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__**Monday, January 7th to Friday, January 25th, 2013**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can define popular culture
 * We can create a piece of media text from conception to production to presentation
 * We can recognize the role of culture in all communication
 * We can write to express understanding
 * We can read to find meaning and interpret
 * We can speak to share thoughts, opinions, and feelings
 * We can confer with peers and teachers
 * We can recognize underlying values and issues as they apply to a particular media issue or problem
 * We can recognize the impact of media communications
 * We can use a variety of resources to assist their research
 * We can learn how technology impacts on their lives, society, and the environment
 * We can manage time and resources
 * We work independently or with a peer
 * We can communicate findings and conclusions in an appropriate manner for a specific audience and purpose.

__**How we will learn it**__


 * Your PSA assignments are still due on Friday, January 11th **

As you can see, we have reached the final unit in our class. Hard to believe it is already time to start wrapping up the semester. You are being given over 10 hours of time to work on this before your presentation. Remember, this unit of study is where you get to create your own presentation on any topic you wish to when it comes to media. Make sure that you choose a topic that is of interest to you and that you won't get bored with after a few classes.

We will be scheduling presentation times as the semester starts to wind down. I am here to help you out so please use me!

Again, all of the details can be found in your project packages which you can download here:



Also, some of your final projects may take you out of the classroom for a few periods. To be allowed out of the classroom, during my class, the following permission form must be filled out by your parent/guardian, so that they know that you are out of my class. If the permission form is not signed, you don't get to leave.

__**Monday, December 17th to Friday, December 21st, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can view a number of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and see how they reflect our pop culture
 * We can begin to design our own PSA within a group environment
 * We can watch a TV program and discuss the aspect of entertainment
 * WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE WEEK AS IT IS ALMOST BREAK TIME!!!! :)

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, December 17th to Friday, December 21st**:__ We will take a look at some of the PSAs that you put onto your wikispaces and view the ones that I posted last week. We will have a short discussion on what makes a PSA have impact on our pop culture and why they are there. We will then discuss your assignments for the next couple of days.

By yourself, with a partner, or a group 3, design your own PSA based on a topic that you believe in important in our pop culture. You can create this in print form or with a video. If you decide to go with the print form, you will need to create 3 PSAs. If you go with the video, you will just need to create one video. What I am looking for is that you create a PSA that has the following elements:
 * Your Task**:
 * Video is no longer than 45 seconds
 * Video is edited somehow (iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Your phone editing soft ware, etc.)
 * Print ads must contain images that you create (no cutting and pasting offline)
 * Print ads must contain text that is not copied or pasted off the internet (quotes, etc.)
 * All forms of PSA must relate to a topic that is important in our pop culture
 * All forms of PSAs need to be kept school appropritate (there is pushing the line of decency and there is just you think you are being shocking by being silly)

You will be given til Thursday to work on this project. We will be watching our final episode of Glee on Friday.

We will finish these off and present them after Christmas Break!

Have an awesome and safe break! We will see you in 2013!!!! :)

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__**Monday, December 10th to Friday, December 14th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can examine a social issue based through a documentary
 * We can be an "oppositional audience" when it comes to viewing a documentary instead of a "preferred audience"
 * We can view a number of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and see how they reflect our pop culture
 * We can begin to design our own PSA within a group environment

__** How we will learn it **__ __**Monday, December 10th to Wednesday, December** 12th:__ We will continue look at The Cove, that we briefly started last Thursday. As you watch the documentary, I want you to think about everything that you know about animal rights and public awareness of these issues. Remember to keep in mind that it is a documentary and one person's opinion and visual. Do you agree with everything you are being shown?

__**Thursday, December 13th**__: I am not going to be here, today. Your job is to create a **Public Service Announcement** page on your wikispace (you can call it "PSA Page" and then go and find some PSAs on YouTube that you can embed onto your wikispace. I would like you to find 5 PSA videos that deal with 5 different social issues in pop culture (each one must be different). Some ideas would include:
 * Drinking and Driving
 * Texting and Driving
 * Being cautious online
 * Dangers of Drugs
 * Environment issues
 * Animal Cruelty
 * Body Image (boys and girls)
 * Violence
 * Choose any that you feel would relate to our pop culture (issues of today)

For each of the videos you choose and put on your page, I would like you to answer the following questions under each of the videos:


 * 1. What is the topic for the PSA?**
 * 2. What are they trying to make you think about in the PSA?**
 * 3. What emotions are brought up through watching the PSA? How are they brought up?**
 * 4. What are you left thinking about after you watch the PSA when it comes to that topic?**

__**Friday, December 14th**__: Glee Episode 12! Once episode left before the finale!!

Have a great weekend!

Here are some PSAs for you to look at to get some ideas:

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__**Monday, December 3rd to Friday, December 7th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can examine the way that society is portrayed in a documentary
 * We can discuss the way the life of a teenager is examined in a documentary and decide if it is true or fiction.
 * We can analyze a TV show for codes and conventions
 * We can analyze a TV show and look at how it reflects on societies story and value within our personal lives
 * We can examine a social issue based through a documentary


 * __ How we will learn it __**
 * __ Monday, December __**__ 3rd: __ Glee Day as we missed in on Friday! Episode 10.

__**Tuesday, December 4th**__: We started this on Friday, and we are continuing on with it today. W e are going to look at how you are seen when you are together in your groups/cliques/peeps/homies, whatever you call it! Over the next little bit, we are going to be viewing the documentary "It's A Teen's World". As we go through, I would like to to do like we did with "It's A Girl's World". I am going to give you some guiding questions and I would like to you create a page on your wikispace called "It's A Teen's World" where you can answer them. Please remember that answering in full and complete sentences (think journal entry) is a really good thing to help me know that you have actually thought about these questions. "Yes" and "No" without telling me "Why" doesn't help you. Here are the questions to guide your responses:


 * 1. Does the documentary get it right with the way they portray your generation? **
 * 2. Is harrassment considered to be "teasing" or something "more serious"? What's your take on it? Is there a line that you can't cross even with your friends? **
 * 3. Why do you think it is easier to trash someone by using a computer screen than by doing it face to face? Why is this the route that lots of teens are going? **
 * 4. After watching this documentary, is there evidence of these types of situation in our halls of Peacock or does the documentary put too much emphasis that you guys think about is sex, lies, power trips, and drama? **


 * __Wednesday, December 5th__: **I am not here today so please work on the questions from the documentary "It's a Teen's World" (questions above) and the one question for each of you from "It's A Girl's World". Please also make sure that you have updated your wikispace with everything that you need to have done. It would be a good idea to check the "Wikispace Entries" page (look on the left hand sid nd public awareness of these issues. Remember to keep in mind that it is a documentary and one person's opinion and visual. Do you agree with everything you are being shown?

This will be our lead in to talking about PSAs (Public Service Announcements). We will catch up on Glee, next week!

Hope you have a great weekend!



__**Monday, November 26th to Friday, November 30th, 2012**__
 * __What are we leaning?__**
 * We can examine the way that society is portrayed in a documentary
 * We can discuss the way the life of a teenager is examined in a documentary and decide if it is true or fiction.
 * We can analyze a TV show for codes and conventions
 * We can analyze a TV show and look at how it reflects on societies story and value within our personal lives

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, November** 21st:__ As promised, we will have Glee today! Please download the following questions from your wikispace:



__**Tuesday, November 27th to Thursday, November 29th**:__ Today, we started examining the documentary, "It's a Girl's World". This program looks at the world that young girls seem to be living in during their preteen and teenage years. Our job is to examine whether or not this is an accurate portrayal of the lives of girls or whether it makes it out to be to big of a thing when it comes to the way that girls treat each other.

Girls, you are going to have one question to answer. This answer will appear in your media log. Here is your question:


 * Does this documentary do a good job of portraying what happens in the lives of preteen and teenage girls? Yes or No? Why? Give examples. **

Boys, you too, get your own question:


 * What elements of this documentary surprised you with the way that girls treat each other? How does that differ from the way that guys treat each other when it comes to conflict? Give examples. **


 * __Friday, November 30th__: Glee day!**
 * Surprise! No questions today! Happy Friday!**

__**Monday, November 19th to Friday, November 23rd, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can construct our own "Product Placement" presentation
 * We can incorporate 7-10 product placement in a Movie scene of our choice
 * We can work collaboratively with our peers to create our presentations
 * We can view a documentary as an oppositional audience
 * We can express our thoughts verbally and in written form on a specific topic using examples

__**Monday, November**__ **__19th__:** Today will be the last day to work on your "Product Placement Presentations"


 * __Tuesday, November 20th__**: Product Placement Presentations! Can't wait to see them!! :)

__**Wednesday, November 21st and Thursday, November 22nd**__: Today and tomorrow, we will be looking at the documentary "Teenage Paparazzo". This documentary examines the the relationship between celebrity and society. I am sure that there have been times, in our life, where we thought it would be so cool to have the life of an actor, singer, sports star, etc. Of course, as we know from reading magazines, watching TV, looking online, and standing in line at the supermarket, the paparazzi does a great job of making the life of a celebrity completely open for everyone to see. There is NO privacy! How would you like that? Having everything you do be photographed, video taped, posted online, and so on.

In this documentary, shot by actor/filmmaker Adrian Grenier (Vince in HBO’s //Entourage//), this 95-minute feature documentary is an exploration of the back and forth relationship between celebrities and the people who make a living selling their images. After a chance encounter with a 13-year-old paparazzo, Austin Visschedyk, Grenier takes a step back to think about the celebrity- obsessed culture that has produced the boy. Adrian starts hanging out with the young photographer, learning the tricks of the trade, as well as what made the precocious teen want to spend his free time running around looking for celebrities and trying to get that “perfect shot.”

As we view this documentary, I want you to look at the following questions and create a page called "Teenage Paparazzo" for them on your wikispace:


 * 1. Why did Austin decide to become a paparazzi at such a young age?**
 * 2. What do you notice about Adrian's and Austin's relationship as the documentary progresses through. How does it start? How does it end?**
 * 3. While watching this, in your opinion, how easy is it for the paparazzi to make up stories and get pictures? Have things changed a lot since the introduction of social media websites?**
 * 4. After watching this, what is your view of the paparazzi? Do they have a right to do what they do? I want your opinion in paragraph form, please!**


 * __Friday, November 23rd__:** Glee Day (after a 2 week hiatus) We are on Episode 9, this wee:

Have a great weekend!



__**Tuesday, November 13th to Thursday, November 15th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can construct our own "Product Placement" presentation
 * We can incorporate 7-10 product placement in a Movie scene of our choice
 * We can work collaboratively with our peers to create our presentations

__**Tuesday, November 13th to Thursday, November 15th**__: As you can see, the next couple of days, around the schoo, are very very busy. During our class time we will be working on the assignment that you started last week with Ms. Funk. Here it is again:


 * You get to decide if you want to work in groups of 3, 2, or by yourself in creating a scene from a movie or TV show (your choice what type of scene), and figuring out how you could enhance that scene with product placement. You can create this however you would like. You can map it out in a story board format (like Morgan did in "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold", take pictures of the scene using the products, or record it on video. We will be presenting these to the class next week! Today, you will just get a start on deciding what you are going to do. We will have some time next week to work on this but you better get a good start on it today!**

We discussed this in class today (Tuesday) and you will have these three periods to work on it. We will be presenting them on Monday, November 19th. Please make sure you are ready to present.

I have the computers, cameras, and the MAC lab available to help you out. All you need to do is ask me and access them! :)

Just a few reminders:


 * Student Lead Conferences take place this Wednesday and Thursday in the evenings from 6:30 until 8:30 pm. Please tell your parents that if they would like to see me, to please come visit me in the classroom, Lab 226. **

Have a great LONG weekend, AGAIN!



__**Monday, November 5th to Thursday, November 8th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can view a specific piece of media and examine the codes and conventions on how it makes us feel personally and the image it is trying to represent
 * We can view, and examine, the codes and conventions of a TV show and it's effect on pop culture
 * We can design a scene from a TV show or Movie that includes the art of Product Placement Advertising
 * We can examine how a piece of media is created in a stage production and the process from concept to performance

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, November 5th to Wednesday, November 7th:**__ First of all, I hope you all had a great weekend! Second, as you can see I am away for the entire week and you get to hang out with Ms. Funk! (LUCKY YOU!!!). Please make sure to help her out with anything she needs! You can even ask her about what it is like to live in Hawaii for some of the year! (I WISH!!) :)

During these classes, we will see how a piece of media is produced from concept to design to production. We will be taking a look at the documentary film "LOVE: The Beatles" as the guys from Cirque Du Soleil create a piece of media from start to finish and the path they took to get there. Please download the following handout and answer the questions as we go through:



__**Thursday, November 8th**__: Today, you are going to start on a short project that takes us back to our "Product Placement" section. Here is what I want you to do:


 * You get to decide if you want to work in groups of 3, 2, or by yourself in creating a scene from a movie or TV show (your choice what type of scene), and figuring out how you could enhance that scene with product placement. You can create this however you would like. You can map it out in a story board format (like Morgan did in "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold", take pictures of the scene using the products, or record it on video. We will be presenting these to the class next week! Today, you will just get a start on deciding what you are going to do. We will have some time next week to work on this but you better get a good start on it today!**


 * __Friday, November 9th__: Glee Day!** Episode 9 is here for you to download and upload your responses to your wikispace**! :)**
 * Have an awesome weekend!!**

__**Monday, October 29th to Friday, November 2nd, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can view the art of advertising through travel
 * We can examine how advertisers and media corporations use public relation messages to reach us
 * We can view examples of how a media corporation persuades us to buy products, accept ideas, and adopt postitive images of their company.

__ **How we will learn it** __ __ **Monday, October 29th:** __ **Today I am offering one last chance for you all to get your wikispaces updated and assignments posted. Please make sure to check the "Wikispace Entries" page for a list of all the assignments we have worked on up until now. This will be your last opportunity as marks are due at the end of the week. Anything not posted after tomorrow's class, I cannot guarantee will evaluated before the end of the week.**

__ **Tuesday, October 30th and Wednesday, October 31st:** __ Today we are going to examine when advertising and businesses collide to produce a text that makes us believe a company makes us believe they have a postive image. Today and tomorrow, we are going to be looking at the "Disney" corporation and how they use their public image of "Dreams come true" tagline to make us believe in their brand. We are going to be focusing on the Walt Disney World resort in Florida as a basis to examine how they persuade us to buy into their products. Please download the following handout. We will be going over it in class and then view a vacation planning DVD for Disney World. As we go through it, we are going to see how they persuade us to spend our money on their product and their ideology that if we spend our money with them, we will have a good time.



__**Thursday, November 1st**__: You have just been picked by the Disney company to market Disney World to the younger Tween set (ages 10 to 12). How would you go about doing this? What attractions/rides/parks would you highlight? How would you setup a show or use media to create something that these tweens would get excited about going to Disney World? Think about visuals, music, etc. We will discuss this in class and then look at an example.


 * Friday, November 2nd: **Glee Day. Here are the response questions:



Have a great weekend!



__ **Monday, October 22nd to Friday, October 26th, 2012** __ __ **What are we learning?** __
 * We can analyze a TV show for codes and conventions
 * We can identify the use of product placement in a specific movie
 * We can examine how advertising is visual but can also be subliminal in the way we see it and hear it
 * We can analyze a TV show and look at how it reflects on societies story and value within our personal live
 * We can Recognize the role and power of advertising in the mass media
 * We can use a different form of Social Media (Twitter) to see how it has impacted our society
 * We can listen to presentation of a group that is trying to make it in the music business and reflect on their experiences and analyze how our perception of the music business may not be the same as in reality

__** How we will learn it **__ __**Monday, October 22nd and Tuesday, October**__ **__23rd__:** Hope you all had a great weekend! For today's and tomorrow's classes we will be finishing up our "Transformers: Product Placement" assignment. Please refer to last week's entries for more details (below).

__**Wednesday, October 24th**__: Today we are going to look at the social media platform, Twitter, and it's uses; both positive and negative. We will be signing up for accounts and using it through the computer and our phones (if your data plans allows it). What we will be looking at is how to follow, following back, tweeting, retweeting, and other things. My hope is that you discover is is a bit different than Facebook and that you can use it as a network of gathering information. I know some of you are already on there and that is awesome! You are definitely going to have an advantage and can help out others as they need some help.

**Mr. Young's Twitter accounts**: @MrBrettYoung **(personal) @MrBYoung (classroom)**

__**Thursday, October 25th**__: Today, we are going to be heading into the auditorium for class. Mr. McKinnon has invited us to a presentation by a band that is trying to make it in the music business. They are going to be talking about the ins and outs of the music business and their journey as they hope to grow in popularity and hopefully album sales.

__**Friday, October 26th**__: Today is Episode 7. Instead of the usual study questions, today I thought we would use Twitter to responded to what we are seeing on the screen. KEEP IT SCHOOL APPROPRIATE CHILDREN, as things are happening during the show, I would like you tweet about it using the hashtag #GleeMS20. Again, a hashtag corresponds with a topic so everyone can see it. When the episode is over, we will see some of your responses. You may either use the computers or your cell phones.



__ **Monday, October 15th to Friday, October 19th, 2012** __ __ **What are we learning?** __


 * We can analyze a TV show for codes and conventions
 * We can identify the use of product placement in a specific movie
 * We can examine how advertising is visual but can also be subliminal in the way we see it and hear it
 * We can analyze a TV show and look at how it reflects on societies story and value within our personal live
 * We can Recognize the role and power of advertising in the mass media
 * We can Extend and apply their speaking, listening, writing, reading, viewing, and representing abilities
 * We can Extend and apply their representing and viewing abilities by designing and creating a media text

__ **How we will learn it** __ __ **Monday, October 15th and Tuesday, October** __ **__16th__:** Today and tomorrow, you will be given the time to create your Psychographic (VALS) page for your wiki. Please refer to the handout from last week (see below) for your assignment.

**__Wednesday, October 17th and Thursday, October 18th__**: For the next couple of classes we are going to be looking at a specific piece of media that focuses product placement within it. Most of us, over the past few years, has heard a little bit about the Transformers movies (there have been 3 of them over the last 5 years). You know, those robots called Autobots that come to earth to save us from the Decepticons. Yeah, those guys! :) Well, within the first movie there are over ** 96 product placements ** thrown into it. Our job is to actually see if we can spot as many as we can. ** Within this search you will need to keep your eyes AND your ears open ** . Yes, not only is product placement about sight, it is about what you hear, as well. Please download the following handout to your network space. We will be completing these as we watch the movie. Afterwards we will post your findings and your opinion question to your wikispace. Here is the handout:



__**Friday, October 19th**__: Glee day! Here are the response questions:





Have a great weekend!

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__ **Tuesday, October 9th to Friday, October 12th, 2012** __ __ **What are we learning?** __


 * We can Recognize the codes, forms, and conventions of the various mass media
 * We can Recognize the ways in which the various mass media shape their messages, and construct a sense of what the world is or how it works
 * We can Analyze and evaluate the various mass media, including their sources, intents, and underlying values
 * We can Recognize the role and power of advertising in the mass media
 * We can Extend and apply their speaking, listening, writing, reading, viewing, and representing abilities
 * We can Extend and apply their representing and viewing abilities by designing and creating a media text
 * We can analyze a TV show for codes and conventions
 * We can analyze a TV show and look at how it reflects on societies story and value within our personal lives


 * __ How we will learn it __**
 * __ Tuesday, October __**__ **9th and Wednesday, October 10th**: __ Hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving weekend! Today we are going to start looking at the art of advertising by studying the art of "Product Placement". In this section, we are going to be looking at how companies use advetising within movies and TV to promote their products to you. We will be watching the documentary ** "Greatest Movie Ever Sold" ** to help us look at how this technique is used, and we will be using class discussion at different points in the movie to look at some of the things being shown to us. We are also going to looking at finding your brand and how advertisers use our personal sense of how we were raised and our environment to focus on how they persuade us to buy their products.

__**Thursday, October 11th**__: Today we are going to look at what kind of shopper you are and how advertisers use this information to promote their products to us. Please download the notes to your network space for safe keeping. Once we go through the notes it will be up to you to decide what kind of shopper you are and what kinds of advertisements effect you. Your job will also be to examine three (3) other people that you know and describe what kind of shopper they are and give some examples of what kinds of advertising would work on them. That is a total of 4 people (you and 3 others of your choice). Please create a page on your wiki called " ** Psychographics ** ". This is where you will put your information. Please feel free to use advertisements from YouTube or ones that you find online. ** We will continue with this on Monday. **




 * __Friday, October 12th__: **Episode 5 this week! Here is the study questions:



Have a great weekend!!



__ **Monday, October 1st to Friday, October 5th, 2012** __ __ **What are we learning?** __


 * We can Recognize and appreciate the role of mass media in communication, in contemporary society, and in their personal lives
 * We can Recognize the codes, forms, and conventions of the various mass media
 * We can Recognize the ways in which the various mass media shape their messages, and construct a sense of what the world is or how it works
 * We can Analyze and evaluate the various mass media, including their sources, intents, and underlying values
 * We can Recognize the role and power of advertising in the mass media
 * We can Extend and apply their speaking, listening, writing, reading, viewing, and representing abilities
 * We can Extend and apply their representing and viewing abilities by designing and creating a media text
 * We can analyze a TV show for codes and conventions
 * We can analyze a TV show and look at how it reflects on societies story and value within our personal lives

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, October** **1st:**__ Last week, we really got into our Grey's Anatomy study that it went the whole week. Today, we will start off by watching our Glee episode from last week. Please make sure to download the response questions and and them to your wikispace when you are completed:



__ **Tuesday,** **October** __ **__2nd and Thursday, October 4th__:** Over the next number of classes we are going to focus on the media in the form of advertising and how the media influences us to buy into certain products and ideas. Today, we are going to start by looking at the music industry and how celebrities use their influence in pop culture to encourage us to buy certain products. The show we are going to watch is called ** "Popaganda: $ellebrity". ** As we are watching this show, I would like you to make notes on how celebrities use their influence to promote their products and their image. We will create a page on our wikis called "$ellebrity" and you will include your findings and some of celebrities promoting their products using images and YouTube.

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__**Wednesday, October 3rd**__: As you can see, I am away today. We will be finishing up Popaganda tomorrow, during class. However, today, what I would like you to do is create a page on your wikispace called "Popaganda". Once the page is create I want you to choose ** three ** celebrities (singing, acting, etc.) that use their power of celebrity to promote products. This is what I would like to see on the page:

1. The celebrities name and picture 2. A short paragraph write up of the products that they promote 3. Pictures and Video of that celebrity (Google and YouTube) promoting that product

If you finish, close to the end of class, feel free to share your findings with each other in a class discussion or group discussion.

__Friday, October 5th:__ It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on......ok, I will stop! GLEE Day! You know the drill! :)



Hope you all have a great LONG weekend!



__ **Monday, September 24th to Friday, September 28th 2012** __ __ **What are we learning?** __


 * We can investigate our own uses of media in our personal lives
 * To use the Media Triangle to deconstruct common forms of media and the way they are presented to us.
 * We can view and have a class discussion on the ways media is presented to us and the different forms that we consume in our world
 * We can use class discussion and group activities to look at the uses that Mass Media plays in our lives
 * We can use examine and use different technology media tools that play a big role in our society at the present time
 * We can recognize the role television can play in our personal lives
 * We can evaluate the popularity and nature of television
 * We can write using details and support to enhance our opinion of certain aspects of media

__**How we will learn it**__
 * __Monday, September 24th to Tuesday, September 25th__:** Now we will be switching gears in genres for the next few days. For these classes we are going to continue to look at the media triangle and how creators of pieces of media can use a similar idea and present it in different ways in order to reach a certain audience. Before, we looked at Scrubs, and now we will be looking at the show, Grey's Anatomy. Please download the handout, for the show, to your network drive so that you can edit it and answer the questions as we go along. We will then upload your document to your wikispace.



**__Wednesday, September 26th__: Catch up day!! Things to finish up:**

**1. ALL PERSONAL WIKIS UPDATED with everything from a few weeks ago!** **2. Scrubs responses uploaded** **3. Grey's Anatomy responses uploaded** **4. Glee episode 1 and 2 uploaded**

__**Friday, September 28th**__: Please remember that each response is worth 10 marks to you based on your answers for the questions in the episode. Full and complete answers will get you further than 2 word answers. Please download Episode 3 here:



Have a great weekend!



__ **Monday, September 17th to Friday, September 21st, 2012** __ __ **What are we learning?** __
 * We can investigate our own uses of media in our personal lives
 * To use the Media Triangle to deconstruct common forms of media and the way they are presented to us.
 * We can view and have a class discussion on the ways media is presented to us and the different forms that we consume in our world
 * We can use class discussion and group activities to look at the uses that Mass Media plays in our lives
 * We can use examine and use different technology media tools that play a big role in our society at the present time
 * We can recognize the role television can play in our personal lives
 * We can evaluate the popularity and nature of television
 * We can write using details and support to enhance our opinion of certain aspects of media

__ **How we will learn it** __

__ **Monday, September** 17th: __ Hope you had a great weekend! During today's class, we will be finishing up the theory notes from last week (please refer to las Thursday's entry). Once we have completed that, I am going to need to have your access your wikispaces so that we can send our usernames to their website to get them verified. Tomorrow, we will start looking at the Media Triangle as we examine two TV shows that deal with the same issues in very different ways.

__ **Tuesday, September 18th to Thursday, September 20th:** __ During these two classes we will be examining the Media Triangle (handout from previous week #4). We will be examining the triangle in class and then be using it as we view two examples.

During these three classes we will be completing the objectives listed above by looking at two similar media texts and how they are changed to meet the needs of a similar audience. Today, we will be looking at the humorous side of these two stories by looking at the show "Scrubs". Scrubs was a show that was a comedy and dealt with hospital interns trying to learn how to become doctors. These stories are definitely supposed to be told from a more comedic side and it is up to us to see how the creators of this show used different codes and conventions to tell their story. As we are watching please fill out the following worksheet on Scrubs. The questions are for you to look at and think about as we watch the show. You will be posting these responses to your wikispace. Here is the handout for you to download:



**__Friday, September 21st__**: As it is our last day before the weekend we will be continuing with our TV unit by viewing the second episode of Glee. Again, please download the questions, answer them, then post them to your wikispace.



Have a great weekend!



__ **Monday, September 10th to Friday, September 14th, 2012** __ __ **What are we learning?** __


 * We can use class discussion and group activities to look at the uses that Mass Media plays in our lives
 * We can use examine and use different technology media tools that play a big role in our society at the present time
 * We can recognize the role television can play in our personal lives
 * We can evaluate the popularity and nature of television
 * We can write using details and support to enhance our opinion of certain aspects of media
 * We can view and have a class discussion on the ways media is presented to us and the different forms of media that we consume in our world
 * We can create our own personal wikispace in order to share our learning and findings with others

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday,** **September** **10th to Wednesday, September 12th:**__ For these days we are going to be spending the time creating our personal wikispaces. Please make sure to use images, videos, and most importantly, text, in order to create your pages. Please don't just rely on images and videos to fill your pages with. You need to be able to explain yourself, using your words. Here is a copy of the assignment, again. You can also check the "Handous" section for all of the handouts that are distributed to you throughout the class.




 * __Thursday, September 13th__**: Today and the begining of next week, we will be starting to go over the following handouts for our section on "Mass Media and Populor Culture". Please save them to your "Media Studies" folder on your space on the network. Again, you always have access to these files on the wiki. Here are the ones to save (they are also available in the **Handouts** section):



__**Friday, September 14th**__: Today, we are going to start off on a unit of study that we are going to look at over the rest of the semester. As most of you know, there is this really cool tool in media called TELEVISION. This semester, we are going to be looking at the TV series, GLEE. There has been many things written about this show. Some reviews have been good and some of them have been not so good for the things they portray on this show. Our job, this semester, is to examine the show every Friday (from the beginning of season 1). We will be looking at many different things from the make-up of the show, the characters, the topics they look at. The setting is set in a high school with high school students. That means they are dealing in your world. Each week, you are going to be receiving a handout from me of questions that you will need to answer and hand in. These questions are very open and I want you to give me your honest opinion. Remember, though, that means actually writing down what you are thinking and not just giving me a two word answer. You will be given time at the end of each episode to finish up your questions and hand them in. Please save a copy of the questions to your "Media Studies" folder, open it and answer the questions. These will then be posted to your GLEE page on your wiki:



Have an awesome weekend!!

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__ **Tuesday, September 4th to Friday, September 7th, 2012** __ __ **What are we learning?** __
 * We can read through our course outline
 * We can begin to investigate our own uses of media in society and how other use it
 * We can view and have a class discussion on the ways media is presented to us and the different forms of media that we consume in our world
 * We can create our own personal wikispace in order to share our learning and findings with others


 * __How we will learn it__ **


 * __Tuesday, September 4th__: ** Welcome to Media Studies 20. Today, we took a look at the course outline and then started discussing and viewing some of topics and issues that we will look at in our class. We also talked about the creation of your media logs on the wikis. We will be starting these in the next few days. Please remember to use this wiki in case you need to see what we did in class when you are away or to download handouts that you may have missed in class (posted under each daily entry and in the handouts section on the left hand side). We also took the time to look at some different forms of media and we will be doing this over the next few days as a class discussion.


 * Please refer to the "Course Outline" for Media Studies 20 on the left hand side of the page. **


 * __Wednesday, September 5th__: ** What I would like you to do is to log into your wikispaces and pick up where we left off yesterday by picking your theme and colours.After that I would like for you to go onto the internet and yes, even Facebook (if you must) to find the following pictures and save them to your network space:

Remember, you can save a picture by "right clicking" and the "save picture as" option. Please make sure to create a folder in your network space called "Media Studies 20"

1. Pictures of your favourite food 2. Pictures of your friends and family (school appropriate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) 3. Pictures from TV shows that you like 4. Pictures of your favourite musicians or bands 5. Pictures of your favourite movies 6. Pictures of your hobbies (cars, music, sports, shopping, recreations, etc.)

__**Thursday, September 6th and Friday, September 7th**__ :Today we are going to watch a few videos from YouTube and have our first class discussion about aspects of the media and why we, as a society, find enjoyment from such things. We will also begin working on developing our own personal wikispace. We will be going over some of the basics of how to setup a wikispace in class an then you will be allowed to explore, on your own and with your classmates, on different things you can do with the wikispace site. Please refer to the handout for instructions (we will go over in class). As this is a big part of our class, I want to give you sometime to work on this project. You will be given the next few classes to get this completed. You will receive a rubric for your wikispace evaluation tomorrow.



You are going to be given these classes to work on your wikispace. Please remember to use the assignment above and the rubric down below so you will know what and how you are being evaluated on.



One of my favourite videos to get your weekend off on a good note:

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