May 13
Advice Memes
Stop the Texts. Stop the Wrecks.
Gauging Your Distraction from The New York Times
To View: Wales PSA
Discussion
May 7-11
Response 10: Viral Videos
Storyboards
Memes as advice
April 23-May 5
T-shirt pitch letter
Watch Miss Representation
Watch Tough Guise 2
Venn Diagram and Questions on Gender in Media
April 21
Response 9 - Children's Clothing Slogans
Judging a book by its cover - clothing stereotypes
Boy vs. Girl, Tattoos
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.
April 17
Response 8: Would you like to be a reality star? Real World Contract
Reality TV: Presentation and Handout
April 15
Television: Teen Stereotypes group work
Watch Modern Family
HW: Watch a Teen centered TV show
April 13
Campaign Presentations
Please submit responses for each campaign
Celebrity vs. Icon
Celebrity Song Analysis - Songs about dealing with fame
April 7 and 9
Campaign Presentations
Please submit responses for each campaign
Thinglink - Musicians Assignment
Celebrity Culture Timeline
Personal Media Timeline on Thinglink
April 2
Advertising Test
Work time on Project
DUE Next Class - Advertising Campaign Scoring Guide
March 31
Response 7: Mining Selfies
Work Time on Project
March 27
Work Time on Project
Present "The Pitch"
March 25
Begin Thinglink
Ad Analysis - see me for class code
Storyboard Language and Examples and Sequence Guidelines
Film Angles Video & Storyboard/Commercial Splitscreen
"The Pitch" - Groups will present next class
March 23
Response #6 - "Logorama"
Begin Advertising Campaign - Outline - Scoring Guide
View "Product Labels" from CBS Sunday Morning
Work on Slogan and Logo and Script
March 11
Finish Consuming Kids Part 4-7
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
March 9
Notes: Subliminal Advertising, Native Adverstising
Watch Consuming Kids Part 1-3
March 5
Notes: Product Placement and Cross Promotion
More Creatve/Creepy Advertising
Finish: - A Body of Ads
March 3
SUB - The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
February 27
Notes: Newer Trends in Advertising
Continue Group Project: A Body of Ads
February 25
Kahoot.it - slogan game
Notes: Advertising Appeals
Begin Group Project: A Body of Ads
February 23
The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar
Alternate Assignment for absent students
February 19
Finish The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar next class
February 17
Movie Trailer Analysis - 2015 Oscar Nominees
Begin The Truman Show
February 11
Visual Literacy Quiz
Pixlr Last Day 2 - In Google Classroom
February 9
Grammy Recap - Sam Smith vs. Tom Petty
Pixlr Day 3 - In Google Classroom
February 5
Photo Tampering Throughout History
Pixlr Day 2 - In Google Classroom
February 3
Picture Puzzler 2
Picture Editing, watch these clips:
Response 5: Read this article
Pixlr Day 1 - In Google Classroom
January 30
Picture Puzzler
Assemble Scavenger Slide Shows
Movie Poster Analysis - Google classroom
January 28
Celebs 3
Notes: Composition
January 26
Celebs Part 2
Response 4: 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
January 22
Media Literacy Test
Celebs Part 1
Visual Puzzlers
6 Word Memoir Preview
January 20
Comparing Media - TV vs. Print news
Response 3: Everything is a Remix 3 & 4
Is all popular country music the same?
Unit 1 Test Next Class
January 14
View Paperslide videos
Notes: Media Literacy Theory
Response 2:Everything is a Remix 1, 2
January 12
Notes: 5 Core Concepts, 5 Key Questions
To View: - Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer
Pharrel Williams - Happy
Work on and Film Paper Slide Project
January 8
Notes: What is Media Literacy?
Response 1: Shift Happens 4.0 and 2014 Remix
Begin Paper Slide Project
January 6
Can you name these products from their first letter?
Class Intro and Syllabus
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 semester