Digital Media Pedagogy

CAT 124 Digital Media Pedagogy Brian Goldfarb, Winter 2016 Dept of Communication, UCSD

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School Site: High Tech Middle Media Art, 2861 Womble Rd., San Diego, CA 92106 (Directions)

An important requirement of this course is weekly participatory site visits to a school or educational setting. You will work with teachers and their students during an approximately 2.5 to 3 hour period each week outside of our class meeting times, and write up a reflection on your experiences and observations. Below is a description of the school site for this quarter and its location, along with the days/times that you can sign up for beyond the Tues/Thursday seminar meetings at the school. Please look this over carefully and let me know your availability/preference for a specific days or times outside of our class (Tues/Thurs 9:30-10:20). Note: you must commit to visiting the site the same times every week, though if something comes up it is ok to switch times so long as you notify me and the HTMMA teachers in advance. If you interested in carpooling to the sites (either needing a ride or providing a seat in your car) I will help to put you in touch with others in the class.

Site Description:

High Tech Middle Media Arts is located in the Point Loma area of San Diego, in the former Naval Training Center (NTC) on Truxton Rd, near the intersection of Rosecrans St and Womble Rd (a 20 minute drive from UCSD). High Tech Middle Media Arts is an innovative charter school (open and free to California Residents) serving approximately 300 students in grades 6-8 in San Diego and features a focus on multi-media and communications. HTMMA is part of a larger complex of schools including two elementary school, another High Tech Middle School, and 3 High Tech High schools all at the same site. HTMMA is on the second floor of the building just to the left (west) of the Rock Church/School.

website: http://www.hightechhigh.org/schools/HTMMA/

Available times for site visits:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:20 - 11	Seminar (9:30-10:20)	8:20 – 11	Seminar (9:30-10:20)	8:20 - 11
9:30 – 12	10:40 - 1:50 (lunch break 12 -12:30)	9:30 - 12	10:40 - 1:50 (lunch break 12 -12:30)	9:30 - 12pm
1:15 – 3:35				1:15- 3:35pm

Note: If you select monday site visits, you will need to do one make up day on one of the weeks when there is a monday school holiday.

map: http://www.hightechhigh.org/schools/HTMMA/?show=map

Driving Directions:
From the North:

Interstate 5 South; Rosecrans Exit;
After the intersection of Lytton and Rosecrans, turn left Womble Road,
turn right on Truxtun (your will pass the Rock church/school on your right. The next building is HTMMA)
Pass the HTMMA building and make a left onto Farragutt Rd
Make your first left into the parking lot.
We will meet in the second floor lobby of the HTMMA building just to the west of the parking lot.

From the South:

Interstate 5 North
exit onto Pacific Highway;
Left on Barnett Avenue;
Left on Rosecrans,
Left Womble Road
Right on Truxtun (your will pass the Rock church/school on your right. The next building is HTMMA)
Pass the HTMMA building and make a left onto Farragutt Rd
Make your first left into the parking lot.
We will meet in the second floor lobby of the HTMMA building just to the west of the parking lot.

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Learning Activity Project Guidelines (PDF format)

Examples of Presentations of Learning Activities from past classes: