MEDIA SMARTS: Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy

Twenty years ago, some tiny hippos got us talking about the fine line between what is fact and what is fiction.

In today’s digital world, critical thinking is more important than ever.  Here you’ll find a variety of resources to help you figure out what’s real and what’s fake online. Learn four easy ways to fact-check, watch videos and download your favourite house hippo shareables!

https://mediasmarts.ca/break-fake

WEEK EIGHTEEN: UPDATE

The semester is coming to an end 🙂

Next week are the Quiet Days

• Monday: Review Unit One – Poetry
• Tuesday: Review Unit Two – Macbeth
• Wednesday: Review Unit Three – The Great Gatsby
• Thursday: Final Exams begin!

Students have received an “Exam Review” handout through their D2L email – as there were several students absent today, and Period Four was the End-of-Year Assembly 🙂

ISU PRESENTATION FEEDBACK

General Comments

• Presentation plans submitted
• Uploaded files to the D2L Dropbox
• Good volume, clear voice
• Some great graphics, images
• Attention-getter (Perhaps some over-use of “Imagine”)
• Strong take-aways
• Nice variation of slide themes (some imported themes)
• Interesting book jackets

For next time 🙂

• Always italicize the title
• Correct format for in-text referencing
• Increase discussion of author’s literary impact
• Use possessives (Author’s Legacy – with an apostrophe to show possession)
• Favourite quotes – clearly explain the story element – state in the title
• Story elements: plot character, conflict, theme, setting, narration 
• Favourite quotes – clearly explain the language device – state in the title
• Writing style: diction, syntax, tone, types of imagery, types of figurative language (cue cards)
• Increase font size
• Less white space – conversely – avoid too much information on one slide
• Watch your use of upper and lower cases
• Check spelling
• Remove the colon (:) after your name
• then vs than, woman vs women

WEEK SEVENTEEN: UPDATE

We completed the semester by watching the feature film The Great Gatsby.

Next week are ISU Presentations – students have FOUR options:

a. PechaKucha (PK) style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (6 minutes and 40 seconds in total).

The whole thing that powers a PechaKucha event — whether it’s a city-based PechaKucha Night or a “Powered by PechaKucha” event — is the “20 images x 20 seconds” format. WATCH is where you’ll find presentations from all over the world — get inspired!

https://www.pechakucha.org/

b. Ignite style in which 20 slides are shown for 15 seconds each (5 minutes in total).

Presenters get 20 slides, which automatically advance every 15 seconds. The result is a fast and fun presentation which lasts just 5 minutes. Ignite events are held in cities around the world.

http://www.ignitetalks.io/

c. Set the timer individually for each slide to a maximum of 7 minutes.

d. No timer with a maximum length of 7 minutes.