February 4: This is a group project... BC Festival Proposal (MUST BE TYPED) with specific roles/duties for each person identified.
February 11: Senior Project Redux Proposal Deadline (or you notify me that you're doing the alumni research paper & identify your alumni)
February 18: Capstone Time Capsule Proposal: PROJECT (MUST BE TYPED) & this is a group project. The proposal must identify specific roles/duties for each person.
March 4: Alumni Research Paper or Senior Project Redux Alum Paper Deadline
March 18: Resume Tape or E-portfolio Format
Outline
March 18: Senior Presentation Guest List (with addresses & e-mail addresses)
April 8: Senior Project Redux Deadline
April 18: BC Festival & Senior Presentations
May 3: Updated Resumes & Resume Tape(s) or E-portfolio Project Deadline
Thursday, January 27
Blog Feedback Requirement Awareness Day
Laura K’s been busy offering feedback. I’d hoped to see more capstoners engaged in these blog-based dialogues. After all the blogging assignment REQUIRES it. I'm also thinking more people should blog more often to show they are actively engaged in our endeavors to justify our current schedule.
I’m wondering if everyone has reviewed the syllabus thoroughly.
And while I’m on the topic of the BC 602 syllabus, I hope members of the class are actively communicating with each other about crafting the proposal for the BC Festival.
The February 4 deadline for the festival proposal is nearly here. I’ll post a friendly reminder of what’s required. What we do have a lock on is the date of the festival-- MONDAY, APRIL 18.
Members of the class will work together as a team to create, organize, schedule and execute Westminster’s first Broadcast Communications Festival.
The team will outline festival goals, secure locations, plan activities and publicity, etc.
A festival proposal will include a mission statement and detailed outcomes for a specific target audience.
The proposal will also provide a list of prospective activities, duties for each student, a proposed schedule, etc.
Your grade will be based how well the mission statement and outcomes match up with the response and success of the festival.
The festival must include scheduled time blocks for senior presentations as well as orchestrating additional events or activities which can include lower classmen, non-majors, other courses, etc.
A festival date, title, mission statement, proposed locations, proposed activities, individual assignments/duties/roles and planning schedule are due to the instructor by February 4, 2005.
Katie Busted with Hidden Cam @ Trumps Wedding
For those of you who've visited my blog before...you know my take on hidden cameras.
Looks like video cameras were a "no no" at the Trump wedding last weekend-- and sneaky Katie Couric was busted by the million dollar bride.
NBC's Today co-anchor Katie Couric is America's morning sweetheart, right? On TV, maybe, but her off-camera image took a beating during Trump's big affair. Not only did she go off on high-level reps of a New York newspaper during the wedding reception, but she also got caught secretly taping the Trump shindig with a lipstick camera.
Read the dish on PalmBeach Post's Page 2.
Looks like video cameras were a "no no" at the Trump wedding last weekend-- and sneaky Katie Couric was busted by the million dollar bride.
NBC's Today co-anchor Katie Couric is America's morning sweetheart, right? On TV, maybe, but her off-camera image took a beating during Trump's big affair. Not only did she go off on high-level reps of a New York newspaper during the wedding reception, but she also got caught secretly taping the Trump shindig with a lipstick camera.
Read the dish on PalmBeach Post's Page 2.
Tuesday, January 11
BC 602 Syllabus
By now all Capstone students have received the updated BC 602 syllabus via their campus e-mail.
Please review the syllabus now and flag me if you have any questions. That way we can clear all matters up by the end of the first week of class.
Please review the syllabus now and flag me if you have any questions. That way we can clear all matters up by the end of the first week of class.
We meet as a group on Friday, January 21 at 11:30 at my office.
You should be communicating with your classmates to nail down a date for your senior presentations and the BC Festival. Presentations and the festival cannot be held on a Thursday.
I see some folks have been busy blogging during the break. Thanks for keeping us up to date! It would seem you’re poised to tackle the capstone and head into the assignments, job search and resume tape building.
Friday, January 7
UPCOMING JOB FAIR!!!
BC Capstone Students:
FYI! Please mark your calendars and begin making arrangments now so you can attend. If you will miss classes or have newscasts, projects, assignments, etc., then please work ahead. This is an opportunity you don't want to miss.
WestPACS Arts Career Day
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Cranberry Learning Alliance
Cranberry Twp., PA
Westminster's Career Center will provide transportation.
The career fair will feature keynote speaker, Rick Sebak, documentary film maker from WQED, and six panel sessions on the following topics: Advertising/Public Relations; Applied Arts / Design; Writing/ Publishing; Broadcast/Film/Television; Fine Arts/Arts Management and Performing Arts.
FYI! Please mark your calendars and begin making arrangments now so you can attend. If you will miss classes or have newscasts, projects, assignments, etc., then please work ahead. This is an opportunity you don't want to miss.
WestPACS Arts Career Day
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Cranberry Learning Alliance
Cranberry Twp., PA
Westminster's Career Center will provide transportation.
The career fair will feature keynote speaker, Rick Sebak, documentary film maker from WQED, and six panel sessions on the following topics: Advertising/Public Relations; Applied Arts / Design; Writing/ Publishing; Broadcast/Film/Television; Fine Arts/Arts Management and Performing Arts.
Hijacking TV News Live Shots
Hijacking TV station live shots is a unique tactic used by a group called NEWSBREAKERS. It's an effective and hilarious approach to criticizing media and calling attention to the problems in broadcast journalism.
"NEWSBREAKERS is a nonpartisan, nonviolent media watchdog group dedicated to the improvement of journalism. It offers comment and critique on the role of television news in informing the public. The group relies on parody and non-traditional media interventions." From the Newsbreaker's website.
Check out the NEWSBREAKERS website and watch some of the vid clips. If you like The Daily Show, you'll get a kick out of NEWSBREAKERS which also claims to have an important social purpose as well.
Thursday, January 6
Check it out! Batulis now on the WENY website!
Check it out! Melissa Batulis (Class of 2003) is now on the official website of WENY-TV.
If anyone wants to get in touch with Melissa, give me a shout!
Saturday, January 1
Broadcasting Job Fair in Pittsburgh
Broadcasting Career Fair on Thursday, January 6, 2005
Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters & the Pittsburgh Radio Organization
from 4 to 7 PM
Duquesne University
4th floor Student Union on Locust St.
Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters & the Pittsburgh Radio Organization
from 4 to 7 PM
Duquesne University
4th floor Student Union on Locust St.
Thursday, December 16
BLOG! HUMBUG! Some Unfinished Business Before Christmas
MERRY XMAS
BC 601 has come to an end. But we do have some outstanding business. We have three students returning in the spring to complete the “group” presentation. That should be easily completed.
We also have some people still waiting for their outside professionals to respond to their senior projects. I will encourage them to carry through with follow up and attempt to meet the deadline.
We head into the break with holiday & good luck wishes, congratulations and farewells to Amy DalBon & Julie Stolze—they’re graduating early. That’s clearly an edge they have over the thousands of people who graduate in May. I invite them to actively engage in their blogs— I’ll keep the links on the Capstone Blog Weblog page hoping we can stay in touch.
For everyone else heading into BC 602, we will meet outside my office on Friday, January 21 at 11:30 and do the lunch thing to map out the upcoming semester. I would encourage you to visit the BC 602 syllabus and consider doing both the Senior Project Redux and the Alumni Research Paper (despite me offering you a choice).
Happy Holidays!!!
BC 601 has come to an end. But we do have some outstanding business. We have three students returning in the spring to complete the “group” presentation. That should be easily completed.
We also have some people still waiting for their outside professionals to respond to their senior projects. I will encourage them to carry through with follow up and attempt to meet the deadline.
We head into the break with holiday & good luck wishes, congratulations and farewells to Amy DalBon & Julie Stolze—they’re graduating early. That’s clearly an edge they have over the thousands of people who graduate in May. I invite them to actively engage in their blogs— I’ll keep the links on the Capstone Blog Weblog page hoping we can stay in touch.
For everyone else heading into BC 602, we will meet outside my office on Friday, January 21 at 11:30 and do the lunch thing to map out the upcoming semester. I would encourage you to visit the BC 602 syllabus and consider doing both the Senior Project Redux and the Alumni Research Paper (despite me offering you a choice).
Happy Holidays!!!
Saturday, December 11
ADDING IT ALL UP
Don't take your capstone grade for granted. While each of you will walk away with exceptional scores on the presentations, it is the Weblogs that make up a huge chunk of your grade. If you were not diligent with your blog, then WORRY.
How I compute your Weblog score?
You can receive 10 points each for each week’s blog (16 weeks). That’s 160 points possible.
You can also receive 20 points for recruiting visitors to the blog pages and another 20 points for your significant feedback and comments offered over the semester. That’s 40 points.
If you have all 16 weeks worth of blogs and have actively participated with feedback and comments, you will automatically receive the other 50 points.
So to reiterate what it takes to get the full points on weblogs, your full participation in the blog assignment. You wrap it up by December 17 and should have16 weeks worth of entries in which you have demonstrated your participation as well as comments and feedback on your fellow students blogs.
If you have failed to engaged actively in feedback and comments, your blog score will likely fall in the 180-200 point range.
If you have failed to complete 16 weeks worth of required blog entries by the end of next week, then multiply the number of weeks you have by 10. That will become your blog score.
Saturday, December 4
Final BC 601 Class Session
Thursday, December 9 is the final County Line for the semester and it's also the final time we meet as the BC 601 class. Amy & Julie will graduate later this month so the BC 602 class in the spring will be reduced to 8 students.
We will meet on Thursday at 2:30 instead of 2:00 to give the students presenting at Laural High School time to return to campus.
We will discuss the status of projects. We'll also spend some time Thursday talking about what you want achieve in the next semester as well as setting up a meeting day/time, etc. You'll also complete the course evaluation.
I wanted to express my appreciation to the students who came to my BC 251/Video Production class to talk about internships. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I believe you helped inspire some of the future capstone students.
I hope the self-reflection and self-assessment aspects of this course have helped you position yourself with career goals as you get closer and closer to graduation. See you on Thursday!
We will meet on Thursday at 2:30 instead of 2:00 to give the students presenting at Laural High School time to return to campus.
We will discuss the status of projects. We'll also spend some time Thursday talking about what you want achieve in the next semester as well as setting up a meeting day/time, etc. You'll also complete the course evaluation.
I wanted to express my appreciation to the students who came to my BC 251/Video Production class to talk about internships. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I believe you helped inspire some of the future capstone students.
I hope the self-reflection and self-assessment aspects of this course have helped you position yourself with career goals as you get closer and closer to graduation. See you on Thursday!
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