Re-presentation+PD13


 * Students will be able to:**
 * 1) distinguish between an event and a representation of an event. (reading a newspaper story is equal to reading a letter about the event; listening to a news broadcast is like listening to a phone call about the event)
 * 2) media representations about events can be edited and transformed.
 * 3) each person interprets events in their own way.

"On that day I had just one question to ask the Dalai Lama. Here's what I asked. I wanted to know: 'Your Holiness, you inspire so many people, but what inspires you?" He paused and leaned over for a moment to talk to with his translator. then His Holiness turned to me and with a lighthearted laugh he said, "I don't know, I am just a simple monk." The enormous conference hall erupted into giggles and whispers. I was by far the shortest time he'd spent answering any question that day, and it did not go unnoticed. with that, the Dalai Lama's speech ended abruptly, he was whisked backstage and the CEO's and I dispersed for a break into the crowded lobby. And that's when the real lesson from that morning hit me, through the reactions I experienced from others.
 * Real Example by Liz Murray:**

Walking in the massive marble lobby among the crowd of executives, I was trying to sort out what had just happened when all of a sudden, one by one, the CEOs approached to tell me what they knew His Holiness had actually meant by his answer. first, a gruff man in his forties approached me and said, "I'll tell you, it was very Zen of the Dalai Lama, the way he talked to you, very Zen. His answer was all about //simplicity//." A tall woman in a power suit was next. "It's deep," she said, "the //not-knowingness// of it all. As a monk, he is okay with the ignorance inherent in the human conditions." And next, a tall man with a furrowed brow, obviously angry said, "Liz, he didn't answer you about what inspires him because he didn't want to lower himself to our level, It's arrogance!"

Nearly a dozen executives came to me during the short break and interpreted, with certainly, the meaning of the Dalai Lama's answer. Until finally, later on, backstage, when I was being miked for my own speech, one of the Dalai Lama's stagehands found me to apologize. "Sorry, Liz," he said, "the interpreter fumbled your question and His Holiness wasn't able to understand you, because, well ... we goofed. Oops."

It turns out there was actually no meaning whatsoever to the Dalai Lama's answer. Or rather, there was no meaning beyond the one each person had assigned it. What's more, each person had witnessed the very same exchange, and not one of them came away with the same interpretation."

Source: Murray, Liz. "Epilogue." //Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard//. New York: Hyperion, 2010. 327-28. Print.


 * Assignment:**
 * 1) Create a wiki page called Re-presentation initials. Copy the information below and paste it on the page that you create.
 * 2) I will show the class a brief video of an event or an interview. Imagine you are a reporter who has just witnessed this event.

After viewing the event. complete the following Tyler Field ran through the computer lab being chased by the vice principle, Mr. Dellaporta, who nearly knocked over the protector. Then, as he stopped yelled "Where did he go?" followed by Tyler Field exclaiming "Catch me you will not!" Then he ran out of the computer lab and the room was silent.
 * A.** Take five minutes to write down quickly in note form everything that you can remember about the event.

Mr. Dellaporta and Tyler Field dashed into the computer lab. Mr. Dellaporta knocked over projector. Vice Principal yelled "Where did he go?" Tyler Field exclaimed "Catch me you will not!"
 * B.** Using your notes, try to organize the "story" of what happened into a sequence in which the most important information is given first.

Mr. Dellaporta running into the projector.
 * C.** If you were able to have a still camera to record the event, what one picture would you most like to have taken?

In the morning December 3rd, 2012, 23 students had been quietly working on a computer assignment. When out of nowhere a student, Tyler Field, came running through the class being chased by Vice Principal Mr. Dellaporta. In complete shock, the students all stared in awe as Mr. Dellaporta tripped over the projector. As Tyler ran ahead of him, he started to taunt him and then ran out of the classroom with the Vice Principal following behind seconds later. Everyone had the slightest idea of what had taken place. But five minutes later it was as if nothing happened.
 * D.**Using the materials you have got, write a story for your local newspaper that tells what happened. You should include a sketch of your imaginary picture with a caption. (Use Tux Paint t0 draw the sketch. Go to File on the wiki page and upload the file to your page.)


 * E.** Compare your story with those produced by the rest of the class. (Read at least 10 stories on the wiki.) Has everyone agreed what is the most important part of the event? Do you all have the same choice of picture? If there are differences, how do you explain these?

I read PK13, PD13, MB13, SC13, FG!3, BS13, SS13, SJ13, PA13, & FD13. No everyone did not agree with the same event because some people only saw clips and had to base it off what they only saw in that brief second. Not everyone had the same choice of picture but most of the pictures had the same basic idea of Mr. Dellaporta chasing Tyler. Some of the minor differences include:

Yes, I think some versions are more accurate than others because some had witnessed the whole seen as others didn't.
 * F.** Do you think some versions are more accurate than others? Give your reasons.