Just had my first interview with the coach from Northeast Passage Quad Rugby team. Totally did the "uh huh, mm hmm... OK" I couldn't help it. I knew I was doing it, but it wasn't until I listened back to it that I really heard how much I was responding.
I couldn't really give him my "winning smile" because I didn't want him to think I was mocking him or not real. It is so painful to listen to myself and have digital evidence of how awkward I am. I am so happy that I am not being recorded all the time. I know what I wanted him to tell me but I didn't know how to ask him. Basically just sweated it out, got some good stuff. But I think when I go to the tournament on Saturday I will get better stuff because it will be a more natural environment. I think it will trigger better questions in me.
I put the recorder into my computer but my computer didn't read it. So I couldn't save the file. But other then that the recorder worked fine. I am worried how well it will work in the gym because of the background noise.
So overall I think there is stuff that I can use and it was good start to meet a representative of the team and to go from there.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Assignments for Jan. 30
I hope to get many things out of this class. When I leave this class I really want to be confident in new media and trends happening in journalism. I am excited to listen to actual journalists who are evolving and what is really happening out there in the "real world." I have never done anything past making a PowerPoint when it comes to media, so it will be really helpful to get information about how to set that stuff up. I am also excited and nervous to try out using a tape recorder, and happy that I will just be able to listen to what people are saying instead of chicken scratching( "it is my blog and I can say chicken scratching if I want to" Blogging Rule #349 Section 7) at a legal pad. Also I just came back from Europe and found out that I am a compulsive shutterbug so I am excited to add that dimension to my reporting.
Another thing that is that this class is extremely relevant. I have been applying up and down the board for internships this summer and the one thing I have found out about myself is that I am obsolete. I know that buttons with a square on them often mean "stop" and a forward pointing arrow means "play." But I have never won any awards for pressing pause so I can't really put that on a resume. So I need an upgrade. That is how important technology is; I am not even out on the market and already I am obsolete. The fact that I know the difference between thee and thou and hither and tither just doesn't shout "this one is a winner" on a job application.
I want to take this course so when they ask me about Moblog and Vlog I won't take a peak over my shoulder expecting to see Attila the Hun and company at the water cooler; or that a permalink is the link that is perennially frozen. I want to be like, "Hah, I've got a trackback that will blow your blogroll back to the age of the printing press!" I know I just botched those terms, but that won't happen by the time I am done with this media course.
An example of journalism that I admire is the BBC's website because I love their world coverage. I like the outer perspective they have of the US and our policies.
Check it out
Are we having conferences next week?
Another thing that is that this class is extremely relevant. I have been applying up and down the board for internships this summer and the one thing I have found out about myself is that I am obsolete. I know that buttons with a square on them often mean "stop" and a forward pointing arrow means "play." But I have never won any awards for pressing pause so I can't really put that on a resume. So I need an upgrade. That is how important technology is; I am not even out on the market and already I am obsolete. The fact that I know the difference between thee and thou and hither and tither just doesn't shout "this one is a winner" on a job application.
I want to take this course so when they ask me about Moblog and Vlog I won't take a peak over my shoulder expecting to see Attila the Hun and company at the water cooler; or that a permalink is the link that is perennially frozen. I want to be like, "Hah, I've got a trackback that will blow your blogroll back to the age of the printing press!" I know I just botched those terms, but that won't happen by the time I am done with this media course.
An example of journalism that I admire is the BBC's website because I love their world coverage. I like the outer perspective they have of the US and our policies.
Check it out
Are we having conferences next week?
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