LSC Multimedia

Test

2012-02-07T10:59:00.000-05:00

Blah blah blah.

Podcast team project

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- Create a 5- to 10-minute audio project and make it available on your blogs as a podcast.
- Use at least two voices.
- Write a 400-word story to accompany it. The story should complement the podcast rather than regurgitate it. Grammar and spelling count.

Deadlines:
- Submit project outline via blogs February 13
- Submit project via blogs February 15

Some ideas:
- Restaurant reviews
- Dorm cooking tips
- Interview
…a professor
…an athlete
…an interesting student
…students (plural) about a topic
- Review an LSC band
- Advice
…relationships
…easiest classes

Podcast critique assignment

2012-01-31T20:12:00.002-05:00

This assignment is due on Monday, Feb. 6.

Between now and Monday, subscribe to three podcasts. You can do this at the iTunes store – they are free.
Listen to at least two episodes of each podcast so you get a feel for it.
Write a post on your blog that explains
- why you picked each one,
- what you liked and disliked about each one,
- whether you think you will continue listening to any of them,
- and whether you put them on an iPod or other player.

YouTube uploads hit 60 hours... per minute

2012-01-24T07:03:00.003-05:00

Are you a YouTuber? If so, you've been really busy, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Critique a blog

2012-01-22T15:16:00.003-05:00

Due Wednesday Jan. 25:
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 on your own blog.

"Pimp My Blog"

2012-01-22T14:54:00.003-05:00

Project due Monday, Jan. 30: Create the coolest blog you can.
Play with design.
Use the customize button to add features.
Write a blog entry explaining the process you went through, and why you chose the things you did.
Best blog wins a prize.
Grades:
A -- Blew me away. Fun design, cool features. Lots of extra elements such as pictures, audio or video.
B -- Good blog. A few interesting elements.
C -- It's okay, but it's obvious nobody spent a lot of time constructing it.
D -- It's there, but it looks no different from the ur-blog created on Jan. 18.
F -- It's not there.

Welcome to ENG 2155

2012-01-18T10:26:00.002-05:00

Hi,
Please tell us the URL of the blog you just created. Use the comment feature at the bottom of this post.

Birthday Greetings

2011-12-07T09:07:00.002-05:00

View Happy Birthday, Pace in a larger map

Final Project Guidelines Fall 2011

2011-11-16T08:55:00.001-05:00

For the final multimedia project in the class, please choose two (or more) of the forms we have worked on during the semester and tell a fresh story.

You may work in teams or solo.

The only form that is off-limits is the blog, though you will post your project on your blog.

You may combine interactive maps, podcasts, slideshows, audio slideshows, and videos.
Examples: a podcast, slideshow or video that plays out of an interactive map; or a video that combines still and moving pictures.

Write a 300-word story to complement your project.

Deadlines:
Monday Nov. 28: Post a description of your project on your blog.
Wednesday Dec. 7: Project is due at the start of class.

Video Projects Spring 2011

2011-11-06T20:18:00.002-05:00

Create a video package that runs 1:30 to 2 minutes, and a 400-word text to accompany it.

As with the audio slideshows, create a journalistic narrative with a beginning that introduces the subject, a middle, and an end.

Post the project on iReport.com, and embed the video on your blog.

Include sound. This can be natural sound or an interview, or both. It can also include your own narration; however, the project must include sound created outside of your group. Do not interview family members or significant others.

Any music needs to be royalty-free.

The text and the video package should complement each other and not simply repeat what the other says. For instance, a team could put together a video about rehearsals for “Lend me a Tenor,” and the text could review the play.

Intermediate deadline Wednesday Nov. 9:

-- Post the topic of your video project on your blog, along with the sound source or sources you plan to use.

-- Bring to class a minute or so of video from the video camera you check out. We will look at editing options.

Final deadline Wednesday Nov. 16:

-- Upload the project to iReport and embed the video on your blog, along with the 400-word text that accompanies it.

Soundslides Hosting Test

2011-11-02T06:17:00.003-04:00

Hey, Soundslides hosting works!
Farewell Divshare. It's been fun knowing you.
But you just can't handle audio slideshows.
The key to Soundslides hosting seems to be the Export and Zip command, which was not available on the version of Soundslides I had on my computer originally.
It creates the publish_to_web zip file with no muss and no fuss.

Boy, is my face red

2011-11-01T22:10:00.002-04:00

Those long, involved instructions for uploading your Soundslides project to Divshare and unzipping the folder and embedding the project on your blog?

The instructions won't work!

For some reason, Divshare won't let you unzip an uploaded folder.

Soundslides to the rescue!

Soundslides offers hosting -- free for a month -- and includes these helpful instructions for uploading and embedding.

I created an account that everyone can share.
go to host.soundslides.com/admin
The login is danielwms
The password is Lyndon

Good luck, and sorry for the confusion!

CNN iReport critique for Oct. 31

2011-10-26T09:15:00.002-04:00

Please check out the offerings at iReport.com.
This is CNN's effort to get viewers to submit multimedia pieces.
Some are used in news shows.
Critique at least three submissions that have not aired on CNN.
At least two need to be video submissions rather than slideshows.
Criteria:
Is it interesting?
Why or why not?
Is it news?
If you were a CNN producer, would you put it on the air?
Could you do the same thing as well or better?
Post the critique on your blog by the start of class on Monday Oct. 31.

Soundslides Tips

2011-10-19T10:00:00.001-04:00

You’ll need the following ingredients to create an audio slideshow using Soundslides and post it on your blog:

The Soundslides program (available for free from Soundslides.com).
A folder containing jpg photos.
An mp3 audio file.
An account with Divshare.com.
A bit of patience.

Getting started:
Open Soundslides.
Ignore the Registration page by clicking Later.
Select NEW Create a project.
Give your project a name and give the computer a place to save it.

You’ll come to a page that asks you to load your jpg folder and mp3.
First, select an Output size on the left. Try “small” because you’re putting it on a blog.

Now load your jpg folder.
Then load your mp3.

You can change the order of your photos, and change the amount of time they stay on-screen.

You cannot alter the mp3 file once it’s loaded.

To change the order of your photos, drag and drop them where you want them. If that doesn’t work – it didn’t work well for me – you can specify the time at which they appear. This is done in the Slide Info tab.

You can adjust the length of time a photo stays on-screen by clicking the side of a photo in the timeline and sliding it left or right.

Put captions on your slideshow by using the Slide Info tab. Give your slideshow a headline (and give yourselves credit) under the Project Info tab.

When you’re happy with your audio slideshow, click export.
This creates a folder called publish_to_web.

You must highlight all of the items in the folder and create a zip file of them – go to File, and select Create Archive. You will need the zip file when you upload the slideshow to the Web, so find out where it resides (I had trouble finding mine).

In Divshare, create a new folder and give it a name. Upload your zip file to that folder.

Unzip.
(If it asks, allow it to overwrite files.)
Delete the Archive zip file in the directory; you don't need it any longer.

Click Current URL to view the soundslide.

Copy the URL and paste it into:
www4.soundslides.com/apps/utilities/

This generates an embed code that you can place in your blog.

You can modify the width and height of your slideshow at this point. If you change them, click Modify. That generates a new embed code.

Audio Slideshow Project

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You may work in teams or independently on this project.

Due dates:
Oct. 24: Post synopsis on blog.
Nov. 2: Post completed project on blog.

Guidelines:

Create a 2- to 3-minute audio slideshow using Soundslides.

Tell a story with this project.
Consider it a journalistic narrative, with a beginning, middle and end.
Include sound from an interview with someone outside of your team (and family).
You can mix the sound with your own voice(s), or just use the interview sound.
You can include a music bed.
Figure out how to identify the project at the top so the viewer will understand what is going on.
Change photos every 4 to 5 seconds.

Write a 400-word feature story to accompany the slideshow. The story should not be simply a transcription of your audio slideshow. They should complement each other.

Ideas:

Messy professors
Sporting event:
Rugby, soccer, intramurals, high school football, etc.
Campus tour
Cooking lesson
Concert or performance
Public meeting
Interview
How to…
Prepare for the upcoming ski/snowboard season
“Button up” a house for winter

Synopsis: Post a 200-word summary of your project on your blog. Explain what your slideshow will be about, which sound sources you plan to use, who the intended audience is, and what makes this an interesting story for that audience.

Evaluation:
Narrative: 50 points
The slideshow and the accompanying story engage the intended viewer. The photos are an interesting mix of wide, medium and close-up shots that exhibit good composition.
Mechanics: 30 points
The audio approaches professional quality; the writing is free of grammar, style, and spelling errors.
Format: 20 points
The project is posted correctly and meets the guidelines for length, sound sources, shot changes, etc.

A missing synopsis loses 40 points. Late work is assessed a penalty of 10 points per day (including the synopsis).

Slideshows

2011-10-16T12:24:00.005-04:00

Here's an audio slideshow about a tug-of-war championship from the Guardian, a British newspaper. Notice how often the image changes. (Fyi, the first reader comment is hilarious.)

Here's a silent slideshow from the Washington Post about a shofar class. It would have worked better as an audio slideshow. I mean, come on, it's a SHOFAR class!

The Caledonian-Record and its sister paper, the Orleans Record, run a lot of photo galleries, especially from high school sporting events. Can you figure out why?

Assignment for Oct. 24

2011-10-12T08:24:00.002-04:00

Assignment for Monday Oct. 24:
Find two slideshows and one photo gallery on separate Web sites and critique them on your blog. One of the slideshows must have audio; the other should not. Photo galleries don't ordinarily include sound.
Include the URLs so we can find them.
Criteria: Do the slideshows and photo galleries function well as storytelling tools? Which does the better job? Why or why not? What difference does sound make?

Here's a slideshow created in about 5 minutes (and it looks it!) using Photobucket.

Embed test

2011-10-05T09:17:00.001-04:00

Podcast Project Guidelines

2011-10-03T12:21:00.000-04:00

- Create a 5- to 10-minute audio project and make it available on your blogs as a podcast.
- Use at least two voices.
- Write a 400-word story to accompany it. Grammar and spelling count.
Deadlines:
- Submit project outline via blogs Oct. 5
- Submit project via blogs Oct. 12
Some ideas:
How-to
Dorm cooking tips
Wash your own clothes
Play rugby
Interviews
LSC’s interim president
LSC’s longest-serving prof
International students
Reviews
Lyndon’s Asian restaurants
Lyndon’s pizza restaurants
A musical band at LSC

Advice
Relationships
Best teachersCoolest GEU classes
Other
Public Safety log
Dead North
Evaluation criteria:
-Audience engagement
-Audio and editing quality
-Sound sources (voices, natural sound, music)
-Length requirements
-Mechanics

Embedding maps: There's a guy in my yard!

2011-09-29T14:07:00.001-04:00

Once you've got your Google map laid out just right, click "Done." Then go to the link icon to the upper right of the map itself (next to a printer and an email icon).Click the link icon and you'll get a couple of options: a URL you can email to someone, and an HTML embed code.You want the embed code.Copy it and paste it into a blog post:
View A guy in my side yard in a larger map(Notice the numbers for frame width and height. You can alter them to change the size of the image. )

All2MP3 > Audacity > Divshare !

2011-09-28T15:31:00.001-04:00

Here is an mp3 player created with Divshare. It will play an mp3 file that was converted from a WMA file via All2MP3, then edited in Audacity, and finally exported as an mp3, then uploaded to Divshare.Phew.

Embedded MP3 Player Test

2011-09-28T13:45:00.001-04:00

Podcast critique assignment

2011-09-28T06:08:00.000-04:00

Between now and Monday, subscribe to three podcasts. You can do this at the iTunes store – they are free. Write a post on your blog that explains
- why you picked each one,
- what you liked and disliked about each one,
- whether you think you will continue listening to them,
- and whether you put them on an iPod or other player.

Fox 44

2011-09-26T08:32:00.001-04:00

New assignment for Wednesday:On Wednesday we are due to talk via Skype with Nick Merlo, an LSC alum and the social media producer at Fox 44 in Burlington.Please go to Fox44now.com and compare its offerings to those of CBSAtlanta.com.Which one does a better job with writing?Video?Slideshows?Local news?Can you tell which site has the larger staff just by looking at each?Please post your comparisons – 200 words at least – on your blogs by the start of class on Wednesday. Ask Nick questions based on your observations.

BBC College of Journalism

2011-09-20T17:47:00.002-04:00

We'll check this out on Wednesday.

Map Project Guidelines

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Deadline: Wednesday Sept. 28

Create an interactive map with accompanying text to tell a story. This is a group project that will require work outside of class.

Here is a list of ideas:

High school basketball (Team C)

Schedules for boys and girls teams from Northeast Kingdom.

For a list of schools, go to nsnsports.net/nek,

Click the High School tab,

Then click NEK.

Restaurant health grades

Go to the Vermont Health Department’s website

Look for Restaurant Scores;

Select Lyndon from the drop-down menu of towns;

Locate your favorite restaurant;

Lose appetite

Talk to owners/managers of lower-scoring places;

Ask what’s been done to fix the problems.

Ask Health Department what score would force a closure.

Ski areas

Where are the best ski areas within easy driving distance?

Info could include:

Lift ticket price

How many trails/skill level

Terrain park features

Food

Apres ski

Ask people about their favorites.

Campus crime

Public Safety maintains a log of incidents on campus.

Go back several weeks and plot the incidents.

Group incidents by type or location.

Interview the public safety director about “hot spots”

Town crime

The Lyndonville Police would also maintain an incident log.

Go back a week (or two) and plot the incidents.

Interview the police chief: Is crime increasing, decreasing?

Dorm demographics

Find out all you can about each of the dorms on campus

How many rooms?

How many students?

How many men vs women?

What percentage of freshmen, sophomores, etc.?

Who is residence hall director?

Where did the name come from?

When was it built?

The “balloons” on each map should include at least one photo taken by a team member, a text description, and other information as appropriate (numbers, prices, dates, addresses, phone numbers, etc.).
One person in each group needs to take the lead and “own” the map in his/her Google account. Post the maps to each team member’s blog by embedding.
Evaluation:
An “A” map will include eight or more locations; each location will feature at least one photo and appropriate text; the accompanying story will be at least 300 words, will contain very few mechanical errors, and will include at least one quote from a person.
A “B” map includes at least five locations, but each location still features at least one photo and appropriate text. The accompanying story might contain a few mechanical errors but is still 300 words and includes at least one quote from a person.
A “C” map includes at least three locations, but each location still features at least one photo. The text for each location may be insufficient. The accompanying story might contain several mechanical errors or may be shorter than 300 words, but it still includes at least one quote from a person.
A “D” map falls short in several categories. An “F” map does not exist (the assignment wasn’t submitted).

2155 Project Teams

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A:Justin ChenetteKirstie VenneB:Taylor CotaMorgan ForesterRichard JosephHeather PerkinsC:Mike HowardKevin LessardTyler SchofieldJackson StewartD:Brian DavisJill GrenierJulianne Walshaw

Wall Street Journal goes for video in a big way

2011-09-15T14:01:00.000-04:00
Wall Street Journal Adds to Live Video Programming By BRIAN STELTEROperating a bit like a stealth business news network, The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday announced a major expansion of its video unit, which is now producing three and a half hours of live programming each weekday and will soon produce even more.

Writing for the Web

2011-09-13T14:12:00.000-04:00
Here are links to three stories about the same event, the Republican presidential debate on Monday.The Associated Press story appeared on the Bennington Banner's website but was clearly written for newspapers. How can you tell?MSNBC's treatment of the debate combines elements of the AP piece, but there are differences. Can you find them?CNN's story also differs from the AP piece. Note the less formal tone and the super-short paragraphs.

Pimp My Blog

2011-09-12T12:22:00.000-04:00
Project Guidelines:This is due on Monday, Sept. 19.
Create the coolest blog you can.
Play with design.
Wander around backstage and find gadgets and other features to try out.
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

Human writers? Who needs 'em?

2011-09-12T12:06:00.000-04:00
New York Times article about artificial intelligence and sports writing (or is that redundant?).

15-year-old blogger makes big

2011-09-08T08:52:00.002-04:00
The Style Rookie is a blog maintained by 15-year-old Tavi Gevenson. It became so popular she has launched an online magazine, Rookie.
It has 40 employees.

Blog critique

2011-09-07T09:03:00.001-04:00

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.

TV cooperation

2011-07-21T15:36:00.001-04:00
Staffing and Profitability
2011 TV and Radio News Staffing and Profitability Survey
The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Annual Survey found that 2010 marked a
turnaround year for local TV news. Stations added 750 jobs last year, recovering all the
losses of 2009 (400 jobs lost) and making a dent in the 1,200 jobs lost in 2008. In fact,
the survey found that anticipated hiring in 2011 could bring the industry back to its precrash
peak by the start of 2012.

Total local television news employment is now 26,522. That's an increase of 2.9 percent
in the last year. That's still 1,295 behind the 2007 peak of 27,817. The American
Society of News Editors (ASNE) reports that newspaper employment rose by 100 in
2010 (up 2/100 of a percent) to 41,600. That's down from 55,100 in 2007.

Overall, there are now 745 TV stations originating local news, running that news on
those stations and another 223 stations for a total of 968 stations airing local news.

10 free programs journalists need

2011-02-10T20:12:00.001-05:00
For your downloading pleasure... click here.

Newspaper video assignment

2010-04-13T13:47:00.001-04:00
This assignment is due on Thursday, April 15. You can work on it right after you mail in your taxes!
Critique the video offerings of two newspapers.
Find one that offers video and does an effective job with it, and another that offers video but does not do an effective job with it.
Post your critique on your blog along with links to the video offerings.
Sorry, but you can't use the New York Times.

Final Project Guidelines

2010-04-12T22:06:00.002-04:00
For the final multimedia project in the class, please choose two (or more) of the forms we have worked on during the semester and tell a fresh story.

You may work in teams or solo.

The only form that is off-limits is the blog, though you will post your project on your blog.

You may combine interactive maps, podcasts, slideshows, audio slideshows, and videos.
Examples: a podcast, slideshow or video that plays out of an interactive map; or a video that combines still and moving pictures.

This project does not require a text component.

Deadlines:
Tuesday, April 27: Post a description of your project on your blog.
Tuesday, May 11, 2:45 p.m.: Project is due at the start of this class period, which is the time set aside for your final exams. The final projects will serve as your final exam. Each team will present its project.

Video Project

2010-04-12T22:05:00.000-04:00
Due April 22

Create a video package that runs 1:30 to 2 minutes, and a 400-word text to accompany it.

As with the audio slideshows, create a journalistic narrative with a beginning that introduces the subject, a middle, and an end.

Post the project on iReport.com, and on your blog.

Include sound. This can be natural sound or an interview, or both. It can also include your own narration; however, the project must include sound created outside of your group.

Any music needs to be royalty-free.

The text and the video package should complement each other and not simply repeat what the other says. For instance, a team could put together a video about rehearsals for “Rent,” and the text could review the play.

Rita Bole Slideshow

2010-04-01T16:49:00.000-04:00

Soundslides tips

2010-03-25T23:26:00.002-04:00
You’ll need the following ingredients to create an audio slideshow using Soundslides and post it on your blog:

The Soundslides program (available for free from Soundslides.com).
A folder containing jpg photos.
An mp3 audio file.
An account with Webng (available for free from Webng.com).
A bit of patience.

Getting started:
Open Soundslides.
Ignore the Registration page by clicking Later.
Select NEW Create a project.
Give your project a name and give the computer a place to save it.

You’ll come to a page that asks you to load your jpg folder and mp3.
First, select an Output size on the left. Try “small” because you’re putting it on a blog.

Now load your jpg folder.
Then load your mp3.

You can change the order of your photos, and change the amount of time they stay on-screen.

You cannot alter the mp3 file once it’s loaded.

To change the order of your photos, drag and drop them where you want them. If that doesn’t work – it didn’t work well for me – you can specify the time at which they appear. This is done in the Slide Info tab.

You can adjust the length of time a photo stays on-screen by clicking the side of a photo in the timeline and sliding it left or right.

Put captions on your slideshow by using the Slide Info tab. Give your slideshow a headline (and give yourselves credit) under the Project Info tab.

When you’re happy with your audio slideshow, click export.
This creates a folder called publish_to_web.

You must highlight all of the items in the folder and create a zip file of them – go to File, and select Create Archive. You will need the zip file when you upload the slideshow to the Web, so find out where it resides (I had trouble finding mine).

In WebNG, use File Manager and create a new directory. Open that directory, then upload your zip filed.

Unzip.
Allow it to overwrite files.
Delete the Archive zip file in the directory.

Click Current URL to view the soundslide.

Copy the URL and paste it into:
www4.soundslides.com/apps/utilities/

This generates an embed code that you can place in your blog.

You can modify the width and height of your slideshow at this point. If you change them, click Modify. That generates a new embed code.

10 deutsche Fische

2010-03-25T16:25:00.002-04:00

Dad turns 80 -- Flipcam Phun

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Phun with fish

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Group Project: Audio Slideshows

2010-03-18T13:19:00.002-04:00
Audio Slideshow Project
Due: April 1
Upload slideshow to your blog
Save audio file and photos in a folder on the server

Create a 2- to 3-minute audio slideshow.

Tell a story with this project.
Consider it a journalistic narrative, with a beginning, middle and end.
Include sound from an interview with someone outside of your team (and family).
You can mix the sound with your own voice(s), or just use the interview sound.
Figure out how to identify the project at the top so the listener/viewer will understand.
Remember Mindy McAdams’ suggestion: change photos every 5 seconds.

Ideas:

Messy professors
Sporting event:
lacrosse, intramurals, tennis
Campus tour
Cooking lesson
Speech
Concert
Class lecture
Public meeting
How to
Interview someone about something he/she does

Assignment for March 23

2010-03-18T13:16:00.002-04:00
Assignment for Tuesday, March 23:
Find two slideshows and one photo gallery on separate Web sites and critique them on your blog. One of the slideshows must have audio; the other should not. Photo galleries don't ordinarily include sound.
Include the URLs so we can find them.
Criteria: Do the slideshows and photo galleries function well as storytelling tools? Which does the better job? Why or why not? What difference does sound make?

guide

2010-03-11T16:09:00.001-05:00
Freshman's guide to partying at LSC
http://media.libsyn.com/media/sandbox/Multi_Media_Guide_to_partying.m4a
text at http://freeboompress.blogspot.com/

Basketball seniors say farewell
http://media.libsyn.com/media/sandbox/intro.mp3
text at http://thebuzzatlsc.blogspot.com/

Counting to 10

2010-03-09T15:44:00.000-05:00
This is a brief bit of audio for the ENG 2155 class.

Try this

2010-03-09T12:02:00.002-05:00
If you click the title of this blog post, you will see a simple podcast player.

libsyn test

2010-03-09T11:58:00.001-05:00
Maybe this will work.
(http://sandbox.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=591173)

Another Podcast Test

2010-03-03T15:58:00.006-05:00

Podcast Team Project

2010-03-01T14:13:00.002-05:00
- Create a 5- to 10-minute audio project and make it available on your blogs as a podcast.
- Use at least two voices.
- Write a 400-word story to accompany it. Grammar and spelling count.

Deadlines:
- Submit project outline via blogs March 4
- Submit project via blogs March 11

Some ideas:
- Restaurant reviews
- Dorm cooking tips
- Interview
…a professor
…an athlete
…an interesting student
…students (plural) about a topic
- Review an LSC band
- Advice
…relationships
…easiest classes

podcast player experiment

2010-03-01T11:28:00.003-05:00

Go code-crazy.
Here's a link to instructions for creating a player for your podcast.
Follow the instructions in the Tutorial. You do not have to follow the "If You Use Blogger" instructions at this point.

Hmm

2010-02-26T20:56:00.000-05:00
Try this link for the "Counting" podcast.

Podcast test

2010-02-26T18:54:00.003-05:00
I'm using Webng as the host.

From Google's Blogger Help:
"Once you've uploaded your files to your web host of choice, you'll need to enable enclosure links to link to the file from within a Blogger post. To do so, just go to your Settings | Formatting tab and set the "Show Link fields" option to "Yes." This will add the enclosure link fields to your post editor. When composing a post, you'll then see a field for your enclosures. From there, just enter the URLs of your audio files, and your blog will instantly become a podcast. When viewed with most RSS readers or podcatchers (such as Google Reader, iTunes, or Bloglines), your recordings will appear as embedded music players. It's that easy!'

Assignment for March 2

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Over Winter Break, subscribe to three podcasts. You can do this at the iTunes store – they are free. Write a post on your blog that explains
- why you picked each one,
- what you liked and disliked about each one,
- whether you think you will continue listening to them,
- and whether you put them on an iPod.

Also read Chapter 7 in Journalism 2.0: Digital Audio and Podcasting.

Iran

2010-02-11T11:28:00.000-05:00
This is the start of a series of videos posted on Facebook today.

No wonder the BBC is telling staff to embrace social media: "I'm afraid you're not doing your job if you can't do those things." -- Peter Horrocks, director of Global News.

Assignment for Feb. 18

2010-02-09T14:21:00.000-05:00
Map project

Create an interactive map with accompanying text to tell a story. This is a group project that will require work outside of class.

Here is a list of ideas:

Restaurant reviews
Ski areas
Campus crime
Town crime
Accidents
Sports team home towns
Dorm demographics

The “balloons” on the map should include photos, a text description, and other information as appropriate (addresses, phone numbers, prices, dates).

Post the maps to your blogs by embedding.

Assignment for Feb. 11

2010-02-09T14:20:00.000-05:00
Critique Vtdigger.org

Spend some time on www.vtdigger.org, a Web news start-up created by Anne Galloway, a former newspaper reporter. Ms. Galloway will speak to the class on Thursday, Feb. 11.

Your assignment for that day is to critique her Web site, which she says is dedicated to “coverage of government, business and community life issues.”

Examine the tab marked Business Model. Look at the tab marked Grantors. Where does her money come from? Do you think she can succeed?

Read some of the stories on the site. Do they have a political leaning? Are they well-written? Do the topics interest you? Would you like to do a multimedia project for the site (a real possibility)?

Post a 300-word critique on your blog and come to class on Thursday with at least one question to ask Anne Galloway.

An embedded Google map

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View Test in a larger map

How to make a Google map

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Here is a video describing how to create a Google map.

Adding links

2010-02-02T16:14:00.000-05:00
This is a link for the front page of the New York Times Web site.

How TV really works?

2010-01-29T16:41:00.000-05:00
Check this out (and refer back to it when you do your video projects!):

what's your blog address?

2010-01-26T16:19:00.001-05:00
post as a comment.

"Pimp My Blog"

2010-01-25T14:38:00.000-05:00
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.

Teams

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(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

Pope to priests: Blog!

2010-01-25T10:57:00.000-05:00

Reuters reports the Holy Father embraces New Media.

Blog critique

2010-01-21T16:28:00.001-05:00
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.

Plugged-in Generation

2010-01-21T13:38:00.000-05:00
A study says 8 to 18-year-olds spend more time with digital media than their parents spend at work.
Do you?

Multimedia assignment

2010-01-19T16:36:00.000-05:00
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?

Welcome to ENG 2155

2010-01-18T12:46:00.000-05:00
Imagine you're a goalie...

Journalism 2.0, by Mark Briggs

Twitter saves lives in Haiti

NYT: Before and After

CNN uses iReport to connect families

Final prep, finally

2009-05-07T14:33:00.000-04:00
Final prep:

What does the author mean when he says:

“The fact is, if you work in journalism, you work for an online news organization – whether you want to or not.”

“News is a conversation, not a lecture.”

Definitions:
RSS
URL
html
mp3
jpg
byte vs bit
mega, giga, tera
vlog
tag
mobile journalist or backpack journalist
crowdsourcing

How might The Critic or News 7 use crowdsourcing to report a story?

Is Internet the same thing as World Wide Web?

Web 2.0 vs Web 1.0 (sites that get value from the actions of users)
Give an example of a Web site that manifests 2.0

Can you…?

Give an example of a blog
Tell the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web?
Name the blogging platform you used to create your blog?
Name the audio editing software we used in class?
Name the video editing software installed on the Macs in the classroom?
Explain how often you should change images in a slideshow?

If you are a newspaper, what can you do with a Web site that you cannot do with the printed product?

If you are a television station, what can you do with a Web site that you cannot do with the 60-minute newscast at 6 p.m.?

How would you write a story differently for the Web and for a newspaper?

Final projects

2009-04-30T14:46:00.000-04:00
What are you doing for your final project

Josh: Musical friends video solo
Darcy: Spring day map solo
Skyler: Fashion audio slideshow solo
Ariana, Michelle, Emily, Tara: Swimming places map w/photos team
Frank: Toilet cleaning video solo
Caitlin: Long-distance map w/audio s-show solo
Sam: Floor hockey video solo
Bob: Economy video podcast solo
Madi, Eric Professor video team
Kacie Rant video solo
Heather: French podcast solo
Joe: Messy professor offices slideshow solo

Thomas?
Jack?
Chris?

Tell me what you're working on

2009-04-28T16:27:00.003-04:00
Tell me on your blog what you are doing your final project on.
If you use Reportingon.com, you get extra credit.

New jday

2009-04-21T15:34:00.001-04:00

Final Project Guidelines

2009-04-21T14:47:00.000-04:00
For the final multimedia project in the class, please choose one (or more) of the forms we have worked on during the semester and tell a fresh story.

You may work in teams or solo.

The only form that is off-limits is the blog. You already have one of those.

You may create an interactive map, a podcast, a slideshow, an audio slideshow, or a video project.

Rules:
The interactive map, the podcast and the slideshow require a written component.
The audio slideshow and the video project do not require a written component.
Otherwise, follow the directions from the original projects.

Combining two multimedia forms will send your score into the stratosphere.
Examples: a podcast, slideshow or video that plays out of an interactive map;
A video that combines still and moving pictures.

Deadlines:
Tuesday, April 28: Post a description of your project on your blog.
Thursday, May 7: Project is due at the start of class -- we will present as many as we have time for. (This supercedes the class schedule.)

Video projects

2009-04-21T14:30:00.001-04:00
Team 1: Elements
Team 2: Nugget assault
Team 3: "All Shook Up"
Team 4: Ask the professor
Team 5: Campus beautification
Team 6: Who throws like a girl?

Youtube posting

2009-04-21T13:12:00.001-04:00

Due Tuesday, April 28

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Newspaper video assignment

2009-04-12T13:32:00.000-04:00
This assignment is due on Thursday, April 16. You can work on it right after you mail in your taxes!
Critique the video offerings of two newspapers.
Find one that offers video and does an effective job with it, and another that offers video but does not do an effective job with it.
Post your critique on your blog along with links to the video offerings.

Schools doing online video

2009-04-12T13:15:00.001-04:00
The Center for Innovation in College Media maintains this list of college media operations that offer video on their Web sites.
The Critic could add itself to the list soon.

Your Multimedia Spring Break

2009-04-02T13:08:00.000-04:00

Over Spring Break, grab a blanket and a cooler and head to the beach. Fire up your laptop's Wi-Fi connection and check out iReport’s offerings. You'll critique them on your blog.
Go to iReport.com (not cnn.com).
Critique at least three submissions that have not aired on CNN.
At least two need to be video submissions rather than slideshows.
Criteria:
Is it interesting?
Why or why not?
Is it news?
If you were a CNN producer, would you put it on the air?
Could you do the same thing as well or better?
Also -- read Chapters 9-11 and the Epilogue in Journalism 2.0.

Don't forget the sunscreen.

Slideshow How-to

2009-03-31T17:34:00.000-04:00
(Please Remember: on Thursday, post your slideshow on your blog, and bring in your mp3 and jpg folders. We’ll hand those over to the Flash class.)

You’ll need the following ingredients to create an audio slideshow using Soundslides nad post it on your blog:

The Soundslides program (available for free from Soundslides.com).
A folder containing jpg photos.
An mp3 audio file.
An account with Webng (available for free from Webng.com).
A bit of patience.

Getting started:
Open Soundslides.
Ignore the Registration page by clicking Later.
Select NEW Create a project.
Give your project a name and give the computer a place to save it.

You’ll come to a page that asks you to load your jpg folder and mp3.
First, select an Output size on the left. Try “small” because you’re putting it on a blog.

Now load your jpg folder.
Then load your mp3.

You can change the order of your photos, and change the amount of time they stay on-screen.

You cannot alter the mp3 file once it’s loaded.

To change the order of your photos, drag and drop them where you want them. If that doesn’t work – it didn’t work well for me – you can specify the time at which they appear. This is done in the Slide Info tab.

You can adjust the length of time a photo stays on-screen by clicking the side of a photo in the timeline and sliding it left or right.

When you’re happy with your audio slideshow, click export.
This creates a folder called publish_to_web.

You must highlight all of the items in the folder and create a zip file of them – go to File, and select Create Archive. You will need the zip file when you upload the slideshow to the Web, so find out where it resides (I had trouble finding mine).

In WebNG, use File Manager and create a new directory. Open that directory, then upload your zip filed.

Unzip.
Allow it to overwrite files.
Delete the Archive zip file in the directory.

Click Current URL to view the soundslide.

Copy the URL and paste it into:
www4.soundslides.com/apps/utilities/

This generates an embed code that you can place in your blog.

You can modify the width and height of your slideshow at this point. If you change them, click Modify. That generates a new embed code.

Audio Slideshow: Curt Holden

2009-03-31T14:35:00.001-04:00

Slideshow topics and resources

2009-03-24T21:57:00.000-04:00
Here are the slideshows planned by your teams:
Team 1: New building (Michelle, Ariana, Emily, Tara)
Team 2: Lacrosse (Frank, Bob, Joe, Jack)
Team 3: Bands in the old Critic office (Tom, Skyler, Josh)
Team 4: Tour of Campus (Eric, Madi, Kevin)
Team 5: Making up Caitlin (Caitlin, Kacie, Darcy)
Team 6: Day in the life of Hoagies (Heather, Sam, Chris)

Resources:
Soundslides.com
Download the free (demo) version.
The site contains lots of instructions.

Webng.com
This is a free Web server. You'll need to create an account.
You need to upload your Soundslides slideshow to a Web server before you can post it to your blog.
Webng generates a URL, which you'll need below.

media.soundslides.com/screencasts/webng
This takes you to a short movie that explains how to upload a slideshow to Webng.

www4.soundslides.com/apps/utilities/
Go to this site and paste your slideshow URL into the URL field.
The site will generate an embed code that you can copy and paste into your blog.

Audio slideshow project

2009-03-24T14:56:00.000-04:00
Audio Slideshow Project
Due: April 2
Upload slideshow to your blog
Save audio file and photos in a folder on the server

Create a 2- to 3-minute audio slideshow.

Tell a story with this project.
Consider it a journalistic narrative, with a beginning, middle and end.
Include sound from an interview with someone outside of your team (and family).
You can mix the sound with your own voice(s), or just use the interview sound.
Figure out how to identify the project at the top so the listener/viewer will understand.
Remember Mindy McAdams’ suggestion: change photos every 5 seconds.

Ideas:

Messy professors
Sporting event:
lacrosse, intramurals, tennis
Campus tour
Cooking lesson
Speech
Concert
Class lecture
Public meeting
How to
Interview someone about something he/she does

New teams for audio slideshows:

One: Michelle, Ariana, Tara, Emily
Two: Eric, Madi, Kevin
Three: Skyler, Josh, Red
Four: Jack, Bob, Joe, Frank
Five: Caitlin, Darcy, Kacie
Six: Sam, Heather, Chris

If you wish, you may create an audio slideshow on your own.

...and it's free!

2009-03-23T21:31:00.000-04:00
Looking for free journalism courses?
Want 100?

Best and Worst Time?

2009-03-20T16:22:00.001-04:00
Caitlin offers this item from a blog called Newsosaur.

State of the News Media 2009

2009-03-20T16:14:00.001-04:00
Check out the report by the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Somethin fishy

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Tuesday, March 24

2009-03-19T13:51:00.000-04:00
Create a simple slideshow (without audio) using 10 photos. Use Picasa. Add captions and post the slideshow on your blog.
Team 1 will teach us the basics of creating an audio slideshow using Audacity and Soundslides.

Better Fishy Slideshow

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Fishy Slideshow

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Fish slideshow

For Thursday, March 19

2009-03-12T13:03:00.000-04:00
Assignment for Thursday, March 19:
Read Chapter 8: Shooting and Managing Digital Photos
Find two slideshows or photo galleries on separate Web sites and critique them on your blog. One should have audio, but the other should not.
Include the URLs so we can find them.
Criteria: Do the slideshows or photo galleries function well as storytelling tools? Why or why not? What difference does sound make?
(This critique originally was to be due on March 24, but I am moving it up.)

Podcasts 4 U

2009-03-10T14:16:00.000-04:00
Team 1: Horoscope
Daily Horoscope for Pisces
Team 2: Advice
Savage Love Podcast (explicit)
Team 3: Drum kid
Drum&BassArena Podcast
Team 4: Economics
Seeing Red Radio
EconTalk
Team 5: Beat box kid
Beats Like a Boxer podcast

Interviewing:
Philosophy Bites

Podcasting:
Podcasting for Dummies

"Curley-ize your news site"

2009-03-01T20:32:00.000-05:00
The Rob Curley mentioned in this post is now working in Las Vegas.
The Web site -- The Student Newspaper Survival Blog -- is interesting, too.

What? Optimism?

2009-02-11T16:46:00.000-05:00
The guy who launched a project called "Next Newsroom" explains why he's optimistic about the future of journalism, though his own job is kinda shaky.

Rewriting Sam

2009-02-05T15:52:00.000-05:00
Sam Monroe

In collegiate sports the road to success starts well before the season does.
“Great players make good coaches great,” said Vincent Maloney, the Lyndon State women’s basketball coach. And in order to find those great players coaches need to look for them through recruiting.
“Recruiting is the life’s blood of your program,” said Bill Johnson, Lyndon’s sports information director, who coached basketball for 28 years before coming to Lyndon.
Most coaches will agree that recruiting starts with networking. This is when coaches set up relationships with high school, prep school, and junior college coaches through out their area. Johnson liked his network to extend through a 100-mile radius. While other coaches will travel through New England and the northeast, larger schools travel nation wide to recruit.
However being a smaller, division three school Lyndon State does not have the luxury of offering scholarships or having a big recruiting budget with lots of recruiting coaches which makes it harder. Maloney says a team camp he runs in the summer helps his recruiting. Chris Ummer, the LSC cross-country coach and athletic director said he also used a summer camp to help recruit. Ummer no longer runs the camp however.
“Recruiting is selling,” said Johnson. The coach needs to sell the school and entice athletes with the small things that they can’t get at other schools. Johnson also said that he would never mention another school during a recruiting visit.
Joe Krupinski, the men’s basketball coach at LSC, says he try’s to sell the improvement of the team and the individual to a prospect. He tells his recruits “you can be a building block in turning this around.”
Ummer try’s to sell the area around the school. He sells the mountains and the plethora of outdoor activities to his prospective runners.
Maloney often uses the size of the school and the size of the classes at the school as a selling point. Selling the player on the fact that they will have access to their professors and they will be a name and a face instead of just a number in a computer.
Johnson stressed that recruiting is more than sitting in and office and looking at stats. “Recruiting is leaving campus, because players don’t walk in your door,” he said. Seeing the player play is an important part of recruiting as well.
“Students are very excited when a coach walks in to see them play,” said Maloney. However that can be a difficult beast. This is because most high school seasons run at the same time as the college season. Both basketball coaches stressed using the semester break in Dec. and Jan. as well as summer tournaments as important times to do their recruiting.
The cross-country season is very short and runs at the same time as high school seasons. This means Ummer is very rarely able to actually see the runner compete. “It involves doing a lot of recruiting through results,” said Ummer. He also said that he likes to go and watch the athletes in other sports as well, just to let them know he is interested.
Once they have player’s names coaches will start sending letters and e-mails, followed up with a phone call to try and entice a campus visit. Most will agree a campus visit is the most important part of recruiting.
During the campus visit Ummer will often try to introduce the prospect to a current runner. “It makes them feel like they are already part of the team,” he said.
“Bringing in solid athletes to make the program stronger, builds the team and helps the campus as well,” is how Maloney sums up recruiting.
While Krupinski puts it into one sentence “it is about finding your niche and finding guys who are a good fit at your school and your level.”

Online Writing Assignment

2009-02-03T16:48:00.001-05:00
This assignment is due at the start of class on Thursday, Feb. 5.

Find a story in a newspaper and "reversion" it for the Web on your blog.
The newspaper can be the Caledonian-Record or any other newspaper you have access to. It just needs to be the printed edition rather than the online version.
Include the following in your Web version:
Headline (six words or fewer)
Blurb (a two-sentence summary of the story)
Full story (in this case, five brief paragraphs will do)
Link (use your blog's linking tool to link to a related story or Web site)

Visit a few news sites to get a feel for Web writing. Avoid using the blurb as the first paragraph of the story -- that's a CNN.com habit I can't stand.
If you like a challenge, write the full story in one post and the blurb in another and figure out how to construct a link from the blurb to the full story.
Good luck.

How to link

2009-02-03T16:18:00.000-05:00
This is how you link to cnn.com.

Pimp Your Blog

2009-01-29T14:06:00.000-05:00
Project Guidelines:This is due on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Create the coolest blog you can.
Play with design.
Use the Customize button to add 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, good blog.
C – 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.