Digital Media- #TheGreatListen 2015

In Digital Media class we will be participating in the StoryCorps #TheGreatListen 2015 project as the final project in our audio unit.  Monday we watched StoryCorps founder Dave Isay's TED talk (posted above) in class that gave insight into the project along with some examples.

Today we will start preparing for our interviews with a worksheet, the free StoryCorps app, and a list of questions you can pull from along with some hints and advice.  The final recording is due on Friday November 20 so you have 3 weeks to create your interview.  I'll hand out a permission slip to everyone to sign but in terms of sharing and uploading your final interview it's your choice and not mandatory for the class.

Digital Media: Audio Part 2- Makers Approach to Instruments

Today in Digital Media class we will begin our 2nd project in our Audio unit in which the class will design and construct it's own instruments in small groups using the LittleBits Korg Modular Kit and makers materials.  We will actually use these instruments to record a short piece of music in conjunction with whichever instruments or vocals you want to contribute and the Keezy smartphone apps.  I'll be doing a short demonstration of how LittleBits works and then you will form groups and begin brainstorming.

Also as a reminder tomorrow in class is our reflection essays on the Technology Innovators and Entrepreneurs research project so don't forget to look over you notes and refresh your memory.  The extra credit assignment is also due at the end of next week (look back on the blog for instructions).

Digital Media: Technology Innovators Research Project

In Digital Media we are beginning our Technology Innovators Research Project while we record audio stories in class. Each student has been assigned an important person in technology and using Google Slide you should create a 5 page research paper with a title page including a photo, name, and title of your research subject, a short bulleted biography and three pages of full biography including photos and what innovations and lessons your subject has for us as listed below. This project will be due at the beginning of class on Wednesday along with your unedited audio recording of your short personal story.

P1- A title page with a photo, name, and title of your research subject
P2- A short bulleted biography of 10 important facts
P3- Full bulleted biography of 25 facts
P4- List of innovations and creations with images
P5- Advice and innovations your subject has for us.

1. Jak- Reed Hastings
2. Jack- Sundar Pichai
3. Jason- Palmer Luckey and Brendan Iribe
4. Alex C- Dan Pink
5. Sam- Elon Musk
6. Olivia- Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin
7. Justin- Mark Pincus
8. Katie- Jack Dorsey
9. Alex J- Chris Sacca
10. Tyler- James Park
11. Anthony- Travis Kalanick
12. Christopher M- Steve Jobs
13. Kelly- Tim Cook
14. John- Megan Smith
15. Emily- Ben Silbermann and Evan Sharp
16. Lucas- Jony Ive
17. Chris S- Kayvon Beykpour and Joseph Bernstein
18. Adam- Mark Zuckerberg
19. Joseph- Larry Page
20. Julianna- Jimmy Iovine
21. Matt- Nick Woodman
22. Mike- Evan Spiegel
23. Zach- Kazuo Hirai
24. Scott- Philippe Dauman
25. Anna- Jeff Bewkes
26. Peter- John Doerr and Mary Meeker
27. Kyle- Shantanu Narayen
28. Chrissy D- Jay Silver
29. Jessica- Bill Gurley
30. Dylan- Andrew Wilson
31. Spencer- Daniel Ek
32. Ryland- Peter Thiel
33. Grace- Danit Peleg
34. Gina- Jeff Bezos
35. Nicholas- Adam Cahan
36. Christopher- Brit Morin
37. Victoria- Shane Smith
38. Jenna- Howard Schultz
39. Kiersten- Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg
40. Christian- Warren Buffett
41. Mikenzie- Ollie Palmer
42. Alexa- Robert Iger
43. Matt S- Steve Zadesky
44. Cameron- Bre Pettis
45. Aline- Jens Begemann and Philipp Moeser
46. Matt V- Ben Rubin, Uri Haramati, Itai Danino
47. Stacy- Akio Toyoda
48. Kenneth- Bob Pittman
49. Rosalie- Kevin Systrom

Advanced Media: Sound Editing

As a prequel to learning how to create short film documentaries we will focus just on audio and audio editing and work together to create some 30 second sonic IDs for the COWBIRD audio library. Today we will do some brainstorming around the themes of school, free time, and ambition and begin sharing our ideas and tomorrow we will begin recording and editing some of the ideas into short radio ids.  We'll be referencing Transom which is a great resource for audio techniques and storytelling tips and we'll go over the basics of editing sound with Audacity.