Morphing from Music: iPods Enter the Classroom

"Morphing from Music: iPods Enter the Classroom" panel and discussion at the Media Giraffe Project Conference 2006 at UMass Amherst, June 28 - July 1, 2006.

Click here to listen to the ACMEBoston Podcast
July 15, 2006

Download the PowerPoint presentation from Mark Frydenberg.

From the conference wiki:

Summary

"The how's and why's of sending downloadable audio files over the Internet -- how is this being adopted by educators? How can an Internet news operation serve the need for classroom-ready podcasting material?"

Description

"Students and teachers as independent media producers now have the opportunity to level the playing field with mainstream media in distributing and exhibiting their work via podcasting to a larger audience. At Bentley College, students in information technology courses create audio and video podcasts to engage with a new technology and use it as a learning tool. In video production and mass communications courses, students focus on producing media to analyze the media. At Harvard Law School, teachers use podcasting to transform the classroom into a global conversation.

The presenters will share podcasting examples from students and teachers at both schools and discuss how new media tools and distribution models are creating powerful new spaces for debate, change, and learning."

Presenters

Elizabeth LeDoux is a Lecturer in the Media & Culture program in the English Department at Bentley College.

Mark Frydenberg is a Senior Lecturer/Software Specialist in the Computer Information Systems Department at Bentley College.

Colin Rhinesmith is a Staff Assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, where he produces podcasts for AudioBerkman. Colin is also President of the Action Coalition for Media Education, Boston Chapter (ACMEBoston).

Digital Content Distribution for the Producer

"Digital Content Distribution for the Producer" at the Alliance for Community Media Conference in Boston, July 5-8, 2006.

Click here to listen to the ACMEBoston Podcast
July 7, 2006

Please note: the audio volume is low during Q & A because there was not an audience microphone.

From the conference website:

"From MPEG to Mp3, producers of media content have more distribution opportunities today than ever before. The proliferation of inexpensive media making tools is providing the opportunity for more people to become media makers, yet meaningful media creation still requires skilled training and distribution. Learn how PEG centers can foster the development of this new generation of producers by providing training as well as guidance in the various alternative methods of distribution while maintaining true to their mission."

Moderator:
Jay Dedman, Node 101/FireAnt.tv

Speakers:
Ann Theis, Manhattan Neighborhood Network

Aaron Valdez, Public Access Television Iowa City

Shawn Van Every, Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU

Jacob Redding, Manhattan Neighborhood Network

PEG in a Shifting Media Landscape

"PEG in a Shifting Media Landscape" at the Alliance for Community Media conference 2006.

Click here to listen to the ACMEBoston Podcast
July 7, 2006

Please note: the audio volume is low during Q & A because there was not an audience microphone.

From the conference website:

"New technologies are creating new challenges and opening up new opportunities for community media. Production and distribution resources are now in the hands of many in our communities. At the same time, the telecommunications industry is changing rapidly, causing community media entities to rethink their roles. Join us as we discuss these and other factors that are affecting PEG in a shifting media landscape."

Moderator:
Felicia Sullivan, UMass Lowell

Speakers:
Hans Klein, Georgia Tech

Susie Lindsay, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Harvard Law School

Michael Eisenmenger, Manhattan Neighborhood Network

Fred Johnson, The Community Media & Technology Program, UMass Boston

Community Media Culture Part II

"Community Media Culture: Trends and Emerging Practices in Community Media" reportbacks from breakout sessions at the Alliance for Community Media conference 2006.

Click here to listen to the ACMEBoston Podcast
July 6, 2006

Community Media Culture at ACMBoston

"Community Media Culture: Trends and Emerging Practices in Community Media" Panel at the Alliance for Community Media conference 2006.

Click here to listen to the ACMEBoston Podcast
July 6, 2006


From the conference website:

"This session is designed to explore the emerging community media practices and applications in the context of critical theoretical and practical issues in community media. Using recent research on community media conducted by the Benton Foundation and the Community Media Program at UMass Boston, community media practitioners and scholars will explore the potential for empowerment, civic discourse and engagement, community development and cross platform collaboration across a diversity of community media platforms - cable access, satellite set-asides, community broadband, community networks, LPFM, commercial and public broadcasting. Through presentations and small work groups, participants will build a vision for strengthening citizen participation and democratic media for the network society in the 21st century."

Moderator:
Fred Johnson, The Community Media & Technology Program,
University of Massachussetts Boston, College of Public & Community Service

Speakers:
Hye-Jung Park, Program Director, Media Justice Fund, Funding Exchange

Inja Coates, Media Tank

Barbara Popovic, Executive Director, Chicago Access Corp.