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Thursday, 20 October 2011
Media Blogs: A Guide
Hello to all my media blogging students. After my previous blog-nag it occurred to me that you might be struggling to identify what to blog about. What is a blog? It's really just a method of recording ideas. A sort of online journal. It's also a way to publicise yourself and your work and get in touch with Media practitioners.
So, in light of some the complaints I have received from both AS and A2 this week about blogging, I've decided to give you some guidelines on blogging (also see the first post on this blog for more information) and give you the links to some great examples of Media blogs.
1) Media Developments: you are a Media student. General knowledge of the Media is a must. Both the AS and the A2 exam papers require you to have at least some general knowledge of what's currently happening in the world Media.
A great example of this type of blogging is The Media Blog http://themediablog.typepad.com/ You need to look at the type of information it is giving and also the topics it cover. It is great for information and you could use some of the stories as inspiration for your own blog (please note: inspiration only and not plagarism).
You could also find stories for your blog from daily newspapers, online news agencies i.e.- http://www.guardian.co.uk/media
2) Coursework Updates: Your blog is the perfect place to keep a record of your coursework developments. Here is a good example of a coursework blog by a student http://emilyprescott.blogspot.com/ Again, be careful because you can use this blog to indicate the style but you cannot use her ideas or content.
3) Handing in Work: You will be asked to publish your answers to all of your independent projects on your blog. If you don't blog your work then we will assume that you haven't done the work.
4) Getting Support: I will blog the instructions for all of your tasks. If you need help with that task them you need to ask me a question in the comments section or send me a DM on Twitter.
Finally, there is a support website for Blogger. It should be able to solve any of the technical problems that you have with the site. http://bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com/
Keep watching for more updates and tasks.
Miss Moody
So, in light of some the complaints I have received from both AS and A2 this week about blogging, I've decided to give you some guidelines on blogging (also see the first post on this blog for more information) and give you the links to some great examples of Media blogs.
1) Media Developments: you are a Media student. General knowledge of the Media is a must. Both the AS and the A2 exam papers require you to have at least some general knowledge of what's currently happening in the world Media.
A great example of this type of blogging is The Media Blog http://themediablog.typepad.com/ You need to look at the type of information it is giving and also the topics it cover. It is great for information and you could use some of the stories as inspiration for your own blog (please note: inspiration only and not plagarism).
You could also find stories for your blog from daily newspapers, online news agencies i.e.- http://www.guardian.co.uk/media
2) Coursework Updates: Your blog is the perfect place to keep a record of your coursework developments. Here is a good example of a coursework blog by a student http://emilyprescott.blogspot.com/ Again, be careful because you can use this blog to indicate the style but you cannot use her ideas or content.
3) Handing in Work: You will be asked to publish your answers to all of your independent projects on your blog. If you don't blog your work then we will assume that you haven't done the work.
4) Getting Support: I will blog the instructions for all of your tasks. If you need help with that task them you need to ask me a question in the comments section or send me a DM on Twitter.
Finally, there is a support website for Blogger. It should be able to solve any of the technical problems that you have with the site. http://bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com/
Keep watching for more updates and tasks.
Miss Moody
Monday, 17 October 2011
The Importance of Blogging
Well hello A-level Media.
In the last week it has become apprent that you have been neglecting your blog. Therefore you have forced me to produce the world's first blog-nag. Yes, this is a nag. If you don't heed the blog-nag then there will be a blag-threat, followed swiftly by a blog-shaming. You have been warned.
To review: we asked you to set up your blogs so that you could keep an accurate and Media appropriate record of your progress on the course. The blogs also help me to understand how you are processing the information from all of your Media lesson (see what you made me do, I just bellowed in blog language). You should be using your blog space to record ideas, interesting texts that you've seen and any new work that you want your teachers to mark- we're not taking anything in on paper this year.
Most of all: if you can't work Twitter and Blogger, then what hope do you have of successfully using Mediator, Publisher or any of the other production tools? The answer is slim to none.
Thus ends my blog-nag. Don't make me do this again.
In the last week it has become apprent that you have been neglecting your blog. Therefore you have forced me to produce the world's first blog-nag. Yes, this is a nag. If you don't heed the blog-nag then there will be a blag-threat, followed swiftly by a blog-shaming. You have been warned.
To review: we asked you to set up your blogs so that you could keep an accurate and Media appropriate record of your progress on the course. The blogs also help me to understand how you are processing the information from all of your Media lesson (see what you made me do, I just bellowed in blog language). You should be using your blog space to record ideas, interesting texts that you've seen and any new work that you want your teachers to mark- we're not taking anything in on paper this year.
Most of all: if you can't work Twitter and Blogger, then what hope do you have of successfully using Mediator, Publisher or any of the other production tools? The answer is slim to none.
Thus ends my blog-nag. Don't make me do this again.
Friday, 7 October 2011
A2 New Media Investigations
Remember that you're going to use your blog to record all of the stages of your research. You must blog at least once during the week to record your research. I'll be checking throughout the week and getting back to you about any improvements.
Anyone who fails to keep up to date with their research and their blog will stay behind for an hour on Friday to complete the work.
Also, you must remember to stick to your question. Don't get side tracked by other topics.
Anyone who fails to keep up to date with their research and their blog will stay behind for an hour on Friday to complete the work.
Also, you must remember to stick to your question. Don't get side tracked by other topics.
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