Schedule

=Schedule=

Services that you will need to sign up for at some point during the semester:
 * **Date** || **Agenda** || **Work Period and Homework** ||
 * 1/31 || * Course Overview
 * Issues in Multimedia
 * Fair Use/Copyright
 * Creative Commons (Watch this great presentation here)
 * Creative Commons Licenses and Tools
 * Understanding Media File Types //File Extensions////.//
 * Create a Wikispaces account //(if you don't have one already)// || [|Mac OS X Tutorials]
 * All Tutorials:** Atomic Learning (log in with username/password)
 * Google (not needed if you already have gmail or yahoo mail)
 * YouTube//(get today if you don't have one. Here'a little help.)//
 * Wikispaces//(get today if you don't have one)//
 * [|Discovery Education]

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 * BRING PHOTOS TO CLASS FOR INTRODUCTION VIDEO * ||
 * 2/1 || * Course Expectations || * //How to set up your blog//
 * [|Setting up a Wordpress blog video] ||
 * 2/2 || No School || No School ||
 * 2/3 || * Introductory power point
 * [[file:massmediacourse_intro.ppt]]
 * //The Merchants of Cool// video || * 1st blog response questions
 * 2/4 || * Edit Wiki's and edit blogs


 * Continue watching //The Merchants of Cool// video || * Finish and Publish your first blog to Wordpress using the Merchants of Cool document. ||
 * 2/7 || ====**EQ: Who owns media?**====

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 * //__**Blog:**__ For today's blog you will talk about what you think as far as who owns the media is concerned. How does the media shape what America thinks? Think about elections and how campaigning works when it comes to television appearances and commercials.//


 * Set up a new page on your wiki for vocabulary
 * download vocabulary document [[file:Vocabulary.doc]]
 * search for definitions of vocabulary on the internet and post them to your vocabulary wiki
 * || * Complete all vocabulary and post it to your vocabulary wiki page.


 * Complete your blog for today. It needs to be a minimum of 1 paragraph long. ||
 * 2/8 || ==== **21st Century Media Literacy Captivation Stations!** ====

You will spend the rest of the day exploring topics revolving around 21st century media literacy that you will have 10 minutes next class to teach us. We will use a website developed by Dr. Alec Couros ( http://couros.wikispaces.com/Media+Literacy ) to help guide us through our exploration. By the end of our exploration of these topics you will be expected to answer; "What is media literacy in the 21st century? How does it apply to my life?"

Steps:

1. Select a topic- **Digital Safety:** Malika **Digital Citizenship:** Tenaris **Social Networking:** Michael Brown **Research and In The News:** Maria **Cyber Bullying:** Frankie **Web-Based** **Misinformation, Satire and/or Hoaxes:** **Internet Scams and Money- Making Models:** Kwan **Privacy, Surveillance, GPS and Related Trends:** Matthew **Others (Own Idea):** **Propaganda in the media:** Allasane

2. Explore Dr. Couros website as a starting point for starting research: http://couros.wikispaces.com/Media+Literacy 3. Create a powerpoint where you answer the following questions: ||
 * What it is?
 * Why it's important for us to know?
 * Information about it || * Create a document for notes and save it in your research folder. You need to find out as much information on this topic as possible.
 * You are going to share your information with the rest of the class. It might be helpful to find a movie link and embedd it on your research page. I will teach you how to do this if you do not know. ||
 * 2/9 || **EQ:** If Wikipedia is a collaborative project open to all, why are fewer than 15 percent of the site’s contributors women? How authoritative and complete do Wikipedia articles tend to be?
 * Open up a new word document and write down as many topics as you can think of that you have looked up on wikipedia at some point in time.
 * Have you ever looked up topics on Wikipedia that did not yet have articles or whose articles were incomplete? If so, what are some examples? If they could write their own articles, what topics would they cover? Why?
 * ===[|As a class read, "Define Gender Gap? Look Up Wikipedia’s Contributor List," by: Noam Cohen]===
 * [|Standards for Wikipedia] || * Respond to the questions about the article, "Define Gender Gap? Look up Wikipedia's contributor List," by Noam Cohen
 * 2/10 || EQ: What do adds actually say? What do they want you to do?
 * Today we're playing an advertising game. The person in the class who completes the game first will win something for tomorrow. Furthermore, the person who gets the highest score will win a prize as well!
 * Go to the ADMONGO website || * Blog- for today's blog your title will be, //Wikipedia//. What does Wikipedia explain best, and why? What might the heavy emphasis on things like television shows and video games say about what we value as a culture in general? How do the topics emphasized on a widely consulted site like Wikipedia contribute to mainstream culture? How might a shift to greater gender equality in Wikipedia authorship affect not just Wikipedia but also our culture?
 * You might prepare better for your blog by reading the Room for Debate discussion [|“Where Are the Women in Wikipedia?”]


 * If you have not finished your vocabulary, or you are behind on your blogs, now is the time to catch up on your blogs, vocabulary, or finish your powerpoint. ||
 * 2/11 || **EQ:** What is the Agenda Setting Theory?
 * 1) [[file:Theagendasettingtheory.doc]]
 * 2) Agenda Setting Theory Explained Video
 * 3) Two Examples of the Agenda Setting Theory are the O.J. Simpson Murder Trail and the Bill Clinton sex scandal. || * Work on this activity and post it to your research page. [[file:Agendasettingactivity.doc]]
 * If you have not finished your vocabulary, or you are behind on your blogs, now is the time to catch up on your blogs, vocabulary, or finish your powerpoint.
 * **Blog:** What do you think about the news? Do you watch the news? Why or why not? What things are important to you that might make you want to watch the news? Is journalism effective journalism important in shaping our world, local, and national views? ||
 * 2/14 || **EQ:** What is Freemium?


 * 1) http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/239500/july-22-2009/chris-anderson
 * 2) Discuss the topics covered in the video
 * 3) What does the term, "There's no such thing as a free lunch," really mean || # Complete the Media Awareness Scavenger Hunt and post it under on Your Research Page.[[file:mediascavengerhunt.doc]]
 * 4) **Today's Blog:** If you were to develop a new TV program, what would it be like? In your description, include the following components:
 * Type of show • Rating of show• Content of the show • Audience • Setting • When you would “air” the show • Characters (main/supporting) ||
 * 2/15 || EQ: What are television stereotypes?


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 * 2) media type="custom" key="8375044"
 * 3) Discuss Stereotypes in television. || # Watch a television show of your choice.[[file:Media Observation sheet.docx]]
 * 4) After viewing the television show of your choice, complete the media observation sheet and post it to your research page on your wiki. ||
 * 2/16 || EQ: What are stereotypes of women in the media?


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 * 2) media type="custom" key="8389782" || # After listening to our discussion about gender stereotypes. Open the word document and create a list of characteristics men are supposed to possess and characteristics women are supposed to possess.[[file:boys and girl qualities.doc]]
 * 3) Upload this to your research wiki page.
 * 4) Today's Blog: Write your opinion about gender stereotypes in the media and tell me whether you agree or disagree with them. What do you think can be done to change these stereotypes? Should we just accept these stereotypes as they are? ||
 * 2/17 || EQ: What informotion should you share online?


 * 1) Today we're playing a game that is interactive and asks you questions about privacy information. Make sure you are playing, because if you do we will have pizza tomorrow.
 * 2) [] ||   ||
 * 2/18 || __**Catch up on all OWED WORK!!!!!!!!**__ || __**Catch up on all OWED WORK!!!!!!!!**__ ||