Thursday, Friday

Photography Unit:
notes on History of Photography




Wednesday: Alex's Youtube Video: Cyberbullying
Childnet: Cyberbullying
We learned about the various forms, including emails, instant messaging, phone calls, texting and social networking sites like Facebook.
Key Roles of Media:
Provides Information
Influences what we believe and think

LJ #5: Nicole Wolf

Tuesday we'll enjoy a guest speaker, Nicole (Green) Wolf.
Questions pertain to her photography work and her life as a young Grand Mananer making it big. Due Wednesday, March 30.
(goes on June report)

ALL work msut be in by Tuesday, 8:30 for me to mark on this report card.

LJ #4: Music Industry

2011 Juno Awards
Junos...Wikipedia

LJ #4: Music Industry
1. How many years have the Junos been awarded?
2. What significance do the Junos have on Canadian Music industry?
3. Look through the list of awards that will be presented. How have categories changed over the years?
4. Why was the name "Juno" chosen?
5. Over the years, some musicians have chosen to boycott awards shows. Can you find out why?
6. One year the Junos were not presented. Why? Explain fully, and why YOU think changes were made?
7. Looking through the category names, what changes do you notice? Whya have these changes taken place?
8. Like many other Media outlets, the Junos is a major economic event. Looking through the Junos site, what are 5 things you note about the Junos and business opportunities?
9. What other award ceremonies do we have to celebrate  Media in American and Canadian pop culture?

Drinking & Driving Youtube

Jessie's YouTube assignment: Teen Drinking & Driving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixKUg9RqlJA
Some of our discussions included:
Some of our videos will be difficult to watch, due to the topic, and one's own personal life experiences. That is something to keep in mind ...TARGET AUDIENCES.
Who is the intended audience? What impact will videos such as these have on them? Are these educational videos too "in your face"; do teens need to see the real impact? Some organizations such as MADD and TADD want to grab your attention...and make you think. Did it work?
Many alcohol/beer companies are now supporting such groups, asking people to drink responsibly. Why is it in their best interest?

Friday!

Quiz today....Unit 1 part 2
MIDTERM Thursday, March 24...study BOTH quizzes!

Larissa's Video: Texting & Driving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LCmStIw9E

Medium is the Message: we discussed obvious message of dangers of texting while driving, but we also talked about HOW the video was made, and impact of Mock Accidents and graphic images.
Target Audiences: teens with new drivers licences. Would this video have the same impact on older drivers? Middle School students? Why/why not?

All LJs should be in by now; Prezi assignment due NEXT FRIDAY.
Monday (supply teacher) will be the last class to work on assignment.
New Unit starts Tuesday; Film: TV and Movies

Copyright

Tuesday: we had notes on Copyright laws in Canada...
know these for Tests/Exams!
Copyright Act
Fair Dealing
Bill C-32

Fri/Mon storm days...Katie and Amelia's Youtube assignment

YouTube of the week

Katie's project:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48CZDXbczMI&feature=fvst
Discussion: Message that tv can be useless, and take over our lives; people feel the "need" to watch their daily/weekly episodes.
An interesting note...HULU, the company that is being promoted by actor Alec Baldwin, is a real company owned by various TV networks, including NBC, ABC (Disney), that allows US viewers to watch their shows on their computers, combining the two forms of media.

Amelia's project:
http://www.familyguyepisodes.tv/
Amelia focused on a small portion of season 6episode 8
Discussion: appropriateness of tv for different viewing audiences.Producer and TV families using tv shows to promote health concerns/issues...persoanl "soap boxes". This episode looked at underfunding in stem cell research, and health risks created by fast food restaurants.
Also interesting to note this video was originally on YouTube, but taken off for Copyright Infringement; see today's notes!