December 14, 2005
Last assignment...as promised
IT's almost all over...as you wind down and get ready to relax and rejuvinate, I'd like to ask you for a final evaluative post. Please think back over the semester and describe a stellar moment; a skill that you now have that you didn't when you began the semester; and finally a goal that you have set for yourself for the future .
Peace....
Posted by lcisEllen at 11:07 AM | Comments (0)
November 29, 2005
first drafts for final project: some thoughts
Welcome back, everyone. In response to a student who was asking me about what possible kind of first draft could she do, if she had planned to do a collage for her final project, I sent the following email:
If you are going to do a collage, then I'd like to see a "draft" --in the collage world that would mean thinking about your format: what size and shape will it be? What is the facet of identity you are illustrating and how? If it will include words what will they say? How will the words and images work together to illustrate your concept? Where will you get the words? Will they be your words and thoughts? a poem? song lyrics? Will you type them on the computer? will you write them? Will the collage be picture specific, word specific, additive? How will you adhere your images to the surface and what kind of surface will you use? what kind of images will you use? Your own photos? Documentary photos? will you be creating them? How will you choose them? You can do all this without gluing them down for a "draft."
I hope you are understanding that this is a final project for the course. It requires thinking and work. It will not be acceptable to just slap some magazine pictures together in the kind of collage you might do for a scrap book. This project needs to reflect your learning for the semester and therefore must be carefully planned and executed. That is why you do a draft, so that you can get the feedback of your peers in order to do the best, most interesting, original work possible.
These suggestions and guidelines apply to any word and image project that you may undertake...
Hope this helps clarify what is expected.
can't wait to see you all tomorrow...
Ellen
Posted by lcisEllen at 07:19 AM | Comments (0)
November 07, 2005
Opportunity for Bloggers!!
Blogging and Online Journalism: New Media, New Challenges, New Ethics
Got this info in an email...let me know if any of you are interested in attending!
April 7 & 8, 2006
The Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics at Ohio University and the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism announce "Blogging and Online Journalism."
BOJ will bring together a small group of successful, highly motivated students with some of the leading figures in journalism and media ethics for an intimate, in-depth two-day exploration of one of the most interesting and dynamic areas in applied ethics today. After a daily keynote address on a topic of general interest, participants will break up into workgroups. These workshops will feature presentations by invited scholars and by student participants, with discussion and critique of the presentations.
Presentations and workshop summaries will be published on the Institute website.
Participation is limited to 25. Students interested in participating should send contact information and a brief paper on one of the workshop topics to ethics@ohio.edu by January 20, 2006. Participants will be selected on the basis of the paper they submit. Please visit the "STUDENT CONFERENCE" section of ohio.edu/ethics for submission requirements.
Travel grants (travel, room, and board) are available for a limited number of participants. Students interested in applying for travel support should indicate this in their application.
Keynote speakers:
Dan Gillmore (author of "We, the Media") Clifford Christians (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champlain)
Workshop topics and leaders:
Friday, April 7 Martin Kuhn (U North Carolina): Blogging Ethics Fernanda Viegas (MIT MediaLab): Privacy and Accountability in Blogging Jan Boyles (U West Virginia): Rhetoric of Political Bloggers Sandeep Junnarker (Columbia University): Blogging investigative reporting: The Videoblog
Saturday, April 8th Mark Deuze (Indiana University): Typology of Online Journalism Bob Benz (Scripps Company): Reality Constraints of Online Journalism Bernhard Debatin (Ohio University): Online Journalism Ethics
Kathleen Evans-Romaine Assistant Director Ohio U. Inst. for Applied and Professional Ethics www.ohiou.edu/ethics office: 740 593 9802 cell: 740 590 2410
Posted by lcisEllen at 02:42 PM | Comments (1)
October 07, 2005
Thanks to Nanette Savides...
I have uploaded a list of assignments and their due dates for the Zooming In part of the LCIS! You can find it and download it in the side bar under Check it....
Hope it is helpful. Please do check it as assignments and their dates are subject to change...as evidenced by today's class...
have a loooooong weekend! Read lots of comics!
Posted by lcisEllen at 06:45 PM | Comments (2)
September 21, 2005
Blue team rules!!!
You were totally awesome! Great teamwork and fabulous sportswomanship!
You done us proud!!!
Posted by lcisEllen at 02:31 PM | Comments (0)
September 16, 2005
Blog Forum
This flyer just came across my desk. This Forum is at Northeastern and Jay Rosen from NYU is a particularly engaging speaker and very smart dude when it comes to blog politics.
Check it out if you can! Blog Flyer
Cheers!
Posted by lcisEllen at 03:12 PM | Comments (505)
September 14, 2005
Ellen's attempt at metaphor story
Mr. Magoo at the wheel. Sudden Impact. House of Pancakes for a tire. CastAway! Sisyphus. Shaka, when the walls fell. Message in a Bottle. Rescue 911. The Little Engine that Could. Dorothy, back in Kansas.
Posted by lcisEllen at 11:44 AM | Comments (0)
September 07, 2005
For anyone that was confused...
or can't access the syllabus, the two books you need for Zooming In are Practices of Looking and Writing and Seeing. Both should be available in the bookstore. You need Writing and Seeing asap because you need to read the essay Ode for an Orange by Woiwode for Friday.
I have a student from last year who is willing to sell her Practices of Looking for $15. If anyone is interested, please let me know.
See y'all Friday,
Ellen
Posted by lcisEllen at 09:45 PM | Comments (0)