Period 7: Please complete your op-ed article on the problems with social media today in the lab. The article is due by the end of class.
The Positives of Social Media:
It is important to remember that every negative has a positive side. Technology can be used both positively as well as negatively. The popularity of social media is just one reason why, although there may be negative aspects of it, that it remains. It is important to consider both sides of an issue--not just the one that is your opinion. Journalists are supposed to be fair and neutral--writing about topics without a political or social bias.
Please watch the following short videos. Compare/contrast what you learn here with what you've learned about the negative aspects of the internet/social media:
You might have noticed in the videos above that a person can easily make a video and stick it up on the internet. Sometimes this is an animation or sometimes it's just a quicktime or Windows Movie Maker MP4. To make an animated film, try Powtoon. Either way, the internet has allowed anyone to be a creator. Let's try it!
Choose one of the following topics:
Research your chosen subject. Look for both the positive aspect of the technology/Business (what is does for us that is beneficial) as well as the negative (such as how it negatively impacts our society or social lives or how it negatively affects our environment). Take notes!
You should also be able to explain:
Create a short quicktime video or windows movie on your chosen topic.
Share
After sharing, upload your film review as a blog post on your blog.
This project is not due yet.
HOMEWORK: Please read, annotate, and complete the questions for pages 52-65 of Chapter 2 (The Internet & Digital Media)--the questions can be found on our Google classroom site.
The Positives of Social Media:
It is important to remember that every negative has a positive side. Technology can be used both positively as well as negatively. The popularity of social media is just one reason why, although there may be negative aspects of it, that it remains. It is important to consider both sides of an issue--not just the one that is your opinion. Journalists are supposed to be fair and neutral--writing about topics without a political or social bias.
Please watch the following short videos. Compare/contrast what you learn here with what you've learned about the negative aspects of the internet/social media:
CLASSROOM PROJECT TASK: The Good and The Bad of It - Video Project
You might have noticed in the videos above that a person can easily make a video and stick it up on the internet. Sometimes this is an animation or sometimes it's just a quicktime or Windows Movie Maker MP4. To make an animated film, try Powtoon. Either way, the internet has allowed anyone to be a creator. Let's try it!
Choose one of the following topics:
- The Automobile
- Alcohol
- The Gun
- Dynamite
- Cigarettes
- Cement
- Plastic
- Mass production
- The Microwave
- The I-Phone
- The Atomic Bomb
- Genetic Engineering
- Google + (or Google, Inc.)
- Russian Bots
- Snapchat
- Apple Inc.
- Microsoft Inc.
- Amazon Inc.
- Other: Your choice of a program, company, or invention not mentioned here, but that has a good/bad (positive/negative) side to it.
Research your chosen subject. Look for both the positive aspect of the technology/Business (what is does for us that is beneficial) as well as the negative (such as how it negatively impacts our society or social lives or how it negatively affects our environment). Take notes!
You should also be able to explain:
- when was it created,
- who created it or invented it,
- how or why did it catch on and become popular--or when was it popular,
- what its use is/was, and
- the positive and negative effects of the technology.
Create a short quicktime video or windows movie on your chosen topic.
Directions for Submitting Video Files
So you created a video for your class and you want to submit it for a grade? Here are the steps you need to follow:
Record on your Smartphone
QuickTime Player can record a movie from your camera, or record the screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. It can also record audio from a microphone or record the screen of your Mac or PC.
You can find more information about this by reading this article on "How to Shoot Videos on your Android phone"
You can find more information about this by reading this article on "How to Shoot Videos on your Android phone"
Record a movie
Movie recording works with your built-in camera and many external cameras. If you're using OS X Yosemite or later, you can also record the screen of any iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) with a Lightning port and iOS 8 or later.
- Choose File > New Movie Recording.
- To change the recording settings, click the arrow next to the Record button. Then choose your camera or iOS device, microphone, and recording quality.
- To monitor audio while it's being recorded, use the volume slider.
- Click the Record button
to start recording. Click it again to stop recording.
Share
- After saving your movie, you can share it by Mail, Messages, AirDrop, YouTube, and other methods:
- Open the file in QuickTime Player, then choose File > Share.
- Or open file in QuickTime Player, then click Share
in the playback controls. - Or Control-click the file in the Finder, then choose Share from the shortcut menu.
After sharing, upload your film review as a blog post on your blog.
This project is not due yet.
HOMEWORK: Please read, annotate, and complete the questions for pages 52-65 of Chapter 2 (The Internet & Digital Media)--the questions can be found on our Google classroom site.
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