For Week of August 31

** remember - order of posts "flips" this week **

Here's what we're looking at this week:

• Monday - complete, print, and submit Press Pass. Upload file to Google Docs. Share with me.
• Wednesday - We'll start our examination of the ways media create and disseminate their message.
  
• Thursday/Friday - Continued look at how media influence our culture by reinforcing or challenging accepted values and beliefs

Please check back later in the week for assigned video viewings and your second assignment.

Welcome to Multimedia Studies!

This page is the nexus for your Multimedia Studies class this semester, you should plan on checking here often for new material. Here's what is planned for our first two days together:

• Your seating assignment
• Class rules and expectations; required materials.
• Meet "BecomeTheBest.com"
• Fire drill procedures
• Badin's "Responsible Use of Technology" Policy reviewed with students--Signed forms must be returned by August 31 or there will be a penalty
• How to log into your computer and onto Badin's server
• Introduction to class programs & processes, including:
  
  • Firefox (link for free program download)
  • Your Notebook
  • Google Apps (links on sidebar)
    

Assignment 1 - The Press Pass

Task: Design your personal Press Pass for Multimedia Studies.

While it's a bit early in the class for me to expect you to incorporate the high-end of the multimedia experience for this task, I do want to see some evidence of creativity and originality involved in your final work!

Required:

• Size no smaller than 4" x 6"; no max size (however, you WILL have to carry these around!)
  
• Your name (36 point black font)
• Head shot (full-face, frontal, unadorned) no smaller than 1.5" square
  
• The phrase "2009-2010 Multimedia Studies Press Pass" (somewhere on pass)
• A line for my signature at the bottom

The rest is up to you!


Submit your assignment as a Google Apps Document. Due EOC on Monday, August 31.