Media+Awareness+Assignments

Media Awareness Daily Topics & Assignments

Gaming ||< First day items || Tuesday 9/7 || || Course contract || Monday 9/13 || Gaming issues and articles South Park: //Make Love Not Warcraft// ||  ||   ||
 * < __** Date **__ ||< __** Topic **__ ||< __** Assignment **__ || **__Due Date__** ||
 * < Wednesday 9/1 ||< Introductions ||< First day items || Tuesday 9/7 ||
 * < Thursday 9/2 ||< Finish course overview
 * Tuesday 9/7 || Gaming: Stephen Johnson; //Gamer Generation//
 * Tuesday 9/7 || Gaming: Stephen Johnson; //Gamer Generation//
 * Wednesday 9/8 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 9/13 || //Gamer Generation// ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 9/14 || //Gamer Generation// ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 9/15 || //Gamer Generation// ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 9/16 || Discussion of //Gamer Generation//
 * Thursday 9/16 || Discussion of //Gamer Generation//
 * Friday 9/17 || Wrap up Gaming ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 9/20 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 9/21 || Gaming wrap up; New Communities ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 9/22 || New Communities: video segments ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 9/23 || New Communities: articles, found poems ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 9/24 || New Communities: found poems, analysis || If you were out: Write a found poem using the two articles from Thursday's class. Here are the instructions: Found poems ||  ||
 * Monday 9/27 || Internet & the Brain: Intro ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 9/28 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 9/29 || Internet & the Brain: Intro ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 9/30 || Tools of the Mind ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 10/1 || Tools of the Mind; The Deepening Page ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 10/4 || The Deepening Page: Gutenberg ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 10/5 || Evolution of Reading & Writing ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 10/6 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 10/7 || Socratic Seminar: A Medium of the Most General Nature-- the Internet subsumes everything! ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 10/8 || The Very Image of a Book ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 10/12 || Multitasking ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 10/13 || Multitasking & Memory ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 10/14 || Three C's ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 10/15 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 10/18 || Work on team project ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 10/19 || Work on team project ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 10/20 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 10/21 || Work on team project ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 10/22 || Present team project #1 ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 10/25 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 10/26 || Debrief; Essay Intro ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 10/27 || Essay #1 ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 10/28 || Gender: Intro ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 10/29 || Tough Guise || Honors projects || Mon 11/1 ||
 * Monday 11/1 || Honors project presentation ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 11/2 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 11/3 || Images of Males in Advertisements ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 11/4 || Males in Ads & TV ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 11/5 || Mass Media Messages About Males on Prime Time TV ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 11/8 || Finish prime time TV; closing messages ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 11/9 || Males/masculinity journal; Killing Us Softly ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 11/10 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 11/11 || NO SCHOOL ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 11/12 || Women in Advertising ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 11/15 || Mass media messages about body image & impossible perfection- webquest ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 11/16 || Finish ad analysis; webquest analysis ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 11/17 || Erin Brockovich ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 11/18 || Erin Brockovich ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 11/19 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 11/22 || Erin Brockovich; Disney & Gender ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 11/23 || Disney & Gender ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 11/29 || Musical messages about gender; wrap up || Final gender journal || Tuesday 11/30 ||
 * Tuesday 11/30 || Intro: Mixed Messages About Race, Religion, and Ethnicity; //Crash// ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 12/1 || //Crash// ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 12/2 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 12/3 || Debrief //Crash// ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 12/6 || Begin //Do the Right Thing// ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 12/7 || //Do the Right Thing// ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 12/8 || Finish //Do the Right Thing;// ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 12/9 || Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 12/10 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 12/13 || Ms. Koltov absent; "Just suppose..." writing assignment ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 12/14 || Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 12/15 || Journal; BET lesson ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 12/16 || Countervailing images/messages about race in the media; [[file:Countervailing.ppt]] ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 12/17 || In class essay on Gender, Race, Religion, & Ethnicity || Finish essay || Tuesday 12/21 ||
 * Monday 12/20 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 12/21 || Team project intro ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 12/22 || Work on team project in library ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 12/23 || Work on team project in library ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 1/3 || Work on team project in library || Team project- to be presented on Thurs 1/6 || Thursday 1/6 ||
 * Tuesday 1/4 || Music & Violence ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 1/5 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 1/6 || Present team project #2 ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 1/7 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Tuesday 12/14 || Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 12/15 || Journal; BET lesson ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 12/16 || Countervailing images/messages about race in the media; [[file:Countervailing.ppt]] ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 12/17 || In class essay on Gender, Race, Religion, & Ethnicity || Finish essay || Tuesday 12/21 ||
 * Monday 12/20 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 12/21 || Team project intro ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 12/22 || Work on team project in library ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 12/23 || Work on team project in library ||  ||   ||
 * Monday 1/3 || Work on team project in library || Team project- to be presented on Thurs 1/6 || Thursday 1/6 ||
 * Tuesday 1/4 || Music & Violence ||  ||   ||
 * Wednesday 1/5 || Class does not meet ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 1/6 || Present team project #2 ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 1/7 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Thursday 1/6 || Present team project #2 ||  ||   ||
 * Friday 1/7 ||  ||   ||   ||