Category Archives: Assignments

Final Project Assignment

Posted on April 13, 2012 by lemasney

Hey, all. So again, the request here is simpler than the product. We are proposing a 1 and a half-minute video clip. Do not make it 1 minute/less long or two minutes/more long. Your video should follow the storytelling and branding … Continue reading →

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Blog Post Assignment: Transliteracy, Horizon, and Google.

Posted on April 6, 2012 by lemasney

Hi, all. So, this week, we offer three written prompts for you to consider in your blog post. The theme of this triad, in my opinion, is futurism. First, look at Brad Czerniak‘s post revising the important digital media concept of … Continue reading →

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Assignment 2 due this coming week.

Posted on March 30, 2012 by lemasney

Good hunting in searching for and implementing your materials for your project. You should have it ready for presenting next Thursday. Here’s a list of 10 things to remember: 1. Edit the video to around 3 minutes. Show it to people (not … Continue reading →

Posted in Assignments, information | Tagged Facebook, Google, Joseph Kony, Kony, Michael Wesch, Video, Viral video, YouTube

Michael Wesch on Digital Ethnography; considering Kony 2012

Posted on March 13, 2012 by lemasney

Please watch the following video to compose your post this week (and when/if you get the copyright warning, simply click-through to YouTube to watch the video): Please also watch the video that Wesch refers to in the video above for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Assignments | Tagged Arts, Cultural anthropology, E-book, Facebook, Kansas State University, Kony, Kony 2012, Michael Wesch, Ray Kurzweil, Television, Video, Yochai Benkler, YouTube

How Blogs and Social Media are Changing Public Relations and the Way it is Practiced

Posted on March 2, 2012 by lemasney

Here is the presentation I gave last week on Personal Branding. Consider your personal and organizational brand in your posts with these concepts in mind. We really appreciated your effort on the recent project and your willingness to persist in … Continue reading →

Posted in Assignments, information | Tagged Business, Facebook, Fellow, Internet Marketing, LinkedIn, Marketing and Advertising, Public relations, Social media, Twitter

Assignment: Resources for Using Inkscape and GIMP

Posted on February 24, 2012 by lemasney

Watch and then execute the following tutorials, and post the results in your posts as 2 PNGs, one from Inkscape, and one from GIMP. Below the images, type something new that you discovered about each of these tools in the … Continue reading →

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Assignment: Narrated Slideshow

Posted on February 16, 2012 by lemasney

Using Slideshare or Picasa, and Audacity. You must give an automated, video based presentation on the effective use of some combination of digital media, including but not limited to: smartphones (e.g. iPhone Facebook app) social media services (e,g, Facebook) specific … Continue reading →

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Assignment 3: Seth Godin on standing out, Minority Report made real.

Posted on February 9, 2012 by lemasney

The first video below gives an introduction to a different style of presentation than you might be used to. Seth is entertaining, but also very skillful in his delivery. Pay special attention to the visual background imagery and the way … Continue reading →

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Reading 2: Frankenstein!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by ddewberrycomm563

Here is the reading for next week–remember to really use the tools you have here–incorporate videos, pictures and you can even use your own pictures. Dr.D Here’s Tom Frentz, one of the co-authors of this week’s readings . He’s a cool … Continue reading →

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Reading 1: Media Ecology Reading

Posted on January 26, 2012 by ddewberrycomm563

Hi everyone! Hopefully you all are safe and warm and ready for some Media Ecology – here is the link for this week’s reading ”The Humanism of Media Ecology” by Neil Postman. Don’t forget to post your responses by Wednesday at … Continue reading →

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Assignment 2 due this coming week.

Michael Wesch on Digital Ethnography; considering Kony 2012

Assignment: Resources for Using Inkscape and GIMP

Reading 2: Frankenstein!

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