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= Dear Year Nine, = = Congratulations! Welcome to the MSC MediaMatters Corporation. = = As team members you are charged with the responsibilty of exploring the possibilities and opportunities media offers up to us to share and celebrate the achievements, stories and ideas of communities we are involved with. In this, you will be involved in a compulsory collaborative team project, but will also be allowed to work on independent production projects. = = A lot will need to be achieved to meet deadlines and your professionalism, maturity and dedication will be important factors in meeting your team and individual objectives for the semester. = = Yours in collaboration and striving to succeed, = = The MSC MediaMatters Project Team =

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= THE POWER OF MEDIA =

__**SEE, THINK, WONDER**__
 * View //Pay It Forward//. This film tells the story of teenager Trevor McKinney, who in response to his social studies teacher Mr Simonet's make the world a better place, did just that. Trevor thought up an idea, put it into action and changed the world.** **Trevor's 'pay it forward' idea was an incredible success that has a continuing positive impact on the world. Consider:**
 * **What is the key element behind the success and ongoing influence of Trevor's concept?**
 * **As a media student, how can you harness the power of media to share ideas, passions, actions and stories?**

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= MEDIA - A WAY TO SHARE YOUR IDEAS, ACTIONS, PASSIONS AND STORIES =

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= MEDIA STUDIES: AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE HOW YOU CAN CREATE AND CONNECT =



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== **In this course you will be involved in project based learning. As a media student, you will be able to take on many roles, just as people in real life businesses and companies do, to produce, pitch and establish products. The key focus of this course is for you to be involved in designing, developing, implementing and presenting projects to target audiences.** ==

== **Throughout the semester** **you will be involved in** **a compulsory MediaMatters project. Our class company has been shortlisted to tender an operational proposal for an online multimedia news service for MSC. This service needs to integrate with existing MSC information services, with the creation of connections to our school website, magazine, newsletter, library site and facebook stipulated as a must. A collaborative whole class effort will be needed to be successful. Your participation and contributions to this project will count towards your report assessments.** ==



== **Also,** **you will each be involved in supplementary project developments. The company requirements for the semester are that you** **are involved in the development and presentation of a minimum of two other projects. You have complete creative control of these projects. You can choose to work individually or with others.** **You will need to keep project planning diaries** **in this company space over the course of the semester. They will outline your ideas and the journey you have to go on to implement your project concepts to finished, presented and published products. These projects will also count towards your report assessments.** == ==** So, before we go into further detail about your report assessments, lets brainstorm a series of ideas for what your independent projects could be (NB: These projects will be presented on our school media service): **== you love, eg., Sport Fashion Music History ||< Create an interior designs portfolio for your dream: House Bedroom Backyard Kichen/Living area ||< Write a song - lyrics and music. Create a film clip of you performing your song. ||< Script a play and perform it. Record it to share with others. || Design a computer game. || regional Australia and enter the Heywire competition. ||< Have a go at event management. Organise, promote and document an event for your school community. ||< Do you like to draw? Tell a story in pictures. Or create a series of drawings to publish. ||< Produce a written story for publication. || a series of strips or make a complete comic book. ||< Become a reviewer. Develop a series of reviews for: films computer games cartoons other ||< Create a video sharing a passion or interest you have, and show others how it is done. E.g., how to make cupcakes ||< Write and produce a mini- documentary, webisode, film, advertisement ||< Choreograph a dance routine, record and share it. || DoppleMe, Voki and Mangatar. Present your avatars on a project page and comment on which uses you think each avatar type could be good for. ||< Script and produce a radio talk show. Use recording tools to bring it to life. ||< Other??? ||< Other??? ||< Other??? || == ==
 * < Create an e-zine about a topic
 * < Put on a fashion parade. ||< Tell a story about being a teen in
 * < Design a comic. You could do
 * < Investigate avatar tools such as

** And, here are a variety of options for our our online media service project: **
- Visual - Media Service Name - Year || ** INVOLVE LOCAL COMMUNITY: ** E.g., Investigate jobs in the local community and present profiles from interviews with the people you speak to - Other? || ** PROMOTE A SCHOOL INITIATIVE: ** E.g., The school library site is an excellent resource. Develop an information report about it. Speak to the librarians about its purpose and function. Create 'how to use videos to accompany the report. || Brainstorm a series of questions around current issues - school, local, national or global. Interview students, photograph or video their responses, organise to publish || ** AROUND MSC: ** Put together a social page on an event taking at our school. It could be about: - A music performance - The Deb - The Yr 10 Formal - Etc || ** BE AN EDITOR: ** - Come up with some promotional ideas for the service - Introduce the service to teachers at a meeting - Organise a 'launch' for the service || Make contact with an MSC graduate and present a profile outlining what they are doing in their lives. Include where their education has taken them. ||  || This could be on a school, local or general topic/issue. Write about an area of interest to you. Include headlines, visuals and quotes. An article can be expository, informative or persuasive. ||  ||   ||
 * ** MEDIA SERVICE COVER PAGE: ** Will need to include:
 * ** VOX POPS: **
 * ** INTERVIEW THE PRINCIPAL: ** || ** MSC EXPATS: **
 * ** WRITE AN ARTICLE: **

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Above the standard || C At the standard || D  Working towards the standard || Not Shown || Helped to promote and involve community members in the school media service. Completes a minimum of two independent projects with excellent detail. All projects are published on the school media service. Uses class time efficiently, maintaining excellent behaviour and calm in all situations. Ensures organisation is in place to execute project development during lessons and follows protocols without complaint. Maintains detailed planning and diary notes as they develop the project. || Participates in the compulsory project. A minimum of two items are presented in the school media service. Helps to promote the school media service. Completes two independent projects with lots of detail. Uses class time efficiently, follows instructions and attempts all learning tasks. Works to organise project development with patience and perseverance. Maintains reasonable planning and diary notes throughout the semester. || Participates in the compulsory project. Produces some work that can be used in the school media service. Completes one independent project with basic detail. Uses manners in class and uses time to attempt learning tasks. Avoids being distracted. Maintains basic planning and diary notes throughout the semester. ||  ||
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 * Particpates in the development of the compulsory project with enthusiasm and lots of input.