History of Mass Media Presentations (Conclusion); Social Media & A Day Without Media

Period 7: We will finish our presentations on Tuesday. We'll go in order now for clarity sake.

• The Electronic Era: the rise of the Industrial Age (1800's) until about 1930's.
• Samuel Morse & the telegraph: Valerie
• Nikola Tesla & The Tesla Coil & the wireless: Farhan
• Guglielmo Marconi & the long distance radio: Video
• Charles Babbage & the "difference engine" (early computer): Video
• Alexander Graham Bell & the telephone Emma
• William Friese-Greene & movie cameras & early color film: Lesana
• The Digital Era: 1930's through 1990's (the rise of computers/internet, etc.)
• John Logie Baird & the mechanical television: Zachariah
• Philo Farnsworth & the electric television: Bisharo
• Vic Hayes & Wi-Fi: Video

The History of Media Literacy, Part 1 & The History of Media Literacy, Part 2. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iUjvNtgWAs

Please watch the two short Crash Course videos on the history of Media Literacy. Take Cornell Notes as you watch. Turn in these notes by the end of class today.

Period 8:

A Day Without Media Challenge...

B. From two classes ago: Write a short news article (including a catchy headline), that you think is a fair and accurate representation of the articles you read about A Day Without Media (see previous posts for details).

In your article, include some carefully selected quotations from the authors of the studies, and/or the students they quote. Remember to attribute your sources. Submit your Google doc article file to Google Classroom (see Google Classroom for more information). [For a model of this sort of article, check out the Press Coverage links on the Day Without Media website & link (see above).] You may have already started or done this. We did not work on this assignment last class because you were delivering your presentations.

C. This  past weekend (Friday - Sunday) you were asked to choose one day to unplug. Investigate how difficult or easy it is to unplug from all media sources during the day. Use your notes you took about your reaction during this day. Use your notes to add your reaction/experience to the article you wrote in task B above. When you have completed your article, please turn it in for writing credit.

Finally, take a look at this article: The Top 10 Social Media Trends of 2018. On YOUR blog, post a reaction to the social media programs you use or have used--or the ones you think will be accepted and used by you or your peers. Why or why not use them?

HOMEWORK: If you did not complete these assignments in our lab today: complete your article if you did not finish writing it today in class. Complete the linked assignment for the Top 10 Social Media Trends of 2018. On your blog post your reaction. See above for details.

Finally, read and annotate the two short articles on technology: Yzzy Gonzalez' article "Technology Taking Over?" and "Are Social Networking Sites Good for our Society?" Bring these articles back with you to our next class.