Digital Nation Essay

In the film Digital Nation, the filmmakers look at how digital technology and being wired all the time effects each slice of our population. The film jumped from MIT students to South Korean youth, a middle school in the Bronx to online gamers, corporations to the US Military, where drone pilates can blow up targets thousands of miles away, only to drive home later for dinner with their families.

Now that we've viewed and discussed the film, I want to know where you fit into all of this. What is your relationship with digital technology? How do you use it to interact with other people? Do you feel that it's healthy, unhealthy or somewhere in between?

Write a paragraph in your blog answering the above questions.

Digital Nation

We are watching the PBS documentary Digital Nation in class. There will be a quiz on the film, so if you missed any of it you will want to watch it on your own.

Watch the movie here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/


1. What university is the seeting for the beginning of the film?

2. What Asian country embraced the digital revolution heavily and is now dealing with the fallout?

3. An urban school was featured in the film. Where is the school located, what is the age group, and what are they doing there?

4. What is the name of the virtual world where players can do almost anything you do in real life, as well as fly?

5. A virtual representation of yourself is called a(n) ________.

6. How is the military using digital technology?

Power Point

Black History Power Point

Pick a black Historical figure


• Title Page with Picture

• Introduction – one picture with one sentence about the person.

• Birth, growing up

• Influences – picture and list (or background info on time period)

• Major accomplishment/movements/events
• 3 slides minimum

• Influence – how has this person influenced those who came after them


Picture on each slide – lots of pictures – keep words to a minimum

Black History Power Point

Due Date:
Friday, March 5th

Presentations will be next week

Directions:

1. Pick a black historical figure, do research & take notes
2. From your research, create an outline. Include what type of media (pictures, video, audio) you plan to include.
3. Refine your outline & organize it by slides. Collect your media.
4. Start building your Powerpoint presentation. Plug in info & media.
5. Pair up and revise your presentations.
   
6. Finish and present your project to the class.

Structure:

When structuring your presentation, think of how an encyclopedia article would be organized.

1. Summary - who was the person, his/her most well-known accomplishments
2. Early life - birth, family and childhood
3. Influences - what people and/or ideas inspired and influenced your subject (for Martin Luther King Jr. - Ghandi, the Black Church, populism...)
4. Accomplishments - list your subject's accomplishments in chronological order
5. Assasination or later life
6. Legacy - what influence has your subject had on future activists, our society and culture?

Requirements:

• Must have at least 10 slides
• At least 5 pictures
• One piece of multimedia (video or audio)

Grading Breakdown:

You will be given multiple grades for different aspects of this assignment:

• Your outline
• Content of your Powerpoint
• Asthetics of your Powerpoint (design, flow of information, bells and whistles...)
  
• Your presentation - how you deliver your presentation in front of the class

Black Historical Figures:

Rosa Parks
Marcus Garvey
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
Louise Bennett
Frederick Douglas
W. E. B. DuBois
Nelson Mandela
Emmit Till
Martin Luther King Jr.
John Hope Franklin
Dick Gregory
Jesse Jackson
Barack Obama
Black Panther Party
Booker T. Washington

Blast from the Past!

On the website retrojunk.com, find a commercial from your childhood. Post a link to it on your blog, along with a still image from the commercial.

Write a short paragraph about your memory of this commercial, and how it fits in with your childhood.

For instance, I remember this commercial for frosted cheerios with a creepy dude looking into the box and raving about the frosted O's.

Getting the screen-shot:

1. Pause on the frame you want to capture.
2. Press the "Print Screen" button in the top right of your keyboard.
3. Open Microsoft Paint.
4. Paste the screen-shot into your paint document.
5. Crop the image:

• Select the frame
• Drag to the top left corner.
• Drag the bottom left corner of your document to crop.
• Save as a JPG file.

Make a Resume

Note: This Assignment is Postponed

Why make a resume?

If you haven't already, the time will come soon when you will need to apply for a job. Having a clean, impressive resume can give you an edge in the hiring process, as it is the first impression potentials employers get before they even meet you.

On your resume, you can list your work experience, skills, and extracurricular activities. This is your chance to talk yourself up a bit.

The Assignment:

Many word processing programs offer resume templates. We will be using Publisher to make ours.

1. Take a look at some of the example online listed below.
2. Then open Microsoft Publisher, find and choose a resume template.
3. Plug in your iformation to the designated places.
4. List the computer skills we have learned in this class. We will continue to add new skills as we learn them throughout the year.

This assignment is due by the end of class on Wednesday.

Examples:

Generic Resume

Web Design Resume

Auto Mechanic Resume

Mr. L's Resume

What to include:

• Your name and contact info
• Your work experience
• Computer programs you are comfortable with
• Skills
• Extra-curricular activities (sports, after-school programs, community volunteering, NSA, etc.)

Make a Poster with Sumo Paint

Note: This Assignment is postponed until further notice.

Use the online graphics program Sumo Paint to create a poster celebrating you. You can to the web to find images of things you like or that describe you (music, sports, cultural heritage, cars, etc.)
Your poster must have:

A minimum of 5 images
Your name

To add images from the web:

Copy the images URL
Click File > Import to Layer > From URL