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Digital and Social Media Adaptation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9U7YQ8dMto

Ode to an Orange

For my adaption of Ode to an Orange, I know I wanted to tell the story between family members. Marco Polos are an interesting and fun way to communicate and tell family members or people you know a story or what you are up to. It works great for time differences and simply different schedules. It can be fun to see nieces or nephews little videos and just to chat back and forth. I have only used it a little bit and honestly just learned about it this summer, but I love catching up with people with it. It's a little more personal than a text, but we don't necessarily have to go through the stress of calling or talking at the perfect moment for both of us.

Unique to Marco Polo, there's often room to goof off a little bit and just have fun. My dad automatically wanted to tell a knock knock joke and I wanted to try burning an orange because someone suggested it. There are usually many random videos and every family or relationship is different. While talking to my roommate, she explained her brother puts on a specific personality and character to entertain his family. She searched through video messages just to find one of these unique videos for me.

Through the creation of this video I was able to refresh some basic skills from elementary school and junior high using iMovie. My parents wanted to go back and forth telling a joke and I didn't realize they did separate videos for every "knock knock" and "who's there", so to make it all flow I had to cut a lot of down time in-between their lines. Through this process I also learned how to use a screen recorder for my iPhone to capture the Marco Polo's back and forth.

Creating something new and fresh was difficult to know how close I should stay to the text, yet how many possibilities I had to explore and develop what I wanted to stay. It's nice to have a specific work/script to at least pull from because you need structure to create. If we just give students a big open ended prompt or assignment there's too many options they might never choose one. 

Draft of Media Policy

At no time may an electronic communication device (cell phone) be used by any student to send texts, emails, take pictures, etc without the teachers consent. Students may raise their hand or ask the teacher privately to explain what they will be using their device for and can be approved by teachers discretion. Usage in class should be limited to education purposes. Violation result in consequences pre- decided by class.

 An electronic communication device may not be used by any student in a manner that might reasonably create in the mind of another person an impression of being threatened, humiliated, harassed or embarrassed or intimidated.

Technology will be used in the class to research and accomplish lesson and assignments objectives. Usage in class could be limited to educational purposes.Violation result in consequences pre- decided by class.

Resources:

Alpine Cell Phone and Electronic Devices Policy

Nebo Technology Policy

Questions:

• Can we use the BYU Theatre Database Lessons for classes?
• If we have a book with handout examples can you use those for classes?

To Do List

• Need to review past lesson plans to make sure copyright and credit is given where credit is due.
• Make sure to review all my social media and online platforms for professionalism.

Professionalism Article: Online Professionalism

Copyright Article: Online Copyright 

Thinking and Writing about Digital Media

What are you doing right before you go to sleep, or the first thing when you wake up? For most people in my generation this includes social media, Netflix, or surfing the web. Smart phones and laptops are constantly open and giving us notifications of comments, likes, friend requests, and much more. Media surrounds us in the classroom, homework, social media, pass times, and simply stated: our lives.

Within my personal intake of media, I appreciate fine art through photographs, paintings, and designs especially through theatre when I have the change; although, I often find myself consuming poor quality media to fill my time. I routinely tell myself it is my break from work, thinking, or school. Instead of taking a nap that might help me rejuvenate I fill my time with inessential movies, YouTube videos and occasionally social media. 

In the past, I have been consuming tons on social media, mostly Facebook and Instagram, largely due to the constant notifications I received from the apps on my phone. Following the prophet’s council after General Conference, I took a ten day fast from social media. Honestly, this experience was very refreshing and freeing. I have now made it my goal to refrain from a lot of social media consumption by turning off notifications and not using it as much. Unfortunately, I do not always use the extra time towards books or serving others, but now I find myself consuming Netflix.

Filling my extra time with Hallmark movies or other simplistic and repetitive love stories, I seem to tell myself not think or analyze this media it is simply for consumption. With the constant use of media in the classroom, my method to “take a break” through media could create similar feelings of inattentiveness while studying media for classes. I have found myself copying an article I need to read for a class into text to speech reader, even though I get very little out of it. With an increase in.

Teachers cannot honestly control student’s media intake outside their class. Yet, they may focus on a variety of engaging material to keep their students invested with the topics and different focus points of each class. I love using media in theatre to help see insight to a different culture, characters life/situations, etc. What I love about the use of media in classrooms stems from the stories we can experience and share. 

Since there is so much media consumption throughout students everywhere it is becoming more important than ever to properly educate how to use media for good. As you can tell from my personal example, if you simply try to remove a type of media entirely something else may go in its place. Nevertheless, through education we may help find valuable media to focus on. One of the core principles of “Media Literacy Education develops informed, reflective and engaged participants essential for a democratic society.”

Agency Photography

Feeling consumed, overwhelmed, and glared at by media it can be difficult to get your priorities straight. Will you choose what is good or what is best? It's your choice.

10 Most Significant List

1.    Yes theory (YouTube channel)

2.    Gethsemane (Reese Oliveira)

3.    Radium Girls (D.W Gregory, writer, Stephanie Breinholt, director)

4.    Mr. Church (Bruce Beresford, director)

5.    Joy to Everyone This Christmas (YouTube video)

6.    Marco Polos back and forth with Arianna and Hayden

7.    Bright Star (Musical by Steve Martin)

8.    Playmill Playlist Sessions (Facebook videos thanks to Hayden Allred)

a.    Baby Mine https://www.facebook.com/playmilltheatre/videos/baby-mine-playmill-playlist-sessions/536207383496293/

b.    Sebastian Love Medly https://www.facebook.com/playmilltheatre/videos/267248454096203/

9.    Eric Daniel Longhurst (book with photos and words about Eric)

10.  Hart of Dixie

Useful Technology I have loved this year: Qlab