What did you do so far this morning? Well, PJ Crowley has already had interviews with NPR & BBC to discuss Libya. The Media Center was happy to host him for his Skype call with the BBC and we will be setting him up for his CNN call later today (around 4:30pm today if you wanna tune in!).
Thanks PJ, for keeping the Media Center connected to the world outside of the Dickinson bubble!
Why do some videos look stylized and professional while others look like an amateur created it……even if both were done by students? There are a few answers to that question but one key element is what techniques were used when the video was originally shot. You can improve the look and feel of your video by understanding some basic techniques when using video equipment. There are many different elements that work together to give your video the look and feel you are striving to create. During this session we will introduce students to best practices when shooting including lighting, miking, shooting and basics of setting your scene.
Faculty and Students
Instructor Led – Hands On
1 1/2 – 2 Hours
With the rise of YouTube, everyone wants to create videos but most people don’t realize how much time and effort it takes to edit a video. In some cases, creating a video isn’t about telling a new story but it could be used for reflection, oral language exams, critique and other options. These videos can be shot on a simple Flip Camera and uploaded directly to YouTube or Moodle for viewing. If a small amount of editing is needed, Quicktime Pro is a great option compared to IMovie.
Faculty, Students and Staff
Instructor Led – Hands On
30-60 Minutes – In Class Time
The Media Center houses a large pool of video equipment for check out so classes creating videos have resources readily available to them. Although many students have worked with some of this equipment, most do not have the full understanding of what we have available and what each piece is capable of doing. After discussing the project your class will be working on, we can evaluate which items would need to be covered in this training and we can set up a time to bring you class to Media Center so they can get an overview of the technologies. This training covers the basics of what we have available and how to handle the equipment. This session does not focus on techniques and best practices when shooting video. We do offer that session as well and the 2 trainings can be merged into one long session or they can be broken up into multiple smaller sessions.
Faculty & Students
Instructor Led – Overview or Hands On
30-60 Minutes
Gracefully promote yourself online
Mashable
ReadWriteWeb
Social Media Examiner
In Social Media, Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail
http://www.bitrebels.com/social/the-best-time-of-day-to-tweet-to-get-the-most-rts/
also see: http://www.thebrandmechanic.com/best-time-of-day-week-social-media-marketing/
http://www.comscoredatamine.com/2011/07/google-plus-reaches-20-million-visitors-in-21-days/
We all know that (almost) everyone uses social networking on a daily basis, especially students. It would be great to meet people in these places so our organizations can connect with people on a more meaningful way. This is not an easy task but there are some great resources and best practices that can help promote your organization and connect with the people you are trying to reach.
During this session will go over the heavy hitters of social media (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube….) and try to find which platforms would be best for your organization to try to use. We will also discuss statistically what works well on these platforms and what doesn’t so you will be better informed on things that might engage your audience better than others.
Faculty, Staff, Students
Instructor Led-Overview-Some hands on
45 Minutes – 1 hour
Want to know more? Contact mediacenter at dickinson.edu to set up a consultation. You can also get a sneak peek of what we cover in our training by looking over our Training Outline.
Dickinson hosts it’s own installation of WordPress MU (Multi User) and any class can choose to have a blog set up for their students to blog. Wordpress is a very user friendly platform and most people easily adapt to using the program quickly. Each person’s posts can be track for grading purposes and the platform is well suited to help engage dialogue inside and outside of the classroom. It can be open for the public to view or closed down so only the students within the course can read the content of the posts.
This session consists of walking the students through the process of logging into the system and posting at least one test post to get accustom to the software.
Faculty & Students
Instructor Led-Hands on
30-45 Minutes-In Class Time
Want to know more? Contact mediacenter at dickinson.edu to set up a consultation. You can also get a sneak peek of what we cover in our training by looking over our Training Outline.
Links
RSS In Plain English
Google Blog Search
Technorati
Google Reader
Resources (Class files-pdfs)
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an easy, timely way for people to keep up with what is going on at their favorite websites. In the past, if you wanted to know if something new was posted on a site, you would have manually go to the site to see. RSS is a way of sending those new little bits right to you. You need to use some sort of program to collect all of this information so you can read it when you are interested. In that way, it’s kind of like email because you open one program and all of the information is there no matter who sent it to you.
During this training we will cover what RSS is and discuss the many ways you can connect with the information these sites are sending out. You can read it, reply to it, publicize it and other options.
Faculty, Staff, Students
Instructor Led-Hands on, Overview or both
20-30 minutes
Want to know more? Contact mediacenter at dickinson.edu to set up a consultation. You can also get a sneak peek of what we cover in our training by looking over our Training Outline.
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