May 6, 10, 12
Work on Prezi - Directions and Rubric
Due May 16
May 4
Media Law Quiz
Work on Prezi - Directions and Rubric
May 2
Collect Responses
Media Law Notes - Part 3
Finish Shattered Glass - Discussion
Final Project - Prezi - Directions and Rubric
April 28
Media Law Notes - Part 2
Continue Shattered Glass - See me for Questions
April 26
Response 20: "The Dirty" from Student Prints
Media Law Notes - Part 1
Begin Shattered Glass
April 25
Catfish 20/20 Interviews
Discussion
April 18
Response 19: Keep Your Thumbs Still When I’m Talking to You
Begin Catfish
April 14
Response 18: Reality TV article and video
Present Reality Tv for Kids - Pitch
Video of the Day: Lucky People
April 12
Response 17 - "Kids + Reality TV = Bad Combination"
Read and View: Is Reality TV Too Violent for Kids? - Teen Mom Video
To View: Child Island and Kid Nation
Reality Tv for Kids - Pitch
For Fun: A Hunter _______ a Bear
April 10
Collect T-shirts and Pitch Letters
Discussion: Teacher and Student Stereotypes
90210 Discussion and Tweets
Stereotypes, generalizations and stock characters on TV
To View: Music from your shoes - Nike and Adidas
Homework: Watch a TV show focused on teen characters. Complete this. Due 4/20
April 6
Television: Teen Stereotypes group work
In class: View 90210- Guided Discussion
Twitter - Tweet from the perspective of one of the characters in the show.
Homework: Writing a Persuasive Pitch Letter - Due Friday
April 4
Response 16: "Childen's T-shirts get risque"
To View: "The Outsiders: Amish Teens" Available on YouTube in 7 Parts
Continue Work on T-shirt
Homework: Writing a Persuasive Pitch Letter - Due Friday
March 31
Response 15: Everything is a Remix
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.
March 29
Response 14: How the Kardashians Made $65 Million Last Year
Photo Tampering Throughout History
In-Class Assignment: How does photogrpahy define celebrity? Celebrity Picture Hunt for heroes, glamour shots, product endorsement and candid shots
March 25
Response 12: "A Celebrity is a not a real person but an image created through various channels and publications"
To View and Respond 13: Newstand; Onslaught; Retouch; Evolution; Sex, Lies & Photoshop; Photoshop on the Bigscreen
For fun: "Friday"
March 23
Celebrity Culture Timeline
Timeline Scavenger Hunt
Create a personal timeline with 20 important and/or media events
March 21
Response 11 - Reality TV and the SAT: Did students miss the point of the essay question?
Watch: Paris Hilton Inc: The Selling of Celebrity Alternate Link
Discussion Questions
March 9
Socratic Seminar on The Truman Show
Analyzing Movie Trailers - Catfish, The King's Speech, Cars 2
March 7
Finish The Truman Show
Socratic Seminar next class - Prep Packet
March 3
Response 10 - The Product Placement Awards
Advertising Test
Continue The Truman Show
March 1
View Student Commercials: Mystery Sauce, RAGE Ketchup, Loco Coco, Flocka Ranch Dressing, G-Spice Hot Sauce
Collect Logo, Packaging, Storyboard, and Script
Begin The Truman Show
February 25
Watch Consuming Kids Part 5-7
Discussion Questions
Work time on Ads - Commercial due March 1
February 23
Watch Consuming Kids Part 1-4
Discussion Questions
Work time on Ads
February 17
Present - The Pitch
Response and Discussion 9: Logorama
February 15
Response 8: View "Product Labels" from CBS Sunday Morning
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.
Homework: Next class "The Pitch" - Groups will present
Group Work Time
February 11
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
February 9
Response 7:"Teacher Selling Ads on Exams to Raise Money"
Notes: Cross Promotion
Begin Condiment Advertising Campaign
February 7
Response #6 Your Favorite Super Bowl Ad - Watch them all here
Notes: Product Placement
Examples: Transformers and Wayne's World
Finish - A Body of Ads
January 28
Response #5 - Wizmark
Notes: Subliminal Advertising
Continue - A Body of Ads
January 27
Can you identify the products that go with these slogans?
To View: Oakville's Facebook Report - Start at 5:08
Notes: Newer Trends in Advertising and More Creatve/Creepy Advertising
Continue: - A Body of Ads
January 26
Response #4 - "Should parents "friend" their kids on Facebook?'
Finish Growing Up Online - discussion
Handout for HW: Pick 1 from each group for a written answer
Notes: Advertising Appeals
Begin Group Project - A Body of Ads
January 24
Media Literacy Quiz
Continue Growing Up Online
Handout for HW: Pick 1 from each group for a written answer
January 18
Response 3: "Texting May Be Taking a Toll"
Notes and Sayings of Marshall McLuhan
In Class: Values of Media Culture - 3 responses
Begin Watching: Growing Up Online
January 13
Response 2: "Teens, driving and texting are a bad mix"
Gauging Your Distraction from The New York Times
To View: Wales PSA
Notes: Media Literacy Theory
Assignment: Traditional vs. Media Values
To View: Hot Chip: "I feel Better" - Umm?
January 7
Resonse 1: "More Employers Use Social Networks to Check Out Applicants"
Visual Literacy - The President and ?
Notes: 5 Core Concepts, 5 Key Questions
In Class: Answer the 5 Key Questions for these images
To View: A Vision of Students Today & 2010 Mobile Year in Review
January 5
Class Intro and Syllabus
Can you name these products from their first letter?
Getting to Know You and Prior Knowledge Quiz
Notes: What is Media Literacy?
To View: Did you Know? 3.0 and 4.0 and 2010 Mobile Year in Review
Homework: Electronic Media Survey