Jan. 31 - Feb. 4, 2011: Media Literacy / Participatory Culture

Please help SKSS students win the Vancouver Sun's video contest.

Click and view their entry Teens Against Gangs video

Fri. Feb. 4 - Media, Participatory Culture, and You.
- Blks. F and G: Finish film Rip: A Remix Manifesto
- Blk. F: Paragraph assignment
- Introduce A Tale of Two Media project
- In the lab, set up your Google Docs account.
- The project template can be selected into your Google Docs account.
- Try a Creative Commons image search.


Thurs. Feb. 3 - Media, Participatory Culture, and You.

• Today, we'll finish watching the documentary film Rip: A Remix Manifesto
• See the study guide for this film
• Paragraph topic: Is remixing content a legitimate form of creativity, or is it intellectual property theft?

Wed. Feb. 2 - Media, Participatory Culture, and You.

• 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). See the Canadian Creative Commons. Try designing a Creative Commons License.
• Many content sharing sites, such as Flickr, provide Creative Commons Licensing options. Wikimedia Commons and Google Advanced Search option can help users find Creative Commons Licensed images for re-use.

Tues. Feb. 1 - New Media Literacies

- Review how to disable Facebook Places.
- Review new media literacy skills terminology.
- Introduce A Tale of Two Media project
- The project template can be selected into your Google Docs account.




These two MIT videos will be viewed and discussed in class.




Mon. Jan. 31 - 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.

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




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

Creative Commons : Spectrum of Rights

View more presentations from Yann GEFFROTIN.

Final Class: Jan. 25, 2011

Please help SKSS students win the Vancouver Sun's video contest.

Click and view their entry Teens Against Gangs video

Tues. Jan. 25 (Final Class)

• This is your last class of English 10. Best of luck on your exams. You can use this last class to extend your learning with one final dose of classroom activity. I've put together a few options to make this time worthwhile.
• Option #1: More provincial exam practice. Find links at the top of the right column.
• Option #2: Learn to blog. Create your own blog to share your interests, art, or adventures. It's free and easy.
• Option #3: Review Literary Terms that could be on the provincial exam.
  
  • Elements of Poetry Review
  • Interactive Literary Elements Handbook
  • Review of Literary Term
• Option #4: Internet Safety. If this topic interested you in class, visit CyberNetrix.
  
• Option #5: Media and Diversity. If this topic interested you in class, see these resources
  
  • Listen to a Podcast - Revision Quest (CBC)
  • Watch a news program: Obama and the media (10 min) Racial Stereotypes (Part 1) · Racial Stereotypes (Part 2)
  • Watch a video lecture: Visual Imagery in the Mass Media.
    
  • Book discussion - Richard Thompson Ford: The Race Card
• Option #6: Educational games
• Word Games
• Interactive Spelling Bee

Finding Forrester: Jan. 17 - 21, 2011

Fri. Jan. 21: Final Deadline for Term 2 assignments
Quiz #2 (Ch. 8 -> epilogue) on Fri. Jan. 21 (10 character matching, 15 m/c)

Teens Against Gangs video

Fri. Jan 21
- Quiz #2 on Finding Forrester
- Finish watching movie


Thurs. Jan 20 Homework: Finish Finding Forrester for Friday- Old lab booked today
- Finish and hand in ch. 9, 10 and 12 assignments (58 marks).
- Review ch. 14 - 19 answers for quiz on Friday


Wed. Jan. 19 Homework: Read ch. 16 and 17 for Thurs.
- Review chapters 14 and 15 answers
-- Watch movie Finding Forrester (part 1)

Tues. Jan. 18 Homework: Read ch. 14 and 15 for Wed.
- Review chapter 11 and 13 answers.
- Finish ch. 9, 10 and 11 assignments (58 marks).
 
Mon. Jan. 17  Homework: Read ch. 13 for Tuesday

- Review ch. 1-7 quiz
- What can be learned from Harvard's "Project Implicit" research? Should this type of bias assessment tool be applied to the selection process for jury members, judges, or other professionals in positions of trust?
- Review chapter 8 answers.
- Continue work on ch. 9, 10 and 12 assignments (Due Mon. June 14)
- If finished, start work on the chapter 14 - 19 worksheet.

Finding Forrester: Jan. 10 - 14, 2011

FINAL DEADLINE for Term 2 work is Fri. Jan. 21


Fri. Jan. 14 Homework: Read ch. 12 for Monday

- We will be participating in Harvard University's "Project Implicit" study, which surveys implicit bias related to a range of topics.
- View the introductory video about this project. Then, go to Project Implicit and complete 2 surveys of your choice. 
- After you've participated, work on a practice e-exam for English 10.




Thurs. Jan. 13
- Finding Forrester is a novel that explores many themes including human attitudes, assumptions and biases. Many argue that the media plays a powerful role in shaping people's attitudes. We will watch the 13 minute video "Racial Bias and the Media."
- Read the articles "The White Screen" and "The Economics of Ethnic and Racial Stereotyping."
- Is the media doing enough to fairly represent our population?
- Watch the video clip about a recent experiment conducted by a high school student. Do you think the media is responsible for these results?
- Watch the DVD Test-Taking Strategies.
- Continue reading chapters 9 and 10


Wed. Jan. 12
- Write chapter 1 - 7 quiz.
- Vocabulary exercise: Review the Canadian Race Relations Foundation glossary of terms.
- Assignment due this class (10 marks): From the glossary:

• Select five terms that you think have relevance to Jamal's experience. Rank these terms 1 to 5 on a sheet of paper. Give a reason for each term choice.

• Next, list five other glossary terms that you now understand better after reading this list.

- Finish reading Ch. 8 for homework
- Watch DVD: Test-Taking Strategies

Tues. Jan. 11
- Ethical dilemma group exercise
- Take an aerial tour of New York City. Can you spot any famous landmarks?
- Review answers for chapters 5 and 6.
- Read chapter 7. Review chapter 7 answers.

Mon. Jan. 10, 2011 Homework for Tues. Jan 11: Read chapters 5 & 6
- Review characters and answers to chapter 1 - 4 questions of Finding Forrester.
- The author, James W. Ellison, has written the novelizations for several films.
- Continue reading Finding Forrester.