Year10/11 English Bullying infographics

Hi All,

Here is a copy of some infographics on bullying and cyberbullying. Click on the images to enlarge.

Be cyber smart.

Mrs P

Yr 11 - Digital Citizenship - TED talks

Hi All,

Here are the TED talks that will help you along.









Enjoy.

Mrs P

Year 11 Digital Citizenship and Online interactions

Hi All,

Here is a copy of the upcoming PowerPoints associated with our upcoming lessons and activities.

Digital Life
Feelings on Display
Cyberbullying
Who are you online

Many resources to create these PowerPoints were from Common Sense Media.


Reviews and Ratings for Family Movies, TV Shows, Websites, Video Games, Books and Music. 2013. Reviews and Ratings for Family Movies, TV Shows, Websites, Video Games, Books and Music. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.commonsensemedia.org/. [Accessed 21 July 2013].

Film resources are available from me or are accessible via my YouTube channel.

Mrs P

Media 1CD Lego animations

Hi All,

Here is a little reminder of the steps you need to follow when completing your lego animations:

Step 1: Select scene - this will be a scene or trailer of a well known Hollywood film

Step 2: Annotate & get screen caps - this will help you determine shot duration as well as camera angles and shot sizes, as well as camera movements. See eg. below.

Step 3: Equipment request - this will include cameras, lego, lights etc. Everything you will need to "hire" from school resources"


Step 4: Character design: create a costume design for your minifigs. This may mean creating custom decals to stick on your minifigs. You can find a variety of custom decals by googling "Lego decals" or find tutorials by searching "how to create Lego minifigure decals."

Step 5: Production schedule: this is so your team knows exactly when deadlines are for both shooting the scene and editing the final product

Step 6: Shoot - remember you will be taking approximately 15 shots per second of screen time. A minimum of 6 shots per second will be permitted, but this will make the animation look 'choppy'.

Step 7: Edit - organize which group members are editing which sequences, and bring together to form final submission.

Step 8: Reflection - complete the written reflection of the pre, during and post production process and evidence of contribution.

Step 9: Submit - place final film on to DVD or USB and submit your written components to Student services.

Happy shooting :)

Miss F

Year 12 Exam : Our soul on an app

For the Year 12 English exam, I included an interesting blog post within the reading section. Most students may be unaware of the fact that this blog post is indeed real, and not something I made up to test their reading abilities.

The original blog post can be found here in its glorious full version, including images:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/inner-peace-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/2012/04/18/gIQA5pzXQT_blog.html

Upon reading the post myself, I went on a bit of a mission to investigate and research the apps the post was describing.

The Dream:ON app can be found here on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/dream-on/id504521920?mt=8

and information in relation to GPS for the Soul can be found here:
http://www.heartmath.com/gps-for-the-soul.html



It's a bit concerning that society is willingly to allow their smart phones control every facet of their lives. Will we indeed be 'selling our souls' to iTunes? Will there ever be no such thing as 'free will?'

I find it rather ironic that many wars have been fought and many lives lost fighting for either independence or free will. Yet, as this blog suggests, society wants to revoke this privilege and be controlled and led by an app.

Do people truly believe that the meaning of life will all be revealed in an app? If this were the case, wouldn't we all just Google it? Maybe we are starting to feel unfulfilled in our lives because we are becoming too reliant on technology?

I wonder if we will see an iGod app appearing anytime soon?

This blog got me thinking about the Joss Whedon TV series Dollhouse, in which people voluntarily allowed themselves to become living 'dolls' in which the personalities of deceased humans are uploaded onto them. These 'dolls' are then loaned out to the rich to fulfil whatever they feel is missing in their lives.

Although these apps aren't uploading full personalities onto ourselves, will we ever get to the point where our lives and thoughts are predetermined from birth? Will we in the future have an all new definition of 'designer babies'?

Thoughts?