Agenda Oct. 25
Tonight we will look at the creative brief and give you guys time to work on your projects. You need to be working on then NOW. Time is running out quickly. (Boy, do I know … my classes as well.)
John Artist Statement and Creative Brief
Important Note
There will be NO class Nov. 1. I am not in town. Use this time for your projects.
Social Media and Social Networks in a time of disaster
Every time there is a disaster — 911, Katrina, the Virgina Tech shootings — I am amazed at how new media plays an important role in disseminating information. The San Diego/California fires are just another example of how people are using new media and social networks to connect people locally and worldwide.
A few examples. The ones I find interesting are on Twitter, which is just now being seen (by the non-techies) as an immediate source of news, whether you are following the fires or the Boston Red Sox in the World Series.
Google maps of San Diego County Fires
More Google maps. Detailed.
The use of cell phones and texting to donate to Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund: Text2Help.
LA Fire Department on Twitter.
Nothing new: blogs. Jim Forbes. Here. Here. Or Facebook. (85 groups.) Others …
RTNDA. The Association of Electronic Journalists. Message board.
California Fires on YouTube. (NewTeeVee.) (LostRemote.)
Search California fires on TwitterSearch. (May have to plug in search words yourself.)
Using Delicious for research, sharing of information
I had you guys sign up for RSS feeds, here is another potent social tool
Oct. 18 agenda and recap
I emailed this to you, but in case you have not read …
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Hello, all.
I am not sure if you will get this before class or not … sorry for the late notice … but I have gotten a few requests from students wanting to work on their projects. One will be out of the class all together. Anyway, this is fine with me. As I said last week, time is running out.
Please come to class with the following:
Your creative brief.
As a reminder, the brief includes not only the creative side of your project but also an understanding of the technical, or how you plan to accomplish your goal.
What I want to do in class is this: go over your creative briefs. If you do not have these, you will work on them in class. Make sure you bring the materials you need.
A recap of what you are working on:
Alicia: She is working on an immigration interview tonight and will not be in class. However, Alicia, I still want your creative brief. Can you send this to me this evening?
Adrian: You need an outline and plan of action for your proposal to your boss regarding the use of new media in the corporate world.
Chedozie: You need an outline of your business plan/proposal; and you need to send me the link to your previous proposal for another class.
Amaorae: She has been out of class the past two weeks working on her Harry Potter videos, website, and other things. Do you have something to show us?
John: Is going to do a portfolio site for his art. I need a creative brief from you.
Alex: Is going to do a portfolio site for his photography. I need a creative brief from you.
Rebecca: Has already conducted an interview for her project. If at all possible, I’d like to hear a sampling of this. Also, I need the creative brief.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
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Homework for next week
John and Alex: artist statements regarding your portfolios. I want to know what your goal is and how you are going to achieve it. Include not only creative but technical insight. Technical is just as important as creative when it comes to new media.
Alicia: plan for your final project. Like John and Alex above, include creative as well as technical.
Adrian: outline for your proposal or presentation to your office. As far as technical, include what you plan to do — produce it in Word or PowerPoint exclusively, or tie in images, video, audio, social media.
Chedozie:
Amorae: update status on Harry Potter videos, show example
Rebecca:
Oct. 11 agenda
As most of you were not in class last week, we didn’t have the planned discussion. Tonight we will pick up where I left off on Oct. 4.
A few notes on your blogs:
Adrian: you’re starting to dig deeper into your subject, little by little.
Alex: nice to see additional night photography, but can you shot something else that’s not frisbee – not that it’s a problem. Shooting other sports — a kid’s soccer game or a middle school football game — will help develop your skills and provide you more portfolio material for the blog.
Alicia — Boo! Links from your city hall post are broken. Yeah! Love the two black and white images and the stories you tell. Very nice. This is what I was hoping you’d get to all along. Now we just gotta work on not so much the writing but the stories told, how they’re organized, and so on. Very nice.
Amorae — She’s not in class, but I’ve been working with her on the side. The website looks great. There are a few videos to watch now. She is updating the world on her progress.
Chiedozie — You’ve been out of class for a few weeks. Two weeks ago I posted some research images for you — but I see you’ve done a little of it yourself with Pump TV and MediaCart. This is a start to what I’m talking about for your blog.
John — Excellent posts on Cottonwood Art Festival and Painting by food coloring. You’ve done two things here I like. One, you posted on how artists can participate in a festival like Cottonwood. Two, you provided names of artists you like, and I would guess websites if they were available. Let’s look at these …
Rebecca — Has been presenting in another class. She has a digital recorder from the ATEC Lab, so I’d like to know what you’ve found out and how you like, or dislike, it. You’ve recorded one interview. Do you have a sample we can listen to? I see you are having some sound editing issues. Talk about them.
I think I have an idea of your final projects now. We need to start working toward these. Alex and John, you are working on portfolio sites for your photography and art, respectively. Alicia, Adrian, and Rebecca are going to do podcasts on their respective subjects — immigration stories, corporate communications, and the creative process, respectively. Amorae is working on her Harry Potter videos. I still need to find out what Chiedozie is planning.
Today is Oct. 11. We have SIX classes remaining — Oct. 18 and 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 29. There is no class Nov. 22 due to Thanksgiving. You must get focused on your work.
Oct. 4 agenda
Since it looks like three of you are interested in producing a podcast, we’re going to spend some time talking about it.
We’ll listen to some podcasts from students
We’ll listen to, discuss some podcasts from established podcastersLeo Laporte, Adam Curry (Daily Source Code), Dawn and Drew, mainstream media (see iTunes), others …
We’ll examine the anatomy of a podcast
This diagram isn’t meant to capture the entire podcasting world; rather, it will give you an idea of what’s involved with podcasting.
We’ll discuss your projects
