I like the book so far because it is explaining to me simply the how and why of the book. So far I feel that this book will be a good journalistic guide that I can use in the future. The examples the author gives of his own experience with first seeing flash make me confident that this part of the class can hone journalism skills. I liked doing the podcasts back in media lab. I have always been a fan of the NPR style of reporting usinf audio. I see that I could somehow also work that into the slideshow work that is used in Flash. Flash also seems to be able to get some real feedback from an audience. As a writer, it makes me feel good to know people want to read my work, or that someone wants a copy of the Setonian. I think Flash takes that kind of audience feedback to a new level also.
]]>Since we will be moving onto using anothe program, My inform 7 days are probably done. I think this is an effective tool i teaching amore creative/fiction type of writing. It has the potential to really get a story that writer has going and feed their creative side. The problem solving aspect of the work in making a game is what I dealt with more in my experience.
I got my friend mike to take a look at my game over the weekend. Since he is a college guy, he has definitley dabbled in video games. He isn't really into problem solving games liek inform 7 but, he liked the relatable setting of SHU. He through the personal touch of characters liek the dudes in Havey were funny. He did get a lost on how to get the right commands at first, but he got the hang of it somewhat. When somone making an inform 7 game can relate to their audience's interest, it makes a difference. It was fun to see someone battling with inform 7 like I used to.
]]>Ms. Taylor remind me of how some people come into the new media journalism program here at SHU. At first it seems like "how is this to relate to journalism?" In her case, it is how will the original ideas and mediums of journalism be able to relate to the new age of journalism and technology that comes with it (i.e blogs, online papers/articles).
I think she needs to open herself up to the old school rules and blue prints of what made journalism what it is today and put it where it is today. She complains of having to bring a copy of the New York times to class because is bulky and journalism classes in NYU tend to have their students do this. She should be happy she has an award winning paper to look at and use in her classes like a text book. Most journalism classes at some point require a compare or contrast of print to online. I wouldn't mind if in newswriting or writing for the internet class, we looked at one media or the other. It is a form of teaching and learning in this field. You cannot more forward without taking a look at the past. Without a paper like the NY Times ( which I find offers a great selection of online sites and articles) maybe there would not have been the writers who thought up her precious blog.
Not to bash on blogs or new media. But the public needs to see how both old and new news media play a big pat in journalism. Taylor makes a good point when she says that in the next few years people will be looking for writers who can write an online style and use online tools. The need for print writers still is there though too. I feel it is another tool in getting news to people. What we learn here in the SHU New Media Journalism program is not fluff. Though many of us are even having issue with the relevance of some of what we are learning in this class, the skills we gain cannot hurt. Just using an academic blog in the past 3 years for me, has helped me hone my skills in online writing.
I feel that Taylor really needs to open her mind and eyes to how she perceives journalism. No profession gets anywhere without paying respect to the styles and people who came before it. If the New York Times kills some trees to bring people the articles and writers they want...so be it. If blogs on facebook and Mashable make serious writers seem different...oh well. You cannot please everyone all the time, but you can learn from eachother if you open your ears, eyes, and mind.
I think Amanda Cochran had it right in her response. She pointed out what anyone else in this class would point out. That our experience with new media classes and traditional journalism classes has done good for us as writers. We allowed ourselves to be emersed in both the past and future of the profession. Maybe Taylor should try a schedule like ours?
I would really like to discuss these blogs in class further....I think they could bring on good discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQvlkABZ23o
I thought that something that involved griffin gate would be appropriate for this exercise. Since I see people still having difficulty wth it, I hope this helps. The on thing I do not like about this program is how it takes up soo much space on my zip drive. Hence why it is so short and sweet.
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Here is also my script for my tutorial (the one I was working on in class was much better) :
"SHU and You" by Rachel Prichard
Sullivan lawn is a room.
"You wake up in the middle of the lawn. You really must find out what happened last night. To the west is Havey Hall. To the east is Canevin. To the south is Reeves library. To the North is Sullivan Hall."
The gazebo is in Sullivan Lawn. In the gazebo are Billy, Buddy, and Mac.
East of Sullivan is a room called Canevin.
The description of Canevin is "You enter Canevin Hallway. There are offices with different names on each side of you. Students are rusing both ways down the hallway."
A lot of students are people in Canevin. The description is "They must be going to class. Or leaving it just as quickly. Just then, a girl runs into you."
This portfoilio consists of blogs having to do with digital culture, the last part of the class
COVERAGE
TIMELINESS
pretty much all my entries follow this, but here are some of them
INTERACTION
DEPTH
DISCUSSION
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This is kind of a question that people were asking when the whole idea of cloning became popular. Of course, it isn't anywhere near as readily available as Doctorow perceives it in this story. But it does leave an ethical kind of question. If you look at the examples in movies and other books where people decided to use clones in a "harvesting" kind of way, it makes this idea seem kind of sick. After this line of course, Julius goes on to describe the procedure with the HREF gun and it leaves him much less advanced.
I was taken back by the use of the word "offline" in this chapter. I had trouble understanding exactly what it meant. To me, witht he technology information I know, offline means disconnected in a sense. Yes disconnected from the internet, but also maybe emotionally disconnected. I wonder if that is what Julius is feeling about what has been happening to him. It is also funny that I connect to this made up language with my own ideas and feelings of technology
To me, when someone says "I was texting Bill" or "I'll just text her" it is as if they are saying "I'll just tap so and so on the shoulder and we'll have a chat." I do not look at texting in the technical terms of transmission or sending and receiving. To me it is as communicative as actually talking to someone face to face. ( how bout that?) I think to an older generation, the word texting may seem more technological and advanced. Again it goes back to looking at this type of communication as infromation sharing or just conversating.
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