Course Outline and Assigned Readings
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Jan. 20 |
Intro and Overview
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Jan. 25-27 |
Monday Defining Key Terms - new media, social media, convergence, interactivity, rss, blogs, microblog, hyperlocal...
Wired Magazine Presentation: Social Media Techniques
Wednesday Read: Journalism Next Intro and Chapter 1 |
Join Twitter |
Feb. 1-3 |
Monday Blogs Read: Journalism Next Chapter 2: Blogging Video: Did You Know 4.0 Video: The Machine is Us/ing Us
Wednesday Skills - HTML Concepts
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Set up a Blog using Wordpress.com - make an introductory post that includes a couple pargraphs about the videos |
Feb. 8-10 |
Monday Mac vs. PC Read: Fortune, Steve Jobs: CEO of the Decade
Wednesday Anthony Galvez presentation & CSS Review
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Fun with HTML - do Part I of exercise in HTML handout for Mon.
Fun with HTML - do Part II of exercise in HTML handout for Wed. |
Feb. 15-17 |
Monday Microblogging Read: Journalism Next Chapter 4: Microblogging More Twitter basics Time, How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live Video: The Daily Show: Twitter Frenzy
Wednesday Mobile Evan Williams - TED talk 2009
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Feb. 22-24 |
Monday Browsers
Wednesday Chapter 3: Crowd-powered Collaboration Excerpt from Convergence Culture - on eReserve. Search for my name. Read both Jenkins' pieces (Intro and Buying into American Idol). PW will be sent via TRACS.
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Mobile Project due Friday Feb. 26 by 5pm |
Mar 1-3 |
Monday Search Read: Excerpt from What Would Google Do? Time, Search Engine Rivals: Google vs. Bing
Wednesday Midterm
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March 3 - Midterm exam |
Mar 8-10 |
Spring Break |
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Mar 15 -17 |
SXSW - online assignments Monday Visit SXTXState.com, read some of the posts from the conference and comment on at least three of them. Your comment should be in the form of at least two paragraphs. Make insights, pose questions, engage the material. Make sure you are signed in to Wordpress, so your name will be associated with your comment and you will get credit.
Wednesday Understanding Online Business Models Reading: The Long Tail, Chris Anderson Free, Chris Anderson Download: The True Story of the Internet - Watch both Videos on Part III - Bubble Make a blog post discussing your take on the future of online business models. Engage the reading materials. What are the challenges and opportunities offered by online business? What companies do you think will be most successful? In your post, be sure to include links and any applicable photos or videos. |
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Mar 22-24 |
Monday History of Social Networks Video: People Power Features of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter... Read: Wired, The Great Wall of Facebook Business Week Report on the Future of Social Networking
Wednesday Skills: make a photo slideshow Read: Journalism Next Chapter 6: Visual Storytelling with Photographs
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Mar 29- 31 |
Monday/Wednesday Skills: Audio, Video, Skype and Streaming Online Video Read: Journalism Next Chapter 7: Making Audio Journalism Visible Read: Chapter 8: Telling Stories with Video |
Slideshow Project Due by Friday March April 2 by 5pm on blog |
April 5-7 |
Monday Wednesday Video: Gary Vaynerchuk: Legacy is Greater Than Currency Read: Excerpt from Crush It! |
Video Project Due - Friday April 9, 5pm See the iMovie Handout for editing instructions
iMovie Tutorial |
April 12-14 |
Monday Data-driven Journalsm Read: Journalism Next Chapter 9: Data-driven Journalism NY Times Magazine, Goosing the Grey Lady Living with Less Wordtrain - NY Times Hillary Clinton First Lady Schedules Evan Smith - Texas Tribune video from paidcontent.org
Wednesday Remix Culture & Online Music Video: Remix Manifesto Read: Media Shift: 5 Tips for Musicians to Engage Fans Digitally Media Shift: The Time is Right for Direct-to-Fan Music Marketing |
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April 19-21 |
Monday/Wednesday The Future of News News Interactives Read: Journalism Next Chapter 10: Managing News as a Conversation
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April 26-28 |
Monday Future Trends - Foursquare, Open Social, Facebook Connect, Net Neutrality, Cloud Computing Read: Journalism Next Chapter 11: Building a Digital Audience for News
Video: The Daily Show, From Here to Neutrality
Wednesday Media curriculum of the future |
Friday, April 30th by 5pm |
May 3 |
Review for Exam |
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May 12 |
2-4:30pm, in regular classroom. Multiple choice/TF, matching, similar to midterm, covers Chapters 6-11, all we've done since Spring Break. |
Final Exam |