Friday, February 27, 2009

Not bad, but we're a little behind

Class went pretty well last night, but there are some topics I wish we had had time to get to:

Podcasting
  • what is it
  • what's useful about it
  • what practical considerations attend to it

Audio vs. Video content

Other types of interaction and media:
  • audio slideshows
  • quizzes
  • games
Hopefully we'll be able to fit them into next week's class
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6 comments:

  1. mlcoxFebruary 27, 2009 at 9:13 AM

    It's been a challenge to cover such a vast array of topics. I worry occasionally that our students won't be able to see the forest from the trees, when the whole point of the class is to perceive the forest on behalf of their clients.

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  2. UnknownMarch 3, 2009 at 7:29 AM

    Hi, I would also be very interested to learn about how multimedia tools can be incorporated into web strategies and the strategic thinking that should go on. Hope we have a chance to talk about this, even if briefly, in class!

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  3. Lydia AllenMarch 4, 2009 at 9:11 PM

    Hi all,

    I'm looking forward to hearing Devin Stuart talk tomorrow night about his experience melding the sometimes disparate fields of international affairs and new media.

    Also, I like how the site he runs - PolicyInnovations.org - serves as sort of a clearinghouse of information from other social change and policy organization's websites.

    -Lydia

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  4. ML CoxMarch 5, 2009 at 4:52 AM

    Hi, Lydia. You're right, Devin is trying to be the "Amazon.com" for social change "dot orgs," which as I keep saying, is the smartest way to go. I wonder what his traffic is like--we should ask him tonight.

    On Susannah's comment, about multimedia: I find myself increasingly drawn to multimedia (vs. text only)--partly the influence of Web 2.0 and partly my fatigue with reading text (remember that blog post by Sebastian Mary?). Anyway, I have an exercise in mind for exploring multimedia's potential. We'll see if we have time for it!

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  5. NicholasMarch 5, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    I like the idea of podcasting. It seems like it could serve many logical purposes, but I also consider its value as a blog in audio form. Is it weird that sometimes in my multi-tasking world, I would find it useful to listen to someone actually speak his/her blog to me while I checked e-mail, arranged my schedule, or got ready to go to class?

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  6. ML CoxMarch 5, 2009 at 6:51 PM

    Hmmm... I don't think it's weird. It has to do with the medium, I think. I used to live in England, where everyone listens to BBC radio all the time (esp Radio 4), and to be honest, I found it hard to tune in--something which I put down to my American-ness. We don't grow up listening to high-quality radio. But now that I have an iPod, I listen all the time to the same BBC radio programs (along with many others). I find it totally absorbing, I think because the voices are right in my ear as I walk down the street, get on the subway, etc. It creates a little world inside my head. Never underestimate the power of the human voice!

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