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COURSE REVIEW: Teacher and Technology


CONCEPTS / KEYWORDS

• Documentary. “Creative treatment of actuality”
• (TRIAD-MC)
• Communication theory: ABX=X’
• Synchronous / asynchronous communication
• Information/communication websites
• Web 2.0
• “social networking”
• “digital citizenship”: cyberporn; plagiarism, cyberbullying, etc
• ICT: Information and communication technologies
• Educational technology
• Blog
• Podcast
• Media. “extensions of man”. (senses). (popular definition: news media. ) Mcluhyan.
• Font: serif and sans serif. (body text vs presentation.
• Font size: 12 pt.
• Plow the broke the plains. Virgil Thompson.
• A35 only: Film music: mood, signature, titles, mickeymousing…
• A35 ony:Film composers: John Williams, Mancini, Eric Korngold, Bernard Herrmann (hitchock films, Gulliver)
• Importance: lies at the intersection of classical music and popular culture. Makes music approachable. Background.
• Powerpoint / keynote
• “Film Tactics” 1945 US navy Training film. Narrative.

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE
List and identify key individuals whose names have been mentioned or discussed

• Marshall McLuhan
• Norman McLaren.
• Jimmy Wales
• (Leslie Halliwell)
• Al Gore
• Michael Moore
• John Grierson
• Ken Robinson
• (Garr Reynolds)
• Roman Kroiter
• (Eldon Rathburn)
• (Richard Dimbleby)

LABORATORY ACTIVITIES

• Blogger.com
• Google docs
• Nicenet.org
• Google notebook
• Google Scavenger Hunt

BIG IDEAS
Identify major themes developed or introduced in this course.
1. “Medium is the message”
2. Technology is ubiquitous.
3. Technology is more than computers.
4. Technology should be low cost or even no cost
5. Technology should have a low learning curve. You are not becoming programmers, or computer scientists or technicians.
6. Technology has a dark side. (cyber bullying, cyber porn, plagiarism.
7. Beware the technology hype.







SOME CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGIES IN SCHOOLS

• Computers: PC and Mac.
• Document Reader
• Overhead Projector
• Video Playback (VCR)
• DVD
• Digital cameras?
• PDAs?
• Cell Phones?
• Smartboards

Some Social Networking programs potentially available
∑ Blogger.com
∑ Nicenet
∑ E-Pearl
∑ Wikis
∑ Podcasts






VIDEO / FILM / DVD PREVIEWED
1. Opening Speech (1961) Norman McLaren. Canada
2. Begone Dull Care (1949). Norman McLaren. Canada
3. Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman. (1950) NFB. Roman Kroiter
4. How to fold a shirt. Youtube.
5. Film Tactics (1945). US Navy
6. Ken Robinson. Creativity. TED
7. McLuhan’s Wake. (2003) Canada
8. Jimmy Wales. Wikipedia. TED
9. What is a documentary? National Film Board. Canada.
10. City of Gold. NFB. Canada.
11. Inconvenient Truth. (Excerpt) Al Gore. USA. 2006.
12. Bowling for Columbine. (Excerpt) Michael Moore. USA. 2005
13. Spaghetti Story (1957). “Panorama.” UK.







CLASSROOM RELEVANCE
Explain the classroom relevance of ideas introduced so far.

How to prepare for the exam (Thurs March 6)

Some hints to help you study...


The exam will ask you to write short notes on a series (perhaps ten) terms dealing with the course content. There will be choices. You don't need to know everything.

Be prepared to write at least two statements about each concept or name you select. For example, how many things can you say about Bowling for Columbine? That it was produced by Michael Moore. That it is documentary, in the contemporary style. It is characterized by the filmmaker appearing in person. That it is often "staged". That is uses humour to get its effect across. That it has moved a long way from the contemporary tradition. That is more than enough!

Be prepared to cite McLuhan's four laws and to demonstrate how they work. For example, what does a digital camera enhance? immediate photographic results. What might it make obsolete? Film. Also wait time to get pictures developed. What might it retrieve that we used to have? the picture album that we used to carry around, only now it is on FaceBook. Or Flickr. What does the digital camera reverse into? Spying.

For A35 only: Why is film music significant? Answer: It is a technology itself. It enhances the film story. It provides an important intersection between cinema and music. Cinema is popular culture. Music is something learned in school. Cinema makes music more approachable because of its popular appeal.

For all sections: Be prepared to write a short essay (expect to spend about 30 minutes) In the first paragraph re-state the question and explain how you are going to answer it. Summarize you response briefly in a final paragraph.

There may (or may not) be a short section of true/false questions.