Grading and Finals: First Semester

Final grades for this semester are due on April 15. 
Grades will be based on:

1) Attendance
6 absences = no credit
5 absences = lowering of letter grade
4 absences = lowering of letter grade
1-3 = no lowering of letter grade

2) Participation
Are you participating in class assignments and projects? Are you engaged and active in your learning? Do I have to constantly tell you the same things over and over like:
" Can you please focus on what you are doing and get off Youtube?"
" Can you please pick your head while I am talking?"

3) Assignments
a. Radio Scripts: Final Scripts Due April 1st
Did you stick with deadlines? Did you make changes where necessary?
Have you been practicing your lines? 


b. Anti-Smoking Videos Blog--Due April 7th
Videos are found:
http://www.the84.org/filmshorts/2010
Create your own blog featuring your top 3 favorite anti-smoking videos. Also, create a link to your least favorite video.
Embed only 1 of the videos and create links to the others.
Make sure to create descriptions about why you liked the video or didn't like the video.
Make sure you check your grammar.


c. Final Growing up Digital Blog--Due Monday April 12th
Watch this documentary entitled "Growing Up Online"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/view/
USE SPECIFIC DETAILS FROM THE VIDEO!
Create your own blog post reflection on the video. You can generate your own thoughts and feelings but here are some questions to get you started:
How can you related to the film?
How have you grown up online?
Do you think this influx of digital media is a detriment to your education? why or why not?
Where is the use of media not appropriate?
Get personal and try to reflect about your own experience "Growing up Online."
 

Be sure to include a link to the video/website and pictures.
Pay attention to spelling and grammar.

d. Radio Rough Draft/Recordings--April 15th

e. EXTRA CREDIT--TBD--April Thursday April 15th
Find an article online, for example in the NYTIME, 
Boston Globe, & NPR
then write an opinion piece about it.
So if you have trouble finding what an opinion piece is then try to read other opinion pieces!
Please post as a blog!