Minor updates to this page...

Hi everyone,


Arthur was kind enough to email me regarding a few issues he discovered in trying to do as I'd asked him to do.  I have updated the earlier posts accordingly:

• The blog-spot link now goes to blogger.com instead of a random blog page.
• Your username is linked to your email; I should have said make your DISPLAY name into "SURNAME FirstName".

Thank you for that, Arthur, and hope everyone's getting on well.  :)

See you tomorrow,


- Teacher Marcus

Resources and tools

Hello everyone!


The course is off to a good start, and I must say I'm encouraged by the level of interest and focus you've all been bringing to class.  Keep it up!

I thought it would be useful for you to be able to access that blogpage from other students in the UK; if nothing else, it helps us get our heads around the requirements for our own blogs.

The main site is here, and has links to all the group and individual blogs.
     (As a precaution, these blogs are to be viewed solely for personal research.)

In my last post, I talked about a few sites you might want to explore.  Here are a few more which may be of use, depending on what you'd like to achieve with your blogs.

Creation and storage for media-rich online presentations:
     Empressr
     Sliderocket
     Prezi
     Voki
     Mixbook   (creates photo books)

Of course there will be others, but this should get you started.

If you already own a blog on a site other than bloodspot and want to use that site because you are more familiar with it, please see me in person and we can discuss it further.

Happy blogging!  :)


- Teacher Marcus

Welcome to Media Studies!

Hi everyone!


What a year it's going to be!  I know there's a lot to get your head around, so the best way to move forward is to bravely take that first step.  The next ones have a tendency to be easier.  If you're reading this post, you've already made step one.  (Easier than you thought already, hm?)

First things first: you're going to need to setup a personal blog!  Blogspot is a great place.

Your blog's title will be different from your user name, and eventually you'll need more than one blog!  We'll get to that.

For your account, here's the format I'd like us to follow:


Display names should look like this -->   SLAGEL Marcus

Blog title should read as follows        -->   AS Media Coursework 20xx (year)


I'll create links on this blog so we'll have a central place to find everything from.  There will also be updates, reminders, and links / study resources.

You may also want an account at slideshare.  Very easy to setup:  if possible, please use first initial and surnames as username (i.e. MSlagel).

That's enough for now.  Go take that second step.  :)


- Teacher Marcus