary

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Twenty-five years ago, the United States Supreme Court  ruled that a high school principal in Hazelwood, Missouri, had the right to censor articles in the student newspaper about pregnancy and divorce.  The court, in its ruling, wrote: The First Amendment … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 6 – NBC Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and his Crew Freed in Syria

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

It is sometimes easy to forget how much danger reporters face to get us news from war zones around the world. On Monday, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and his crew were freed from their captors who had held … Continue reading →

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