Grade 5: Thursday, March 28, 2013 (Spanish Students Websquest 2)

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Webquest Part 2: Escuela Sierra Nevada

 This is your webquest to complete in the Media Lab.

A webquest is an online scavenger hunt where you have to follow the clues and go to different websites.

The website you will be exploring for this webquest is: http://www.esn.edu.mx/ This is the official website for Escuela Sierra Nevada.

Follow the following links and answer the following questions. Copy and paste this post into a Microsoft Word document. 

1. Click on who are we. Click on history.  Read Sierra Nevada's history.

Who founded the school? When?

Who took over in 1983? What additions did he make to the school?

2. Click on extra-curricular activities. Click on activities. Read about the extra-curricular activities Sierra Nevada offers.

What extra-curricular activities does this school provide for its students?

Does Wesley offer the same or different activities?

Wesley Students: What activities would you like to try?

3. Click on espiral. Read about Sierra Nevada's magazine.

What is Espiral Magazine? 

What topics does it cover?

4. Click on Photo Gallery. Explore the photo gallery.

What rooms and classrooms does Sierra Nevada have?

How are they the same and/or different from Wesley?

5. List 2 ways Wesley is the same as Sierra Nevada. 

6. List 2 ways Wesley is different than Sierra Nevada.

Grade 5: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 (Spanish Students Webquest 1)

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Welcome to Wesley Christian Academy's Media Lab!

This is the blog that our students use in the Media Literacy classroom. All the students from Grade 3 to 8 use this website during class. They find assignments, quizzes and projects here.

Your first task in the Media Lab is to complete a webquest.

A webquest is an online scavenger hunt where you have to follow the clues and go to different websites.

The website you will be exploring for this webquest is: http://wesleyca.com/ This is the official website for Wesley Christian Academy.

Follow the following links and answer the following questions. Copy and paste this post into a Microsoft Word document. 

1. http://wesleyca.com/ Watch the Wesley Christian Academy video near the bottom of the page.

Why do teachers at Wesley love to teach here?

Look at the lunch menu for today. What is for lunch?

2. http://wesleyca.com/about-us/virtual-tour/  Take a virtual tour of the school.

What classrooms and school rooms do you have at your school? Which ones are different?

3. http://wesleyca.com/about-us/our-crest-2-2/ What do the 5 symbols on the Wesley crest stand for?

Open Book:

Hand-in-Hand:

Moon:

Bread:

Cross:

4. Read through the Wesley Anthem (you will hear it on Friday morning in chapel)

 http://wesleyca.com/wp-content/uploads/marcom/Wesley-Christian-Academy-Anthem.pdf

Does your school have an anthem? What are some similarities? What are some differences?

Grade 7 and 8: Monday, March 25, 2013

Looking Through the Lens

We are going to begin a series of lessons on the lives of children in developing countries. Many of the resources are developed by UNICEF Canada. We are going to study the role that media plays influencing our attitudes and perceptions about developing nations and global development issues. 

Look at the following images. What do you see?

HOW WE PERCEIVE THINGS

Just as people learn how to read, they learn how to make sense out of the different symbols (letters, words and punctuation) and they learn how to interpret them. So, when they view them in the future they can understand them because they apply the rules they learned in the past to new situations. If we learn something wrong the first time, we often have a hard time "un-learning". 

For example, if you learn to spell a word wrong the first time you use it, you will often continue to struggle to spell the word correctly. 

Stereotyping works in a similar way. If think, hear or believe something about a certain group of people the first time we come in contact with them or the idea, we often continue to believe what we learned is true- even if it is not. We also have a hard time, changing the view we have of them.

This is often true when it comes to our perceptions of children and poverty in developing countries. 

TRUE OR FALSE ACTIVITY

Generally, how accurate were your guesses?

Why do you think this is?

How have your media experiences or lack of media experience (watching television and movies, reading the newspaper) influenced your responses? 

DEVELOPING/"THIRD WORLD" COUNTRIES

List of ideas associated with the term "developing world" or "third world". 

Where do these ideas come from?

What is missing from your perceptions? Why?

How might the perceptions differ if we had someone from this country in our class?

How do you think people from developing countries would feel about others' perceptions of their region?

Do you think these ideas are the norm or exceptions?

What roles do family, personality, experience, beliefs and the media play in how we see the world?

What other "filters" or "lenses" affect how we see the world?

Grade 3: Thursday, March 20, 2013

E-Card Small Group Discussion Questions

Pairs:

Ryan and Rachie
Jeffrey, Paige and Anthony
Isaac and Enoch

Katie and April
Jasmine and Shmily
Helen and Elysia
Idris and Roland
Daniel and Roni

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E-Card Discussion Questions:

1. What is an e-card?

2. My favourite e-card was…

(Name) ________________ favourite e-card was ___________________.

(Name) ________________ favourite e-card was ___________________.

 

3. Pick one e-card. Check the e-card you chose:                       Adult                Child

a) What was the message?

b) Who was the audience?

c) Who was the sender?

d) How do you think adults would react to this e-card?

e) How do you think children would react to this e-card?

Grade 3: Tuesday, March 19, 2013

TASK

Miss Ali will help each of you (one by one) file your papers. 
 
1. Complete Title Page:

It must have:

Wesley Christian Academy
Media Literacy
Grade 3
Name
Year (optional)

2. File these assignments in order if it is not already done:

Title Page
What is Media Literacy?
Parts of a Postcard
My Media Postcard (from Mrs. McLeod)
Postcard Planning
My Media Postcard Rubric marked (from Miss Ali)
Media Postcard Self-Assessment

Let's Create a Math Poster (Nov. 13)
Let's Create a Math Poster Part 2 (Nov. 20)

Math Poster and Rubric 
Student Self-Assessment: Division Poster (Jan. 17)
Intended Audience and Purpose Quiz Review (Jan. 29)
Intended Audience and Purpose Quiz (Jan. 31)
Goodbye Penny (Feb. 4)

Work on your fictional story, PowerPoint Presentation

 or Poster

Grade 4: Tuesday, March, 19, 2013

TASK

1. Complete Title Page:

It must have:

Wesley Christian Academy
Media Literacy
Grade 4
Name
Year (optional)

2. File these assignments in order if it is not already done:

Title Page
What is Media Literacy?
How Much Media?
My Media Postcard (Mrs. McLeod) with drafts
My Media Postcard Rubric (marked from Miss Ali)
Media Postcard Self-Assessment
Media Literacy: Intended Audience (Oct. 30)
Healthy Snacks (Nov. 15)
Choosing Healthy Snacks (Nov. 22)
Healthy Foods Article (Nov. 27)
Grade 4 Poster Planning Sheet (Dec. 11)

Healthy Snacks Poster
Healthy Snacks Rubric marked
Intended Audience and Purpose Quiz Review (Feb. 12)
Student Self-Assessment: Healthy Snacks Poster (Feb. 14)
Intended Audience and Purpose Quiz (Feb. 19)

Click here to get ready for the Grade 1s

http://www.growing.course.com/level_1/keyboard/index.html

 

Grade 5: Tuesday, March 19, 2013

TASK

1. Complete Title Page:

It must have:

Wesley Christian Academy
Media Literacy
Grade 5
Name
Year (optional)

2. File these assignments in order if it is not already done:

Title Page
What is Media Literacy?
How Much Media?
My Media Postcard Rubric (from Mrs. McLeod) with written drafts
Media Postcard Rubric marked (from Miss Ali) 
Self-Assessment: Media Postcard
Grade 5: October 18, 2012 Covert and Overt Messages

Stop Smoking (Nov. 15)
Smoking Stinks (Nov. 20)
Grade 5 Poster Planning Sheet (Nov. 27)

Stop Smoking Poster
Stop Smoking Poster Rubric marked (Dec. 20)
Self-Assessment: Stop Smoking Poster (Jan. 10)
Stop Smoking Video Advertisement (Jan. 24)
Intended Audience and Purpose Quiz (Jan. 31)

When you are finished: complete this final task in our Goodbye Penny Unit:

Here is a list of all the resources we have used during this unit. Use them when answering the questions below.

Informational Article:  http://www.theprovince.com/news/Canada+penny+heads+into+retirement/7913978/story.html
Informational Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7YiiYeArmM
Last Penny Made at the Royal Canadian Mint Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbaJthvG-O8
Opinion Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU4E6SSy5Yg
Toronto Star Readers' Opinion Article: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2013/02/09/lamenting_another_lost_icon.html 
Photographs of Penny Rounding: http://medialiteracywca.blogspot.ca/2013/02/grade-5-good-bye-penny.html


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My "Two Cents":

My Opinion About the Issue of No Pennies in Canada

We have read, viewed and discussed information and different opinions about how Canada has decided to stop the manufacturing and distribution of pennies. What is your personal opinion about this Canadian event? Answer the following questions in full sentences and include specific details.

1. What is my opinion about this issue?

2. Is my opinion biased? What has influenced me? (YouTube videos, newspaper articles, online articles, my peers?)

3. Do I think I have all the necessary pieces of information to have an informed opinion?

4. What steps can I take to be a more informed citizen?

5. What have I learned about bias, opinion and neutral ideas from this unit?

DISCUSSION IDEAS FOR BUDDIES ABOUT MEDIA LITERACY:

What do we learn in Media Literacy?

We look at different media such as YouTube videos, movie trailers, commercials, posters and websites. We see who the audience is, what the message is, how it is being communicated. We also create our own media text (posters, media postcards)

We have done a unit on Stop Smoking and how Canada stopped distributing pennies.

Here are some examples of media texts we have looked at.

1. Show the articles, videos and websites we have looked at in the class using the Media Blog.
2. Show your Stop Smoking Poster and Media Postcard.  

Grade 7: Monday, March 18, 2013

PERIOD 1 TASK

1. Complete Title Page:

It must have:

Wesley Christian Academy
Media Literacy
Grade 7
Name
Year 2012-2013 (optional)

2. File these assignments in order if it is not already done:

Title Page
My Media World with Rubric
Self-Assessment: My Media Map
Intended Audience (Oct 15)
Grade 7 Online Interactive Poster Planning Sheet (Nov. 19)
Coureur de Bois Online Interactive Poster with log (Jan. 7)
Online Interactive Poster Self-Assessment (Jan. 14)
The Pastor and the Policeman (Jan. 28)
Grade 7 Quiz Review (Feb. 4)
Grade 7 Quiz (Feb.)

Once you have finished this, put your folder in the Grade 7 box alphabetically. Do not put your name on the cover. You will be given labels.

Afterwards, work through the instructions on Grade 7: March 18 Time-Lapse.

Grade 8: March 18, 2013

TASK

1. Complete Title Page:

It must have:

Wesley Christian Academy
Media Literacy
Grade 8
Name
Year (optional)

2. File these assignments in order if it is not already done:

Title Page
Media Map with rubric
Self-Assessment: My Media Map
Media Literacy: Intended Audience (Oct. 12)
Media Literacy: Intended Audience (Oct. 15)
Grade 8 Enrichment (Oct 22) (if you have one)

Grade 8 Online Interactive Poster Planning Sheet (Nov. 9)
Wesley Christian Academy Online Interactive poster with log (rubric)
Self-Assessment: Wesley Christian Academy Glog  (Jan. 14)
The Pastor and the Policeman (Jan. 28)
Grade 8 Quiz Review (Feb. 1)
Grade 8 Intended Audience and Purpose Quiz

If all of this is completed, put your binder away alphabetically in the Grade 8 box. Work on your Yearbook Page. Do not worry about putting your names on your folder. You will be given labels.

You will be peer editing on Friday.

Grade 7: March 18 Time-Lapse

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Different Types of Time-Lapses

Watch each of these timelapses.

Ice Melting: http://vimeo.com/61960964
Sky: http://vimeo.com/61959446
Stars: http://vimeo.com/61980686
Flower: http://vimeo.com/56810854
Earth (5 minutes): http://vimeo.com/32001208

Choose either the Flower or Earth. Answer the following questions.

1. Which timelapse did you choose?

2. Why did you choose it?

3. What were some elements or conventions of the time-lapse?

4. What made this an entertaining video?

5. Is this media?

6. What is the message?

7. How do you think adults would respond to this?

8. How do you think children would respond to this?

Grade 7 Definitions

Media Literacy Definitions

Basic Concepts

Medium: a means (as newspapers, radio, or television) of communication with a message

Message: a means of communication of an idea

Convention: the physical or design characteristics of a text that clarify and/or give support to the meaning in the text (e.g., title, headings, subheadings, bold and italic fonts, illustrations, moving images)

Technique: the specific method of doing or performing something

Bias: not belonging to or taking any side

Neutral: an inclination or preference that influences judgment

Types of Media

Glog: online interactive poster

Blog: a slang term for Web log. An online forum where people share personal journal entries, opinion articles, and/or photographs with others on a regular basis.

Poster: a large temporary sign made of sturdy paper or cardboard posted in a public place for advertising or displaying information, or a similar sign or artistic print used for decoration in a home or other non-public place

Movie Trailer (Preview): excerpts from a film or television program, shown as an advertisement

Video: television as a medium of, or medium for recording, entertainment

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