Audio Slideshow Project

I have decided to do my Audio Slideshow project on recycling. I want to find out where the level of importance recycling is to college students here on Lyndon State’s Campus and if it’s even a priority to students at all. I plan on finding out who maintains the recycling bins down by the student center and in the dorms and find out why there are not more throughout campus. I want to interview random students and find out if they always recycle (will go out of their way to recycle), sometimes recycle (when a recycling bin is available), or never recycle (they don’t really think about it.) I plan on taking pictures of the recycling bins, trash that has not been recycled (that should have been,) and people that I interview. My sound sources would come from a narrator (probably me,) the people I interview and maybe some music as well. My intended audience would be the LSC community, both students and faculty. This would make for an interesting story for this targeted audience because it could open the eyes of people who don’t even think about recycling and the impact that it could have on our world.

Slideshow and Photo Gallery Critique

Slideshow:

News Channel 5, WPTZ

On the right side of the homepage, there is a tab labeled "Slideshows." When I clicked on that, what I found was options, and lots of them. There was about 10 different slideshows to choose from with the options for more. I clicked on a slideshow "Growing Pains: Disney Stars Gone Bad."It consists of 8 pictures. It gives you the option to press play and have the slideshow play for you, or you can click on the next arrow and look at the pictures at your own speed, which I like. What I don't like is how there is no date anywhere to know when the slideshow was made. How am I supposed to know when this slideshow was made or if its current information or not? I don't. Not exactly smart for a news website to do. The pictures in this slideshow are just pictures of the actors, with captions on the pictures saying exactly what it was that they have done to label them "Disney Stars Gone Bad." The slideshow itself isn't bad, but if you ask me, this slideshow is not exactly "newsworthy."

http://www.wptz.com/index.html

Slideshow:

BBC News (UK)

I kind of had a hard time finding a slideshow from a news source with audio. I finally found one, but from the UK. Anyways, it titled "Early Expeditions to Everest." It's a slideshow of images to mark the 90th anniversary of the first expedition to the Himalayas. It is narrated by expedition photographer, Martin Hartley, accompanied by some music. I really enjoyed this, the photos were beautiful and Hartley did a good job of narrating by talking about what it would take to lug all of the camera equipment up the Himalayas with them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15312059

Photo Gallery:

Yahoo! News

I found a photo gallery titled, "Missing Missouri Baby Lisa Irwin." It consists of 21 photos and mostly consists of photos of police officers searching the home, mixed with pictures of the baby's parents and then some of baby Lisa, herself. Each photo has a caption on the right side of the picture, explaining what was going on in the picture, who's in it, and the date it was taken. I like this photo gallery because it shows pictures, but has a detailed caption to explain the picture to you, which gives you details of the story. There is also a view all tab where you can look at all of the pictures at once and without the captions. Good photo gallery, sad story :(

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/missing-missouri-baby-lisa-irwin-1317923557-slideshow/investigators-leave-home-missing-baby-lisa-irwin-kansas-photo-172115678.html

Podcast Story

College years are the time many students find themselves living on the Ramen Noodle budget.

Pinching pennies and living without become a way of life. Tuition, housing, and sheer lack of time are all contributing factors to the empty pockets, but there is hope if you know where to look for it.

The wonderful world of couponing opens the door to affording all of your favorite name brand commodities be it food, clothing, entertainment, or health and beauty care. Even with all of the obvious benefits and money saving possibilities coupons have to offer, many college students are a bit skeptical about the hobby, one student deeming it “a 35-year-old woman’s job.”

This is a surprising notion considering the recent booming popularity couponing has earned itself during the state of the economy. TLC has even awarded the hobby its own television show called Extreme Couponing, where men and women spend a countless number of hours clipping, strategizing, and pairing up their coupons to achieve the ultimate money saving game plan.

Oftentimes these devoted money savers will leave the store with multiple carriage loads and even more money than what they went in with. That’s right, some people can become so skilled in the ways of couponing that stores will be stuck paying them the difference of their savings versus the actual cost of a transaction.

Between classes, homework, studying, and actually having some form of social life in college, we can’t really expect students to get on such levels of extreme couponing. However, there is no reason why they couldn’t find the time to get a few coupons here and there to save a little extra money on their next grocery run.

This day and age we’re not talking about your mother’s couponing tactics of sifting through flyers with her reading glasses and trusty pair of scissors, no no we have the technology for that! There are a number of websites devoted to bringing the savings straight to you with the simple click of a button.

Couponsuzy.com is a wildly popular website with commercials airing on television informing people all across the country of the great deals awaiting them online. It’s very simple to navigate; you can search by category or brand. Its not limited to just groceries either, there are savings on health and beauty products, entertainment, and they also offer coupon codes that can be used at some of your favorite top name online stores like Sears, JCPenney, American Eagle, Walmart, and the list goes on and on.

On October 10 a few deals up for grabs are a saving of $2.00 on Aveeno hair care products, such as shampoo and conditioner, $1.00 off Smart Ones frozen entrées, or $2.00 off Listerine mouthwash.

The process in getting these coupons is as simple as a few clicks of a mouse. Each coupon has a small box in the lower right hand corner labeled “clip.” Clicking that will put a small check in the box. You can check off as many boxes as you want and when your finished click “print coupons” and watch as your money saving coupons spew out of your printer. Many stores will accept these coupons because the manufacturer makes them.

Couponsuzy.com is great for your everyday shopping needs but another website, Groupon.com, is great for more luxurious savings.

This is a website you need to subscribe to; once subscribed they will send you email alerts on possible savings you may be interested in. They have deals on hotels, jewelry, gym and yoga lessons, dry cleaning, spa treatments, fancy dining, and so much more.

The tricky thing about this website is that it’s a hit or miss. They offer certain deals at certain times and once that time is over the deal has passed. They also are not very Vermont or New Hampshire friendly. Most of the attractions are in large cities like New York.

If you are looking to treat yourself to a little get away, or maybe you need a gift idea for a friend this is definitely an interesting site to check out.

podcasts

The podcasts I chose to subscribe to were ABC news-Nightline-crime and punishment. I chose this one because its main focus is on high profile cases. One particular one that I listened to was the Michael Jackson trial. It outlined what was going on in the case and had courtroom audio as well which I liked. It played audio from Michael Jackson himself when he was supposedly drugged up. One thing I didn't like about it was that it wasn't updated reguarly and I would have liked more recent information on the Amanda Knox trial, however the last date that it was discussed was 9/23 which was more than a week ago.

Another podcast I chose to subscribe to was NPR: All Songs Considered Podcast. The first thing I noticed about it was it was updated frequently. It seems like every separate podcast is different from another, some they play songs in, others they have interviews. When I played the most recent was, there was some discussion but then they played some music that kind of freaked me out and then they critiqued the music. They continued to do that throughout the show, playing newer music (people that are not quite that mainstream yet) and then discuss weather they like them or not.

And the last podcast I chose to subscribe to was Chelsea Lately Video Podcast. I chose this one because shes normally pretty funny. I like it because there is video involved, but they were extremely short (just under two minutes) and I think they are just clips used from the Chelsea Lately show.

Map Project-Crimes on Campus

View Crime on Campus in a larger map

My group and I decided to do our project on the crimes committed on campus. We spoke with public safety and received a list of places on campus that incidents occurred between 9/17/11 and 9/20/11.

The information we got from public safety was very limited and we were not given many details about the crimes. There was eight in total and this shows that Whitelaw, a all-freshman dorm, had the most incidents within the three day period.

Whitelaw

-Smoking violation

-Underage drinking violation

-Underage drinking violation/marijuana usage

-Student injured (student hit head, found dizzy/tired)

Stonehenge Parking Lot

-Destruction of property (vehicle vandalized)

Rita Bole

-Larceny (student reported their PlayStation 3 stolen)

Poland/Rogers

-Failure to comply with directions

News 7

-Fire alarm was set off