Saturday, May 30, 2009
One Story Left!!
That's right, I know we're down to the end here but I still have one story to go. I've just had problems catching David at the right time for an interview but I have one scheduled for tomorrow night. I plan on spending the rest of the night as well as some time Monday writing the story and then getting it posted no later than Monday evening. Enjoy the Facebook workshop story!! I plan on submitting that to the commuter tomorrow night, I'm just holding off because I would like to talk to Richenda so i can get a specific date for future workshops. Have a nice day!!
Getting involved with social networking
On May 20, in the LBCC library a workshop was held on social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. The workshop was taught by Richenda Wilkinson, a librarian at LBCC. The focus of the workshop was not only to get people more familiar with online networking, but to actually get them set up with accounts and networking for themselves.
Wilkinson started the workshop by explaining the importance of online networking. She explained that it’s about keeping in contact with people, re-contacting old friends, and basic social networking. She also explained the differences between Myspace, Facebook and Twitter, and explained why she prefers Facebook over Myspace. According to Wilkinson Myspace has more adds and she also stated that “Myspace is used more by younger people.”
Wilkinson also showed us some special social networking sites that focus on people having things in common with others, her example of this was a network for people involved with sewing.
Wilkinson also went over the advantages and geniusness of marketing and advertising through social networks, “it’s really a great tool for marketers.” The advertisers collect information from you through what you do on network and then display adds fitting to what you like or are into.
After a thorough explanation on how networking works Wilkinson proceeded to help everybody set up a Facebook account as well as register with the school they attended for high school. Within minutes people all through out the room were finding friends from high school that they hadn’t seen of heard from in decades. At that point the true importance of social networking became apparent and accepted by almost everyone in the room.
John McArdle, the director of development, attended the workshop for many reasons. For one, he has a son who is currently a sophomore in high school that has bought into the age of online networking. McArdle also stated that, “I’m trying to lean where this makes sense in the business world.”
Social networking is a great tool that a lot of people still don’t know the importance of. In the fastly changing world of technology it is important to keep an open mind and welcome new tools for the future. There are scheduled to be more workshops on social networking in the future so I would encourage anyone looking to embrace and take advantage of these new technologies to attend. I will update this as soon as I know when the workshops will be held, or you could keep checking the campus shorts.
Just keep in mind that if you don’t give social networking a try you may never know what you’ll miss or who you will find.
Wilkinson started the workshop by explaining the importance of online networking. She explained that it’s about keeping in contact with people, re-contacting old friends, and basic social networking. She also explained the differences between Myspace, Facebook and Twitter, and explained why she prefers Facebook over Myspace. According to Wilkinson Myspace has more adds and she also stated that “Myspace is used more by younger people.”
Wilkinson also showed us some special social networking sites that focus on people having things in common with others, her example of this was a network for people involved with sewing.
Wilkinson also went over the advantages and geniusness of marketing and advertising through social networks, “it’s really a great tool for marketers.” The advertisers collect information from you through what you do on network and then display adds fitting to what you like or are into.
After a thorough explanation on how networking works Wilkinson proceeded to help everybody set up a Facebook account as well as register with the school they attended for high school. Within minutes people all through out the room were finding friends from high school that they hadn’t seen of heard from in decades. At that point the true importance of social networking became apparent and accepted by almost everyone in the room.
John McArdle, the director of development, attended the workshop for many reasons. For one, he has a son who is currently a sophomore in high school that has bought into the age of online networking. McArdle also stated that, “I’m trying to lean where this makes sense in the business world.”
Social networking is a great tool that a lot of people still don’t know the importance of. In the fastly changing world of technology it is important to keep an open mind and welcome new tools for the future. There are scheduled to be more workshops on social networking in the future so I would encourage anyone looking to embrace and take advantage of these new technologies to attend. I will update this as soon as I know when the workshops will be held, or you could keep checking the campus shorts.
Just keep in mind that if you don’t give social networking a try you may never know what you’ll miss or who you will find.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Upcoming story's!!!
So I've got two story's that will be posted in the next week. One is on a workshop I attended getting people more familiar with Facebook, Myspace, and other online networking sites. The other story is the profile on David Lindel. I've had problems getting an interview with David but I've got one lined up in the next few days. Stay tuned, there are story's coming soon!!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Rogue River story
So I got off the Rogue River yesterday and it was a great trip. I got some amazing pictures and I'm working on a great story about it for next week. Theirs also an interview with David Lindel of Camp David Studios coming. Great stuff to look forward to!!
ESOL host showcase at Benton Center
On Wednesday, May 13, the English for Speakers of Other Languages program held a showcase at the Benton Center featuring speakers and participants from all over the world. The showcase gave students the chance to show off their countries while publicly practicing speaking English.
The showcase was held to help spread awareness of ESOL and the impact it has on the community and world. “Many students don’t realize what a large ESOL program we have, and that there’s so many students from other countries who study right here at the Benton Center and in Albany,” said Mary Browning a faculty member in the ESOL department.
William Vargas, a student from El’ Salvador explained to me how ESOL classes have helped him in understanding the English Language. Vargas plans on becoming a permanent citizen so to him proper knowledge of the English language is a must.
The ESOL hosts this event every spring to kind of wrap up bringing an end to the year, but the showcase can be expected to be seen for many years to come. When asked about budget cuts ESOL instructor Kristi McMorran replied, “we’re lucky that we get a lot of federal funding for our program so we’re not just tuition based, so I don’t expect that we will have budget cuts within our program that will effect the students.”
The ESOL department hosts both credited and non-credited classes at three different levels; beginning, intermediate, and advanced that are designed for foreign students to sharpen their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The classes are offered both morning and evenings every term in both Albany and Corvallis.
The showcase was held to help spread awareness of ESOL and the impact it has on the community and world. “Many students don’t realize what a large ESOL program we have, and that there’s so many students from other countries who study right here at the Benton Center and in Albany,” said Mary Browning a faculty member in the ESOL department.
William Vargas, a student from El’ Salvador explained to me how ESOL classes have helped him in understanding the English Language. Vargas plans on becoming a permanent citizen so to him proper knowledge of the English language is a must.
The ESOL hosts this event every spring to kind of wrap up bringing an end to the year, but the showcase can be expected to be seen for many years to come. When asked about budget cuts ESOL instructor Kristi McMorran replied, “we’re lucky that we get a lot of federal funding for our program so we’re not just tuition based, so I don’t expect that we will have budget cuts within our program that will effect the students.”
The ESOL department hosts both credited and non-credited classes at three different levels; beginning, intermediate, and advanced that are designed for foreign students to sharpen their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The classes are offered both morning and evenings every term in both Albany and Corvallis.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Upcoming Storys!!
As soon as I catch David Lindel online I'm going to do a Q and A interview with him and turn it into a great profile piece. I've already interviewed members from the band Rental 58 witch David has recorded many times in the past. For a speech story I really wanted to catch the LEAP presentation witch took place on campus earlier this week. Unforutunatly due to the chaos I had no chance of making it. I still don't know what I'm going to do for a speech story but whatever I do it's sure to be something good!!! Now onto what I'm really excited for. Wednesday afternoon I will be leaving for a 3 day rafting trip down the Rogue River. I'm going to bring a camera and snap some Beautiful pictures of the scenery. I really would love to do a photo essay on this but don't know if Greg will let me. One thing is for sure though, the pictures I plan on taking WILL be more beautiful then almost any of the pictures that have ever made the commuter. Even if I can't to a photo essay I'd at least love to do a great feature with some good photos.
Slacking off means low points for blogging week...
Well it's been about two weeks since I've posted a blog. That's not doing much for my grade ehh??? Truth is I've had an extremely busy few weeks in witch I've found very little time to do school work. So I decided to jump on here and put up a few posts. I know there's a class blog that I'm supposed to write about campus life. I Can do that, the problem is I don't have the acount name/Password. Ryan was cool enough to fill me in on all the info, I'm actually trying to call him and get the password right now however he did not pick up. I guess I'll just write the blog and post it here on my normal blog and them move it to the class blog later!!! Well I'd love to go on and tell you all about the hectic couple weeks I've had going on but I better get to more important things like blogs about what I'm doing for the class and stuff, Tah Tah!!
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