new media: engaging and educating the youtube generation
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New Media: Engaging and Educating the YouTube Generation Anu Vedantham, Director, Weigle Information Commons Marjorie Hassen, Director, Public Services University of Pennsylvania Libraries Reference Services Symposium Columbia University 13 March 2009. Weigle Information Commons. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
New Media: Engaging and New Media: Engaging and Educating the YouTube Educating the YouTube
GenerationGeneration
Anu Vedantham, Director, Weigle Information CommonsMarjorie Hassen, Director, Public Services
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Reference Services SymposiumColumbia University
13 March 2009
Weigle Information Weigle Information CommonsCommons
•technologically-rich study facilities•centrally located academic support services •work spaces that facilitate collaboration•hardware, software, and technical expertise
to support the use of digital media•tools to aid faculty with the integration of
new technologies into the classroom
Weigle Weigle InformatiInformati
on on CommonsCommons
• research• project management, reading, and study
skills• writing• speaking and presentation skills• digital media production
• Excel and data analysis• Aiming for success• Planning your Semester• Video recording and PowerPoint• Reading Strategies• Research in the Social Sciences• Speak with confidence - Controlling nervousness• Framing and structuring an argument • Refworks citation manager: create bibliographies quickly
and efficiently• Get to the Point - Effective use of PowerPoint• The editing and revising process• Make a great poster with PowerPoint
• increased visibility for the library on campus
• magnet for students • greater participation in SAS initiatives • influence faculty approach to teaching• develop beneficial partnerships• new opportunities for collaboration
ImpactImpact
Individual Courses Utilizing the Weigle Individual Courses Utilizing the Weigle Information CommonsInformation Commons
2008-2009 Academic Year2008-2009 Academic YearSchool Course Number Course NameDesign Fine Arts 238 Open BookGSE Education 546 Sociology of LinguisticsLAW Law 979 Visual Legal AdvocacySAS Anthropology 231 Anthropology and CinemaSAS Anthropology 234 Pharmaceuticals & Global
HealthSAS Communications 405 Facing RaceSAS East Asian Languages &
Civilizations 302Japan Reality/Fantasy
SAS English 31 Renaissance LiteratureSAS Environmental Science 399 Junior Research SeminarSAS Environmental Science 533 Research MethodsSAS French 121 Elementary FrenchSAS Health and Societies 003 Technology and SocietySAS History 204 The United States in the
1970sSAS History 41 Church and ChallengeSAS Music 27 Haydn and MozartSAS Science, Technology & Society
061Text Message
SAS Visual Studies 395 Senior ProjectSAS Writing 16 Race and Popular CinemaSAS Writing 25 Spectators, Voyeurs,
WitnessesSAS Writing 30 Contemporary Art in New
YorkSAS Writing 41 Contemporary Art in
PhiladelphiaSAS Writing 67 Music in the CitySAS Writing 125 Broadcast JournalismSAS Writing 125 Television Critics
Comparing New Media Comparing New Media and Traditional Assignmentsand Traditional Assignments
New Media Projects Research Papers
Finding Films / Media Finding Books and Primary Sources
Choosing Clips Note cards, quotes, paraphrases
Arranging Timeline Outlining, Structuring argument
Original Footage, Audio Narration Original writing, synthesis, persuasion
Credits, Copyright Bibliography, Citations, Footnotes
Mashing up, remixing, reusing and repurposing
Cultural allusion, Metaphor, critical interpretation
Assignment ExamplesAssignment Examples
• Voice-over on single clip• Mashup from single film• Mashup of two films - faux trailers• Remix of many films• Original video - interviews, walk-throughs• Director’s commentary
Mashup Mashup ContestContest
Faculty Talking Faculty Talking About VideoAbout Video
http://wic.library.upenn.edu/faculty/