Tuesday, October 20, 2009

PBL 3 Journal 7

After your experience in video production, what are some of the things one should not misuse video (cyber bullying, lying, etc) when you are producing your own videos.

List down and explain the reasons why such intentions are not desirable for the internet community.

Write in at least 100 words and remember to include your name and class at the end of the journal.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Music Site for Royalty Free Music

For music please download from

www.incompetech.com

Look for Royalty Free Music...

You can use the following music (copyright free) as long as you quote the wedpage in your credits.

PBL 3 Journal 06

Describe your learning points in this PBL 03: Video Production. You should focus on the skills that you have learned and talk about any difficulty that you might have encountered in the entire production process and how the difficulty was finally resolved.

Write at least 100 words and include your name and class at the end of the journal entry.

PBL 3 Journal 05

Explain how would you promote the video that you will produce on the theme "My Family" such that there will be maximum viewership. You can use both traditional (newspaper, magazine, etc) methods or multi-media methods to promote your video. Please explain your choice(s) in detail.

Write at least 100 words and include your name and class at the end of the journal entry.

PBL 3 Journal 04

What creative elements (sound, special effects etc) do you think is necessary to attract someone to want to watch your video production for the promotion of "Family"? Explain your choices in detail.

Write at least 100 words and remember to include your name and class at the end of the journal.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Problem Based Learning 03

Title : Survey shows family comes first on Singaporeans' list of priorities
Date : 06 May 2009 1816hrs
URL :
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/427345/1/.html

This news article highlights two key pieces of information:

“six in 10 Singaporeans said they do not spend enough time with their families, with one in three saying they spend less than five hours a week with their families.”

“Nine in 10 Singaporeans polled said they would like to spend more time with their families.”

This means that Singaporeans do value their family and want to spend more time with them but the next news article tell us a different story.

Title : Singapore's divorce rate in 2007 lower than other countries
Date : 27 March 2009 1918hrs URL :
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/418231/1/.html

Even though the divorce rates is lower in Singapore, but the trend is worrying. We should do our part to help Singpore promote the importance of family.

The Question is: What can we do? What is the most effective way to promote the importance of family?

Your Solution:

By choosing the appropriate genre (advertisement, drama or music video) for your video, produce a not more than 5 minute video that highlights the value of family and how one should appreciate one’s family.

Look at the videos produced to promote the importance of family to gain some inspiration on how to produce such videos.

YouTube Video Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v66VMFBPq8E&feature=channel_page

Funeral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw0s4C0g5SM&feature=channel

Touching Advertisement (in Chinese)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWPZIjtnTM&feature=related

Dear Grandpa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUtbv_hViV4

Sunday, July 19, 2009

PBL 3 Journal 3

What is the danger of depending on movies as a reliable source for historical information?

Write a 100 word response to the above question. Please remember to include your name and class at the end of your journal.

Media Literacy on the Movie Fearless

Watch the movie trailer and read the synopsis of Fearless (2006) by ‘Jet’ Li:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBVQjnOCdd4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_(2006_film)

Then compare the information with the following articles,

http://www.biographicon.com/view/p9lao/Huo_Yuanjia
http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/192537.htm
http://www.chinwoo.org/history.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/16/content_4187427.htm

What are the differences between the historical account of the life of Huo Yuan Jia and his character in the movie. Identify at least 3 such differences.

Possible differences...

1. Was he really from a rich family? If not, what were the occupations that he engaged in?

2.Did he really fight an American Wrestler? If not, what actually happened?

3.Did he really die because he was poisoned in the match? If not, what are some possibilities that lead to his death?

4.Was his entire family killed, leaving him with no descendants? If not, how many grandsons and great grand sons does he have?

PBL 3 Journal 2

Can we trust movies to represent true history? Please elaborate on your conclusion.

Write a 100 word journal.Remember to include your full name / class at the end of your journal.

Media Literacy on the Movie 300

Question 1:

Did this battle really happen? How could 300 men fight so huge an army?

Question 2:

Did the "God-King" Xerxes really look like the one in the movie? If different, why did the directors make him to be like that?

Question 3:

Did the spartans really wore so little for battle? If not, what did they wear?

Question 4:

Did the Immortals really look like Japanese ninjas? If not, why did the directors want them to look like that?

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

PBL 3 Journal 01

Banned Pepsi Commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCO0dUuGPIc&feature=related

1. After watching the banned Pepsi Commercial, explain the reason why it is banned?
2. In your opinion, list down other reasons that might cause commercials to be banned?

Write a 100 word journal.
Remember to include your full name / class at the end of your journal.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

PBL 2 Journal 04

What are some of the things about media literacy you have learnt in newscating? Summarise some of the your key learning points from this module in about 100 words.
Remember to include your full name and class at the end of the journal.

PBL 2 Journal 03

If you were asked to do a newscast, how will your newscast be like
? Concentrate on the creative elements you would put into your newscast.
Write a 100 word journal. Remember to include your full name / class at the end of your journal.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

PBL 02 Journal 02

Do you think the Channel New Asia broadcast has been unbaised in its reporting?
Write a 100 word reflection. Remember to include your full name / class at the end of your journal.

PBL 02 Journal 01

After watching the newscast on you tube,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmIYedUnqiA&feature=related

answer the following questions:

1. Who created this message?

2. What creative techniques are used to attract my attention?

3. How might different people understand this message differently from me?

4.What lifestyles, values and points of view are represented in or omitted from, this message.

5. Why is this message being sent?

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Journal Entry 02: How do you feel about surfing the internet after going through this PBL exercise?

Write in at least 100 words. Remember to include your name in Full at the end of the Journal.

Presentation of PBL 1

Presentation will be held on week 10, 11 March 2009.
Some simple rules:
1. All members of the team must play a part in the presentation.
2. Marks will be allocated based on:

20% Content
10% Creativity (How innovative is your solution and how is it presented to the class)
20% Communication (Clarity of Presentation and Smoothness in Delivery)
20% TeamWork (How the different members work together to get the job done both in presentation and also through the workload distribution template)
10% E-Portfolio (FILA Template, Workload Distribution Template, Timeline Template and Bibliography of all the materials used)
20% Individual Journal Entries

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Solutions to PBL 1

We now know that we cannot trust the internet completely. Thus, we have to find solutions to educate our classmates on how to try to verify the information they get from the internet.
Write down as many types of products in which the solutions can be passed on to our fellow classmates and highlight which type of information you wish to teach your classmates to verify.
Example: "I want to use powerpoint to present way in which we can verify the identity of the person whose web page we are using for our research."

Journal: Is what I am doing in Media Literacy relevant to my life?

Write at least 100 words on the topic. Remember to include your name (full) at the end of the Journal.

Homework for Week 8

1. Fill up the Fila Template on I , L and A.
2. Decide on your group's product and the information that you intend to verify.
3. Fill up the Work Distribution Template...
4. Fill up the timeline template...
5. The Project must include:
-Proof that the internet is not reliable - cannot use those examples that i have used
-Ways to help fellow students on how to verify the information we get from the internet when we do research.
-The entire list of websites, books etc that we acquired the information from...