In our first lesson of Media Studies we had a few different discussions on various topics, our first discussion was a discussion of what "clever" means to us which was followed by a discussion to find the ways of teaching we prefer, enjoy and benefit from most. Our decisions as a class would decide which ways we are taught throughout the course. To start we were shown two images, one of Itchy and one of Scratchy from "the Itchy and Scratchy show" and we were asked which was more "clever" even though the both got the same grade in school. Next we were told the ways in which both of the characters got the grades.
Scratchy got his grades from copying work off the board and using essay plans from teachers and then re-using that information in the exams, Itchy on the other hand got his grades from finding his own ways of writing essays and making his own plans. We were shown both characters a few years later and found that Scratchy couldn't get a new job after losing his last one because he couldn't apply any knowledge from his exams, however Itchy managed to get a new job after losing his last as he could apply the knowledge into his work place such as group work.
After those discussions we were shown the syllabus for the year and the topics and layout of the exams and coursework for the course ahead of us, after receiving a few sheets of paper we watched some of the coursework of the previous year of Media Studies students. The pieces of coursework were each 2 minute clips to a fiction film that they had created in groups of 3-4 people. We were shown this to show us what we are expected to do.
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