Digital Sound: Students are reminded to finish their finals for Friday morning. Please ensure that your project is school appropriate and copyright free. Law: Law students will begin their review today. Students are asked to look at a case and answer some questions about criminal and civil law.see handout. Due tomorrow. Computer science: Students are asked to finish up to unit 11.  

Digital Sound 120: Students have about 8 days left in class. The time will be given for students to complete one of the following. The mark on this assignment will be recorded as their exam mark for the course. Students will choose one of the areas and develop an audio project that shows their understanding of the skillset that was practiced in the course. 1.       Produce an original song: (Individual) a.       The song should range about 3-4 minutes in length b.      Original lyrics and melody line c.       The song should contain at least 3 track lines d.      The teacher should be given a hardcopy of the song. e.      Balance/ tempo/voice/ creativeness/ organization/audience 2.       Make an original movie: (Pairs) a.       Movie should be 5-10 minutes in length b.      At least 15 Foley tracks should be incorporated into the film. c.       Foley tracks should be made and recorded- (Fill out Foley planning sheet) d.      Original script submitted with effects and music score e.      Balance/pacing/ editing/ audience/ Plot/ Creativeness 3.       Produce an original 5 minute mystery: (individual) a.       Write an original script outlining the sound effects used b.      Have at least 20 sound effects c.       Use copyright free music or produce your own sound. d.      Create a soundscape for the story. e.      Voice/ characterization/ Plot/ Audience and balance will be key aspects in this production. Note: These projects are due in class on 18th January, 2013. Grading: 1.       Production- 70 % (end product) 2.       Class time used for production- 30% (you must be working on your production during class time)

Digital Sound: Students are working on jingle writing. Jingle writers are often given the tasks to come up with a unique way to sell a product. Students will spend this week writing a jingle and then building a commercial for the product using the original jingle. Students who have completed this task early will be able to achieve bonus marks if they can write a creative jingle for the new JMH store, "the cat shack." Jingles are due on Monday 10th December. Law 120: Law students will begin the trial today. For the next few weeks the students have been given law cases. There are three cases that are being addressed in the class. Lawyers for each trial have been preparing for the case. Students who are not lawyers play witnesses for the different cases. Today students will begin opening statements. Tomorrow students will be given the time to prepare their witnesses for the stand on Thursday. Students who are not involved in the cases are writing their law paper entitled "there ought to be a law against/for..." Remember this paper is in MLA format and must be backed up with at least 3 credible sources. Computer science 110: Students should remember to finish up to unit 9 this week.  

Digital Sound: Students will present their audio scavenger hunt recordings. Teacher will then give students until Wednesday to finish projects due to the problems with the server and recording software. All projects due on Wednesday 28th, November 2012. Law120: Students will continue their notes on the Justice system in Canada. We will look at jury duty and the responsibilities of the participants of the court. Computer Science: All students should try to complete Unit 8 this week and take up to Unit 7 quizzes.