For our team's final project, we will be visiting various locations around the town of Lyndonville. These locations will be the town's "hot spots", places that people frequent on a regular basis. We will combine the storytelling mediums of interactive Google maps and a video presentation.
We will interview students at LSC to get their thoughts on what they like to do with their life outside of Lyndon State, specifically asking them why they go to these "hot spots".
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Lyndon State has a unique set of program offerings
Lyndon is a rare example of a college that is in the middle of nowhere but has strong programs that attract students from across the country. The television studies department, soon to become electronic journalism arts, is one of the few professional programs that draw these students.
Aaron Kormos, a sophomore at Lyndon, transferred here from the University of Connecticut at the start of this year to pursue his degree in TVS. Going into his freshman year at UConn, he was undecided as to which major he would choose. After taking a few general education courses, Kormos decided the path he wanted to follow was a concentration in television production. UConn did not offer this degree, so the college search began again for Kormos, this time as a transfer student.
Kormos found advice in his friend Tyler who was a student at Lyndon at the time. Tyler recommended LSC to him because it is one of a select group of colleges in the country to offer this program. Kormos decided that Lyndon appeared to be the right place for him. Kormos says he is quite pleased with the small class sizes and personable relationships he has with his professors.
One of those professors, Meaghan Meachem, a graduate of LSC, has similar feelings about the college. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Television Studies, and finished her education by receiving a master’s degree in Web communication.
Meachem has now returned to Lyndon as a member of the faculty. This is her second year as a professor here and she decided to make her return to the campus because of her familiarity with the school and love for the TVS program.
Television Studies is not the only professional program that excites students about the college. The Atmospheric Science major also brings students into the school from across the country. One freshman this year, Meaghan Fried, made the trek from the state of Montana to attend this education institution.
The ATM department is considered one of the best in the country, and the school’s student chapter of the American Meteorological Society consistently wins chapter of the year for their work putting on the Northeastern Storm Conference.
The Exercise Science department is another one of the strong and unique offerings at Lyndon. Exercise Science was recently certified by CAAHAP (the commission on accreditation of allied health programs) and NSCA (The National Strength and Conditioning association). LSC is one of only five colleges in the country to have both certifications for their exercise science program.
In spite of Lyndon’s small size and relative lack of recognition from people outside of the area as a high quality college, students are frequently pleased with their experience there.
Aaron Kormos, a sophomore at Lyndon, transferred here from the University of Connecticut at the start of this year to pursue his degree in TVS. Going into his freshman year at UConn, he was undecided as to which major he would choose. After taking a few general education courses, Kormos decided the path he wanted to follow was a concentration in television production. UConn did not offer this degree, so the college search began again for Kormos, this time as a transfer student.
Kormos found advice in his friend Tyler who was a student at Lyndon at the time. Tyler recommended LSC to him because it is one of a select group of colleges in the country to offer this program. Kormos decided that Lyndon appeared to be the right place for him. Kormos says he is quite pleased with the small class sizes and personable relationships he has with his professors.
One of those professors, Meaghan Meachem, a graduate of LSC, has similar feelings about the college. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Television Studies, and finished her education by receiving a master’s degree in Web communication.
Meachem has now returned to Lyndon as a member of the faculty. This is her second year as a professor here and she decided to make her return to the campus because of her familiarity with the school and love for the TVS program.
Television Studies is not the only professional program that excites students about the college. The Atmospheric Science major also brings students into the school from across the country. One freshman this year, Meaghan Fried, made the trek from the state of Montana to attend this education institution.
The ATM department is considered one of the best in the country, and the school’s student chapter of the American Meteorological Society consistently wins chapter of the year for their work putting on the Northeastern Storm Conference.
The Exercise Science department is another one of the strong and unique offerings at Lyndon. Exercise Science was recently certified by CAAHAP (the commission on accreditation of allied health programs) and NSCA (The National Strength and Conditioning association). LSC is one of only five colleges in the country to have both certifications for their exercise science program.
In spite of Lyndon’s small size and relative lack of recognition from people outside of the area as a high quality college, students are frequently pleased with their experience there.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Good and bad use of video online
Good: Boston Herald
The Boston Herald competes with the Boston globe as Boston's two largest newspapers and I would say the herald does a better job than the Globe. The Herald has its own video section readily accessible from the homepage. The video quality looked almost amateurish, with the few videos I sampled all having a first shot describing what the video is. However, I can look past this flaw and was pleased with the way they organized the video content.
Bad: Boston Globe
The Boston globe seemed to lack a video section, which made locating video content a bit of a challenge. I only found video when I looked at a story, and even then it was not immediately clear what the video content was, I first thought it was a photo. After clicking on a few video tabs I eventually found a multimedia page with several videos. Honestly, the video quality seemed similar to the Herald, the biggest problem with the globe is if I cannot locate the videos, I can not view them!
The Boston Herald competes with the Boston globe as Boston's two largest newspapers and I would say the herald does a better job than the Globe. The Herald has its own video section readily accessible from the homepage. The video quality looked almost amateurish, with the few videos I sampled all having a first shot describing what the video is. However, I can look past this flaw and was pleased with the way they organized the video content.
Bad: Boston Globe
The Boston globe seemed to lack a video section, which made locating video content a bit of a challenge. I only found video when I looked at a story, and even then it was not immediately clear what the video content was, I first thought it was a photo. After clicking on a few video tabs I eventually found a multimedia page with several videos. Honestly, the video quality seemed similar to the Herald, the biggest problem with the globe is if I cannot locate the videos, I can not view them!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Critique of iReport.com
I think that for the post part, iReport is easy to use although I wish the videos were broken down into category, such as science, entertainment, etc. I do like the fact that they have tabs for the "newsiest", "most commented on" etc. because that helps the readers find iReports they are likely interested in based on audio-visual projects that others viewed or commented on.
I came across a few interesting ones, especially one that was most commented on, titled "Blessing of the bikes". A CNN user was out riding his bike in a park in New York city and stumbled upon a group of cyclists entering a church and found out they were getting their bikes blessed in a yearly tradition. This story definitely had the oddity factor and as such was vetted by CNN.
However, I did find that most of the videos and slideshows were boring. I came across many that seemed to be advertisements, and others that plainly did not capture my interest.
I quickly noticed that most of the videos recently aired on CNN were related to the Polish tragedy over the past weekend in which the president and several other high ranking members were killed in a plane crash in Russia while on their way to commemorate another tragedy. CNN typically places an emphasis on world news, and as such I think any story that has a world wide angle to it would be aired. Of course, CNN seemed to use only high quality, professional-looking work for the air, as one would expect.
I came across a few interesting ones, especially one that was most commented on, titled "Blessing of the bikes". A CNN user was out riding his bike in a park in New York city and stumbled upon a group of cyclists entering a church and found out they were getting their bikes blessed in a yearly tradition. This story definitely had the oddity factor and as such was vetted by CNN.
However, I did find that most of the videos and slideshows were boring. I came across many that seemed to be advertisements, and others that plainly did not capture my interest.
I quickly noticed that most of the videos recently aired on CNN were related to the Polish tragedy over the past weekend in which the president and several other high ranking members were killed in a plane crash in Russia while on their way to commemorate another tragedy. CNN typically places an emphasis on world news, and as such I think any story that has a world wide angle to it would be aired. Of course, CNN seemed to use only high quality, professional-looking work for the air, as one would expect.
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