December 17
Final Exam
December 15
Short Films
December 11
Stop the Texts. Stop the Wrecks.
Gauging Your Distraction from The New York Times
To View: Wales PSA
Discussion
Viral Videos - TED
Top Viral Videos - Time
December 9
Collect Responses 1-11
Lemmings
Snopes
December 3,5
Finish Miss Representation, begin Tough Guise 2
Venn Diagram and Questions on Gender in Media
December 1
Begin Miss Representation
November 25
Ferguson Discussion - Response #10
Black Friday - PowerPoint
Watch:" Cathedrals of Consumption" and "Stuff Mart"
Response #11 Are We Programmed to Shop?
November 21
Continue Work on T-shirt
T-shirt pitch letter
November 19
Response 9 - Children's Clothing Slogans
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 17
Reality TV: PowerPoint and Handout
Response 8:Would you like to be a reality star? Real World Contract
November 13
Television: Teen Stereotypes group work
Watch Modern Family
HW: Watch a Teen centered TV show
November 11
Celebrity vs. Icon
Celebrity Song Analysis
Music Video Analysis
Work time on Personal Media Timeline on Thinglink
November 6
Continue Campaign Presentations
Celebrity Culture Timeline
Personal Media Timeline on Thinglink
November 4
Campaign Presentations
Ad Reviews:
Burt and Burka's Pickled ice Cream
Begin Thinglink
Ad Analysis - see me for password
October 31
Work time on project
October 29
Advertising Test
Work time on Project
October 27
Response 7 - Selfies
Finish Consuming Kids and Discussion Questions
Work Time on Project
October 23
Present "The Pitch"
Work Time on Project
October 21
Consuming Kids 2-3
"The Pitch" - Groups will present next class
Work Time on Project
October 16
Storyboard Language and Examples and Sequence Guidelines
Film Angles Video & Storyboard/Commercial Splitscreen
October 14
Response #6 - "Logorama"
Political Ad Analysis - Propaganda Techniques
Begin Advertising Campaign - Scoring Guide
View "Product Labels" from CBS Sunday Morning
Work on Slogan and Logo and Script
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
Watch Consuming Kids Part 1
October 8
Notes: Product Placement
Finish: - A Body of Ads
October 6
More Creatve/Creepy Advertising
Notes: Subliminal Advertising
Continue: - A Body of Ads
October 2
Kahoot.it - Logo game
Notes: Newer Trends in Advertising
Continue Group Project: A Body of Ads
September 30
Kahoot.it - slogan game
Notes: Advertising Appeals
Begin Group Project: A Body of Ads
September 26
The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar
September 24
Finish The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar next class
September 22
Visual Literacy Quiz
Analyzing Movie Trailers - The Maze Runner, Gone Girl, Alexander...
Begin The Truman Show
September 18
Visual Idioms
Pixlr Day 4 - In Google Classroom
September 16
6 Word Memoirs
Pixlr Day 3 - In Google Classroom
September 12
Response 5: Photo Tampering Throughout History
Pixlr Day 2 - In Google Classroom
September 10
Remembering September 11
Picture Editing: watch these clips:
Response 4: Read this article
Pixlr Day 1 - In Google Classroom
September 8
Picture Puzzler
Work on Scavenger Hunt and Movie Poster Analysis through Google Classroom
September 4
Celebs Part 3
Notes : Framing, Angle, Lighting
September 2
Celebs Part 2
Response 3: Is Google Knowledge?
A picture is worth...
Is seeing believing? - The President and ?
Notes: Some Basic Visual Literacy and Design Concepts
HW - Analyzing a visual
August 28
Media Literacy Unit 1 Test
Can you identify these celebrities from their high school photos?
August 26
Finish and present Paper Slide Project
Notes: Marshall McLuhan
Unit 1 Test Next Class
August 22
Notes: Media Literacy Theory
Response 2: Everything is a Remix 1, 2,
Work on and Film Paper Slide Project
August 20
Response 1: Shift Happens 4.0 and 2014 Remix
Notes: 5 Core Concepts, 5 Key Questions
To View Iron Man 3 Trailer
NCIS Trailer
Begin Paper Slide Project
August 18
Can you name these products from their first letter?
Notes: What is Media Literacy?
John Green's Letter to Returning Students
Timed Writing Choices:
- A response letter to John Green
- A letter to yourself about your education
- A letter your teachers about your expectations for this year
August 14
Class Intro and Syllabus