We are in the second week of July! This semester has definitely been memorable for a variety of reasons. The university administration has been in a scramble mode to figure out the best options for fall semester. We will have a variety of course options to choose from--including face-to face.
For the past semester, this has been my classroom. We've been doing live remote classes via Zoom in place of our traditional face-to-face courses. It has been an adventure and a learning curve, but it has been fun.
All of the crazy events in the world have provided us for much discussion and have certainly impacted our personal lives, but they have had little impact on being able to take and deliver online courses like this one. I appreciate your great participation and comments in the blogs and discussions.
I’m enjoying the discussions and presentations on the media debates for week #12. Remember that all of the assignments for week #12 are due on Tuesday at midnight. Here are the assignments for week #13.
- Media Presentation
- Final Thoughts
- End-of-Course Evaluation
The discussion board this week is for my benefit. I'd simply like you to reflect on what you learned over the semester and then share a few thoughts on what you found to be interesting, compelling, intriguing, etc. I'd appreciate your feedback. For this discussion board, you are not required to respond to others.
You are welcome to work ahead to week #14 with the final exam and the opportunity for some extra credit points including completing the end-of-course evaluation.
Keep up the good work. I look forward to your presentations this week. Have a great week!
Bro. Howard
W13 Presentation: Media Literacy
Overview
Review the description below for a quick overview of this activity.
- Task: Create and Post a Media Literacy Presentation.
- Purpose: To explore and explain media literacy issues on a topic of your choice.
- Instructor: Your instructor will grade your presentations.
Instructions
This assignment is to create a video presentation that you will share with the rest of the class. You will use PowerPoint or some other presentation software and a screen capture tool such as Screencast-O-Matic, Jing, etc. to create a presentation of you talking over your visuals. You will post your presentation below.-
Choose a topic for your presentation. Here are some potential topics for your presentation.
These are broad topics with a few narrower suggestions. You'll need to pick a narrow subcategory from these broad themes to focus your two to four-minute presentation. Pick something you are interested in.
- Media Literacy
- Media Effects
- Media and Politics
- Media and Sports
- Media and Business
- Books
- eBooks
- Publishing
- Magazines
- Body Image
- Newspapers
- ePapers
- Alternative Press
- Oldies Radio
- Radio
- The Music Industry
- Independent Musicians
- Movies
- Ratings
- Movie Innovations
- TV
- TV Technology
- TV's social impact
- Broadcast and Cable
- Internet
- Social Media
- Internet and Music/TV/Radio/Movies/etc.!
- Advertising
- Advertising influence
- Ad Agencies
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- PR Spin
- Crisis Communication
- Media Law
- Fair Use
- Creative Commons
- Free Speech
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Presentation instructions:
- The presentation must be directly related to mass media.
- The presentation must be between two and four minutes. No longer than four minutes.
- The goal of this presentation is to teach us something new related to what we've been learning in class.
- DON'T rehash the textbook chapters.
- DO find other at least two resources of information including:newspapers, magazines, databases, web searches, innumerable online resources. Properly cite your sources in your presentation. Reference them out loud (spoken) and list them (written) at the end of your presentation.
- DON'T try to wing it.
- DO make notes and prepare a PowerPoint or other visuals.
- After you have created your PowerPoint or visuals use your screen capture tool such as Screencast-O-Matic.
- You will need a computer with a microphone. A webcam is optional.
- Follow the directions on the tutorial and on the screencast-o-matic website or other screen capture software to record your presentation.
- If you don't like your first attempt, do it again!
- Make sure to save your video as an mp4 if you use screencast-o-matic. You may also submit a link to the presentation if is it hosted online. Jing, screencast-o-matic and others include an option to host your video online.
- Upload your video
4. Give feedback to at least three of your classmates.
A well- prepared two to four-minute presentation with :
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35 Points |
View and respond to a minimum of THREE other presentations. Include the following:
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15 Points |
