SOC 6903 Multimedia Applications

Spring, 2014 Monday 4:00-6:45

MS 2.02.20

Instructor: Michael Miller Office Address: MS 4.02.26 E-mail: michael.miller@utsa.edu Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 12:45-2:00

The Course

Required Materials

You will not incur any textbook expenses as all instructional materials will be available online at no cost. However, you will need to have access to a digital video camera and a digital still camera (or a smartphone or a combination video/still camera) in order to complete some assignments. Description The course is designed to enhance your ability to competently create sociologically-relevant digital content (e.g., video, images, slideshows) and integrate such content into online platforms (e.g., user-sharing sites and blogs). The course will introduce a coherent system of information generation and processing that will enable you to easily move between the massive universe of digital materials on the Internet and your own creative efforts. You will learn to navigate within this system, and in the process, employ various applications to help locate, curate, conceptualize, produce, and distribute sociological content. Particular attention will be directed to how multimedia can make abstract scholarly concepts more understandable. Course Management System

Blackboard Learn is available by virtue of enrollment in this class. It is a vitally important resource which will allow you access to the course syllabus, assignment submission boxes, and course grades. (Let me know immediately if you have any difficulties with this site.)

Student Contributions The course requires your active involvement. At minimum, you are expected to attend every class, cover assigned materials prior to class, and meet production deadlines for assigned projects. You are also expected to treat all others in the class as colleagues similarly engaged in the learning process, and to reasonably share your knowledge and skills with them. You are expected to give constructive feedback to others on the work they produce and present in class and in their blogs. Finally, you are responsible for adhering to all rules concerning personal conduct, including those relevant to scholastic dishonesty (see The Student Code of Conduct). You are expected to reflect the Roadrunner Creed in your behavior, and follow the UTSA Honor Code. To additionally facilitate your success, consider the following suggestions: 1. Do not be a “spectator.” Your success in the class will be proportional to your engagement. This is your class: actively participate. Ask questions, discuss experiences, offer opinions... Get to know each other (exchange phone numbers/email addresses). 2. Read / watch / listen to assigned materials before the class date. It will be helpful to take notes as you address these resources.

3. Should you have any concern or problem related to your academic status or class involvement, please communicate with me about it. If posted meeting times are inconvenient, a conference can be arranged at another time. Note: all e-mail communication should be directed to me at michael.miller@utsa.edu. Support services, including registration assistance and adaptive equipment, are available to those with documented disabilities through the Office of Disability Services. Participation in the Google+ Community. SOC 6903, Multimedia Applications is the out-of-class center for sharing media content relevant to our class. As a Google+ Community, it is a private destination available only to those enrolled in the course. I am the site moderator, and as such, will control access to membership, and monitor posts and comments contributed by members. To participate in this community, you will need to have a Gmail account. Content that is appropriate for posting to this Community includes any online media, including articles, images, slideshows, videos, and audio, that relates to sociology, the educational use of online content, and/or digital applications relevant to working with online content. You may also post questions dealing with matters relevant to the class. Additionally, I will ask you to post over the first few weeks of the semester your class assignment output. I encourage you also to engage the virtual commuity in discussion about content by providing comments to posts made by others. Course Policies and Practices 1. Student Survey. At the beginning of the semester, please complete the online survey about yourself. 2. Attendance. Regular attendance is crucial to success in the course. 3. Coming Late. Please enter and take a seat without disrupting the class. 4. Class Ending. Class ends at 6:45. Let me know if you must leave early or if I run past that time. 5. Technology Use. The classroom use of laptop and tablet computers is encouraged for course purposes. 6. Grade Reporting. All evaluation results will be made available to you on Blackboard (grades cannot be reported to you by telephone, fax, or e-mail). 7. Drop Procedure. Should you decide to no longer attend, be sure to follow appropriate UTSA administrative requirements. Evaluation Evaluation will be based on the quality of your work relative to the assigned projects listed below AND the extent to which you participate in the class as a serious and engaged student-colleague. Assignments must be submitted to appropriate drop boxes in Blackboard Learn, and to other destinations as noted with the assignment. Late submissions will be penalized by one-half letter grade for each day past due date. Failure to submit an assignment will result in an Incomplete for the course. Assignment Due Date % of Grade 1. Define Researchable Interests Jan 18 2 2. Visualizing Value: Gratefulness every Friday 10 3. Who Am I? Jan 26 5 4. My Online Life Jan 26 2 5. Online Multimedia System Feb 2 3 6. Exploring Online Sociology Site Feb 2 3 7. Create a Multimedia Blog Feb 11 10 8: RSS Homepage and Google Alerts Feb 21 3 9. Social Bookmarking Feb 21 2 10. Screen Structure Images Feb 28 5 11. Creating a Video Slideshow Mar 7 10

12. Digital Storytelling Outline Mar 14 2 13. Video Clip and Learning Context Mar 27 10 14. Visualizing Data for Focus Apr 11 3 15. Create a Cartoon Apr 18 5 16. Digital Story Apr 27 15 Total 100* * Extra-Credit may be added to your final grade: up to 10 extra points awarded for extensive and quality class participation.

Grading Grading Scale Project grades and final average should be interpreted on the following basis: A = > 89 B = 80 – 89 C = 70 – 79 D = 60 – 69 F = < 60

Course Schedule Jan 13 Topic: Course Orientation Create Course E-mail Account and Accept Invitation for Google+ Community. Create a gmail account for class purposes (even if you already have a gmail account, create another). To sign up for account, go to https://mail.google.com/intl/en/mail/help/about2.html). Your address should be abcutsa@gmail.com, with the first three letters representing the initials of your name. (Example: given my name, = Michael V Miller, my gmail address is mvmutsa@gmail.com. Note: If no middle name, use the letter x.) Student Survey Help me to better meet your learning needs by completing a survey about yourself and your experience in working with online media. You can access the survey from this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N4_zI_FpwmWK5t5xe95dETjWdT-XyMad5w9_aWHNygM/viewform Please complete it by Jan 15. Note: Be sure to Include your new gmail address on the survey. I will then invite you to join the Google+ Community, SOC 6903. After receiving my invitation, accept it in order to join. Assignment 1: Define Researchable Interests Over the semester, you will be producing various media content. Identify which disciplinary subfield(s) you would like to build your projects around, and briefly discuss the particular issues within the subfield(s) you might address. Upload your text to Blackboard and to our Google+ Community with the subject heading: RESEARCHABLE INTERESTS for ______ _______ (YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: Jan 18. Assignment 2. Visualizing Value: The Gratitude Project To encourage you to consistently engage in visual thinking, while employing your camera (still or video) on an everyday basis, you are required to reflect on, visually record, and write briefly about what you are personally grateful for. This exercise is inspired by Hailey Bartholemew’s 365 Grateful project http://365grateful.com/. Before

starting the project on Wednesday, Jan 15, be sure that you fully understand those articles appearing in the Legal and Ethical Issues Re Visual Methods section for class, Feb 24. Initial Directions: 1. Create a folder on computer desktop for project. 2. Shoot photo or video regarding one gratitude-subject each day. (Note: Occasional use of old image or video clip is acceptable. if video clip is used, keep to less than 30 seconds.) 3. Collect image/video files in folder by date. 4. Place images on PowerPoint. 5. Write brief explanation as to gratitude-relevance for entry. (2-4 sentences) 6. Post one image/caption per week to SOC 6903 Google+ Community (post by Friday, Jan 17). 7. Once blog is created (see Feb 10), post each entry to your personal blog.

Jan 20 No Class: MLK Day

. Jan 27 Topics: Who Am I? / My Online Life Assignment 3: Who Am I? Let’s better get to know each other through either of two online exercises. Both address the question “Who Am I?” The first does it through a word cloud; the second provides elaboration on this question through a photo mosaic. Inspect examples for this assignment at http://multimediasociology.blogspot.com/2012/09/word-clouds.html. FYI: You might find Alan Watt’s discourse on this question enlightening: http://youtu.be/1hVwKb0RvYE If you select the word cloud: Go to http://www.slideshare.net/soconceptual/miller-who-am-i-word-cloud, and follow directions for building your own word cloud describing who you are. Be sure to make and save a screen print of your output. (Note: an alternative word cloud application that places words inside an illustration is available at http://tagul.com/.) If you select the photo mosaic: Go to http://www.slideshare.net/soconceptual/miller-who-am-i-photo-mosaic, and follow relevant directions. Be sure to make and save a screen print of your output. Upload file to appropriate Blackboard assignment box and to Google+ Community, using title WHO AM I _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: Jan 26 (In-class introduction: Be ready to introduce yourself during class today via the output of your exercise. Also be sure to bring your answers to the questions posed at the end of the directions sheet.) Assignment 4: My Online Life Prensky’s article and Growing Up Online and its sequel, digital_nation, address many aspects of life in a plugged-in, hyper-connected, digitally-obsessed society. Prepare for class by listing the major ways technology and the Internet have affected your life. Be sure to specify, as well, the extent to which your observations and experiences are consistent with those made in the article and the two documentaries. (For further background on the development, nature, and reach of the Internet, watch BBC’s The Virtual Revolution.) Upload file to appropriate Blackboard assignment box and to Google+ Community, using title MY ONLINE LIFE _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: Jan 26 Prensky – Digital Immigrants / Digital Natives http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf Growing Up Online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/ digital_nation http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/

Feb 3 Topics: Online Multimedia: A System / Exploring Online Sociology Content Assignment 5: Online Multimedia System Specify what Miller means by online multimedia system, and delineate key ideas presented for each system component. Describe how you personally find relevant materials on the web at present, and what you then do with them in order to use them later. In light of Miller’s notion of online multimedia system, devise a strategy for identifying, locating and collecting online multimedia content of sociological relevance. Pay particular attention to understanding the value of an RSS system and a social bookmarking service for your own use. Upload file to appropriate Blackboard assignment box and to Google+ Community, using title ONLINE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: Feb 2 Miller – A System for Integrating Online Multimedia into College Curriculum http://www.slideshare.net/soconceptual/miller-a-system-for-integrating-online-multimedia-into-college-curriculum-jolt-june-2011 Assignment 6: Exploring Online Content of Sociological Relevance Develop a brief statement that identifies the nature and range of the kinds of online media and multimedia that are addressed in the below-listed sites. Select one sociology site that you found interesting or relevant to your focus. Write a brief statement, describing what the site is about, and what you found especially valuable about it. Be prepared to discuss your selection in class. Upload file to appropriate Blackboard assignment box and to Google+ Community, using title EXPLORING ONLINE SOCIOLOGY _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: February 2 sociology and related sites: Everyday Sociology http://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/ Family Inequality http://familyinequality.wordpress.com/ Montclair SocioBlog http://montclairsoci.blogspot.com/ Open Culture http://www.openculture.com/ OpenLearn / Society http://www.open.edu/openlearn/society Racism Review http://www.racismreview.com/blog/ Sociology Central http://sociology.org.uk/ Sociology in Focus http://www.sociologyinfocus.com/ Sociology Source http://www.sociologysource.com/ Sociology Sounds http://www.sociologysource.com/sociologysounds/ Teaching with Data http://teachingwithdata.blogspot.com/ The Global Sociology Blog http://globalsociology.com/ The Society Pages http://thesocietypages.org/ Citings & Sightings http://thesocietypages.org/citings/ Cyborgology http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/ Graphic Sociology http://contexts.org/graphicsociology/about/ Office Hours http://thesocietypages.org/officehours/ Sociology Lens http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/ Sociology Improv http://thesocietypages.org/improv/ Sociological Images http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/ the color line http://thesocietypages.org/colorline/ thickculture http://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/ The Sociological Cinema http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/ The Sociological Imagination http://sociologicalimagination.org/ The Socjournal http://www.sociology.org/ Thinking Allowed http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy05 additional sites:

MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm New York Times (register for free daily digital copy delivered to your gmail account at https://myaccount.nytimes.com/register) New York Times Multimedia http://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/index.html New York Times Video http://www.nytimes.com/video New York Times Focus (register to receive in gmail account) http://www.nytimes.com/marketing/focus/ New York Times: The Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/marketing/thelearningnetwork/index.html

Feb 10 Topics: Multimedia Blogging Assignment 7. Create a Multimedia Blog Today will be partially devoted to instruction on how to set up a blog and blogging mechanics. You should have your blog created by the end of the week (Friday, Feb 11). Your blog will serve as a repository for your course writings and projects, as well as a site for collecting and posting entries about quality online multimedia resources relevant to your interests. Google’s Blogger platform https://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g will be used for this assignment (for initial assistance in using this application, this video tutorial is helpful). Your blog title should include your first and last names. Also place appropriate widgets in your blog: at the minimum you should include RSS feeds from sites you would like to follow and a label cloud which will be necessary for tagging posts. Blog Content: Your blog will serve as your portfolio for your course writings and projects. (For starters, after creating your blog, upload Assignments 1 – 5 to it. All subsequent assignment output should be posted there as well.) In addition, post on your blog (with commentary) those online multimedia resources that relate either to digital sociology in general or your subfield focus. Please be sure to also post those online multimedia resources that would be of interest to the class on the Google+ Community. Email me (michael.miller@utsa.edu) the URL for your blog using title BLOG _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces) by Feb 11. View: Blogs in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/video/blogs Inspect: Examine my SOC 3013 blog at http://sounequal.blogspot.com/. Read several posts, including Nov 11, 2012: class, war, and dying; note writing style, use of hypertext links, and linked media to address given theme. Also note comments for Nov 11 post. Explore various blog components, including the RSS feeds along the left side of the page and the label cloud—understand their functions. Read: Halavais – Blogging Course Texts: Enhancing Our Traditional Use of Textual Materials http://learningthroughdigitalmedia.net/blogging-course-texts-enhancing-our-traditional-use-of-textual-materials Gardner – Narrate, Curate, Share: How Blogging Can Catalyze Learning http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2011/08/10/How-Blogging-Can-Catalyze-Learning.aspx?Page=1

Feb 17 Topic: Augmented Reality / Locating and Curating Online Multimedia Content To begin class today, Mrs. Ilna Colemere will provide an overview on augmented reality through digital technology. The balance of class will focus on techniques and applications for locating, collecting, and cataloging media materials relevant to your sociological interests. Following it, you are to create an RSS multimedia homepage, and adopt and use a social bookmarking service. Assignment 8: Create an RSS Homepage and Google Alerts Go to http://protopage.com, register, and build a homepage, consisting of topics of interest (see tabs) and RSS feeds for relevant websites. You may use my homepage cited above as a model. Also create Google Alerts for all

sociological concepts of relevance to you and your focus, and direct them to your gmail account (see http://www.google.com/alerts). Upload the URL for your Protopage and a list of your Google Alerts to appropriate Blackboard assignment box, Google+ Community, and to your blog, using title RSS HOMEPAGE AND ALERTS _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: February 21. Read: Reread page 8 of Miller – A System for Integrating Online Multimedia into College Curriculum. http://www.slideshare.net/soconceptual/miller-a-system-for-integrating-online-multimedia-into-college-curriculum-jolt-june-2011 Barseghian – 12 Ways to be More Search Savvy http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/09/cracking-the-code-to-the-best-google-search/ 7 Things You Should Know About RSS http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7024.pdf View: RSS in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english (do not set-up an account with Google News Reader as suggested in video) Inspect: Go to my RSS homepage http://protopage.com/michaelvmiller. Click on “Soc Science” tab, and explore various entries on that page. Assignment 9: Curating Online Multimedia via Social Bookmarking To start your social bookmarking service, go to http://delicious.com/. Make sure you add a bookmarklet to your browser tool bar. As you locate web materials you want to save to Delicious, appropriately tag them for future reference and sharing. Note that tapping into others’ links serves a search (location) function, also. Upload the URL for your Delicious accout to appropriate Blackboard assignment box, Google+ Community, and to your blog, using title SOCIAL BOOKMARKING _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: February 21. Read: Reread pages 9-10 of Miller – A System for Integrating Online Multimedia into College Curriculum. http://www.slideshare.net/soconceptual/miller-a-system-for-integrating-online-multimedia-into-college-curriculum-jolt-june-2011 Good – Why Curation Will Transform Education and Learning: 10 Key Reasons http://www.masternewmedia.org/curation-for-education-and-learning/

Kelly – Is Content Curation in Your Skill Set? It Should Be. http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1037/is-content-curation-in-your-skill-set-it-should-be 7 Things You Should Know about Social Bookmarking http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7001.pdf View: Social Bookmarking in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/video/social-bookmarking

Feb 24 Topic: Photos and Screen Structures Assignment 10: Screen Structure Images Centering your attention on your conceptual focus, go into the field and shoot a series of still images (15-20 photos) for each of the basic kinds of screen structure (i.e., narrative, documentary, aesthetic, and emotional) discussed in class today. Place selected photos into PowerPoint divided into four sections reflecting the four approaches. Create an account at Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/ and upload your finished PowerPoint to

it. Note: Before going into the field to shoot, be sure that you have fully read and reflected on those articles appearing in the Legal and Ethical Issues Re Visual Methods section for today’s class. Be ready to show PowerPoint slides of your photo work during class on March 3. Upload the SlideShare URL for your PowerPoint file to appropriate Blackboard assignment box, Google+ Community, and to your blog, using title SCREEN STRUCTURE IMAGES _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: February 28. Read / View: Harper – Visual Sociology: Expanding Sociological Vision http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~pms/cj355/readings/harper.pdf Jacob Riis clip https://vimeo.com/48718717 Chan – Revisiting the Other Half of Jacob Riis http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/revisiting-the-other-half-of-jacob-riis/ Dorothea Lange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Lange Dorothea Lange Collection http://youtu.be/Fw1AZkvdC8k This Week: Sebastio Salagado http://youtu.be/ludwToTX2T0 and http://youtu.be/GZPPA2kpIig American Photography: A Century of Images http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography/ (move through various sections) Slideshow Examples: The Atlantic: In Focus http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/ The Atlantic‘s photo gallery section offers an excellent collection of images from photojournalists on diverse topics, see for example: Not What They Hoped For http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/06/not-where-they-hoped-theyd-be/100320/; Mexico’s Drug War: 50,000 Dead in Six Years http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/mexicos-drug-war-50-000-dead-in-6-years/100299/ Abandoned Six Flags - New Orleans http://www.flickr.com/photos/brynnephotography/sets/72157622688948209/ Online Playgrounds with a Message http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/04/11/technology/20110421-MARKETING.html Inside a Bolivian Jail http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/americas_inside_a_bolivian_jail/html/1.stm Water, Wells, and One Wonderful Woman http://www.good.is/post/photos-water-wells-and-a-one-woman-revolution-in-india/ The Road to Hooverville http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7900122.stm Driven: Read Here and Now http://www.exploratorium.edu/tv/index.php?project=99&program=1329 Legal and Ethical Issues Re Visual Methods: Copyright and Creative Commons http://www.commoncraft.com/video/copyright-and-creative-commons Photography, the Law, and Photographers’ Rights http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/tutorials/photography_law_rights.html Photographer’s Rights http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm National Press Photographers Code of Ethics http://www.nppa.org/professional_development/business_practices/ethics.html National Geographic: People and Portrait Photography Tips, “Approaching Unfamiliar Cultures” http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/portrait-photography-tips/#page=2

Ethical Regulation and Visual Methods http://www.socresonline.org.uk/17/1/8.html Statement of Ethical Practice for the British Sociological Association, Visual Sociology Study Group http://www.visualsociology.org.uk/about/ethical_statement.php For Your Information: Image Collections Library of Congress, Digital Collections http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html Library of Congress, Print and Photograph Catalog http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html Click! Photography Changes Everything (Smithsonian Photography Inititiative) http://click.si.edu/ Life Magazine http://www.life.com/channel/news Life Photo Archive http://images.google.com/hosted/life News Photo Sites BBC “In Pictures” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/ NPR: The Picture Show http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/ NY Times: Multimedia/photos http://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/index.html Photography References 8 Effects Every Photographer Should Know About http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/eight-photography-effects/ Beginning Photography Tips: Top Ten Techniques for Better Pictures http://www.betterphoto.com/exploring/tips.asp Curtin – Using Your Digital Camera http://www.shortcourses.com/use/ Curtin – Displaying and Sharing Your Digital Photos http://www.shortcourses.com/display/ How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone’s Camera http://lifehacker.com/5662812/how-to-take-better-pictures-with-your-smartphones-camera

Mar 3 Topics: Creating a Video Slideshow / Fostering Creativity Assignment 11: Creating a Video Slideshow In class today, we will run through the process of creating a video slideshow, including voice-over, and by class end, you should be capable of developing your own. Suggested Directions: 1. Create a folder on your desktop, and label appropriately. 2. Upload your images from the Feb 24 assignment to this folder. 3. Copy a music file or files to the folder which you want to include in your video. (Note: Make sure that your music is open-source or copyright-cleared. Usable music files are also available on the authoring application to be employed.) 4. Create any PowerPoint slides you wish to include. Save each slide as a separate PowerPoint file to desktop folder. 5. Download Photo Story 3 from the Internet at http://download.cnet.com/Photo-Story-3-for-Windows/3000-12511_4-10339154.html and save to desktop.

Jakes http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory3.pdf provides helpful instructions for this application.) If integrating PowerPoint slides with video, read: http://uatim.wikispaces.com/Integrating+PowerPoint+with+Photo+Story+3 6. In light of images and slides you have created, write an appropriate voice-over script for each Photo Story 3 slide. (Note: not every slide needs to have voice-over.) 7. Compose your video with the images, slides, and music files that are located in your desktop folder. Be sure to try out the various features in Photo Story 3 that make for a dynamic video. 8. Record an appropriate voice-over on your Photo Story 3 that contributes to the meaning and flow of the images.

Note: In order to do this, you must employ a recording microphone (either built-in or external).

9. Render your Photo Story 3 file as a Windows Media Video file.

Tips for Developing Voice-Over Part of Assignment (compiled by Jennifer Usmani) 1. Go to page titled "Narrate your pictures and motion" per each slide for which you want to add voice narration. 2. To add voice, click on record (red-dot button). 3. Add in your voice (you may read from script). (Note that some PCs/Macs have a built-in microphone. For those not having a built-in mic, you'll need to procure your own. A cheap one ($10-$15) should suffice for our work this semester.) 4. After you've ended what you wish to say for that frame, press stop button (immediately to right of record button.) 5. Remember in the box below these buttons, you may conveniently type in the script which you will recite for the narration. 6. You may wish to Preview the narration before moving on to next slide. 7. If not satisfied with what you have recorded, you may record over that which you've just completed by repeating steps 3-5. 8. Be sure to render your Photo Story 3 file as a Windows Media Video file. 9. Finally, create a YouTube account (go to Sign Up for YouTube), and upload your video to it. Upload your video to appropriate Blackboard assignment box, Google+ Community, and to your blog, using title VIDEO SLIDESHOW _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: March 7. Photo Story 3 for Windows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVs5lZy4uJg&feature=related Midway: Message from the Gyre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbqJ6FLfaJc&hd=1 Starved for Attention http://blog.telegraph21.com/2012/08/25/congratulations-to-the-starved-for-attention-project/ Ronnie Roadkill http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/13/technology/20100913-roadkill/index.html?ref=technology Faithful, and Fighting http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/02/us/20100202-fight/index.html Fostering Creative Thinking Consider the many steps you may take to help you to engage your creative side by addressing these resources. Read: Creativity (cover all 4 modules) http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/creative/ Miller – A System for Integrating Online Multimedia...(reread pages 10-11) http://www.slideshare.net/soconceptual/miller-a-system-for-integrating-online-multimedia-into-college-curriculum-jolt-june-2011 View: Chris Jordan: Turning Stats into Art http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats.html Sam Richards: A Radical Experiment in Empathy

http://www.ted.com/talks/sam_richards_a_radical_experiment_in_empathy.html Everything is a Remix (all 4 videos) http://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/ Read: Play Around With: Snappy Words http://www.snappywords.com Wordnik http://www.wordnik.com/ Ngram Viewer http://books.google.com/ngrams

Mar 10 No class: Spring Break

Mar 17 Topics: Presenting Video Slideshow / Preliminary to Digital Storytelling Project Be prepared to present your video slideshow for Assignment 11 in class today. Remember: the video should be uploaded to your YouTube account. Before showing, briefly introduce what you studied and your motives for doing so. Be prepared to address student questions after viewing video.

Assignment 12. Digital Storytelling Outline Today’s class is a preliminary for the digital story that is due at semester’s end (see Assignment 16). We will examine the nature and types of digital storytelling, and identify key features of stories that would be particularly relevant for sociology. However, I would like you to have already given some thought to possible digital storylines you might pursue. In this brief paper, brainstorm ideas for translating your sociological concept(s) of choice into a digital story. Specify at least two different storylines you might pursue. For each, identify the kinds of people you might include as interviewees. Also be sure to anticipate challenges you might encounter as you pursue these stories, and spell-out how you could reasonably address such challenges. Upload your paper to appropriate Blackboard assignment box, Google+ Community, and to your blog, using title DIGITAL STORYTELLING OUTLINE _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: March 14. Watch: Bad Choices http://www.creativenarrations.net/node/76 Power Is Not a Dirty Word http://www.creativenarrations.net/node/91 Talking to the Taliban http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/talkingtothetaliban/ Life Interrupted (e.g., Cancer at 23) http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/health/life-interrupted.html#/cancer-at-23

The Barber Shop http://youtu.be/D8Vq2fJ6UjQ Digital Story: E Johnson http://youtu.be/JAaRC0Hi-cg The Center for Digital Storytelling (view various stories at YouTube site) http://www.youtube.com/user/CenterOfTheStory Hearst Journalism Awards Program (view various Multimedia 2012-2013 award winners) http://www.hearstfdn.org/hearst_journalism/competitions.php?year=2013&type=Multimedia Read: 7 Things You Should Know about Digital Storytelling http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7021.pdf

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/index.html Digital Storytelling (reference) http://electronicportfolios.com/digistory/ Digital Directors’ Guide: Resources for Digital Movie Projects http://www.ddguild.org/resources.html

Mar 24 Topics: Working with Video: Interviewing / Shooting / Editing Today, we will overview basic elements of a video interview, and address various shooting mechanics. We will also consider the basics of editing. Feel free to make suggestions during the course of demonstration. Re Interviewing/Shooting, Watch/Read: Villanueva – The Pearl Farmer’s Market: A Sociological Microcosm http://youtu.be/nQkvuvPT7hY (While watching, pay special attention to the conceptual and technical elements involved in crafting this story.) Our Lady Of Tamale http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/trulyca/shorts/episode.jsp?essid=27617 Telling Their Stories http://tellingstories.org/index.html Briggs – Shooting Video for News and Feature Stories http://www.kcnn.org/resources/journalism_20_chapter9/ JISC – Basic Guide to Shooting Video http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/movingimages/advice/basic-guide-to-shooting-video/#v07 How to Produce Video Interviews http://www.mediacollege.com/video/interviews/

Buttry – Getting Personal: Learning and Telling Life's Most Intimate Stories http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/getting-personal-learning-and-telling-life%E2%80%99s-most-intimate-stories/ The Five Deadly Sins of Amateur Video http://www.videomaker.com/video/watch/tutorials/541/the-5-deadly-sins-of-amateur-video/ Lighting for Video http://www.videomaker.com/video/watch/tutorials/544/lighting-for-video/ Re Editing, View/Read: Windows Movie-Maker How-To Tutorial http://youtu.be/MLTQfI9K2Fc Windows Movie-Maker 2.6 http://www.visualsteps.com/photovista/Chapter8_MovieMaker26.pdf

Mar 31 Topic: Teaching with Video Clips Assignment 13: Video Clip and Learning Context The objective of this exercise is to enhance your ability to locate and employ online video within sociologically-relevant instructional contexts. You will select an online video clip and build a brief description of how to employ it within a lesson. Locate an online video clip (30 seconds to 10 minutes in length) that is highly relevant to an important concept in your sociology subfield. Create an appropriate lesson plan for its classroom use. Specifically, describe how the clip could be employed in a class to enhance understanding of the concept in question. Develop a set of questions that could be asked about the clip. (Be sure to include the clip’s URL in the paper.)

Be prepared to present your output for this assignment in class on March 31 (show the video, and then overview your lesson application; address student questions after presenting overview). Upload your paper to appropriate Blackboard assignment box, Google+ Community, and to your blog, using title VIDEO CLIP AND LEARNING CONTEXT _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: March 27. Read: Andrist, Chepp, Dean, & Miller – Toward a Video Pedagogy... View / Read: Gordon & Miller – Plight of the Part-Time Worker http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/1/post/2013/01/plight-of-the-part-time-worker.html Moore – Chow Down (at Chik-fil-a) http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/1/post/2012/05/chow-down-at-chik-fil-a.html Villanueva – Drugs, Culture, and Inequality: Mexican Narco Cinema http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/1/post/2013/05/drugs-culture-and-inequality-mexican-narco-cinema.html

April 7 Topic: Information and Data Visualization Become familiar with data visualization websites and examples of online work. Examine various online tools for translating empirical data into visualizations that effectively display relevant patterns and relationships. Assignment 14: Visualizing Data for Focus Outline how you could visualize data pertinent to your focus for each of the following: information graphic (static), animated graphic (video), and interactive graphic. Which variables would you examine in each? Envision how relevant data would appear in each. Which productivity applications do you think would work particularly well with your data? Be ready to discuss in class. Upload your paper to appropriate Blackboard assignment box, Google+ Community, and to your blog, using title VISUALIZING DATA FOR FOCUS _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: April 11. Inspect These Sites: ELearning Examples (examine different kinds of graphics per each tab)

http://elearningexamples.com/ DataBlog http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog Ten Great Examples of Data Visualization Design http://www.designer-daily.com/10-great-examples-of-data-visualization-design-37927 Watch: Journalism in the Age of Data http://datajournalism.stanford.edu/ Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/hans_rosling_at_state.html Review: Information Graphics (static): What is an Infographic? http://communicationnation.blogspot.com/2007/04/what-is-infographic.html Teaching with Infographics: Places to Start http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/teaching-with-infographics-places-to-start/

7 Basic Rules for Making Charts and Graphs http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/22/7-basic-rules-for-making-charts-and-graphs/ 20 Things that Happen in One Minute http://www.onlineeducation.net/every_minute Left vs. Right World http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/left-vs-right-us/

Review: Video Graphics: Snelson – Using PowerPoint to Create Video Infographics http://tubeteaching.blogspot.com/2012/07/using-powerpoint-to-create-video.html The Decline: The Geography of Recession http://www.latoyaegwuekwe.com/geographyofarecession.html Map of Obesity in U.S. http://hci.stanford.edu/jheer/files/zoo/ex/maps/choropleth.html Rise and Disappearance of Southeast Louisiana http://www.nola.com/speced/lastchance/multimedia/flash.ssf?flashlandloss1.swf Review: Interactive Graphics: Through Time http://acadblogs.wheatoncollege.edu/wmst-101-f13/

Topography of Faith http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/pew-religion-08/flash.htm

World’s Best Countries http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html How Different Groups Spend Their Day http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html Baby Name Wizard http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager Gapminder (select Gapminder World and select video tutorial, then select family size & length of life under: “view examples”) http://graphs.gapminder.org/ Selected Applications: Glogster http://edu.glogster.com/ Many Eyes http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/ StatPlanet http://www.statsilk.com/software/statplanet Tableau Public http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/ Dipity http://www.dipity.com/

TimelineJS http://timeline.knightlab.com/

Timeglider http://timeglider.com/index.php Further Reading: Segel & Heer – Narrative Visualization: Telling Stories with Data http://vis.stanford.edu/files/2010-Narrative-InfoVis.pdf

Apr 14 Topic: Cartoon Animation Assignment 15: Create a Cartoon

Create an animated cartoon relevant to your concept of choice by employing Plotagon https://plotagon.com/. Identify two contrary positions on a significant issue of controversy. Identify the substance of each side’s argument. Cast two cartoon characters—one per side. Script an argument for each character to voice while interacting with each other. Build cartoon and render video.

Upload your cartoon to YouTube, appropriate Blackboard assignment box, Google+ Community, and to your blog, using title CARTOON ANIMATION _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: April 18. Tool: Plotagon https://plotagon.com/ Read: Turning Your Students into Movie Directors with Plotagon http://digiteacher.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/turning-your-students-into-movie-directors-with-plotagon/ Watch: Cartoon: Plotagon How To http://youtu.be/QwpekmOh8ko Watch Cartoons Made with Other Applications: Cartoon: A. Inman http://youtu.be/BmXpUZ2wuOI Consent Turns Me On http://consentturnsmeon.blogspot.com/2010/04/saam-is-officially-here.html One Professor’s Fantasy http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7654015/one-professors-fantasy-pg-rating The Presidents on Taxing the Rich http://sounequal.blogspot.com/2012/02/taxing-capitalists-by-michaelvmiller.html Other Cartoon Tools: see http://www.youtube.com/create

Apr 21 Topic: Cartoon Animation Presentations / Digital Storytelling Update Be prepared to present your Plotagoncartoon in class today. Introduce your animated video, play it, and then address student questions. Also, bring up any issues or concerns about development of digital story.

Apr 28 Topic: Digital Story Presentations Assignment 16: Digital Story Today’s class will be devoted to presentation of digital stories. Your video should centrally relate to your focus, and consist of a compelling story that should include at the minimum edited action scenes and interview excerpts, photographic images, and a narrative voice-over. Suggested length of digital story video: 5 - 10 minutes. Upload your video to YouTube, appropriate Blackboard assignment box, Google+ Community, and to your blog, using title DIGITAL STORY _________ _________ (with YOUR NAME in blank spaces). Upload deadline: April 27.

May 5

Topic: Final Review (Monday, 6:00-8:30)

Selected Media / Multimedia Applications (free or trial versions available)

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