Check this out (and refer back to it when you do your video projects!):
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
"Pimp My Blog"
Project Guidelines:This is due on Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Create the coolest blog you can.
Play with design.
Use the Customize button to add gadgets and other features.
Write a blog entry explaining the process and why you chose the things you did.
Best blog wins a prize.
Grades:
A – Blew me away. Fun design, cool features.
Added photos, audio or video
B – Good blog; includes a few features.
C – Looks like most of the other blogs out there, but it’s okay
D – It’s there
F – It’s not there
Please post the URL of your blog as a comment here. Include your name so I can give you proper credit.
Create the coolest blog you can.
Play with design.
Use the Customize button to add gadgets and other features.
Write a blog entry explaining the process and why you chose the things you did.
Best blog wins a prize.
Grades:
A – Blew me away. Fun design, cool features.
Added photos, audio or video
B – Good blog; includes a few features.
C – Looks like most of the other blogs out there, but it’s okay
D – It’s there
F – It’s not there
Please post the URL of your blog as a comment here. Include your name so I can give you proper credit.
Teams
(You can also find this list, with phone numbers, on Blackboard under Course Information.)
Team A
Erin
Morgan
Steve
Sarah
Team B
Noel
Kriston
Dave
Nick IT
Team C
Lindsay
Ben
Moriah
Adam
Team D
Joe
Nick R.
Phil
Matt
Team A
Erin
Morgan
Steve
Sarah
Team B
Noel
Kriston
Dave
Nick IT
Team C
Lindsay
Ben
Moriah
Adam
Team D
Joe
Nick R.
Phil
Matt
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Blog critique
Go out on the World Wide Web and find a blog. Any blog will do, but I would encourage you to avoid the super-popular ones. Technorati.com can help guide you to blogs on any topic.
I used it to find a blog about chickens!
In your critique, please tell us:
what you like and dislike about the blog;
how often it is updated (avoid "dead" blogs);
whether the Comments indicate anyone is reading it;
what media elements beyond text it uses.
Post your critique here as a Comment.
The other bit of homework is to read Chapter 5 in Journalism 2.0.
I used it to find a blog about chickens!
In your critique, please tell us:
what you like and dislike about the blog;
how often it is updated (avoid "dead" blogs);
whether the Comments indicate anyone is reading it;
what media elements beyond text it uses.
Post your critique here as a Comment.
The other bit of homework is to read Chapter 5 in Journalism 2.0.
Plugged-in Generation
A study says 8 to 18-year-olds spend more time with digital media than their parents spend at work.
Do you?
Do you?
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Multimedia assignment
Due Thursday:
Read Chaps 1-4 in "Journalism 2.0" and then find two examples of multimedia online.
Click the "Comment" link at the bottom of this entry. Post the URLs and write a note explaining what you liked or disliked about the examples you chose.
Here are mine:
http://www1.voanews.com/english/video-audio/nowuknow/
Voice of America is the U.S. government's external broadcasting arm. For years and years, it was happy to confine itself to radio. To stay relevant today, it is jumping into television and the Internet in a big way. What I like about this example: a TV host talks about the Large Hadron Collider -- and you can read a text about it on the right.
http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-1042076.html
Spiegel is Germany's most influential newsweekly. For some time now, it has produced a brief newscast on its Web page. What I don't like: the newscast used to use anchors, but doesn't any more. Hmmm. Budget cuts?
Read Chaps 1-4 in "Journalism 2.0" and then find two examples of multimedia online.
Click the "Comment" link at the bottom of this entry. Post the URLs and write a note explaining what you liked or disliked about the examples you chose.
Here are mine:
http://www1.voanews.com/english/video-audio/nowuknow/
Voice of America is the U.S. government's external broadcasting arm. For years and years, it was happy to confine itself to radio. To stay relevant today, it is jumping into television and the Internet in a big way. What I like about this example: a TV host talks about the Large Hadron Collider -- and you can read a text about it on the right.
http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-1042076.html
Spiegel is Germany's most influential newsweekly. For some time now, it has produced a brief newscast on its Web page. What I don't like: the newscast used to use anchors, but doesn't any more. Hmmm. Budget cuts?
Monday, January 18, 2010
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