How did the project go?

Please write a brief description regarding your experience with the project give over the break!

Image Exercise

As we begin to explore the power of images, over the vacation capture images that best demonstrate your life taking into consideration some of the genres we discussed:
People (friends, family, job) , Landscapes, Places, Objects
* Staged Photography
* Still Photography

Be prepared to present/discuss your images after vacation.

** Also, based on our discussion of contemporary photographers in class, you will profile a contemporary photographer and talk about their body of work.

VIK MUNIZ: KEITH
ANDREAS GURSKY: BRITTANY
SALLY MANN: TERESA
DAVID LACHAPELL: MADSON
NIKKI S LEE: ERIC
NAN GOLDIN: NICOLE
CINDY SHERMAN: PRISCILLA
PHILIP-LORCA DICORCIA:DAN
WEEGEE: BRENDAN
HERB RITTS: EDDIE
HYPE WILLIAMS: BLISS

CREATE IN GOOGLE DOCS:
IMAGES
* WHO IS THE PHOTOGRAPHER: WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL?
* LINKS:WEBSITES
* LINKS:VIDEOS
*ANY OTHER INFO YOU FIND INTERESTING

Resources:
International Center of Photography
VIDEOS ON PHOTOGRAPHY
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Contemporary Photography Blog #1
Contemporary Photography Blog #2
Ms. V's Photoblog
MOMA Photography
Memorable Photographers

SOME PHOTOGRAPHERS TO LOOK AT:
Tina BARNEY


Andre Gursky


David LaChapelle

Dreamweaver & Blogger Tutorial

And Online!

Askwith Education Forum

Shepard Fairey & WGBH

In preparation for our field trip on Thursday April 9th this weekend gather information about your subject and you will present your findings:

Nicole: WGBH
Madson: Shepard Fairey
Dan: WGBH
Eric: WGBH
Brendan: Shepard Fairey
Keith: Shepard Fairey
Bliss: Shepard Fairey
Eddie: WGBH
Pricilla: ICA
Teresa: WGBH
Brittney: ICA

Some helpful resources:
http://obeygiant.com/
http://www.icaboston.org/
http://www.wgbh.org/

Presentations must be in "power point" format

At least 5 slides (more won't hurt)!

Topics to cover: History of organization/artist, shows featured, additional programs, controversy and any other topics you find of interest.

You must include pictures, text, links, and examples of subject.

These presentations and power points will be graded starting Monday.

Growing Up Online

Hello, TODAY go onto this site and begin to watch the program :
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/

Please start to answer these questions to the best of your ability:

1. What is your initial reaction to the program? What did you like or dislike about it?

2. At home, how often are you online? At school, how often are you online? What
percentage of the time do you think you spend: Doing homework? Chatting with friends?
Updating your profile? Playing games? Surfing/looking up stuff you’re interested in?
Downloading music? Uploading/downloading videos?

3. In the introduction to the program, the narrator says: "This is Morris County, N.J., but it
could be anywhere in America. Here, like in the rest of the country, some 90 percent of
teenagers are online, a number that’s still growing." From what you saw in the film, is
Morris County indicative of a typical American community? Why or why not? Is it like your
community?

4. One teacher in the program says, "We almost have to be entertainers." If we think of an
entertainer as an actor, musician, dancer or someone who performs, in what ways is your
favorite teacher like an entertainer? In what ways is he or she unlike -- or different from --
an entertainer? What are the positive and negative consequences of expecting teachers
to be entertaining?

5. One student claims he "never reads books" but relies on summaries and annotated
notes he finds on Web sites. He confesses that he feels guilty about this, stating, "I feel
like I kind of cheated it." Should he feel guilty? Why or why not?

6. One teen describes MySpace and Facebook as fun because they are "a section of the
Internet that’s your own." How is a profile -- an online space -- similar to and different
from other parts of the world that are your own, like your bedroom, school locker or diary?

7. The program describes social networking sites as places where kids post pictures,
accumulate friends, post messages to others and describe themselves. What other kinds
of things do teens and young adults do on social networking sites that aren’t mentioned?

Making a TV show and Editing

Now that we have all worked in the TV studio in order to produce our first TV show, what do you think the editing process entails?

Please answers some of these questions in your response:

What is the point of editing?
What is editing?
What are some examples of shows where you enjoy the editing?

What is Mass Communications?

Now that we are a couple weeks into the course, we've worked on one aspect of mass communications so far: creating a TV show.

Of course, the field of mass communications is broader than TV alone.

In your opinion, what is mass communications?