Communications+Media+20+Spring+2014

__**Monday, June 9th to Wednesday, June 18th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can create our own unique logo that will revolve around a business that you will create
 * You can explain why you came up with the logo that you did and the brand that you are trying to sell
 * We can create an advertising campaign that will use Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to promote your brand

__** How we will learn it **__ __**Monday, June 9th to Monday, June 16th**__**:** You have this time to work on your projects.

__**Tuesday, June 17th and Wednesday, June** **18**:__ Please have the following things uploaded to your wikispace page. You can entitle it "Final Advertising Project". Please make sure that all questions below are answered and all links, images, and videos are uploaded.


 * 1. What is your product? **
 * 2. What does your logo represent? **
 * 3. Who is the target audience (main people that will buy your product) for your logo and why did you choose them? **
 * 4. What type of personality (feeling, mood) did you give your FB or Twitter site? Why did you go with this? **
 * 5. How did you get your logo out to the public? What did you rely on? **
 * 6. What did you find difficult about this project? **
 * 7. What did you enjoy about this project? **
 * 8. If you were to give yourself a mark (percentage wise) where would you rank yourself? Why? **

Well that's it! I hope you have an amazing summer and for those graduating, have an awesome rest of your life! :)

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__**Monday, June 2nd to Friday, June 6th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can analyze a companies logo to find out the story behind it and it's impact on the brand it sells
 * We can create our own unique logo that will revolve around a business that you will create
 * You can explain why you came up with the logo that you did and the brand that you are trying to sell
 * We can create an advertising campaign that will use Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to promote your brand

__** How we will learn it **__ __** Monday, June 2nd and Tuesday, Ju **** ne 3rd **__** : ** Surprise! I'm not here today and tomorrow! My replacement teacher will be hanging out with you! During this days you are going to be continuing to create your Social Media Marketing campaign for your product/logo/company. Just liked we talked about on Friday, I am going to be getting you to outline exactly what you are going to be creating during this time. Before working on your outline, I want you to read these two articles and view one YouTube video. After, download the handout, complete the outline (please type it out), print off, and then hand into my desk before the end of Tuesday's class.

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With the rest of the time that's given you can begin working on your projects. Some of you will be working on design, while others work on pictures, and others are working on video. Everyone will be working on their own things. If you do need to leave the classroom please make sure my replacement teacher knows. Also, the iPod touches are available to you but you will need to get the key to get into the cupboard. If my replacement teacher doesn't have one you will need to go ask the office.

See you on Wednesday, when I get back!

__**Wednesday, June 4th to Friday, June 6th**__: Today, I will be going over your outline, during class, and making sure that we are all on track. I also want to talk to you about a due date for this assignment as I know we are getting into crunch time with exams and stuff coming up. Let's figure this out together and the we will keep plugging along with whatever we are focusing on today, tomorrow, and Friday. Please remember, if you need ANYTHING from me to help make your project better, ASK ME!!! We will make it work!!

Have a great weekend!

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__**Monday, May 26th to Friday, May 30th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can select elements to produce a one page advertisement.
 * We can produce a series of thumbnail sketches for a variety of one page advertisements.
 * We can create and print a one page advertisement
 * We can analyze a companies logo to find out the story behind it and it's impact on the brand it sells
 * We can create our own unique logo that will revolve around a business that you will create
 * You can explain why you came up with the logo that you did and the brand that you are trying to sell
 * We can create an advertising campaign that will use Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to promote your brand

__**Monday, May 26th**__: Today, we are going to take some time to examine other companies Facebook, Twitter, and other medias that they use to promote their logos and brands. We will take a look at a few examples in class and then give you time to explore some of your choice brands. Here are the ones we will look at:

Lacoste on Facebook McDonalds on Facebook Lulu Lemon on Facebook

Starbucks on Twitter Earls Restaurant on Twitter Disney World on Twitter

1. How their page is setup (look at where logo is place, cover art, etc.) 2. Their "About" section (what information is included) 3. Pictures and videos they include on their FB and Twitter sites 4. What they tweet about on Twitter and post on FB
 * While you are looking through, I would like you to make note of the following ** :

We will be spending most of Friday's class looking at different companies' sites to see how they use their logo and brand. Next week, you will begin piecing together how you are going to create your own FB site and your own Twitter site for your logo and brand. Think about some ideas that can work with in order to show of your logo.

__**Tuesday, May 26th to Friday, May 30th**__: Today, and the rest of this week, we are going to begin developing two sites of your choice to develop for your company logo (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, one of your choosing but must be cleared by Mr. Young) pages for our logos and companies. Remember, it is up to you to decide how you are going to brand your logo. Please refer to last week entries for details. Things to think about as you create your sites:

1. What does your brand represent? 2. How will you put your logo out to the public in a creative way? Think about the pictures and how you are going to communicate your company's brand through your logo.

We will see how far you get this week. If you need to go and take picture or work on something outside of the classroom, please make sure to check with me. I have materials available but because it is such a nice week, you may want to go and produce some of your examples outside.

**Your evaluation for this assignment will come from answering the following questions, based on what you have been looking at throughout this unit. Please create a page on your wikispace called "My Logo" and have a link to your the two sites that you have chosen included on that page.**

Here are the questions you need to answer on your page. Please be as detailed as you can (full and complete sentences):

1. Please upload a picture of your logo to the page. 2. Please have a link to your two sites posted to the page. 3. What is your product? 4. What does your logo represent? 5. Who is the target audience (main people that will buy your product) for your logo and why did you choose them? 6. What type of personality (feeling, mood) did you give your FB or Twitter site? Why did you go with this? 7. How did you get your logo out to the public? What did you rely on? 8. What did you find difficult about this project? 9. What did you enjoy about this project? 10. If you were to give yourself a mark (percentage wise) where would you rank yourself? Why?

Have an awesome weekend!



__**Tuesday, May 20th to Friday, May 23rd, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can select elements to produce a one page advertisement.
 * We can produce a series of thumbnail sketches for a variety of one page advertisements.
 * We can create and print a one page advertisement
 * We can analyze a companies logo to find out the story behind it and it's impact on the brand it sells
 * We can create our own unique logo that will revolve around a business that you will create
 * You can explain why you came up with the logo that you did and the brand that you are trying to sell
 * We can create an advertising campaign that will use Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to promote your brand

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Tuesday, May**__ **__20th and Wednesday, May__** __**21st**:__ Today and tomorrow will be your final days to finish up your advertisements for your wikispace, plus have your logo assignment completed (please see last week's entries for all the details).

__**Thursday, May 22nd and Friday, May 23rd**__: For the next couple of days, we are going to begin thinking about, sketching, and designing your own logo, for a company that you are going to make up (school appropriate, #DUH). ** YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COPY AND PASTE FROM THE INTERNET AS 99% of them are copyrighted **. This has to come from you. However you want to create the logo is fine by me (sketch that we scan, internet tools, programs on the computer). The only thing you have to remember is that you will be using this logo for the next couple of weeks as you design an advertising campaign around it (more on that next week). As you create your logo I want you to think about what you are trying to sell. Think about these questions:

1. What are you trying to sell? 2. How do you want people to see your logo? (what does your brand represent)

Next week, we will continue to work on your logo and then start talking about your advertising campaign. We will be talking about using Social Media to promote your brand and you will be given the opportunity to examine and create some for the class.

You will want to have your logo finished up by the middle of next week!

Have a great weekend!

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__**Monday, May 12th to Friday, May 16th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can select elements to produce a one page advertisement.
 * We can produce a series of thumbnail sketches for a variety of one page advertisements.
 * We can create and print a one page advertisement
 * We can analyze different advertisements for effectiveness and eye appeal
 * We are going to learn what are industry standards of shooting video (eye level, high and low angles, point of view)
 * We are going to explore framing - wide shot, close-up two shot
 * We are going to examine camera movement - tilt, pan, zoom
 * We are going to learn about framing - what are you going to focus on (head, face, body, wide shot, etc)
 * We can identify and explain effective strategies to create the production elements during pre-production such as creating the production, determining the intention, identifying the content, predicting the audience effect, writing a script, and making a storyboard.
 * We can identify types of hardware and software used in media communications and explain how they are used effectively to produce communications

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, May 12th to Wednesday, May** **14th:**__ We will be working on your advertisements that was outlined last Friday. Please check back for more information and evaluation.

__**Thursday, May 15th and Friday, May 16th**__: Today we are going to begin exploring the art of logo design. Every company and brand has a logo, just like we talked about with Janice Thouroughgood, two weeks ago. Today and tomorrow, I would like for you to explore 3 logos of your choice (fashion, food, vehicles, etc.), and find out the story behind them. You can use the computers, your ipod touches, your phones, to do the research and I would like for you to create a page on your wikispace called "Logo Analysis". I would like to see these things on your page:


 * 1. The logo that you choose **
 * 2. A quick summary of where the logo came from (designer? the story behind it?) A paragraph summary is fine **
 * 3. What the logo symbolizes for the company (how are people supposed to see and react to the logo when they see it?) **

You will be given a mark out of 5 for completion. Please make sure all 3 elements are looked at.

Next week, we are going to start looking at creating a media campaign for a product that you create.

Have a great weekend!


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__**Monday, May 5th to Friday, May 9th, 2014**__
 * We can select elements to produce a one page advertisement.
 * We can produce a series of thumbnail sketches for a variety of one page advertisements.
 * We can create and print a one page advertisement
 * We can analyze different advertisements for effectiveness and eye appeal
 * We are going to learn what are industry standards of shooting video (eye level, high and low angles, point of view)
 * We are going to explore framing - wide shot, close-up two shot
 * We are going to examine camera movement - tilt, pan, zoom
 * We are going to learn about framing - what are you going to focus on (head, face, body, wide shot, etc)
 * We can identify and explain effective strategies to create the production elements during pre-production such as creating the production, determining the intention, identifying the content, predicting the audience effect, writing a script, and making a storyboard.
 * We can identify types of hardware and software used in media communications and explain how they are used effectively to produce communications

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, Ma****y**__ **__5th:__ I AM NOT HERE TODAY! I'M SURE YOU ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO WORK ON YOUR REALITY TV PROJECTS! WE WILL BE VIEWING THESE TOMORROW AND IF WE NEED TO, ON WEDNESDAY. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE EVALUATIONS AGAIN, SO YOU KNOW HOW YOU ARE BEING MARKED! I AM NOT HERE ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY THIS WEEK AND WILL NEED SOME TIME TO GO THROUGH YOUR NEXT PROJECT! BE PREPARED! :)**

__**Tuesday, May 6th**__: PRESENTING TIME!!! Please remember that I will be using the following evaluations to arrive at your mark!



__**Wednesday, May 7th**__: Will use this time if more people need to present. I will also be going over Thursday and Fridays's assignment as we work into our advertising unit.

__**Thursday, May 8th**__: Today, we are going to be looking at the art of advertising. What I would like you to do is go online and find 5 FIVE print adervertisements that appeal to you. This can be ranging from everything from clothing to music to dog food to a make-up to a PSA (Public Service Announcement like texting and driving or drinking and driving). Once you find some advertisements that you can use, please upload three of them to your wikispace and answer the following questions under a page called "Advertising Analysis":

1 ** . What catches your eye in the advertisement? (color? image? text? etc.) **
 * 2. What kind of personality does the advertisements have? (felling of happiness, sexiness, fear, etc.) Why do you think that? **


 * Each one will be evaluated out of 5 marks for completion. A parapgraph will be more than enough for each. **


 * __Friday, May 9th:__** Today we will be beginning to create 3 different advertisements using your resrouces from photo editing. It is going to be up to to what products you want to create an advertisement for. You may even want to come up with your own product to advertise or create a PSA (Public Service Announcement). THE SKY IS THE LIMIT! :) The things I will be looking for are Personality, Image, use of color. Please come see me if you need the cameras to take pictures with. I have them available for you! :)


 * We will be printing one of your three advertisements to put on display in the hallway. Please make sure that all three of your advertisements are uploaded to your wikisapce under the "My Advertisements" that you will create on there. **
 * Here is the rubric we will use to evaluate your Advertising Projects: **



We will continue with these, next week!

Have a great weekend!







__**Monday, April 28th to Friday, May 2nd, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, April 28th**:__ AHHHHHHH what a struggle for filming with the weather being the way that it is! Our goal this week is to get the filming all completed and at least start editing! Hopefully we can get these videos done and presented by the end of next week. Let's get it done!

Don't forget that I will be using the following evaluations for your mark:



Have an awesome weekend!



__**Tuesday, April 22nd to Friday, April 25th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We are going to learn what are industry standards of shooting video (eye level, high and low angles, point of view)
 * We are going to explore framing - wide shot, close-up two shot
 * We are going to examine camera movement - tilt, pan, zoom
 * We are going to learn about framing - what are you going to focus on (head, face, body, wide shot, etc)
 * We can identify and explain effective strategies to create the production elements during pre-production such as creating the production, determining the intention, identifying the content, predicting the audience effect, writing a script, and making a storyboard.
 * We can identify types of hardware and software used in media communications and explain how they are used effectively to produce communications

__**How we will learn it**__
 * __Tuesday, Apri__**__**l 22nd and Wednesday, April 23rd**__**:** Welcome back from Easter break! I hope it was a good one! As you know, I won't be here for the next two days so it will be up to you to fend with out me (like you have ever had a problem with that before!). IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED YOUR OUTLINE OR YOUR STORYBOARD FOR YOUR REALITY SHOW, YOU NEED TO DO THAT NOW!!!!

The next step is to get all of the footage you need, and I mean, ALL of the footage! Remember this is your show and your world, so you better know how to create it and make it work, FOR YOU!! You are more than welcome to use your own camera and editing software or I have the iPod touches with iMovie on them, that you can use! Please just ask my replacement teacher to open the cupboard for you. Please make sure all iPod touches are returned at the end of class.

See you Thursday!

__**Thursday, April 24th and Friday, April 25th:**__ I'M BACK! Let's see where you are at!

Just a bit of a reminder that these are the evaluations I will be using to come up with your final mark:



Have a great weekend!



__**Monday, April 7th to April 11th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, April 7th to Wednesday, Apri****l**__ **__9th__:** During these classes you will need to have your outline and storyboard completed in order to get into the filming stage of your Reality TV project. Please see last week's entries for ALL the details! :)

__**Thursday, April 10th and Friday, April 11th**__: During these classes you will begin the filming process of your show. Remember to specifically look at the camera angles and setting up your shots that we looked at, last week. Again here is the rubrics I will be using to evaluate your show:




 * WE WILL CONTINUE WITH FILMING AFTER WE COME BACK FROM EASTER BREAK. I WILL NOT BE HERE FOR THE FIRST TWO DAYS THAT YOU ARE BACK!!**


 * I hope you all have an AWESOME break and get some rest!**



__**Monday, March 31 to Friday, April 4th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We are going to learn what are industry standards of shooting video (eye level, high and low angles, point of view)
 * We are going to explore framing - wide shot, close-up two shot
 * We are going to examine camera movement - tilt, pan, zoom
 * We are going to learn about framing - what are you going to focus on (head, face, body, wide shot, etc)
 * We can identify and explain effective strategies to create the production elements during pre-production such as creating the production, determining the intention, identifying the content, predicting the audience effect, writing a script, and making a storyboard.
 * We can identify types of hardware and software used in media communications and explain how they are used effectively to produce communications.

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, March 31st**:__ Today will be your last day to finish up your assignment from last week (shots and angles). By the end of class, we will go over the different types.

__**Tuesday, April 1st**__: Today, we are going to take a look at the "Art" of Reality TV. What I want us to focus on is reality TV really REALITY or just partially. Sometimes it can be a confusing genre but something that I think we can try and play with over the next few classes. Today what I want to do is take a look at one ladies view on what it was like being part of the reality TV process. From there, we will take a look at what it takes to create a reality program. This may be a bit more challenging than just turning on the camera and letting it roll.

Let's take a look at the Article "I was on Reality TV: Behind the Scenes Secrets of Faking Real Life"

Once we have read the article, we will have a class discussion on what we thought about the writer's take on her experience of being part of a reality TV show.

__**Wednesday, April 2nd**__: Today, we are going to start thinking of ideas that you could generate in order to create a segment for a reality TV show. You will be working in groups, pairs, singles, to make this happen. During this project you are going to be looking at the "**pre-production process**" and the beginning skills of the "**production process**".

Here are some links that can help you think of the "Reality TV Genres" that may help you out in your search for the perfect Reality TV Show concept:

Creating Reality TV Concept [|How Reality TV Works]

For the **pre-production process**, you are going to need to sit down and come up the the following things before you begin creating your show. I have given you an article that you can access to show you the steps to creating your reality TV show:

Steps to Creating a Reality TV Show

For this assignment, I am going to play the part of "Network Producer". You are going to have to impress me with your outline and story board to gain my signature so that you are going to begin filming your reality series. Please download the form below, complete it on the computer, and email me (young.brett@ccsmj.ca) your finished outline. Once that is done, you can begin working on your storyboard.



__**Thursday, April 3rd**__: During this time, once you have completed the Outline (above), you are going to need to storyboard what will be happening during the segment of your show. How you decide to create your storyboard is up to you. Take a look at this video to figure out what you need to do in the Storyboarding process:

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For your storyboard, might to use a site like:

Storyboard That or you can download this template and create it from scratch

Remember, a storyboard is used to help you setup your shots, make production notes, and help with dialogue. If it is a close-up shot, make sure that is shown. If it is a group shot, make sure that it's shown! Get the idea? You will need to have your storyboard checked over by Mr. Young before you begin shooting. The storyboard will also be handed in before you present your show to the class.

__**Friday, April 4th**__: Today we will go over the evaluation for the Reality TV show project and you will be given time to continue working on your outlines and storyboards. Shooting should begin by the middle of next week. We will finish up with this project after you come back from Easter break.



Have a great weekend!



__**Monday, March 17th to Thursday, March 27th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can develop and demonstrate skills to create and produce interactive media
 * We can research, design, briefs, task lists, mock-ups, storyboards when it comes to creating our stories
 * We can use #|application software and equipment to perform a variety of production task
 * We are going to learn how to use a camera/phone to capture effective video
 * We are going to learn what are industry standards of shooting video (eye level, high and low angles, point of view)
 * We are going to explore framing - wide shot, close-up two shot
 * We are going to examine camera movement - tilt, pan, zoom
 * We are going to learn about framing - what are you going to focus on (head, face, body, wide shot, etc)
 * We are going to use a video editing tool our our choice to edit our creations (School computers, phones, ipods, etc.)

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, Marc****h** **17th:**__ Today will be your last day to work on your "50+ Ways to Tell a Story" assignment. We will begin presentations tomorrow. (please see last week's entries for details and evaluation)

__**Tuesday, March 18th**__: Presentation for "50+ Ways..." please be ready to present!

__**Wednesday, March 19th**__: Tons of people are away for Law class! We will play this by ear!

__**Thursday, March 20th and Friday, March 21s**__t:


 * What is video production **? In its most basic form, video production consists of [|writing], [|shooting] and [|editing]. That’s it. It’s that simple. Or is it???? It takes years to become a filmmaker. We are going to learn the very basics to becoming an effective videographer.

**Define the following and find an example on YouTube for each type**. You only have this class and tomorrow to finish this task, so don't waste your time. You can work with a partner but each of you will have a "Videography Glossary" page designed on your wikispace. I would encourage you to copy and paste the terms below into the page on your wiki!

>>
 * Shooting your video – **
 * Ø Eye Level –
 * Ø High and Low angles –
 * Ø Point of View –
 * Framing – **
 * Ø Wide Shot –
 * Ø Close-up shot –
 * Ø Two Shot -
 * Ø What are you going to focus on?
 * o Head shot
 * o Face shot
 * o Body Shot
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1st Person Point of View
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Wide Shot
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What other kind of camera shots can you think of?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Camera Movement – **
 * Ø <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tilt
 * Ø <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pan
 * Ø <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Zoom

We will #|continue working on this next week (March 24th to 27th) as we know if is going to be a weird and awesome week with the Hunter Brothers coming!

Have a great weekend!

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__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, March 17th**__

__**The Big list of things to get done before Repor****t** **Cards**__ ** (February 3rd to March 18th) ** 1. __**Wikispace Start ups**__:


 * Please make sure that you wikispace and mine are hooked up. Please see Mr. Young**


 * 2. __Motivationa____l__** __**Posters**:__ Added to wikispace

3. __**Photo Editing Project**__: (please see Tuesday, February 24th entry for instructions)

4. __**50+ Ways to Tell a Story**__: (See March 6th entry for assignment and instructions)

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__**Monday, March 3rd to Thursday, March 13th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can use digital technology in the production of photographic work
 * We can develop an understanding of the impact of new technologies on the art of photography
 * We can develop an appreciation for photography as an art form
 * We can explore a variety of presentation formats used to display photographic work
 * We can develop and demonstrate skills to create and produce interactive media
 * We can research, design, briefs, task lists, mock-ups, storyboards when it comes to creating our stories
 * We can use application software and equipment to perform a variety of production tasks

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, March 3rd:**__ Today will be your last day to work on your #|photo assignment. Please see last week's entries for details and evaluation.


 * __ Tuesday, March 4th and Wednesday, March 5th __**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #01014c; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**:** Exploration Tuesday! Your job is to find something on50+Ways that you want to explore. What does that mean? I just sit and surf and then have nothing to show for it? NO!!!!! Look at the different ways of sharing information. You are to practice... play... explore.... see what is out there. But, here is the hitch, you need to be able to account for your time. Mr. Young will be asking you what site you used and what was good about it or what you didn't like. Now... Go explore on 50+Ways

__**Thursday, March 6th**__: Hopefully you have already chosen a web tool that you are going to use to tell your story. We will be going through the assignment and what you are going to need to accomplish over the next few days.



__**Friday, March 7th**__: We will be working on your 50+ assignment, after chapel!


 * __Monday, March 10th to Thursday, March 13th__**: Time to work on your 50+ ways, story project. Presentations will begin on Tuesday, March 18th.

Hope you have a great weekend!

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__**Monday, February 24th to Friday, February 28th, 2014**__ __**What are we**__ develop an understanding of the impact of new technologies on the art of photography
 * We can develop an appreciation for photography as an art form
 * We can explore a variety of presentation formats used to display photographic work

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, February 24th:**__ Today we will #|complete our discussion from last week regarding communications media. I know that we were going to create a WORDLE based on the words that we talked about; however I am going to have to get an update on the computers done before we can use anything regarding the "Java applet". Thanks for putting up with that and sorry for the inconvenience! :(

__**Tuesday, Februar****y,** **25th to Friday, February 28th:**__ This week is going to all be about exploring what you can do with the photographs that you take. What we are going to do, this week, is look at a number of examples of online tools that you can use to enhance the photographs that you take. Throughout the semester you are going to be designing and enhancing your work so that it fits your creativity and your needs, that means having a number of tools at your disposal to choose from to help you out. You will be allowed to use your phones or cameras to capture images in and around the school. Please let me know if you need me to provide you with an iPod touch so you can go and capture some images. **THE PICTURES MUST BE YOURS! NO COPYING AND PASTING FROM GOOGLE!!!!**

This weekend I went on a bit of a search and have come up with six of what I could consider good tools to try out. What I would like to to do for the next few classes is, is to take a look at these online editing software tools and see what you can do to enhance your photos. Your creativity is your gift with this project. All that I am asking you to do is to take the time to see what you can learn from each of them. I have given you seven to work from. If you find another one that you like to use, please let me know so I can add it to the list.

Near the end of the week (Thursday or Friday), I would like you to **complete four (4) pictures using 4 different online tools and apps (NOT INSTAGRAM!!!!)** that you found you focused on the most. I would like you examine how you used them, what you liked about them, what you didn't like about them, and then rate your overall experience in learning how to use the editing tools. My hope is that over the next few months, you will be able to become experts on these sites as we continue through the course and in your personal time.


 * Just a few things to note before you start exploring: **

1. Please feel free to work with a partner on this as you explore the sites, however each of you will be creating your own photos as you go along. 2. Please make sure to create a "Communications Media 20" folder in your space on the network (Z Drive, the one with your name) so that you can save your pictures to. We will be printing off a few of your AWESOME ones that we can put up around the classroom 3. For the four pictures you create, I want you to create a page on your wikispace called "Digital Photography" 4. On your "Digital Photography" page I want you to upload the pictures that you created (I will show you how). Also, for each of the pictures you upload, I want you to answer the following questions based on the work you did in each of the sites:


 * What was the name of the site/app? Please link an address so that we can see it from your page to the site. Most apps have websites that you can access.
 * What was your first impression of the site/app as you began to use it? This can be good or bad. Explain.
 * What editing tools did you focus on with your pictures as you used the site/app further? Were you successful in creating the effects you wanted? Explain.
 * What tools confused you and were unsure of what they were supposed to do? Did you spend time exploring them?
 * After spending some time with the site/app, do you feel more confident with using the tools within it? Would you use this site/app again? Why or why not? Explain
 * **PLEASE POST A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PHOTO AND YOUR EDITED PICTURE SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE**


 * Here are the sites for you to start looking at over the next few days: **

[|BeFunky] [|SumoPaint] [|ImageChef] PicMonkey [|PhotoShop Express] [|FotoFlexer]

You are more than welcome to find apps to use on your phone or iPod touch! If they are free, that's even better!!


 * Here is the rubric for your evaluation on this assignment:**



Have a great weekend!



__**Wednesday, February 19th to Friday, February 21st, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We are going to learn how to create and assess interactive media.
 * We can explore various web based tools to display assignments that are completed throughout the semester
 * We will be able to identify various roles and influences of communication media in school and society.
 * We are going to create an effective power point and understand its purposes
 * We are going to know the terms, copyright, open source, creative commons, stock resources

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Wednesday, February**__ **__19th__:** Please make sure that you have given me your username for your wikispace so that I can email Max, and get him to verify your accounts. Today, I want you to go back to the entry from last week (Thursday, February 13th), and follow the instructions. Before the end of the period, we will have our class discussion on the research you have done, this period.

__**Thursday, February 20th and Friday, February 20th**__: Exploration Thursday - From you information that you collected yesterday about communications media, you are to choose the most effective words that would do the following;
 * define media
 * explain the purpose of communications media
 * examples of media
 * how communications media affects others
 * good things social media does
 * bad things social media does and we need to be aware of (we are being proactive when it comes to the bad!)

Now that you have created your word list we are going to create a [|Wordle]. Once you have completed your [|Wordle], save it to your network spot and print it out to put up in our room. Make sure you have a way to ID your [|Wordle]. (Usually that is done by your name!).

When you are done (because this task should be done by the end of class, unless you are not using your time effectively) check out the following link - Cog Dog's 50 Ways

I hope you all have a great weekend!



__**Monday, February 10th to Thursday, February 13th, 2014**__
 * We are going to learn how to create and assess interactive media.
 * We can explore various web based tools to display assignments that are completed throughout the semester
 * We will be able to identify various roles and influences of communication media in school and society.
 * We are going to create an effective power point and understand its purposes
 * We are going to know the terms, copyright, open source, creative commons, stock resources.

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, February 10th to Wednesday, Februar****y**__ **__12th__:** You will have these three classes to finish up your wikispaces and your motivational posters (please see last week's entries).

__**Thursday, February 13th**__: Here is your task for the period:

1) Find one person that you are going to work well with today. If you choose to work by yourself, that is totally ok! 2) Make sure you find a way to document your answers (hmmmmm, wiki page). Each person needs to have their own answers. You also need to find examples from the world wide web. Whatever examples you find is awesome!!!! If you find something really good and you want to share make sure you email me! All contact information is on my home page. 3) Let's discuss!!
 * First question - Define media
 * What is the purpose for communications media?
 * Find an example of video, audio and interactive media.
 * Find examples of blogs, social networking, or any other communication tool.
 * How does communication affect others? Think of social networking
 * Find examples of how communications media can help others. Find examples how communications media can hurt others.

When you are done (because this task should be done by the end of class, unless you are not using your time effectively) check out the following link - Cog Dog's 50 Ways

Next week we will be continuing on with this discussion!

Have a great weekend !!

R.I.P Flappy Bird



__**Monday, February 3rd to Friday, February 7th, 2013**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We are going to learn how to create and assess interactive media.
 * Explore various web based tools to display assignments that are completed throughout the semester

__**How we will learn it**__

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1 . Out first task is to get to know each other. Who are you? Who am I? What guidelines do you need to be successful in Communications Media 20?




 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Communications through Media || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">3-5 hours ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Legal and Ethical Issues || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Throughout the Course ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Production Stages || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">3-5 hours ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Career <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Opportunities || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Throughout the Course ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Preproduction Process || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">2-3 hours ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Video Production || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">10-20 hours ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Audio Production || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">5-10 hours ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Interactive Media || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Throughout the Course ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Project - 20% of your mark || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">20-30 hours ||

2. Wikispaces! We are going to be using them a lot this semester for posting assignments, thoughts, reflections, and the occasional hilarious YouTube video! You are going to given the first three classes of the semester to create your wikispaces, from scratch. Some of you may have them create already but we are going to update them and YOU are going to play the parts of the experts and help the others in the class in creating their first ones!



<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">3. Create your own inspirational or motivational poster. This is something that reflects YOU! Not your buddy. Put on the poster something that you would say to another person to encourage them. Use whatever tool you want to get your finished product. **Save it to you Comm Med 10 folder. DO NOT PRINT!** When you are done the task, please work on your wiki.

Here are some of my favourites! I will have a lot more to share throughout the semester!




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 * [[image:whatisstoppingyou/1231500_704726602874067_1344756016_n.jpg width="338" height="284"]] || [[image:whatisstoppingyou/I_run_with_scissors.jpg width="321" height="375"]] ||