Active Learning

I really feel that I have recently seen myself being actively engaged in mass media. The past few weeks, I haven’t really had the time to sit down and actively engage myself in any sort of media, other than my textbooks and the media on my computer. But after learning about print media and realizing how important it is to be engaged with problems in society, I feel that the past week, I have really stepped out of my comfort zone. I have found myself more engaged in interacting with other people about issues. For example, on Sunday night, I went to a book club. My cross country coach began leading this book club for the team. We are reading a book called “Everything Must Change” by Brian Mclaren. I feel like book clubs are always a step out of my comfort zone, as I am usually not a very outgoing person when it comes to expressing my opinions and sharing my thoughts in a large group of people. I mainly just sat and listened to my coach and a few teammates talk about what our first impressions were about the author and about Mclaren views and what new ideas he will show us and what NEW Christian ideas, we, as Christians and as just as a society in general can do to better the world we are living in. So, I am excited to be engaged in this Semiotic Domain, but I do realize that I need to step out of my comfort zone and be a true member of this domain, in hopes that it will increase my being able to better understand media and the ways that it impacts the world. I think that being a part of this book club is a great way to really challenge my mind and apply the things that I have been learning and will in turn, make me more articulate, contextual, and better able to argue, just like my dad. :)