Student Podcasts

This semester's student podcasts are finally in! For this project students worked in teams to produce a 5-10 minute podcast on an issue pertaining to class. Each team was given the option of either interviewing an expert on the topic of social media or organizing a panel discussion on a social media and PR issue. Here are their podcasts:

• Interview with Kristine Gloria, an Account Executive at Waggener Edstrom, Austin - Ashley, Adam, Sloan

• Panel on social media usage differences between generation Y and generation Z/C - Christine, Wiltson, Ceci, Shannon

• Panel on adolescent bloggers - Sherry, Bradley, Cori, Analee

• Panel on digital Footprints - Melanie, Denise, Mandi

• Panel on Twitter vs. Yammer - Nyla, Jessica
  

Social Media Resume Assignment

The semester is quickly coming to an end, which means that it is time to start working on your last project - the social media resume! The point of the social media resume is to demonstrate your social media skills to prospective employers in a creative manner. It is also designed to tie together all the different technologies we have explored in this class (such as blogs, podcasts, webvideo & social bookmarks).

For this assignment you will create a social media resume which will “announce” your qualifications, goals, job expectations and anything else you deem necessary. Since the social media resume will be published on your blog (and therefore available online), please don’t include any personal information such as phone number, address, DOB, GPA, etc. If you want to list your email, spell out the @, so spam engines won't be able to pick it up (i.e. userid at stedwards dot edu).

Your social media resume should include the podcast and video you created as part of your class assignments. The finished resume should be published to your blog. Please proofread your resume carefully. There's nothing worse than a resume full of typos.

Required elements:
1. Contact info - again, don’t give out personal info here. Listing your blog, or other online ID will be enough
2. A brief introductory paragraph
3. Your qualifications, desired position (the typical resume items)
4. Multimedia files

• Photo (optional): Please note that you are not required to add one. Only add it if you are comfortable having your picture on the Internet
  
• Podcast: Embed or link to the podcast you created earlier this semester (and any additional ones if applicable). If you will be linking to it, add a podcasting icon to your link.
  
• Video: Embed or link to the webvideo you created earlier this year (and any additional ones if applicable). If you will be linking to it, add a video icon to your link.
  
• Graphics (optional): Consider this an online portfolio. If you have created a print ad for an advertising class for instance, add it to show off your skills.
  

5. Links (optional) – if you have authored other pages on the web, or have other web presences (LinkedIn, Facebook), link to them here.
6. RSS, social bookmarking, & Technorati buttons – add these buttons on the bottom of your resume.

Helpful Resources:

You can create your social media resume in a number of ways:

1. Create it as a regular blog post and edit/format it within your blog editor
2. Use PRXBuilder to format and publish it to your blog
3. Use VisualCV, a free online resume creation tool, and link to it from your blog
4. Create your resume using GooglePages. It will create a page on "http://yoursitename.googlepages.com", which you can link to from your blog

Grading Criteria:

• Contains all the required elements listed above
• Is well written and free of grammatical or spelling mistakes
• Is well formated
• Contains relevant/substantive information

Podcast Assignment

Just a quick reminder that as we are getting close to wrapping up our discussion of corporate blogging, you might want to start thinking about the upcoming podcast assignment (due date: 03/06).

For this project you will work in a team of 3. Your assignment is to produce a 5-10 minute podcast on an issue pertaining to this class. You can either interview an expert on the topic of social media and make that interview available in form of a podcast, or discuss a social media & PR issue in your group and edit that discussion into a podcast.

The goal of this project is two-fold: (1) to produce a meaningful audio resource on the topic of social media, and (2) to demonstrate that you possess the necessary skills to produce a podcast. You will be evaluated both on the content and the technical quality of the podcast.

The specific topic of your interview or your group discussion will depend on the area of expertise of your interviewee and/or your own area of interest. This is your time to be creative! If you decide to interview an outside source, be sure to develop your interview questions ahead of your interview and to phrase your questions in such a way as to avoid simple yes/no type answers.

Requirements:

• Create a 5-10 minute podcast and burn an RSS feed 
  
• Create a blog post about your podcast which links to the podcast, contains the show notes, and is tagged for effective search engine exposure 

Grading Criteria:
Interview Content

1. Questions invite in-depth exploration of social media issues 
   
2. Chosen expert has credibility in topic area 
   

(or) Group Discussion Content

1. Discussion explored social media issue in-depth 
   
2. Members came across as credible by citing/discussing relevant research 
   

Technical Quality
     3.  Podcast is well edited (use of bumpers & jingles, clean cuts)
     4.  Audio quality is good (adjusted volume, quality recording)

Overall Requirements
     5. Fulfills the 2 requirements listed above

Resources:

• Link with resources for producing & publishing a podcast (from last semester)
  
• Gcast - free podcast hosting service
  
• Garageband.com - some podsafe music
  
• Gabcast - record using your phone
  
• Audacity Portable - audio editor packaged as a portable application
  
• How to podcast with Skype