December 19
December 15
Responses Due
Last Response: Artficial Intelligence + -
December 13
Finish: RIP! A Remix Manifesto
Response 16
December 9
View and Discuss : RIP! A Remix Manifesto
December 7 - Potpourri
Response 15 - GhostTweeting
SNL Stock Characters
Music Sources for Trailer: Freeplaymusic.com and soundzabound.com
Assignment: Create Media Literacy Advertising Poster
Bonuus for adding effective QR Codes
December 5
To View: "The Outsiders: Amish Teens" Available on YouTube in 7 Parts
December 1
Present Reality TV Pitches
To View: An anthropological introduction to YouTube
November 29
Response 14 - "Kids + Reality TV = Bad Combination"
To View: Child Island and Kid Nation
Reality Tv for Kids - Pitch
For Fun: A Hunter _______ a Bear
November 23
Why I'm not thankful for Thanksgiving
Response 13: Are we programmed to shop?
November 21
T-Shirt Fashion Show, collect Persuasive Pitch Letter
Television: Teen Stereotypes group work
In class: View Saved by the Bell - Guided Discussion
Homework: Watch a TV show focused on teen characters.
Complete this. Due 11/23
November 17
Response #12 Children's Clothing Slogans
Continue Work on T-shirts
Homework: Writing a Persuasive Pitch Letter - Due Monday
November 15
Judging a book by its cover - clothing stereotypes
What do your clothes say about you? T-Shirt PowerPoint
Assignment: Create a T-shirt representing today's pop culture that will be nostalgic 20-30 years from now.
November 11
Socratic Seminar on The Truman Show
Alternate Assignment for absent students
November 9
Finish The Truman Show
Socratic Seminar next class - Prep Packet
Book Trailer Project due 11/29
November 7
Response #11 -'X Factor' contestant caught lip syncing: Does it matter?
Begin The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar Friday
November 3
Article Response #10 - Kardashian Divorce
Celebrity Culture Timeline
Timeline Scavenger Hunt
Create a personal timeline with 25 important or media events
October 28
Finish Catfish - Discussion
For More Info: 20/20 Interviews
Oakville "Catfish" - Start at 5:08
October 26
View Student Commercials
Zombits, Pick-Me-Up, Magic E, Everlasting Brownie, Ghetto Dip, Super Bar
Collect All Ad Materials - Scoring Guide
Begin Catfish
October 24
Analyzing Movie Trailers - Paranormal Activity 3, The Muppets, Catfish
Work time Project Due 10/26 Scoring Guide
October 20
Advertising Test
Work time Project Due 10/26 Scoring Guide
October 18Watch Consuming Kids Part 4-7Discussion Questions
Work time Project Due 10/26 Scoring Guide
Advertising Test Next Class
October 14Watch Consuming Kids Part 1-3
Discussion Questions
Work time Project Due 10/26 Scoring Guide
October 12Response 9 - Artist Cereal-Box Stunt Make Real Life Point ...
Present "The Pitch"
Work Time - Project Due 10/26 Scoring Guide
October 10
Children in Politcal Advertising
Watch the following commercials: www.livingroomcandidate.org
From 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson, "Daisy" and "Ice Cream Cone," and Barry Goldwater, "We Will Bury You"
From 1976: Gerald Ford, "Children/Achievements"
From 1996: Bob Dole, "The Threat"
From 2004: George W. Bush, "Changing World"
Complete this form.
View "Product Labels" from CBS Sunday Morning
Homework: Next class "The Pitch" - Groups will present
Group Work Time
October 6
Political Advertising
Read these commercials as mini-films. Complete handout.
Demon Sheep - Strangest Campaign Ad Yet
Continue Work on Ad Campaign: Script and Storyboard
Sytoryboard Language and Examples and Sequence Guidelines
Film Angles Video & Storyboard/Commercial Splitscreen
October 4
Notes: Cross Promotion
Response 8 - "Logorama"
Begin Snack Advertising Campaign - Scoring Guide
September 30
Notes: Product Placement
Finish - A Body of Ads
September 28More Creatve/Creepy Advertising
Notes: Subliminal Advertising
Continue: - A Body of Ads
September 26
Response #6 - Wizmark
Notes: Newer Trends in Advertising
Continue: - A Body of Ads
September 22
Can you identify the products that go with these slogans?
Notes: Advertising Appeals
Begin Group Project - A Body of Ads
September 20
Structural Comparisons - Handouts
View Video Drafts
September 16
Workday on 6 Word Memoir Slide
September 14
Analyzing Movie Posters - Worksheet
National Geographic's Photo of the Day
Fun with Photoshop - See handout for directions
Name Tag sample
Work on 6 Word Memoirs
September 12
Remembering September 11
To Examine: Newseum from Sept. 12, 2001 and Sept 11, 2011
Work on 6 Word Memoirs - Rough Draft due next class
September 8Photo Tampering Throughout History
In Class: Six word Stories for these pictures
Assignment: Your 6 word memoir, 6x6 due next class, photo due 6/16
Finish Growing Up Online
Handout for HW: Pick 1 from each group for a written answer
September 6
Can you identify these celebrities from their high school photos?
Response 4:"A Celebrity is a not a real person but an image created through various channels and publications" Agree/Disagree
Response 5: Newstand, Onslaught; Retouch; Evolution;
Sex, Lies & Photoshop; Photoshop on the Bigscreen What are the implications of this?
Turn in Responses 1-5 next class
Continue Growing Up Online
Handout for HW: Pick 1 from each group for a written answer
September 1
Describing a Picture
Is seeing believing? - The President and ?
Reading Photographs - Handout
Begin Watching: Growing Up Online
August 30Media Literacy Quiz
Counselor Visit
Book Trailer Project - Adapted from Broward County, FL
Media Use Guidelines
August 26:
Response 3: "Teens, driving and texting are a bad mix"
Gauging Your Distraction from The New York Times
To View: Wales PSA
Notes and Sayings of Marshall McLuhan
In Class: Values of Media Culture
To View: Everything is a Remix Part 3
August 24:Counselor Visit
Notes: Media Literacy Theory
Assignment: Traditional vs. Media Values
To View: Everything is a Remix part 1 & 2
August 22:
Bellringer: Media Literacy Quiz from PBS
Resonse 2: New Missouri law on social media friending confounds Teachers
Notes: 5 Core Concepts, 5 Key Questions
Homework: Answer the 5 Key Questions for these images
To View: A Vision of Students Today
August 18:
Can you name these products from their first letter?
Notes: What is Media Literacy?
To View: Did you Know? 3.0 and 4.0 and Social Media Revolution 3 Response #1
In Class: Electronic Media Survey
Moodle Sign-Up
View Last Year's Projects
August 17:
Class Intro and Syllabus