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Task 2
Press
Slideshare

Research Task
Range of Music magazines- Findas many as you can via internet. (Real not Coursework examples)

• Audience
• Age Range
• Gender
• Type of Music - Specific Gender
• Pricing
• House Style
• Title - What does it suggest
• Colour Palette why
• Remember: De-constuction & Re-construction

Welcome To Media Studies the class of 2016

Delighted to have you all studying Media Studies at AS level
This first post will provide information from your initial lessons.

Here are two essential links:
This link will provide excellent resources from the OCR exam board. You can compare your work to examples top level 4 work

http://ocrmediastudies.weebly.com

Make sure you have my Blogger address. This will enable you my access work 24/7 and resources

http://oamedia.blogspot.co.uk

I will post this weeks tasks later this week.

Really hope you enjoy working with me
Good luck

Mr Liddell

Sign up for Blogger and others

Our 7 Question Evaluation will need to be presented in a variety of Digital Media formats:
This week could you please sign up (Free Accounts) for the following:


This week
Sign up to the following 

1. Blogspot account using google login. Please sign in using the following unique address. http://asmediayourname.blogspot.com. 
2. Prezi account 
3. Slideshare

We will also need to answer questions using Podcast via GarageBand and maybe use Video accessing apple software.

topical Issue

SWOT Anaysis

Strengths

• Free Google Account
• 24/7 access got Teachers & Learners
• Focussing on a Technology (Social Media) where learners are confident  & Majority are highly skilled
• Presentation opportunities for New Media - Film - Music - Links - Images
• Easy reference for a Process - Time & Date stamped to evaluation Work ethic/Time Management
• Available across a variety of platforms - mobile -laptop - PC - tablet - Microsoft - Apple etc

Weaknesses

• This must seen as  a replacement for traditional  written work

Opportunities

• Engaging learners
• Encourage extended writing activiies
• Department Blogs - Sharing Goog Practice 
• Student Blogs 

Threats:

• Continued investment in cutiing edge technology to support all leaners

Assessing our Coursework

Thanks for Spring Break

This week's focus - Completion of coursework for Initial Internal Moderation.

Assess our Coursework using OCR exemplars and OCR standards & look at Final revisions & Decisions
Resources: Weebly Website

http://ocrmediastudies.weebly.com/as-archive.html

Open a new post on your blog -  Title Assessing my Coursework

Task 1
Quickly look at the Examples of Magazines from the Website
Pay particular attention to the Levels in the Top left corner
Open your Coursework Examples
Which Example looks most like yours
What level is this? L1-L4.
(Screen shot and Add to blog with 

Task 2
With Guidance from the OCR Specification 
What areas do you need to improve - Provide a short To Do list to improve your work
Enter on your blog - your checklist for improving your work

Task 3
Apply changes and improvements to your coursework. 
Remember to Blog your revisions & decisions

If we have time - in 2's look at each others work and quickly match the closest comparison. Have they chosen the same example as you? What level do they think your work represents?

Please remember
Apple 1 & Apple 2 open each evening - April 29th Coursework Completion for Internal Moderation