Assessment+Info

You mean there's a grade?! Your course outline contains details of how you will be marked in this class. Below are some important documents for specific assignments. Journal writing  Reflecting on your growing understanding of media consumption and 21st century literacy is key to this class. The general criterion for a journal are here: An 'A' entry will:
 * - be on an appropriate, media-related topic ||
 * - apply specific ideas discussed in class to the real world and your life ||
 * - show evidence of intellectual curiosity: research, connections to other subjects, questions posed & answered ||
 * - employ the 'language' and terminology of media and media analysis as we learn it ||
 * - be legible, proofread, clearly written (but not necessarily formal); are titled and dated ||
 * - overall, lead to some kind of conclusion or food for further thought / goal / questions to consider in the future ||

** Intro Unit Wrap-Up ** Check out these for the various choices in this assignment! One more for a new choice -- do Audience b (visual collage/representation) but rather than write an essay, produce a 3-5 minute oral explanation (recorded) examining all visual features of your collage plus answering the key Audience questions about authenticity

Ad Analysis We have learned about visual techniques (common to anything visual, not just ads), advertising techniques (unique to visuals trying to 'sell' something) and psychological techniques (common to life but applied here to advertising). Now show me how you can use all three to analyse an ad of your choosing! 1.5 pages single-spaced, or 3 minutes (live or recorded). Here is the.