Here are LOTS of things you need to be attending to as the semester wraps up. We’ll talk about these in class on 11/11.
END OF DAYS: MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM
Here are the details of your projects, which have been on the class Web page since Day One. I’m going to go through and make some notes.
THERE ARE IMPORTANT DEADLINES IN ALL CAPS.
YOUR BLOG
Adding to your Blog: …, starting Sept. 14, you will be expected to post to your blog twice a week or more. Posting to your blog is called “blog reporting” for purposes of grading – a total of 40 posts (twice a week for 10 weeks).
MOST OF YOU ARE DOING VERY POORLY IN THIS AREA. I DO NOT WANT ALL THESE POSTS MADE DURING THE LAST WEEK. HERE’S MY NEW RULE:
NO MORE THAN FIVE POSTS PER WEEK; THE LAST POST MUST BE MADE BEFORE DEC. 2.
Survey — Using SurveyMonkey.com, you will create a survey for your blog. You could gather data or see how much people know about your subject.
SOME OF YOU NEED TO DO THIS. DEADLINE: Nov. 13
RSS Feed – To add content to your blog, you will need to find a Web site or another blog that adds something to your topic AND provides an RSS feed.
SOME OF YOU NEED TO DO THIS. DEADLINE: Nov. 13
Create visuals NOT DOING THIS.
PODCAST:
This is a major project (100 points) that you will do with a partner. A podcast is an audio recording (it can also be video, but not for our purposes) that is posted online so that others can listen to it.
You and your partner will choose at least two people to interview in the journalism department ABOUT the journalism department.
LENGTH: 5-10 minutes
You will edit on Audacity (or your preference) and send me the file.
DEADLINE: By next Wednesday (11/18), you must have your interviews done. The edited piece is due during the Thanksgiving break, no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25. You’ll send it via Digital Dropbox.
Aguayo/Dragic Cole
Fulbright Griffin
Hediger Smithson
Kincaid Wilson
McCann Robinson
Ruiz Snowden
SKYPE INTERVIEW: 50 points. You will need to locate someone who uses multimedia in a journalism job who is willing to be interviewed via Skype, a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet.
HERE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY DEADLINES FOR THE SKYPE INTERVIEW.
This project is fast-approaching and I won’t accept any late “papers” — that is, if you don’t get your interview done on Nov. 18 (2 weeks from Wednesday!), then you’ll lose 50 points.
DUE 11/4) Talk to your partner via e-mail or otherwise. If he/she is not cooperative, make the list by yourself. ONLY THREE TEAMS MET THIS DEADLINE. It is too late now. Be sure to meet the deadline for this Wednesday.
Someone in each of the partnerships for the Skype project needs to send me three names of people you think you might like to call. The list is due this Wednesday in class. Send it to me via e-mail, but have a copy in class to talk about.
DUE THE NEXT WEDNESDAY (11/11) In class, next Wednesday, you will need to tell me who has AGREED to do the call. You will also turn in a list of 20 questions, all relevant to the overall theme you expect to pursue with your interviewee.
** I’ll need the name, the topics you told your interviewee you will cover, and the phone number. I will call the person and be sure he/she understands what will happen and to be sure they have the equipment they need.
ASSIGNMENT MADE EASIER: You will NOT have to mess with Jing. If I figure out how to get a longer/better recorder and how to pay for it by then, I’ll do the recording for you. If not, there won’t be any. Also, you will not be required to find another video conferencing program like Skype. We’ll use Skype.
DUE WEDNESDAY AFTER NEXT (11/18) You’ll do your 10-minute calls in class.
Assigned partners for this project:
Aguayo Wilson
Cole Snowden
Dragic Wilson
Fulbright Ruiz
Griffin Smithson
Hediger McCann
Kincaid Robinson
McCann Hediger
Robinson Kincaid
Ruiz Fulbright
Smithson Griffin
Snowden Cole
Wilson Aguayo/Dragic
FINAL PROJECT:
This project is also done with a partner and is worth 125 points. The goal is to create a multimedia presentation that will enhance the Lemke Ledger page written by students in Community Journalism last spring.
SoundSlides project length: 90-150 seconds.
PHOTO DEADLINE: No later than Wednesday, Nov. 18, your team needs to send me your photos for your final project. I will critique them and send you notes on them. You’ll send them through the Digital Dropbox. We’ll practice that in class.
This replaces the deadline for Nov. 11: Final Project Storyboard: Turn in log of all audio, turn in storyboard of edited aujdio with photos.
PARTNERS:
Final Subject
Robison Ana Aguayo/Ana Dragic
McCann Cole
Smithson Fulbright
Snowden Griffin
Kincaid Hediger
Wilson Ruiz
COMPLETED PROJECT DUE: Wednesday, Dec. 2, last day of class.
DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS! (10 percent reduction for missing the deadline, but getting the piece to me during class; 20 percent reduction after class that day; projects will not be accepted after that day).
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