Contemporary Communications Calendar

W        8/12     Course syllabus, discussion of how we get information about schools and the world.  Discuss theschool marquee and announcements.Th        8/13     Power Point:  alphabet from advertising – discuss how the media can change behaviors.  F          8/14     Create blogs in class for each student.   M         8/17     Begin CNN Student News.  Afterward, read SALON.COM article about teenagers and the Internet and create a blog entry (Title: Response to SALON.COM) responding.     http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/14/kids_and_internet/index.html T          8/18     Three-day assignment examining the DHS website (due 8/20 — handout) W        8/19     See 8/18 Th        8/20     See 8/18 F          8/21     Quiz; jazz up your blog (assignment online here:  http://themanupstairs.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/jazzing-up-your-blog-and-reviewing-the-greatest-hits-of-high-school-websites/ )   M         8/24     Review class favorite websites and DHS site T          8/25     In four groups, evaluate the class responses to the tips and make proposals for each plus                         list anything else we need to be sure to include on our website; prepare to present. W        8/26     Present class findings, divide into standing committees for communications work Th        8/27     Ann Rightmyer guest lectures on how to use SchoolWires; meet in lab F          8/28     Double CNN; quiz; begin committee work M          8/31 to     Th  10/1    See Assignments listed here http://themanupstairs.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/teacher-page-update-assignments-the-e-mail/ http://themanupstairs.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/assignments-for-week-of-september-14/ http://themanupstairs.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/report-on-whats-what/ http://themanupstairs.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/to-finish-the-teacher-pages/ http://themanupstairs.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/summer-vacation-abridged/   M         10/12   to         Th        10/15 After CNN Student News each day, research and work.  Keep track of your research on a running Works Cited page.  http://themanupstairs.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/research-into-technology-presentations/  F          10/16    Works Cited page due; news quiz.  M         10/19  Last day to work in class  T          10/20   and      W         10/21  Presentations to class