Re-presentation+GSTN

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 * 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 Mr.Delaporta just ran in and he seemed to be chasing a student and he also seemed to be very panicked. It was very strange, sudden and unexpected. He would ask "Where did he go? Where did he go?" He was stomping on the ground and was looking under tables and he seemed very determined. He was shouting very loud. He came in the front door running and left out the back door also running. Then I heard a student in the back say "Over here!" I saw a student in the back of the class by the door that I think he seemed to be chasing but I could be wrong. Mr.Delaporta looked like he was just dressed to go to school and then now he seemed to be on the hunt. Our whole class was very panicked. I would have taken a picture of Mr.Delaporta looking under tables with a panicked look on his face and all of the freaked out students around him. It would inform and summerize what the whole incident was about. //**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.)**//
 * A. //Take five minutes to write down quickly in note form everything that you can remember about the event.//**
 * B. //Using your notes, try to organize the"story" of what happened into a sequence in which the most important information is given first.//**
 * 1) Mr.Delaporta came bursting into the computer lab shouting "WHERE DID HE GO? WHERE DID HE GO?"
 * 2) He appeared to be running and the matter seemed to be very urgent like he was looking for a snake that was loose. My guess is that it was a student on the loose.
 * 3) Mr.Delaporta was looking everywhere like under tables and chairs.
 * 4) I heard a student in the back say "Over here!"
 * 5) Then he ran out the back door.
 * 6) After he left all of the students were very panicked and nervous.
 * C. //If you were able to have a still camera to record the event, what one picture would you most like to have taken?//**

On a seemingly peaceful Monday morning, the class of 8b was utterly startled when the unthinkable happened. Incarnation's vice principal, Mr.Dellaporta, barged into the computer room where all of the students were working hard in their latest work. //**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 hve the same choice of picture? If there are differences, how do you explain these?**//

//**F.** **Do you think some versions are more accurate than others? Give your reasons.**//