Projects Due!!

This post is just a reminder that your projects are due!

Your 2 3/4 page paper is due by the start of class on tuesday. In addition to using www.turnitin.com (class code: 3001016) , please also bring a paper copy to class.

If your presentation is Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday -- please bring clips to class so that I can screen them.

If you have any questions, feel free to post them here- or email me: cullenc@hempfieldarea.k12.pa.us

Current Events 11/22

Standard procedures: quiz on Tuesday, 3x5 notecard with 20 words. Post at least 2 paragraphs about one of the articles.

The Road will be released soon. Here is an article from the Post Gazette.

Ahh..the infamous rhinestone glove of Michael Jackson.

This week we are going to discuss Garry Marshall's impact on television. As part of our "current events" quiz, please read his Wikipedia entry.

Say it ain't so Oprah!!

Here is an update about an article that I posted last week. If you post to this entry, I will give you up to 5 bonus points (must be done by 5pm on Friday 11/20).

Oprah to end show in 2011

Mass Media: Current Events 11/16/2009

Please post to the blog by the start of class Tuesday. You may bring a 3x5 card with 20 words on it for the quiz.

Here is an article that Mr. Gruber sent me about Xbox Live.

Oprah has a big question to answer...read about it!

The Fantastic Mr. Fox was in limited release this weekend. How involved was Wes Anderson? Find out here. (this is an older article, but worth reading!).

General 9

To help in your search of job skills, educational requirements and mean salaries, here is a link to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

You can search by category and then by specific occupation.

You can also use this link to help you find information. It is the occupational handbook and will allow you to see current data relating to career choices. This website is also from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Here is the link the Central Westmoreland Career & Technology Center (The Vo-Tech).

If you are thinking about going to community college, here is the link to the Westmore County Community College (WCCC).

By the end of the class today, you should have found at least 2 sources that will help you to better understand the job that you have decided to write about. You MUST also have your brainstorm paper completed.



I will be around to help you- please just ask.

Sesame Street: Let's Watch Some Videos

After the dvd debacle that was today's class, I have created a supplemental exercise for us. Instead of me showing you (or trying to show you) clips from the earlier years, I would like you to watch at least 5 clips from the Sesame Street Channel on Youtube. This channel includes famous guest appearances, musical numbers, current and class bits. It is definitely worth exploring.

For this assignment, you will go to the Sesame Street Channel on Youtube and watch at least 5 different clips. These clips range from 45 seconds to several minutes. You will then post the titles of the 5 clips that you watched and write a one paragraph response to one of them.

This assignment will be due Friday (11/13) at 1:00 pm. You can go to the comments section for an example.

Current Events: 11/8/2009

For this week you will need to only read 1 article and post your response to the article-- using at least 2 complete paragraphs. I do not want a summary of the article. I want your thoughts and reactions to the article presented in an intellectual manner. Please have the post completed by the start of class Tuesday. There will be a quiz on Tuesday (notecard with 20 words is permitted).

This week we will be talking about children's television focusing on Sesame Street. Mr. Rogers and other shows from the 1960s and 1970s. Here is an excellent article from USA Today about Sesame Street celebrating its 40th Anniversary.

Current Events 11/2

There will be a quiz on Wednesday. Normal rules apply: 3x5 card with 20 words on in it. Don't forget to post a two paragraph response to one of the articles.

Here we go!

Here is an interesting article that Paul found. [No quiz for Paul this week!]

V is new show based on a 1980s miniseries about aliens coming to Earth. Read about it here.

Def Jam Records is still relevant after 25 years...read about it here.

Ms. Rouse found this article. It isa few months old, but worth a read!

Jonathan Safran Foer is one of my favorite authors and he has a new book coming out this week. Here is an article about his first attempt at non-fiction. You do not need to read this article for the Current Events quiz-- I just thought that some of you might want to glance at it.

Mass Media: Current Events 11/1

Instead of me posting article for you, this week you are going to submit articles to me. I would like you to choose something interesting and relevant to the course, so please do not simply link the highest grossing films of the weekend. You have read enough "current events" posts to know the type of article that I like.

Before class on Monday I will choose four articles that were posted by students. You will need to read the 4 articles, post about one of them (like we normally do) and there will be a quiz on Wednesday (no school on Tuesday!). If your article is one of the four that I choose, you will automatically recieve a 20/20 on the quiz.

So, to sum things up: If you are reading this, you should post a relevant current events article.

I think that sounds like a fair deal!