Media Literacy
Alexis Lee
What Is MEDIA To Me?
To me the media is important source and form of communication we use daily sometimes without evening knowing. Media includes everything from music, news, different forms of entertainment, and Colin kaepernick making the perfect touchdown videos to gossip about the president and the new health reforms. The media is with us everywhere we go and just like every other objects in this world it has its positives and negatives. The biggest positive of about the media is being able to connect to the news and hear about the ground breaking stories that go along with it. Another positive is being able to express yourself and connect with your loved ones. On the other hand, a major negative about the media is the gossip it creates. When dealing with social media you should careful of the things that you put up. Whatever you put in the media whether it’s good or bad has an effect on you and the people around you. The effect social media can have on your peers isn't always the greatest. Being media literate to me means to understand the different ways to analyze information of a topic.
Super Bowl Precis
Chevy "LIFE"
The Perks Of TEXTING :)
Most teens and senior citizens text on their cell phones quite often these days. Unfortunately society has declared texting a horrible thing but texting is actually a good thing in multiple ways. Texting in school is a good source of communication; it’s rude to talk in class so texting solves that problem. Showing emotions through the use of emoji’s is much better than showing actual emotions like smiling and frowning. Smiling and frowning have a plethora of side effects; frowning especially can cause early wrinkles and no one wants to look like a raisin. Believe it or not texting increases finger strength and finger strength is very important. Having strong fingers allows one to accomplish daily activities, like holding a pencil or picking boogers. Abbreviations that one learns from texting are a lot easier to write when writing long pieces of work, such as essays. Essays with abbreviations sound more educated compared to essays with grammatically correct English.
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Why Is History Being Rewritten?
We Didn't Start The Fire Lyrics!!!
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye
Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide...
Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician Sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and Roller Cola wars, I can't take it anymore
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on...
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
My Reflection :)
Honestly I liked the idea of having a class based on social media rather than a course only focused on British Literature, which would be very boring. Unlike any other language arts class, media literacy is a course that is very relatable; it deals with social networking sites which plays a major part in our everyday lives. Now a day’s social networking sites have become such a big part of the way we communicate and stay informed with breaking news. But media literacy isn’t just a course based on social networking; it is also a writing based course. I learned how to write a précis and before this course I didn’t even know what that was. This class teaches students how to not only be successful while using social networking sites but also how to go about how life and your future careers. Media Literacy is a well thought out and relatable class, in my opinion I think every senior should take it. This course taught me a plethora of things including how to tell the difference between a satirical essay and a formal essay, how to annotate a piece of writing, to make sure I actually read and understand all of the terms and agreements that come with a social networking site, and to also make sure that I read all of the privacy terms as well. Leaving this class I am taking away a plethora of things one being read the terms and agreements for every social networking site, lesson number two is the government is watching closer than we think, and lesson number three is your name doesn’t determine your future, you do. The one thing I would change about this course is the work load other than that I loved taking to this course, I see a lot of things differently because of it.