Friday, August 27, 2010

Media Studies: Sept. 7 - 10, 2010

Weekly Assignment focus: Annotated Bibliography (5 entries based on tourism media). Due: Mon. Sept. 20 (attached to final copy of your informal essay). Marking Rubric

Fri. Sept. 10/10 - Media Awareness

- Today, we are booked into the K-library computer lab to type good copies of the annotated bibliographies. Use alphabetical order and hanging indent format. See this example.
- When you are finished, try one or two of the online quizzes:

Thurs. Sept. 9/10 - Privacy in the Digital Age

- Today we'll watch the video below and continue completing the annotated bibliography assignment. We'll be in the library lab tomorrow to type good copies.
- In the last 20 - 30 minutes we'll be in the library to check out silent reading books for next week. 

"Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion." Democracy Now. (Parts 1 & 2)



Wednesday, Sept. 8/10 - Privacy in the Digital Age
Today, we're discussing how privacy is impacted by the media and technology we interact with on a daily basis.




Tues. Sept. 7 - Welcome to English 11.
Today we will review the course outline and expectations.
Discussion Items:

  • Seating plan
  • Course blog
  • Silent reading
  • Study block 
  • Academic aspirations
  • Evaluation 
  • Assignment completion
  • Essays
  • Tests
  • Re-writes / add-on assignment
  • Cross-grade exam
  • Email contact (assignments only)
  • Literary theme(s) of this course
  • Media literacy unit / review 
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