Media+Communications

__5/14/10 Sub Assignment:__
Andrea Goulet wrote a[| blog post] about which media tools are worth your time. Read through her list of tools and explanations and find a new media tool that you are not very familiar with. Then, spend the rest of class looking into that tool.
 * Do they have a demonstration video that you can watch?
 * Is their a "how to" video on the web about that program?
 * What do other blogs say about the tool?
 * Have you ever heard of others using this tool/
 * Do you think the tool is productive? Will it last?
 * What ideas can you think of on how this could be useful? What would people use it for?

NOTE Each one of you needs to try and pick a different media tool. Stay away from RSS since we will be looking more at this next week.

If you are researching the new media tool the entire class period, **your assignment** will be to report back to be about the tool on Monday. However, **if you finish early your assignment** is to write a review based on the above questions on your blog. Daily points are given based on the substitutes report of how on-task you were for the ENTIRE class period.

5/6/10
Find a new media trend/tool (ex. ipad) and write a review of the gadget on Elective Chatter. Find out as much information as you can about the background of the product (where did the idea come from, when did the first one come on the market, how is the supply/demand, who makes the product, current sale data, projected growth, etc.), and then find out what others are saying about the product (look on consumer review sites, other blogs, etc.). Open your review up for others' questions, comments, and discussions.

If you finish early, starting writing a commercial dialog for the product. This could be in a sales format or a "try it before you buy it" format. Be creative and specific. (Who are the actors? Where does the commercial take place? What are the camera angles? What props will you need?)

[] [|ttp://www.americangaming.org/Industry/factsheets/statistics_detail.cfv?id=7] = = =Media throughout the Subjects:=

Select one of the projects listed on the assignment sheet 'Media in Social Studies'. Along with Mrs. Thompson, select an appropriate individual deadline for completion.



The document to the left contains the project requirements for the "Media in the Arts" section.

=--= =__The Academy Awards:__=

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, "are the oldest, best known, most influential, most prestigious, and famous of film awards." (according to http://www.filmsite.org/oscars.html) The red carpet event & ceremony consume an all day long event in LA. As part of the Media Communications class, it is important to be informed with the talent and process that goes into producing films.

[|E-online;] Covered all of the pre-red carpet, and red carpet events prior to the awards ceremony

[|Oscars.com:] Contains all of the road to the Oscars special, nominees, and winner for the 2010 awards


 * See Mrs. Thompson for assignment guidelines and requirements**

=--= =__Please Rob Me:__=
 * Read the following article on yahoo news: []


 * Then check out the Please Rob Me site: []


 * Gather some **research and information** about the site and post a brief **summary on your blog.**

= = =-= =Google Week:= Your task for the week is to explore the many tools that google has created and compose a "Google Portfolio". You're portfolio should include sample work created on a variety of google sites. It can also include a list of programs you did not know about and ideas of how you might use that particular google tool. You can have fun with these programs and create tools you may actually use instead of simply qualifications to meet the assignment (example: google calendar). See the in class handout for the list of google sites to explore.
 * Then, find some examples of "smart" people who have fallen into the trap on a social networking site. Why would this be a bad idea? Can you locate where people are right now? Have you ever done this yourself?



Copyright Study:
The History of Copyright Laws and Where we Stand Today
 * [|Digital History Site]
 * [|The History of Copyright in the United States]


 * Assignment**:
 * As you read, select a few key events in the history of copyright and enter them on the Timeline Tool. Note why the change was made to copyright legislation in the “description” section of the tool.


 * *For the Unit of Measure: click on DATE

[|News Stories about Copyright Issues]


 * Resources to be Used:**
 * [|Online Notetaker]

**Entrainment Video: "What is entrainment?"**

 * Websites to Gather Photos:**
 * [|http://pics4learning.com >]
 * [] Gorgeous pictures to get inspired by! Scenery, animals, news, etc.
 * [|www.morguefile.com] Free high resolution digital stock photography for public use.


 * Assignment:**
 * 1) Visit each site above. While you are there browse for a photograph that inspires or compels an emotion inside of you. You will be using this photograph as a starting point to create a wordless video that compels an emotion in the viewer.
 * 2) Once you have chosen your starting picture, copy a link onto your blog. In 3-5 sentences tell me. **5pts.**
 * 3) Why did you choose this picture?
 * 4) What emotion does it create inside of you?
 * 5) What vision do you have for your video?
 * 6) After you have blogged, set up a folder on the desktop titled __"(your name)__ wordless video pictures." I want to see this folder on the desktop. See me if you do not know how to do this. **5 pts.**
 * 7) Browse through the above three sites and link pictures you would like to include in your video. Save each picture into your folder.
 * 8) Once you have collected at least 20 photos, you can begin your video. You will probably want more than 20. (20 pictures at 5 seconds each will create 1min and 40 seconds of video)


 * Video Requirements:** 30 points total (+10 getting started task points)
 * There must be no verbal words **5pts**
 * Video length: 1-4 minutes **5pts**
 * Creativity is a must! **5pts**
 * Pictures must be coherent among each other **5pts**
 * Video music and photographs must work together to create an emotion. **5pts**
 * Completed by deadline **5pts**

__**The Result of Technology?**__ Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis? Find at least 3 blogs or sources to support your opinion and link them to your post. You should plan on posting this on elective chatter.

Google Blogsearch has a list of different authors blogs dealing with [|this topic].

Here is also a [|Google Search] that has different sources speaking out on the topic.



Schools are catching on...moving and fidgeting while learning helps your brain. [|Check it out!]

ASSIGNMENT**: Record your thoughts on your personal class blog. Questions to think about: - What did you think about the study abc news did? - Do you agree with their findings? - How does LMA meet or not meet students need to fidget? What programs are in place at LMA? If you don't know yet, what questions might you have? - What do you wish school and teacher better understood about the way you need to learn?

Other Media Resources Used for This Course:

 * [|Google Sketch-up]

Absent Work for Media Communications Visit [|www.prezi.com]
 * Watch the “What is Prezi” 1 minute video
 * Click “Sign Up” on the left hand side
 * Sign up for the Public Free Prezi by clicking “Get”
 * You then should get an email to verify your account
 * Watch the tutorial videos

Also- Student should be finished with all of their tasks from Month 1 including the calendar assignments (see below). We will not have any other time to work on these during class.


=__**Student Skill Page**__=

Assignment: October 2, 2009
__**Attn: Media Communication Students:**__ View the document below and complete the 2 assignments listed.

__**Assignment Check List for Month 1**__

__**Podcast Assignment #2**__ Write a script for a one-minute radio commercial that uses two performers, music, and at least two sound effects. Indicate on the script where the music and sound effects will be inserted.
 * You may work individually or in groups of **two** for this assignment. If you work individually, you will need to find an assistant to fill the perform the second voice.

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=Copyright Laws Assignment=

Sam W. Myspace copyright laws **"Protecting Copyrights and Other Intellectual Property. MySpace respects the intellectual property of others, and requires that our users do the same. You may not upload, embed, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that infringes any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any person or entity. It is MySpace’s policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the membership of repeat infringers. **
 * If you want to report someone for copyright infringement you must....**
 * [a] identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed**
 * [b] identification of the claimed infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material on the MySpace Services (providing the URL(s) of the claimed infringing material satisfies this requirement);**
 * [c]information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address;**
 * [d] a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;**
 * [e] a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and**
 * [f] your physical or electronic signature."**

all in all... Do not use anything that has already been used.

**Blogger Copyright Laws**
You have to be at least 13 years of age to have a blog. Blogger says you are reasponsible for anything that you create. You also must accept the conciquinces that you may face when doing something wrong.

=**Copyright Laws Wikispace**:= Tony K. [|http://www.pitt.edu/~skvarka/education/copyright/]

A man named Christopher B. Skvarka wrote about copyright laws on the Internet at the website mentioned above. He said that many people believe that if the copyright symbol isn't on a website then it isn't copyrighted. Christopher said that this actually isn't true. The only time that someone can copy something off of the Internet without giving the creator credit is if the website says “I grant this to the public domain”. He says that you should always ask for permission to use their work and that this usually gets a “yes” answer.

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Blogger.com has rules that users must agree to before they can make a blog on their website. Blogger says that users are responsible for any blog that they create and must accept any consequences if they break any rules. If a user breaks a rule they could lose their account on Blogger, and they can also suffer punishments that are given by the state and other legal punishments They have to be at least 13 years old to make a blog. Google owns everything on the blog.

MS For YouTube copy right you agree to not copy someone’s work and claim it as your own. On your YouTube account you also agree to not post offensive backgrounds. YouTube may have 3rd party links on the website YouTube is not responsible for any content, privacy policies, the 3rd party may have. You must not use someone else’s account with permission and you are also responsible for your own account. You must also tell YouTube immediately if there is a security breach. You agree not to advertise with YouTube’s Embeddable player without consent of YouTube.

A MySpace term of use consists of: You agree that your 13 years of age to sign up for MySpace. MySpace can delete your account anytime if they suspect you’re less than 13 years old. MySpace reserves the right to charge for any portion of the MySpace Services and to change its fees (if any) from time to time in its discretion. You are responsible for your password and your account and all use of your account. Any pictures, music, and video you put on MySpace you grant to MySpace a limited license to use, modify, delete from, add to, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute those.

AF = Myspace copyright laws = "Protecting Copyrights and Other Intellectual Property. MySpace respects the intellectual property of others, and requires that our users do the same. You may not upload, embed, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that infringes any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any person or entity. It is MySpace’s policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the membership of repeat infringers. If you want to report someone for copyright infringement you must....  [a] identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed  [b] identification of the claimed infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material on the MySpace Services (providing the URL(s) of the claimed infringing material satisfies this requirement);  [c]information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address; [d] a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; [e] a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and [f] your physical or electronic signature."

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In short, according to this statement from Myspace all official copyright laws apply on the sight and will be inforced. If you are caught repeatedly breaking these terms of use, your count may be deleted for good. Myspace respects the intellectual and artistic rights of it's users so those that do not obey will be expelled from the network. Myspace gives specific instructions on how to report copyright infringement which is quite helpful in stopping unlawful posts and such. ====== IMPORTANT TEXT IS COLOR COATED :)

[] [|http://www.pitt.edu/~skvarka/education/copyright/]

A man named Christopher B. Skvarka wrote about copyright laws on the Internet at the website mentioned above. He said that many people believe that if the copyright symbol isn't on a website then it isn't copyrighted. Christopher said that this actually isn't true. The only time that someone can copy something off of the Internet without giving the creator credit is if the website says “I grant this to the public domain”. He says that you should always ask for permission to use their work and that this usually gets a “yes” answer.

[]

Blogger.com has rules that users must agree to before they can make a blog on their website. Blogger says that users are responsible for any blog that they create and must accept any consequences if they break any rules. If a user breaks a rule they could lose their account on Blogger, and they can also suffer punishments that are given by the state and other legal punishments They have to be at least 13 years old to make a blog. Google owns everything on the blog.

Sam W. __Copyright Internet Laws.__
 * MSN-**

= Class Introductions = hey my name is Blake. i am 16 years young. i am in 10th grade and i was born in grand rapids Michigan. i like to hang out with my friends and play video games. my favorite game is kill zone 2.

My name is Matt and I've been at LMA for 2 years now. I'm 16 and like Anime and video games. My favorate subject at LMA is science class. I was born and raised in MI. I have 3 cats 2 dogs and my sister has about 50 rabbits.

My name is Tony and I am in the tenth grade. My first year at Lake Michigan Academy was last year for ninth grade. Before coming here, I went to Saints Peter and Paul school in Grand Rapids. I went there from four year old preschool to eighth grade. I have two parents, a sister named Aimee, and a rabbit named Eddie. I live in Walker, Michigan.

I am Sam, Sam I am, Am I Sam? I am a senior at LMA. I have only been here for about a week. I used to attend Newaygo High School, then moved to Grand Rapids. I love animals, I like them more than humans/you. Sleeping would have to be my favorite thing to do. I enjoy escaping reality any way i can. Vegas is the best place I've ever been, I plan on going there in the future. I would like to be an Animal Cop, working for the ASPCA. I have a dog, she's a Yorkie. Her name is Graycie. I love to reading, writing, and art. I have a niece and nephew. Reygan and Jonas, the have changed my life completely. Over all I am a very laid back person.

My name is Audrey, I'm sixteen and this is my first semester at LMA. I came here after spending a semester at Orion Alternative school and before that, I went to Grandville Public Schools up until my sophomore year. I almost always have my camera around my neck when I'm not at school. I have a one year old pug named Syd that I got for my fifteenth birthday who is my best friend but at the same time, he aggravates me more than anyone else. When I graduate from high school, where ever that may be or when I turn 18 (whatever comes first) I plan to move away from Michigan to the East coast or possibly farther West. I don't know, really. My ultimate goal is to get out of Michigan. I don't know what I want to be “when I grow up” yet but they way I look at it, I have the rest of my life to figure it out.

Hey what up my name is Taylor i am ummm o yea im 17 turned it on may 19th. lets see i love to be outside an moving i like to go threw walks threw the woods an hunt man do i love to hunt. Also i love to fish i like to catch turtles an snakes an stuff i am a nature boy. i have 3 younger brothers Jacob Mark An Cris we all like to fight an stuff with each other were really close. I have a dog named Adon an a cat named Ginger we named Ginger after my girls sister cause she is a red head i have been at Lma for about 4 weeks so its my first year. have a great day at school pce out Taylor

Hello my name is Michael this is my sophomore in high school at LMA this is my 2nd full year here before I came here I was Home schooled at Saint Michael's Academy a.k.a my house we called it that so we could register on certain sites for edu. I have a ton of History books at my house and am a history addict like my Father I love anime stop and clay animation am fond of movie making video game making I have 4 years under my belt and can script common codes and animate virtual models I also Uv map and model on my own I can also Pilot a two man Glider its kind of like a manned UAV.