CBS Atlanta

I had a hard time finding the correct CBS Atlanta on Facebook. I still am not actually sure if I have the correct one, but I am hoping so.

 Anyways, The Facebook page is pretty quick on keeping up with the latest news. The page is updated frequently. The posts usually consist of a few brief words followed by a link. This page also has a large amount of likes and followers. The Facebook page had the usual layout for TV pages but they keep it interesting.

 As for the CBS website, it has a lot of links and features. As you scroll down the page, you find an endless amount of links for different news which is a little bit overwhelming.The featured stories links are larger than the other ones and also has a picture and brief description. The writing style is well done. They keep brief but tell a descriptive story. The videos are pretty detailed and well done as well.  Overall the website does the job.

Slideshow dos

For the slideshow 2 project, Group 4 is going to learn how to tie shoes. We will interview one person on the way they tie their shoes. During the interview we will have pictures that will document how he/she is doing it.

Living as a Student Athlete

Slideshow Story

Student athlete.  That is a common term here around Lyndon State College.  These are students that have decided to play a varsity sport or an intramural sport during their college career.  Lyndon offers a variety of extracurricular activities for students with the stipulation that being a student comes first.  Notice how the term is not Athlete Student.                

                How do these men and women balance being a student, an athlete, work and a social lift?  I think maybe they are cloned.  But seriously, how do people learn to multitask and where do they learn time management skills?  Many people have different systems; some prefer the trial and error method, some talk with employers and some utilize their resources that coaches and teachers offer.  Any way you look at it these are lifelong skills that students cannot learn by just opening a book in the classroom.  Lyndon offers students these extracurricular activities to help broaden their skills for the job market. 

Baseball just doesn’t teach you about the sport, but offers students a chance to travel to other states and see the other sights of New England.  All of the sports here at Lyndon offer that chance to students.  Along the way students learn how to plan accordingly for papers and projects.  Students work as a team to help each other with homework and find ways to work through the stress that is accompanied with high education.  Coaches work closely with their players to make sure they are on the right track to graduation, because at the end of the day that is the main goal. 

                Student athletes don’t just come in the form of a varsity player though.  Lyndon offers intramural sports as well.  These are teams that are formed by students with no coaches.  They do not have to “tryout” and “cuts” are not made.  These sports a little more laid back in the fact that there are not practices to attend, but it is just as time consuming as the varsity teams.  These students have to make sure that they have all the players for their teams and that there are enough teams to play.  Not only do they play they help organize.  Even though these students do not have a coach to help them through, there are many other faculty members that can and will help. 

                In the end it is up to the student to make sure that they have their priorities straight.  Student comes first and athlete comes second.  Lyndon encourages students to pursue any extracurricular activity they are interested.  It helps build those skills that are not taught in a book or on the computer.  These are valuable skills that will help everyone through life.       

Synopsis

Lyndon offers many extracurricular activities for its students.  But how do students balance school, work, friends and the extracurricular activities they are involved with?  Group 4 is going to explore how student athletes manage their time.  We will speak with a variety of students that play sports to discuss challenges they face on a daily basis.

                Everyone in the group knows someone on a sports team, so everyone will take part in the interviewing process.  Group 4 wanted a wide variety of students and sports so limiting the interviewing to only one person would be hard to do. 

                Everyone will also contribute to the pictures for the slideshow.  Linda knows students that participate in outdoor snow sports; Jessie knows students that play intramurals; Patrick and Kristin know multiple students on the varsity teams and some of the coaches.  The four of them will take pictures of the sports they interviewed about to help create that story through the slideshow.

                Group 4 did decide to break up the editing.  Linda and Jesse will work on the sound editing; intermixing the interviews and music.  Kristin and Patrick will work on editing the photos and arranging them in a fun and interesting pattern.  Then all four group members will collaborate on the final project; putting the sound and photos together.

The group is hoping to shed some light on the responsibilities and time management skills it takes to be successful as a student athlete.  

Podcast Paper

Valentine’s Day Podcast Valentine’s Day is a holiday that can divide our opinions as much as any other major holiday we celebrate. Some people really love the holiday and give more love on February 14 than any other day. Other people might think that this holiday is good but that they should show love every day of the year. And then you have those people who think that this holiday is the worst thing ever and a complete waste of time. Here at Lyndon State College, we see those same divisions as there are wide arrays of opinions even in this small community. Our group ventured out into the world of Lyndon to see these very opinions. Upon walking the halls and computer labs of campus, as well as some off-campus apartments, we noticed that Valentine’s Day was greeted with hate and love. First, we find one student in the Hornet’s Nest thinks that a night in with a bottle of wine and a movie would be the best way to spend the day and night. She valued the holiday as a way to treat herself and have a nice night in. We then interviewed faculty and staff who are both married and they saw the holiday as a way to spend time with the ones they love. They were both going to spend time together and have a nice dinner together. They saw the love of one another every day so this was a nice change of pace for them. After we interviewed a few people that were married, we then interviewed some students who all had different ideas on the holiday and who were mostly spending it the same way. They saw the holiday as an unnecessary day because that if you are with someone that you love, that every day should be like Valentine’s Day. One student even said that Valentine’s Day was a, “crock of shit.” But either way they look at it, they are all single and they didn’t see a reason to celebrate more than they would any other Tuesday. They all believed that if they were in a relationship with someone, they would probably see the benefit of having a Valentine’s Day so they could, “spend more money that I could be saving.” I thought it was pretty funny. Although Valentine’s Day was originally a day to show love to your significant other, by hand-writing out cards and giving flowers, it has transformed into something much bigger than that. This holiday has grown from something small into the chaotic day that is February 14, Valentine’s Day remains popular and seems to keep growing every year.

Valentine's Day Podcast

The BFG - The Big Friendly Ginger: Valentine's Day Podcast

Slideshows and Photo Gallery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8319044.stm
The first slideshow I found is off BBC news website. It goes into depth on whats scientist and amateurs  use to to look at the night sky. The music at the beginning is eerie which adds to the whole space theme, but the narrator comes in and makes it kind of dry. It uses amazing photography which really keeps ones attention.

http://www.mysciencekit.com/solarsystem_files/frame.htm
The second slideshow I found is a basic facts slideshow on the solar system. This slideshow is used for a teaching students basic facts. There is a quiz at the end of it to make sure that you actually read through it. It doesn't have any audio so it helps you really focus on what you are reading. It is pretty simple and a good learning tool.

http://www.broadway.com/shows/wicked/photos/wicked-show-photos/166627/show-photos-wicked-jackie-burns
The photo gallery I found was on broadway.com. I chose a gallery on the musical "Wicked". This photo gallery show pictures from actors/actresses performing live on Broadway. It is very interesting to go through the photos and see all of the costume and make up changed throughout the musical. A lot of the photos are mid singing photos so they show the real action of being on stage.

Slide shows and photo gallerys most certainly can be used as storytelling tools. You can put news and articles into slideshow form or even picture form to tell ones story. I believe that slide shows may do a better job at storytelling simple because you can add music or narration to them making it easier to give out information. Having sound can help set the mood and can help you obtain more knowledge. It depends on how well made the slide show and gallery are.

Valentines Day Podcast Outline

Outline – Valentine’s Day Podcast

Our podcast will end up being about Valentine’s Day on campus and with the Lyndon community as a whole. We are interviewing students, faculty, and staff about their opinions on Valentine’s Day while incorporating a brief history of the holiday and any other relevant information we can find on the topic. We hope to get people who love and hate this holiday, and hopefully we get some interesting responses to our questions because this holiday is all over social media and the news and it seems to create a lot of interesting debates on relationships and love for everyone involved.

Podcasts

While searching for pod casts to subscribe to,  I was mainly looking for ones that would help out college students.

The three podcasts I decided on are: 

Common sense with Dan Carlin 

The Critical Thinker

The Skeptics Guide to the Universe

Common Sense with Dan Carlin is a good educational podcast but also funny. Dan  Carlin has a way of making common sense humorous but still make you think. He talks about politics, current events, and world affairs. This pod cast can also be downloaded on to any iPod so you can listen to it on the go. I didn't really enjoy this pod cast too much at first, but as it went on I started to get interested in what he had to say. That being said, I still don't think it is a pod cast I would listen to on a weekly basis. I might tune in here and there for a few episodes but not regularly. 

The Critical Thinker is a podcast that tells you the importance of critical and independent thinking. I picked this one because I saw the name and it caught my attention. It's episodes gives you tips on how to become a good critical thinker. I did really enjoy this podcast. The narrator made it interesting and it's actually pretty helpful. I think I would continue to listen to it and it's even iPod accessible. The Critical Thinker also has tutorials up on YouTube for tips and tricks on critical thinking.

The Skeptics Guide to the Universe is a weekly podcast hosted by Steven Novella. This podcast discusses myths, conspiracy theories and the paranormal state of the universe. I chose this podcast because topics like that really interest me. I really enjoyed this podcast. Its super interesting and something that one can easily listen to. I didn't really enjoy how long it was, I got kind of distracted but the topics were amazing. I would continue to listen to this.