Course Outline and Assigned Readings
Date |
Topic |
Due |
Aug. 25 |
Intro and Overview
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Aug. 30 |
Monday Defining Key Terms - new media, social media, convergence, interactivity, rss, blogs, microblog, hyperlocal...
Wired Magazine Presentation: Social Media Techniques
Wednesday |
Join Twitter |
Sept. 6 |
Monday - Labor Day - no class
Wednesday Blogs Read: Journalism Next Chapter 2: Blogging Video: Did You Know 4.0 Video: The Machine is Us/ing Us
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Set up a Blog using Wordpress.com - make an introductory post about you and what your blog is about |
Sept. 13 |
Monday Skills - HTML Concepts
Wednesday CSS Browsers & Search
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Fun with HTML - do Part I of exercise in HTML handout for Wed.
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Sept. 20
Sept. 22
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Monday Microblogging/Twitter Read: Journalism Next Chapter 4: Microblogging More Twitter basics Time, How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live Video: The Daily Show: Twitter Frenzy
Mobile Evan Williams - TED talk 2009
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Fun with HTML - do Part II of exercise in HTML handout for Mon. |
Sept. 27 |
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 Social Networks continued
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Mobile Project due |
Oct. 4 |
Monday Skills: make a photo slideshow Read: Journalism Next Chapter 6: Visual Storytelling with Photographs
Wednesday Understanding Online Business Models Reading: The Long Tail, Chris Anderson Free, Chris Anderson
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Facebook Groups/Pages assignment due |
Oct. 11
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Monday
Wednesday Read: Chapter 8: Telling Stories with Video Other Places for Multimedia Inspiration
Read: Wired, The Good Enough Revolution
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Oct. 18 |
Monday
Wednesday Developing a Personal Brand Video: Gary Vaynerchuk: Legacy is Greater Than Currency Read: Excerpt from Crush It!
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Video Project Due |
Oct. 25
Oct. 27 |
YouTube
RSS - Widgets and Feeds
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Nov. 1 & 3 |
Monday/Wed 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
Additional Music Resources
Wednesday |
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Nov. 8 & 10 |
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
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Nov. 15 & 17 |
Monday/Wednesday The Future of News News Interactives Read: Journalism Next Chapter 10: Managing News as a Conversation
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Nov. 22
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Read: Journalism Next Chapter 11: Building a Digital Audience for News
Thanksgiving |
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Nov. 29 |
Monday Future Trends - Foursquare, Open Social, Facebook Connect, Net Neutrality, Cloud Computing Video: The Daily Show, From Here to Neutrality
Wednesday Media curriculum of the future |
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Dec. 6 |
Review for Exam |
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Dec. 8 |
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by 5pm |