Monday, March 15, 2010

Podcasts

Begin working on your podcast scripts.

What are the questions you will be asking? Prepare these questions.

Who will be interviewed?

What music will you use in the background? Pick out some music to use as you transition from one interview or topic to another.

PRACTICE WITH RECORDER!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

How to make a Podcast on a Mac

1. Go to Gamzon-Workshop.
2. Find Miles Davis (Dabis) podcast.
3. Open GarageBand and drag the podcast to Garage Band and listen to it.
4. This podcast received an A+ two years ago.


Then view this video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiZltqOES8c&feature=related


Work with your group to brainstorm podcast ideas and present a proposal to Ms. Gamzon by the end of the period.
Proposal should be written out, specifying:

a. Group Members:

b. Podcast Idea:
c. Sources for podcast--interviews, research, other podcasts, etc.
d. Responsibilities: What will the members of your group be doing:


Polish off and finish your blogs. Visit and comment on other blogs.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Edmund Pettus Bridge

Blog Topic

Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of this significant day in history. So how far have we come?

Check out these videos and respond in a blog entry.

March from Selma to Montgomery---

Bloody Sunday 1965

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW1i-R39AAk&feature=related


Selma to Montgomery, part 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8reaKQgwKg&feature=related

John Lewis speaks about it:
www.universalhub.com/node/2333

Monday, March 8, 2010

Friday, March 5, 2010

So What's a Podcast/This American Life

This American Life, hosted by Ira Glass, is the most popular journalistic podcast in America.

Here's a sample of this podcast:

thislife.org/radio-archives/episode/397/2010

Here is a website for a podcasting tutorial:

www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/00-podcast-tutorial-four-ps.htm

Blog Post #7 SOTA"s Mission Statement

SOTA's mission statement reads as follows:



OUR MISSION IS STUDENT SUCCESS... ACADEMIC, ARTISTIC, AND HUMANISTIC.

What does this mean to you? What is academic success? Artistic success? Humanistic success? How well are we accomplishing our mission?

When you have posted your thoughts about this, go to other blogs and begin a dialogue with your fellow students about what they have posted--post some comments.

If you could change something about this school, what would it be and why? Why would change be important to you and others?

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

100 Blog topics

Using this list of 100 blog topics, pick two to write Blog Entry #5 and #6. You should have six blog entries on your blog for grading purposes this marking period. Some of these topics can be used for podcasting which we will begin next week.

Here is the link to Chris Brogan's blog where this list of 100 topics originates:
chrisbrogan.com/100-blog-topics-i-hope-you-write/

Please read his article. Then consider the list which I have copied for you here for your convenience. Many of the topics are adult-orientated, but I think you can relate to several of these topics and ideas: #1, #4, #10, #12, #23, #25, etc.

100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write
Chris Brogan

September 19, 2007 ·




Here’s 100 Blog/Podcast Topics I Hope YOU Write:

1 How I Use Facebook
2 Ways I Embrace My Audience
3 Should My Town Use Social Media?
4 A Community I Love
5 Technology That Empowers Me
6 How Flickr Did it Right
7 How Best to Comment on a Corporate Blog
8 Ways to Save a Bad Time at a Conference
9 How I Find Blogging Ideas
10 Somebody Has to Say It
11 My Children Will Do it Differently
12 How Schools Could Use Social Media
13 The Best Parts of Marketing
14 Presentation Skills for a New Conversation
15 How I Find Time to Make Media
16 Empower Your Best Customers
17 After the Event- Carrying the Conversation Forward
18 Just Jump Into Podcasting- Heres How
19 My Community and How You Can Engage It
20 Twitter Jaiku Pownce Facebook- And Then What
21 Making a Miniseries
22 If I Were an Advertiser Today
23 My Mother is On Facebook
24 Does a Big Brand Need You
25 Books I Want to Write
26 Serving the Deep Niches- How I Do It
27 How Women Use Social Media
28 A Hard Look at My Media Habits
29 If I Were a Television Producer
30 Social Media Marketing vs Traditional Marketing
31 Elements of a Marketing Campaign
32 Social Media Campaigns are NOT Traditional Campaigns
33 Idea Making and How I Make Something
34 What I Spend Money On
35 Do Rock Stars Need Social Media Strategies
36 How I Use My Website
37 Book Shopping- Buy These Books
38 MTV Changed the World in the 80s- Here is What Comes Next
39 How I Process Blogs and What I Do With All That Info
40 Ten Guilty Pleasures
41 The Internet Application I Havent Seen
42 If I Worked for a Venture Capital Firm
43 My Day Job Versus My Passion
44 The Difference Between Fark and Truemors
45 Fixing Conferences
46 Making Marketplaces for Media Makers
47 When I Feel Frustrated
48 Branding Strategies I Use
49 Your Ideas And My Ideas- How We Play Together
50 Friends I Cant Wait to Meet


51 The Art of Chaos
52 Telling My Boss About Social Media
53 Could I Quit My Day Job
54 When to Cut Back on Web Habits
55 Breaking Down My Favorite Blog
56 Explaining Social Media to Your Chamber of Commerce
57 Non-Internet Equivalents to Internet Tools I Use
58 Considering Media for the Rest of the Globe
59 Twitter is Too Simple- Twitter is Just Right
60 The Future of Podcasting
61 Video Made Simple
62 Facebook Applications I Love
63 You Are Here
64 Blogging Tactics- How to Keep it Fresh
65 I Want to Brag A Minute
66 Who Says What About Your Brand
67 Tools for Blogging
68 Wordpress Plugins I Use And Why
69 Media Topics That Need More Coverage
70 Comments versus Blog Posts
71 How I Drive Traffic to My Site
72 News- Is it Useful and How I Might Fix It
73 Which TV Network Gets Videoblogging and PodCasting
74 Franchising My Media
75 Handling Critics
76 My Audio Tricks
77 Ning Sites I Like and Why
78 Controlling My Brand
79 Sharing and Contributing
80 How Twitter Improved My Blog
81 Email After Twitter
82 Facebook Video Improved My Social Network
83 Letting Go
84 Downtime- What I Do Offline to Recharge
85 How I Went From Very Shy to Less Shy
86 The RIGHT Number to Track for Podcasting
87 PodCamp Has to Change
88 Shaking Things Up
89 Joining A Network- Things to Consider
90 Newspapers and How I Would Change Them
91 Interview With a Veteran
92 The Countries of My Social Media World
93 Giving it Away
94 Consulting Strategies for Social Media Experts
95 Turning Media into a Business Card
96 Podcasting on a Budget
97 For Every Excuse a New Strategy
98 Just When I Think I Am Done
99 Buying Gear- My Shopping Tips for Podcasters
100 When is Free Better- When Not

Monday, March 1, 2010

Columns--Edit and post the best onto the SOTACRAT page

Today we will work in groups to edit our columns and any other articles that might be appropriate for the Sotacrat & Chronicle.

When an article receives approval from Ms. Gamzon, upload it to the Sotacrat and Chronicle webpage.

Password: sotacrat1