- Today, we're watching the documentary film Rip: A Remix Manifesto
- See the study guide for this film
- This film was made by a British Columbian, and it can be viewed on YouTube
- Creative Commons Licensing (some rights reserved) is now a popular alternative to copyright (all rights reserved). Many content sharing sites, such as Flickr, provide Creative Commons Licensing options.
Thurs. Sept. 9/10 - Media, Participatory Culture, and You.
- Complete the poster analysis worksheet
- Visit the library for the last 20 minutes to check out books for silent reading.
Wed. Sept 8/10 - Media, Participatory Culture, and You.
- Today, we're reviewing new media literacy skills / terminology and discussing the "My Media" digital story / project.
- Create a diagram outline about: old media, new media, my media to use in you upcoming multimedia project.
- Later, you will use images and words to create a digital or paper display highlighting some of the media you use, consume, and produce. You can use your own photos and/or appropriate images from magazines and the Web. (Do not use images of yourself or other people in this project). You will have computer lab time on Friday, Sept. 10 to work on this project. It is due on Fri. Sept. 24. NOTE: You can sign up for a free Animoto account if you want to make a 30 second presentation like the example below.
These two MIT videos will be viewed and discussed in class.
Tues. Sept 8/09 - Welcome to English 10.
Media, Participatory Culture, and You.
- Today we reviewed the course outline and started our media literacy unit.
Tues. Sept. 7 - 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
- Media literacy unit / review
