YEAR 12 LESSON TWENTY-ONE [25th Feb 13]: Homework.

Students were provided with a fairly hefty [B]Rollocking after a set of very disappointing cross-media study essays. This area of student work needs tightening. The level of effort displayed by some students was shameful.
The heart of the lesson was an introduction to the possibilities of Garageband and how this software can be used to compose film music. The results were a mixed-bag but some of the work was impressive.

AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE FINAL SECTION OF THE COURSE, SOME STUDENTS NEED TO WAKE UP OR AUGUST, SPECIFICALLY THE DAY YOU RECEIVE YOUR AS LEVEL RESULTS, WILL BE A VERY DEPRESSING EXPERIENCE.
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HOMEWORK: Create Coursework.

TWITTER and the John Venables moment.

Here are some articles that deal with social media and the law. They will be useful for any A2 coursework that deals with Regulation, Leveson or any form of social media.
The Guardian..Venables photographs and Twitter:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/14/jon-venables-twitter-photograph-investigated
BBC Article relating to Twitter and the law:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20782257
BBC article..What you can and can't say on Twitter:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17530450
Anonymous are hacked:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21532858
Channel Four News article..Twitter and Facebook complaints on increase:
http://www.channel4.com/news/twitter-facebook-crime-increase

Gerry and Kate McCann on THE ANDREW MARR SHOW: LEVESON REACTION.

This interview with the McCanns was broadcast on The Andrew Marr Show on the 17th Feb 2013. The McCanns are concerned that the proposals presented to the press by The Leveson Inquiry are going to be ignored. Students need to research the power of a 'royal charter'. Have the politicians and the mainstream press ignored Leveson? This is a superb interview. Those students exploring debates and issues relating to Leveson and Regulation for their coursework need to digest this resource.
Link to interview:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21490321

Below is a link to an anti-Leveson article published by THE DAILY MAIL. This newspaper do not want any changes to press regulation as they believe that 'free speech' will be impinged. Paul Dacre is the editor of this newspaper and has a reputation for being outspoken and.....er..confident.
Click on link below to access Dacre's reaction. This covered 12 pages of the newspaper in November 13:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2233681/Leveson-Inquiry-Mail-dossier-raises-disturbing-questions-influence-quasi-masonic-nexus-people-know-best.html

Some would argue that this reaction is an example of why we desperately need press regulation to protect the public from such subjective representations of truth.

THE DAILY EXPRESS representation of this horrific tragedy is almost beyond words. Again, research required. Here are three articles from The Telegraph, The BBC and The Guardian reacting to the McCann coverage in The Express:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9011429/Leveson-Inquiry-Express-owner-accused-of-grotesque-misrepresentation.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16525968
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/dec/21/daily-express-obsessed-madeleine-mccann

YEAR 13 LESSON TWENTY-ONE [20th Feb 13]: Homework.

Students were shown how to use Garageband and were then offered a series of tasks that would allow students to familiarise themselves with this software. The class were asked to create soundtracks suitable for the genre of Science Fiction, the genre of Comedy, the genre of Romantic Comedy, and a soundtrack suitable for a serious work of drama.
The work was excellent.

HOMEWORK: COURSEWORK. COURSEWORK. COURSEWORK.

COURSEWORK DEADLINE FOR YEAR 12/13.

YEAR 12 LESSON TWENTY [18th Feb 13]: Homework.

If the internet had been functioning within the school we would have examined these two film posters used to market the films of ALFRED HITCHCOCK. Note how the codes and conventions are the same as the film posters that we have examined as part of our Cross-Media Study. It is the e-media that is the innovative feature of our study.
The heart of the lesson was a consideration of the documentary SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN. This documentary should be considered for reference within our Cross-Media Study.
Below is a link to the film trailer and the film posters.
Film Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKXewWDh1og

HOMEWORK: Students should be attempting to create coursework. The deadline is 22nd March.

HACKERS HUNTING FOR YOUR DATA...

Internet security is a feature of THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL MEDIA and this BBC article explores THE COMMENT GROUP. This article could be linked to the actions of ANONYMOUS, the use of THE STUXNET WORM, the recent cyber-attack on The New York Times, and other such issues relating to the impact of digital media and internet security. Click on link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21371608
Channel Four News item:
http://www.channel4.com/news/hackers-use-government-jobs-site-to-steal-your-data