Sept. 9 - 13: Media Literacy Unit

DUE Mon. Sept. 16: Slide Project and planning sheet (47 marks)
DUE Fri. Sept. 20: Crossword  Puzzle (10 marks)
Homework: Information form (6 marks)

Fri. Sept. 13 - Remember-Complete the  Homework: Information form (6 marks)
- 20 min. for self-directed silent reading
- Media Literacy DVD
- Crossword puzzle completion
 
Thurs. Sept. 12
Finish your slide projects in the lab and share your projects with five other people before emailing the slide collection and handing in your planning sheet.
- Continue working in the lab on A Tale of Two Media project
- View some example slides

Wed. Sept. 11
- 25 min. for self-directed silent reading
- Start work on the Scams to Avoid crossword puzzle. Use the Scams to Avoid booklet to find the answers.

Mon. Sept. 9 / Tues. Sept. 10
- Continue working in the lab on A Tale of Two Media project
- View some example slides
- The project template can be selected and imported into your Google Docs account.
- Decide which two popular culture characters (human or cartoon) will be the stars of your side-by-side story of old and new media. Do a Google Images search to make sure you can find enough images of your characters.
- Come up with slide content ideas and sketch / write them on your planning sheet. (10 marks)
** If you don't have access to Google Docs, set up a GMail account to avoid having to verify your account through a cell phone number.

***Note - Canada's Copyright Modernization Act came into force on Nov. 7, 2012, which "enables the use of copyrighted materials provided the use is “fair.”  Previously, if you wanted to produce a satirical work and used third party copyrighted materials without permission, you could have been sued for copyright infringement. Now, under the expanded definition of “fair dealing” in the Act, creating a satire or parody using others’ materials, such as a third party logo, is no longer considered copyright infringement. To fall within the fair dealing exception the use must: (a) be “fair”; and (b) fall within one of the enumerated categories, which now includes education, parody and satire in addition to research, private study, criticism, review, and news reporting"(Source).