Outline for the faculty new-media tools session

DAY 1

Overview

  • Jarvis presentation and discussion to set context
  • Blogs & citizens' media
  • Why we do it
  • How big it is
  • How big media uses it
  • Growth of independent media
  • Issues for news media
  • The new newsroom
  • Newer media: audio, video, etc.
Touring a blog

  • Go to JakeJarvis.com
  • The post as the new elemental element of content (vs. the publication, page, story, show...)
  • Headlines (sometimes)
  • Permalink (more on the significance later) (many forms: "link," "permalink," date, headline...)
  • Author
  • Date
  • Comment link
  • Blockquote
  • Blogroll
  • About-me page (bylines and motivations)
  • Tags
  • Categories
  • Archives
Creating a blog

  • Sign into WordPress.com
  • Write post ... publish... view
  • Congratulations
Edit post

  • Write post
  • Write page
  • Add link
  • Add photo
  • Add blockquote
  • Add formatting: bold, ital
  • View
  • Add comment
Tour the tool

  • Manage posts/pages
  • Manage comments
  • Post status
  • Post dating
  • Add blogroll
  • Discuss spam
  • Discuss traffic
  • Discuss ability to link to anything: blog as new CMS
  • Change template
  • View
HTML lite

  • Click WYSIWYG tab
  • View hyperlink
  • View formatting
Search & links: Research & conversation

  • Technorati: search keyword, search for links, chart
  • Technorati: Authority/links
  • Pubsub
  • Google "site:" command
  • Icerocket
  • Show Washington Post and NY Times links off stories
  • Blogpulse charts
  • Discuss permalinks
  • Discuss SEO (and About.com)
  • Topix, Inform, Newsvine
  • Dell story
Tag discussion

  • [htttp:del.icio.us|Del.icio.us] demo
  • Technorati tag demo
  • Flickr tags and "interestingness"
  • Ad targeting with tags
RSS: Feeds, syndication

  • Smart, dynamic bookmarks
  • Show RSS/XML links
  • Create accounts at Bloglines
  • Add feed to bloglines
  • Update feeds
  • Discuss Flickr, podcasts, enclosures
  • Demo Craigslist search feed
  • Discuss news uses
  • Show Nashville Is Talking aggregation
  • Discuss other RSS tools
DAY 2

Photo

  • Demo
  • Take photo with Treo, send to Flickr, save and import photo in Photoshop
  • Resize
  • Crop
  • Remember proportion
  • Fix image
  • Save for web
  • Post to Blog
Audio: Podcast

  • Play podcasts
  • Demo subscribing in iTunes
  • Skype
  • Download/open Audacity
  • Record test and play
  • Edit sound
  • Create podcast
  • Save/Export as MP3
  • Link from blog
Digg: Editing of the crowd

  • Jake demonstrates Digg
Video: Vlogs

Wiki

Flash/AJAX


Page Information

  • 2 years ago [history]
  • View page source
  • You're not logged in
  • No tags yet learn more

Wiki Information

Recent PBwiki Blog Posts