Hi Robert - I'd love to help with your class! - will shoot you an email tonight.
Thanks, Allen Stern CloudContacts http://www.cloudcontacts.com 347-952-4329 On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Robert Quigley <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello everyone, > I'm a professor of journalism at UT and the former social media editor > at the Statesman. I sold the administration here on the idea of having a > mobile apps development course for journalism students (grad students and > upper-level). The intersection of tech and the humanities is so important, > and I want to equip our students with the ability to work in both worlds. > Since it was my idea, and they went with it, I'm teaching it. I'm not a > programmer, and I don't know any coding, though I'm trying to remedy that. > I was hoping to get the Computer Sciences College to send a professor > over here to joint teach the class and have CSC students take it as well. > It turns out they'll be unable to do that, so I'm on my own. And I'm a > little terrified. > This is the perfect city to do something like this, and I want to include > the tech community to not only make this less terrifying for me, but make > it a great experience for our students. > I have total freedom on how this class should be taught and what we'll > do. Here are my initial thoughts: > * The students would identify a need in the news-related market. Does the > Statesman need a new app? Is there something the Texas Tribune could be > doing? What about a news app that is independent and competes against them? > * They would then brainstorm, whiteboard and market test their ideas > * We would get as far along in the process as possible before the > semester ends. Perhaps they are just in the prototype-on-paper stage at the > end, but I'm hoping they have some type of working app prototype. > * The students would pitch their ideas to a panel, which could include > professional journalists, developers and startups. > > *What I need from developers (maybe you?)* > * > * > *Level 1 commitment:* Just some help on how to shape this class. If you > could design this class, what would you have future journalists do? It's > possible I'll get some CSC students in the course. If they're there, what > would they do? A lunch or coffee meeting to brainstorm and looking over my > syllabus and giving advice would go a long way. > > *Level 2 commitment:* Volunteer to guest speak in my class next semester. > It's already on the planned schedule for 9:30 - 11 a.m. in the spring on > Mondays and Wednesdays. If you come speak and help ingrain the culture of > programming and talk about what they need to do to "speak your language," > that would be great. If you want to do a workshop where you sit with the > students and talk about how to attack their projects, that would be great, > too. > > *Level 3 commitment:* Come help teach the course a few times during the > semester. Work with the students to guide them on the right path. > * > * > *Level 4 (gold level) commitment:* Co-teach this course with me. We > likely will have some money that we can pay for your time and expertise. > Plus, you can put "Adjunct Professor" on your linkedin profile. > > *Corporate level commitment:* Perhaps your company or startup wants to > make this a partnership with the J-School? You get interns and future smart > hires and we get help from your employees? Let's talk! > > If you're interested in this on any level, please contact me at > [email protected]. You can also call me at 512-471-0030 or > tweet me at @robquig. You can also just comment on this post. > > Thanks! > Robert > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
