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Monday, November 30, 2015

Web 2.0: RSS Feeds Presentation

Please review this before class on Tuesday

TV P&C: PSA Contests




  1. The Wireless Foundation
  2. Drive2Life Contest
  3. AAA PSA Contest: See me

TV P&C: December Updates

Class-

Welcome to December!

Winter Sport Previews (Counts for 1 outside film + Video Grade) Are Due Wednesday Dec 2:

Schedule:
Girls Bball
Boys Bball
Winter Track
Cheering
Wrestling (Due 12/5)
Bowling- DONE!

No involved in a preview? Take a look at Brainstorm Ideas on the board.

Reminder: All Students Must Produce once class video every 2 weeks.

Remember these points when you are on camera:
  1. No gum
  2. No hands in your pockets
  3. Smile often when you do not have a speaking role
  4. Re-Tape any mistakes you or your interview subject does on camera
  5. Dress the part! It's December! Show the excitement of the holiday season!
Begin editing after you get the 'OK' from me!

Reminder about outside filming for MP2!

Web 2.0 & Tech Lit: Do Now 11/30 Writing Prompt

Choose 1 of the following Thanksgiving reflections and create a new blog post 


  • Title the Post: Do Now 11/30) 
  • Type at least 3 paragraphs



  1. What three people are you the most grateful for, in your life, and why?
  2. What was the best Thanksgiving you ever had? Describe it.
  3. What are your family's traditions for the Thanksgiving holidays?
    1. No tradition? What are some traditions that you would like to start next year?

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Tech Lit - Creating Voki Avatars, Another Web 2.0 Tool

This Project Will Be Due BEFORE Class on November 30.

  1. Create your own personalized Avatar on Voki.com
  2. Create a MAXIMUM 60 Voice Recording (or typed in) about another subject and what you are learning this week. Be specific! Be positive! Be creative! Be excited! To help prepare, write out a script first! Use the stopwatch on your cell phone to make sure you are close to the 60 second mark. 
  3. Save the Voki, get the embed code, and embed your Voki as a new post to your blog. Title it: MY VOKI
  4. Required Discussion Question for Comment Section:     - 
    • How can Voki be used in your other classes?

TV Do Now: Watch Video

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Web 2.0: Required Wiki Reflection Survey

Please click here.

After you submit, please click here

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

TV P&C: Script Writing Assignment Due 11/19

Use the following newspaper article to write a script for a video news broadcast. In this broadcast, there will be 2 anchors. You must created the script using the 2 column template using Google Drive and place in your shared folder Due: Before class on 11/19/2015.



Fifteen-year old Alejandro Taylor was fishing with his brother and father early this morning near Lake Water, elevation 6463 feet above sea level. Alejandro and his seventeen-year old brother, Tyler, got into an argument over whether to use real or artificial worms.

“Alejandro is a purist, you know,” said Tyler. “He has to spend hours digging for worms and such. He has to have real worms, or the experience is ruined for him.

Alejandro threw water at his brother and stormed away from the others, going southwest around the lake. Alejandro was wearing jeans and a white T-shirt with the words “Vote for Pedro” in fuzzy red letters.

The father and brother continued fishing for about an hour before they realized Alejandro has returned to fish with them.

“I thought he was pouting in the bushes or something,” said Alejandro’s father. “He likes to sit in the bushes and pout. He is really good at it, too. Why once, when he was six, he pouted in the bathroom for three hours before we changed the channel.”

Alejandro’s father and brother stopped fishing, walked to the car and put their gear away, and then walked in the direction Alejandro has gone.

“We argued for a while before we looked. I thought he went that way,” said Tyler, “but Dad said he went the other way. So we went the other way.”

After two hour of searching for Alejandro, the father and brother stopped looking and called search and rescue.

Currently, 113 searchers, including three women from Delaware, are combing the area around the Bass River in the Pine Barrens looking for Alejandro. The major concern at this time is a cold front moving in from the Northwest. The weather forecast called for snow tomorrow and overnight lows before freezing.

Monday, November 16, 2015

TV P&C: Winter Sports Previews


Requirements:

  • 3-5 total minutes for each video
  • Minimum of 3 interviews (2 players & 1 coach)
  • MUST have various b-role shots relating to the interview
  • MUST dress the part
  • Be creative during the edit process
  • Due Date: December 2
  • Double Project Grade + Outside Filming for B-Role
    • Minus 1 grade for each day late
  • You are responsible for setting up interviews and b-role filming with each coach
  • Waiting until the last minute is not my problem


Assignments:
GB: BW & AH
BB: JD & KH
WT: EF & JM
Wrest: NP & JC
CC: VI & BA
Bowl: FA & RM

Web 2.0: Making a Wiki

Below is the link to the WikiSpaces project. If you have any questions, please post them as a comment.  Click here.

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Web 2.0: W-R Wikipedia Page


  1. Visit your school's Wikipedia page
  2. Individually, on your own blog, list at least 10 outdated/incorrect information in detail and what the content should be changed (or removed).
  3. Title your blog post: W-R Wikipedia Page Findings

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

TV P&C: November 10, 2015


  • Read Modules 2 and 3
    • Program Proposals And Treatments and Capturing And Holding Viewer Attention
  • Create an outline of each module and place the Google Drive file in your shared folder
    • A grade will be issued for the outline
  • There will be a formal test of these modules Thursday

Web 2.0: Wiki Dissection

In pairs, visit this wiki.

Now dissect it. Visit all the pages & tabs and answer the following:
  1. What is the purpose of this Wiki?
  2. When was the last post?
  3. How was this Wiki created/designed?
  4. What would you add to this particular wiki?
  5. What did you learn after reading this wiki?
  6. If you had to create a Wiki with a team, what would be the specific topic (s)?
  7. How can Wikis be used in the classroom or in education?

To complete:
  1. Please create a new blog post on the person's last name that comes 1st in the alphabet
  2. Title it: Wiki Dissection & Your Partners Initials
  3. Copy & paste questions
  4. Publish!

Web 2.0: Wikipedia- Beneath the Surface

Please take notes as we watch this introduction video. After completion, each student will post a comment with a statement about what they learned.

  


12.8.1.A.3 Participate in online courses, learning communities, social networks, or virtual worlds and recognize them as resources for lifelong learning.
12.8.1.C.1 Develop an innovative solution to a complex, local or global problem or issue in collaboration with peers and experts, and present ideas for feedback in an online community.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Web 2.0/Tech Lit: New Blog Post

Create a detailed post about what you did over the short break. 

2 Paragraphs minimum.

Include:
  1. At least 2 images
  2. At least 2 external text links to another website
  3. Embed at least 1 video