December 18/20
Final Exam
December 13/16
Stop the Texts. Stop the Wrecks.
Gauging Your Distraction from The New York Times
To View: Wales PSA
Discussion
December 11/12
Collect Responses 1-10
T-Shirt fashion Show
Tough Guise Clips
Venn Diagram and Questions on Gender in Media
December 5, 9/10
Response 10 - Children's Clothing Slogans
Continue Work on T-shirt
T-shirt pitch letter
December 3/4
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.
The Beastie Boys vs. GoldieBlox
More Timeline Presentations
November 25/26
Black Friday - PowerPoint
Watch:" Cathedrals of Consumption" and "Stuff Mart"
In class Essay: Are We Programmed to Shop?
November 21/22
Celebrity vs. Icon
Celebrity Song Analysis
November 19/20
Celebrity Culture Timeline
Create a timeline of 10 important media events in your life.
November 15/18
Survey Results
Stock Character Video
Reality TV: PowerPoint and Handout
Would you like to be a reality star? Real World Contract
November 13/14
Television: Teen Stereotypes group work
Watch Modern Family
HW: Watch a Teen centered TV show
November 8/12
Response 9: The Illusion of Choice
Music Video Analysis
November 6/7
Watch Copyright Criminals
November 4/5
Present commercials
Finish They Live!
October 31/November 1
Work Time on Project - Due November 4/5
Begin They Live!
October 29/30
Advertising Test
October 25/28
Watch Consuming Kids Part 4-7
Discussion Questions
Work Time on Project - Due November 4/5
October 23/24
Watch Consuming Kids Part 1-3
Discussion Questions
Work Time on Project - Due November 4/5
October 21/22
View "Product Labels" from CBS Sunday Morning
Group Work Time
"The Pitch" - Groups will present
October 16/17
Strangest Political Ad Yet - Demon Sheep
Continue Work on Ad Campaign: Script and Storyboard
Sytoryboard Language and Examples and Sequence Guidelines
Film Angles Video & Storyboard/Commercial Splitscreen
October 14/15
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.
Work on Ad Campaign
October 10/11
Response #8 - "Logorama"
Political Ad Analysis - Propaganda Techniques
Begin Advertising Campaign - Scoring Guide
October 8/9
Notes: Product Placement
Notes: Cross Promotion
Finish - A Body of Ads
October 4/7
More Creatve/Creepy Advertising
Notes: Subliminal Advertising
Continue: - A Body of Ads
October 2/3
Response #7 - Wizmark
Notes: Newer Trends in Advertising
Group Project: A Body of Ads
September 30/October 1
Can you identify the products that go with these slogans?
Notes: Advertising Appeals
Begin Group Project: A Body of Ads
September 26/27
The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar
Alternate Assignment for absent students
September 24/25
Finish The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar next class
September 20/23
Visual Literacy Quiz
Analyzing Movie Trailers - Rush, Gravity, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Begin The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar to follow film
September 18/19
Response 6: Digital Tattoos
Work Time on Pixlr -
4 slides due: Photo of the Day, Fruit Face, 6 Word Memoir, Movie poster
Extra Credit Opportunities
Visual Literacy Quiz next class
September 16/17
September 12/13
September 10/11
Remembering September 11
To Examine: Newseum from Sept. 12, 2001
Analyzing Movie Poster - Worksheet
September 6/9
Response 5: Photo Tampering Throughout History
Notes : Framing, Angle, Lighting
In class Worksheet
Finish Watching: Growing Up Online
Handout for HW: Pick 1 from each group for a written answer
September 4/5
Response 4: Read this article, then watch these clips and respond:
Newstand, Onslaught; Retouch; Evolution;
Sex, Lies & Photoshop; Photoshop on the Bigscreen
What are the implications of this?
Begin: Growing Up Online
Handout for HW: Pick 1 from each group for a written answer
August 30/September 3
Response 3: Is Google Knowledge?
A picture is worth...
Can you identify these celebrities from their high school photos?
Is seeing believing? - The President and ?
Notes: Some Basic Visual Literacy and Design Concepts
HW - Analyzing a visual
Finish Watching Paper Slides and Everything is a Remix 3
August 28/29
Media Literacy Quiz
View paper Slides
August 26/27
Notes: Marshall McLuhan
Film Paper Slide - Present Next Class
Quiz Next Class on all notes
August 22/23
Notes: Media Literacy Theory
Response 2: Everything is a Remix 1, 2,
Work on Paper Slide Project - Filming Next class
August 20/21
Notes: 5 Core Concepts, 5 Key Questions
To View Avengers Trailer
Work on Paper Slide Project
August 16/19
Can you name these products from their first letter?
Notes: What is Media Literacy?
Response 1: Shift Happens 4.0 and 2013
View previous projects
August 15
Class Intro and Syllabus