Feb. 17 - 20: Media Awareness

DUE Thurs. Feb. 20: student fraud Crossword(10)
DUE Thurs. Feb. 20: Celebrity Research worksheet (25)
DUE Mon. Feb. 24:  Privacy worksheet (12)
Reading Logs are overdue (24 marks)

Thurs. Feb. 20  #SpyingTownHall at 5:00 pm today here
- Today, you'll be writing two opinion editorial (op-ed) - style responses to two topics/questions we have been investigating this week:

• Media celebrity activism: Is it altruism or self-promotion?
• Is privacy dead?

 - See an example op-ed http://digitaljournal.com/print/article/365045
 - These writing samples will be peer-edited; use your writing codes, not your names.
 

Young Canadians in a Wired World: Online Privacy, Online Publicity from MediaSmarts | HabiloMédias

Wed. Feb. 19
Blk. G - 30 min. for course selection
Blk. E- 25 min. for crossword completion, privacy paragraph completion or celebrity research sheet completion.
- Complete the back of the privacy worksheet (3 thesis statements).
- Additional reading: Articles on Monitoring Students,  Privacy Anxiety

Tues. Feb. 18: Media Celebrity Activism: Is It Altruism or Self-Promotion?

In the classroom: complete the reading preferences survey  and then complete the online survey in the computer lab.

Complete these two tasks in the computer lab:

1. **Visit Look to the Stars and complete the celebrity information chart (page 8) for any five people.
2.  **Review the media representation piece from the United Nations Refugee Agency. Write point form responses on the deconstructing media handout (page 9)

**Both tasks (25 marks) due for Mon. Feb. 24

Mon. Feb. 17, 2014 - Complete student information form (3 marks)

- 25 minutes for self-directed silent reading or work on the student Fraud Crossword using the RCMP Student Fraud Guide. 
- Personal privacy grid activity: Compare your grid with several other students and write a paragraph about your own views on personal information privacy.