Sept. 6 - 9: Media Studies

Fri. Sept. 9 - Participatory Culture
- K-library lab 2 is booked.
- Continue A Tale of Two Media project
- If you haven't got one, set up a Google Docs account.
***Can use your student web mail to set up your account (access using your student login. SKSS Email address first initial + last name@skss.sd73.bc.ca
- The project template can be selected into your Google Docs account.
- Try a Creative Commons image search.

Thurs. Sept. 8 - Participatory Culture
- 20 min. of silent reading OR finish Venn diagrams (mind maps) on old and new media that you interact with AND media that you consume and produce.
- In-class paragraph assignment: How does participatory culture (social media, gaming, etc) affect you and/or your peers?
- Introduce A Tale of Two Media project
- The project template can be selected into your Google Docs account.


Wed. Sept. 7 - Participatory Culture
- Review the distinctions between old media and new media.
- Finish comparative mind map diagram representing types of old and new media that you consume and produce.
- Discuss the terms consumer and producer. Construct a second mind map representing the types of media that you consume and produce.
- Discuss the term participatory culture.

MIT professor Henry Jenkins discusses participatory culture, media literary, and civic engagement:




Paragraph topic: How does participatory media culture (social media, games, etc.) affect you and your peers?

Tues. Sept. 6 - Welcome to English 10.
Today we will review the course outline and expectations.
Discussion Items:

• Seating plan
• Course blog
• Silent reading
• Study block 
• Academic aspirations
• Evaluation 
• Assignment completion
• Essays
• Tests
• Re-writes / add-on assignment
  
• Government final exam
• Email contact (assignments only)
• Literary theme(s) of this course: overcoming challenges, power dynamics
• Media literacy unit: new / old media; participatory culture; copyright / copyleft; media scams; social media ethics / law

Old Media, New Media and Participatory Culture 

- Understand the distinctions between old media and new media.
- Create a comparative mind map diagram representing types of old and new media that you consume and produce.
- You will have about 3 weeks to plan and complete the Tale of Two Media Project ( 47 marks ). You will have class time and lab time to work on this.

What's your Media IQ? Try the online quiz.
Do you know about copyright, copyleft, and Creative Commons?

Creative Commons : Spectrum of Rights

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