May 16
Meograph Catch-up
Viral Videos - Why Videos go Viral
Collect Responses 6-10
May 14
Response 10 - Children's Clothing Slogans
Meograph Catch-up
Turn in T-shirts
May 10
May 8
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.
May 6
Reality? TV Oiwerpoint
Would you like to be a reality star? Real World Contract
To View: Child Island and Kid Nation
Reality Tv for Kids - Pitch
May 2
Work on Essay
April 26
Finish Dawson's Creek - "Pilot"
Stereotype Essay
April 24
Television: Teen Stereotypes group work
SNL Stock Characters
Begin viewing Dawson's Creek - "Pilot"
April 22
Present Commercials - to be posted soon
Finish POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Discuss
April 18
Watch POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Discuss
Work time on Project - Due Next Class
April 16
Boston Marathon Discussion
Research: Find an article related to media literacy
Work Time on project
April 12
Advertising Test
April 10
Watch Consuming Kids Part 4-7
Discussion Questions
Work Time on Project
Watch Consuming Kids Part 1-3
Discussion Questions
Work Time on Project
April 4
View "Product Labels" from CBS Sunday Morning
Group Work Time
"The Pitch" - Groups will present
April 2
Response 7: Strangest Politcal 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
March 20
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
March 18
Political Ad Analysis - Propaganda Techniques
Begin Advertising Campaign - Scoring Guide
March 14
Response #6 - "Logorama"
Finish - A Body of Ads
March 12
Notes: Product Placement
Notes: Cross Promotion
Finish - A Body of Ads
March 8
More Creatve/Creepy Advertising
Notes: Subliminal Advertising
Continue: - A Body of Ads
March 6
Response #5 - Wizmark
Notes: Newer Trends in Advertising
Group Project: A Body of Ads
March 4
Can you identify the products that go with these slogans?
Notes: Advertising Appeals
Begin Group Project: A Body of Ads
February 28
Socratic Seminar on The Truman Show
Alternate Assignment for absent students
February 26
Finish The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar next class
Analyzing Movie Trailers - Room 237, Monsters University, Catfish
February 20
Begin The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar to follow film
February 14
Visual Lit Quiz
Finish Digital Nation
Collect Worksheet
February 12
Last Day with Photoshop
Quiz next class
February 8
February 6
Analyzing Movie Poster - Worksheet
February 4
Photo Tampering Throughout History
Notes : Framing, Angle, Lighting
In class Worksheet
Continue Watching: Digital Nation
January 31
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?
Continue Digital Nation
January 29
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
Caption Contest
HW - Analyzing a visual
Begin Digital Nation
January 25
Media Literacy Quiz
Work on Meograph
January 23
Notes: Marshall McLuhan
In Class: Values of Media Culture
Comprehensive Quiz Next Class
January 17
If You were in the music industry...
Work on Meograph
January 15
Response 2: Stop the Texts. Stop the Wrecks.
Gauging Your Distraction from The New York Times
To View: Wales PSA
Discussion
Notes: Media Literacy Theory
Response 3: Everything is a Remix 1, 2, 3
January 11
Notes: 5 Core Concepts, 5 Key Questions
To View Avengers Trailer
Work on Meograph
January 9 - Sub
Watch: Growing Up Online
Handout for HW: Pick 1 from each group for a written answer
January 7
Getting to Know You and Prior Knowledge Quiz
Response #1: Did you Know? 3.0 update and 4.0
Notes: What is Media Literacy?
January 3
Class Intro and Syllabus
Can you name these products from their first letter?
Getting to Know You
In Class: Electronic Media Survey
View Last Year's Projects