Winding Down and final assignment.

As the year comes to a close and you move on, this blog will cease to exist as you know it. It is here that I would like to tell you how much you have impressed me with your creativity, motivation, dedication, and ability to amaze and "WOW" me.

The yearbook is a stunning production and has set the standard for years to come. Not only because of the color, but the original cover, the continuity, and an excellent theme.

The Cans Film Festival will be fabulous and again - you have set a new standard. The films are fabulous and I know the student body and faculty will be impressed.

Finally, I am excited to see the excitement generated with the blogs. I think J-Duh posted about how much more her blog will become in the future; not just an assignment for the media class, but a way to keep in contact with the rest of you. What a great idea! It never entered my head that this would be such an exponetial project. I have already found blogs created from students in our school, but not in our class. Blogs with fabulous ideas and heart-felt opinions. You are the future and it is yours to embrace. I look forward to reading your blogs in the months to come (providing that you keep it up).

Remember to blog with integrity and with common sense.

As your teacher, I have never been prouder of class. To each of you, I offer my congratulations and sincerely hope the future brings you many joys and a ton of riches.

Now for your final assignment. You need to respond to this post how you would change the class AND what was the best and what was the worst. Thanks for making it a great year!

Common Interests

Click on one of the contributors on the left. Notice it gives a profile of the person and below lists their interests. All of the contributors interests are hot links that blogger.com connects to people who have similar interests. Click on your own profile and see who is out there with similar interests as yours. If you like, post in their blog and link that in a new post titled "Common Interests."

Find a Blog

For this assignment I want you to find a "Blog of Note" and make a link. Additionally in a post talk about why you are adding this link. In other words what makes this blog worthy of noting. In your post make some of the words to be hot links like this: drawing pencils.

Just for Fun

Since you are becoming familiar with film genres and conventions of film, test your knowledge of films at FilmWise.

Once you are there, click on one of the quizzes for a little fun. These are challenging!

iMovies

So...you're making a short film. But,what do you really know about the movies? What's the difference between movies and films? What are the codes and conventions that distinguish the various genres in film?

Rent a movie or head to the theater to watch and then review a movie in your blog. How do you review a movie? The links below include movie reviews and film study.

http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/gcsemedia/film.htm

www.mrqe.com Movie Review Query Engine - launch site for film reviews.

www.filmreview.co.uk UK film review site.

A Crow in a Pear Tree

Respond to one of the facts and the image below.




1. Crows are survivors. They succeed anywhere, under any conditions. They do whatever it takes to make it and will be the last one standing when disaster strikes. It doesn't matter what it takes - picking through trash, cleaning a carcass on the road, fighting a hawk twice their size - the crow will win out.


2. Crows are determined. They get what they want. Again, they do what it takes to attain their goals and obtain their wants.


3. Crows have no fear. They look upon everything in the world as normal and common. There is nothing to fear in the mundane.


4. Crows delight in solitude and companionship. Some birds must be solitary, others must be paired, many must exist in groups. Crows move into and out of any of these situations with ease. They are as content with themselves as they are with a mate or with a crowd (splendidly termed a "murder").


5. Crows get along well with most everyone. Crows are often found in very mixed groups of birds. They move among them with obvious ease, but without ever losing their unique identity.


6. Crows are smart. They problem-solve, they evaluate situations, they make choices based on analysis.


7. Crows have personality. Crows do not blend into the background. They do not morph into a clone of their compatriots. They have individuality, specific behaviors, likes and dislikes.


8. Crows are independent. They march to the beat of no other drum but their own.

Crow facts credited to Ms. Cauthron - Science/Soy Expert

Starting Out

A Sketchbook of MHS will be a collaborative project as well as an adventure for individual students to create individual blogs for the last major project of the Media Class. To begin with you will need to create a blog by following the steps as outlined at blogger.com.

1. Remember to keep your screen name free of profanities and appropriate for this project.
2. Your blog name can be something that you may use in the future, so choose carefully.

Once you create your blog, you will follow the instructions for the daily/weekly assignments.

First Assignments

1. Create your own blog. Blogger has a "help" link to assist you or follow the on-line tutorial. There is also a "help" link located at the top right corner of their web page.

2.Underneath the title of this blog you will see a quote of the day. Leave your thoughts about that quote and/or respond to other comments. The quotes will change, so your response may be unrelated to previous posts.

3. Create links in your blog to the other members of this blog for easy access.

4. Find a quote for others to respond to and post that quote. Post it using the settings tabs.

5. Take a photograph using one of the digital cameras and post that image as part of your profile.