Feb. 1 - 5, 2016: Media Literacy

DUE Wed. Feb. 10 - Reading Log

Wed. Feb. 3 - Fri. Feb. 5, 2016 - Complete student information form (3 marks)

- 20 min. of silent reading, or finish your paragraphs.

- Introduce A Tale of Two Media project

- View some example slides
- Import the project template 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 .

***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).


Tues. Feb. 2, 2016

- 25 min. of silent self-directed reading using brought or borrowed reading materials. Your three entry Reading Log will be due on Wed. Feb. 10th.
- Review and understand the distinctions between old media and new media.
- When does a corn field become new media?
- Create a comparative mind map diagram representing types of old and new media that we consume and produce.
- Start writing an informative paragraph that discusses the differences between types of old and new media (third person POV); then, write a paragraph that discusses the types of old and new media that you prefer and use OR a paragraph describing your own media diet (first person POV).
 

Mon. Feb. 1, 2016

- review course information
- Group "Ten Most Valuable Words" activity
- Media terminology review
- Media diet diagram pre-writing activity.

- Today we will review the course outline and expectations

• Seating plan
• Course blog / website
• Silent reading (bring or borrow)
• Study block 
• Academic aspirations (Communications 11, English 11, Language Proficiency Index LPI)
• Evaluation 
• Assignment completion
• Essay development
• Tests
• Provincial exam (20%)
• Email contact (assignments only). Parents should phone school.
• Literary theme(s) of this course: confronting social challenges
• Media studies unit / review  (old/new media, political cartoons/memes, copyright and remix culture, gender representation and advertising).