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=Welcome to Communication Media (CMed)=


 * THIS SITE IS MOVING TO: https://sites.google.com/view/pcscmed/home **

Purpose and Areas of Focus for Communication Media
The purpose of Communication Media 10, 20, 30 is to provide experiences for students to inquire while developing understanding, skills, and abilities in audio, video, and interactive media production to communicate effectively. Areas of Focus identify the key components of what students are expected to know, understand and be able to do upon completion of the learning in a Practical and Applied Arts (PAA) curriculum. Because the PAA curricula generally contain more learning than one course (1 credit), the Areas of Focus are not meant to be fully attainable after 100 hours of learning. The Areas of Focus for Communication Media are to:
 * Explore and experience fundamental concepts through the acquisition and improvement of technical skills including appropriate software, and equipment use, terminology, and teamwork.
 * Create solutions to problems or challenges using a variety of production skills including project management.
 * Identify communication issues and implications for self, society, and the environment, as well as plan projects considering sustainability.
 * Identify career opportunities as well as skills, work habits, and training required to obtain and sustain work in communication media.
 * Understand and utilize the three stages of production.

Read more at [|CMED Curriculum]

Course Resources and Materials
This site was launched in June 2012 for the of building and sharing course materials and resources. This site will be developed throughout the course. At anytime, this site can be accessed for study, to catch up from absences, to review or to complete work. Pages on the left sidebar will be comprised of our various units.

Materials required for this course include a **usb flashdrive** (2GB minimum, 4GB recommended) and a pair of **headphones**.

Course Communication
Many (but not all) of our assignments will be done using a website called [|Edmodo]. Edmodo is a free, secure, social learning platform for teachers, students, schools and districts. It provides teachers and students with a secure and easy way to post classroom materials, share links and videos, and access homework, grades and school notices. There is now a PARENT account option to allow parents to follow and support the learning of their children.

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 * Digital World Kids Today **

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 * 21st Century Literacy**

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 * Did You Know (2012 version)**