Howdy howdy howdy once again!
The first thing you just did involves picking a name for our class. You've already picked out team names, so the next thing to do is to create a LOGO, an image that "looks like" your radio show. More importantly, your logo, your symbol, has to be something simple and memorable; it needs to STAND OUT
Also, while you're hashing out just what your symbol is going to look like, you also need to create an avatar, a symbol that stands for each team member. An easy place to do that is located here:
http://www.sp-studio.de/
It allows you to make a cartoon character of yourself. Please take some time and do this, and then make sure to save the file and send it to me by attachment. Make sure the Subject line has your name plus the words "South Park character"
At some point, these images will go up on our new and improved website, so make them look good, m'OK?
Cheers,
Mr. L
Friday, January 30, 2009
FRiday Jan 30: FIRST VOTE!!
Greetings fellow noisemakers!
The first order of business is pretty simple: I've compiled a list of several of the best possible names for your class and its various radio programs. I had input from my wife, my kids, Bam the cat and Meladie our coyote dog. Here are the list of semi-finalists:
the sea lion secrecy
Hiller Soundworks
Hopkinton State Radio
prestige worldwide
Offshore Dingy of Piracy
Htown Radio
Unexplained Uproar
What I need you to do is to make a discussion post on our "Spirit of Radio" group. In this post, please type in your top three choices, with the numbers 1 2 or 3 next to each one to show your order of perference. If you could include a brief sentence or two explaining your choice, that would be very helpful.
Please remember two things:
A) some of the names didn't make the list because you decided to name your team with it, so I figured, why duplicate things?
B) Be nice in your comments. We will be together in this class all year, and besides, it costs nothing to be polite.
OK, once those are posted, you guys will go on to your next assignment for the day, and I will try and tally the votes and declare a winner.
Cheers,
Mr. L
The first order of business is pretty simple: I've compiled a list of several of the best possible names for your class and its various radio programs. I had input from my wife, my kids, Bam the cat and Meladie our coyote dog. Here are the list of semi-finalists:
the sea lion secrecy
Hiller Soundworks
Hopkinton State Radio
prestige worldwide
Offshore Dingy of Piracy
Htown Radio
Unexplained Uproar
What I need you to do is to make a discussion post on our "Spirit of Radio" group. In this post, please type in your top three choices, with the numbers 1 2 or 3 next to each one to show your order of perference. If you could include a brief sentence or two explaining your choice, that would be very helpful.
Please remember two things:
A) some of the names didn't make the list because you decided to name your team with it, so I figured, why duplicate things?
B) Be nice in your comments. We will be together in this class all year, and besides, it costs nothing to be polite.
OK, once those are posted, you guys will go on to your next assignment for the day, and I will try and tally the votes and declare a winner.
Cheers,
Mr. L
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thursday Jan 29th: topics and recording
Greetings, fellow radio dudes!
Today we will begin with a very simple assignment. It breaks down into three parts:
A) get together by teams and come up with a topic for a test broadcast. It can be anything as long as it is school appropriate.
B) Have one member of your team do a write up of this topic in your discussion group. A paragraph of at least two to three complete sentences will suffice.
C) By teams, go next door to the production room and start recording. I would like to emphasize that those of you who have not taken this class before should get as much time as possible actually working with the equipment next door, under the guidance of those who HAVE done this before.
Please remember to email the exported mp3 files to me as attachments (I will be setting up new shared folders on Box.net soon)
cheers,
Mr. L
Today we will begin with a very simple assignment. It breaks down into three parts:
A) get together by teams and come up with a topic for a test broadcast. It can be anything as long as it is school appropriate.
B) Have one member of your team do a write up of this topic in your discussion group. A paragraph of at least two to three complete sentences will suffice.
C) By teams, go next door to the production room and start recording. I would like to emphasize that those of you who have not taken this class before should get as much time as possible actually working with the equipment next door, under the guidance of those who HAVE done this before.
Please remember to email the exported mp3 files to me as attachments (I will be setting up new shared folders on Box.net soon)
cheers,
Mr. L
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Tuesday Jan 27th Part the Fourth: making some test broadcasts, gathering up material
OK, last part of a very busy day!
Now that your teams are all setup, it's time get started! There are two things you need to be doing:
A) getting next door and making some test broadcasts. Some of you have worked together before; some of you have not. Some of you were here just last semester; some of you haven't done this since last year; some of you have never done it. Wherever you're at, there's no substitute for doing
Please make sure that you export your test files as mp3s, and email them to me as attachments. MAKE SURE THE FILENAMES INCLUDE YOUR NAMES! Do NOT make me guess, or I will just delete 'em and you get to do it all over again
B) work here in this lab gathering material you could use: loops, song files to use in creating "bumper music", sound effects (the "Mean Rabbit" website has bunches of them and free too) etc etc.
btw, if there is something you need my help with, by all means, shoot me an email. This is esp. true if for example you've got Ipod files that are m4a and you need them converted to mp3; I can do that right here at my desk.
Just a little FYI.
cheers,
Mr. L
Now that your teams are all setup, it's time get started! There are two things you need to be doing:
A) getting next door and making some test broadcasts. Some of you have worked together before; some of you have not. Some of you were here just last semester; some of you haven't done this since last year; some of you have never done it. Wherever you're at, there's no substitute for doing
Please make sure that you export your test files as mp3s, and email them to me as attachments. MAKE SURE THE FILENAMES INCLUDE YOUR NAMES! Do NOT make me guess, or I will just delete 'em and you get to do it all over again
B) work here in this lab gathering material you could use: loops, song files to use in creating "bumper music", sound effects (the "Mean Rabbit" website has bunches of them and free too) etc etc.
btw, if there is something you need my help with, by all means, shoot me an email. This is esp. true if for example you've got Ipod files that are m4a and you need them converted to mp3; I can do that right here at my desk.
Just a little FYI.
cheers,
Mr. L
Tuesday Jan 27th Part the Third: setting up your shows and naming them
OK, now that we are on our way to having a name for this class as a group, now it's time for you to set up as teams and set up names for your own team's radio program. Since this class is smaller than last semester's, no team can be bigger than two people. However, since it seems that we have an odd number of students, we may have to have one team that's got three, or perhpas one of you wants to work on his own. Whatever.
If you prefer to work on your own, that will only do if a) no one is left out who would prefer to work in a team and b) we don't end up with ten or twelve different radio programs, which would take up way too much studio time.
So, set up your teams, and then one member of your team must make a discussion posting detailing who is in your team and what your team is calling itself, which btw needs to be something that's school appropriate, with a pref for creativity. The subject of your post should list both your names and the words "our team"
The body of your post should list what you want to call your program
Cheers
Mr. L
If you prefer to work on your own, that will only do if a) no one is left out who would prefer to work in a team and b) we don't end up with ten or twelve different radio programs, which would take up way too much studio time.
So, set up your teams, and then one member of your team must make a discussion posting detailing who is in your team and what your team is calling itself, which btw needs to be something that's school appropriate, with a pref for creativity. The subject of your post should list both your names and the words "our team"
The body of your post should list what you want to call your program
Cheers
Mr. L
Tues Jan 27 Part the Second: name calling contest
OK people, the next oder of busniess is name calling. And no, I don't mean the taunting, "you're ugly and your momma dresses you funny" kind of name calling. What we need is a group name for the radio shows included within this class. Last semester, I named both groups; one was called "Dissonant Disturbances", while the other was called the "Noise Aquarium".
Seeing as you guys are second level, I think it should be up to you to come up with a name. Here's what you need to do:
A) make another discussion post on our Google group and label it with your name plus the phrase "name calling"
B) in the body of the post, include at least three different possible names for this class and its radio shows as a group
C) give it a few minutes, then make a school appropriate, useful constructive comment on everyone else's ideas for a name
I will take everything into consideration, and try to trim down the choices to say maybe two or three possibles. Next time, we will vote on it and see where we go from there.
Cheers,
Mr. L
Seeing as you guys are second level, I think it should be up to you to come up with a name. Here's what you need to do:
A) make another discussion post on our Google group and label it with your name plus the phrase "name calling"
B) in the body of the post, include at least three different possible names for this class and its radio shows as a group
C) give it a few minutes, then make a school appropriate, useful constructive comment on everyone else's ideas for a name
I will take everything into consideration, and try to trim down the choices to say maybe two or three possibles. Next time, we will vote on it and see where we go from there.
Cheers,
Mr. L
Tues Jan 27 Part the First: Five ideas I would like to try out in this class
hey there loud Radio People!
Yesterday, we got set up with gmail accounts, the address of this blog, and getting you all invited to our Google discussion group, where you made your first brief postings. As far as I can tell, everyone has a gmail account, and everyone is in my contact list for this class. At the very least you should have received an email from this morning to verify this. Please let me know if you didn't get it!
The first order of business for TODAY is to get an idea of at least some of the things you would like to accomplish as a member of this class. It is MY class, and naturally there's stuff that I will insist on you doing. However, it is also YOUR class, and it needs your input. So here is what you need to do:
log onto our discussion group, and make a new post. Label it with your name, plus the phrase "wish list"
In the body of this discussion, please list at least five things you want to be able to accomplish in this class that you have not done before, or at least, you haven't done them in this class. Describe each goal using at least two complete sentences.
When everyone is done, we will move onto the contest
cheers,
Mr. L
Yesterday, we got set up with gmail accounts, the address of this blog, and getting you all invited to our Google discussion group, where you made your first brief postings. As far as I can tell, everyone has a gmail account, and everyone is in my contact list for this class. At the very least you should have received an email from this morning to verify this. Please let me know if you didn't get it!
The first order of business for TODAY is to get an idea of at least some of the things you would like to accomplish as a member of this class. It is MY class, and naturally there's stuff that I will insist on you doing. However, it is also YOUR class, and it needs your input. So here is what you need to do:
log onto our discussion group, and make a new post. Label it with your name, plus the phrase "wish list"
In the body of this discussion, please list at least five things you want to be able to accomplish in this class that you have not done before, or at least, you haven't done them in this class. Describe each goal using at least two complete sentences.
When everyone is done, we will move onto the contest
cheers,
Mr. L
Monday, January 26, 2009
your second Google group discussion Mon Jan 26
Hello again,
You will need to make another Google group discussion. In this posting, you will need to do the following:
A) tell me why you are in this class
B) tell me if it was your idea to take this class, or someone els'es or you just don't know
C) tell me at least two things you would like to accomplish by taking this class
Please use at least one complete sentence for each of the points listed above.
Cheers,
Mr. L
You will need to make another Google group discussion. In this posting, you will need to do the following:
A) tell me why you are in this class
B) tell me if it was your idea to take this class, or someone els'es or you just don't know
C) tell me at least two things you would like to accomplish by taking this class
Please use at least one complete sentence for each of the points listed above.
Cheers,
Mr. L
Your First Google Group Discussion Posting
Once you have a gmail account set up, and have sent me your email address, I will begin inviting people to our Google group, which is called "The Spirit of Radio". Your invite should arrive in your gmail inbox; respond to it to join this discussion group.
From then on, whnever you need to make a post on this group of ours, all you have to do is sign into your email, click on the MORE link at the top of this page, then click on "Groups". This will bring you to the list of groups of which you are a member, including the Spirit of Radio. Click on that link, and then on the next page, click on the Discussions link
There should be a button that says "New Post" click on it, and then type in a brief test message. Make sure your name is in the Subject line first, so I don't have to guess who you are!
Cheers,
Mr. L
From then on, whnever you need to make a post on this group of ours, all you have to do is sign into your email, click on the MORE link at the top of this page, then click on "Groups". This will bring you to the list of groups of which you are a member, including the Spirit of Radio. Click on that link, and then on the next page, click on the Discussions link
There should be a button that says "New Post" click on it, and then type in a brief test message. Make sure your name is in the Subject line first, so I don't have to guess who you are!
Cheers,
Mr. L
Friday, January 23, 2009
Greetings Period 2 Radio Chilluns! Monday January 26
If you are reading these words, then you must be part of Radio Production, Level Two. Some of you I already know; some of you I am meeting here today for the very first time. Whether I've met you or not, here are some assumptions that I'm making about you:
A) You are here because you want to be, not because you were placed here by your mom or your guidance counselor.
B) You like some aspect of radio broadcasting and probably enjoy the sound of your own voice
C) You are at least slightly familar with how a computer works. At the very least, you have a gmail account, and you now know the address of this blog.
OK, we have other stuff to do right now, but I will leave you with two parting thoughts:
1) Every day, there will be some sort of instructions listed here that will tell you the important parts of whatever it is we are doing that day.
2) Oftentimes, you will be instructed to send me something by email, or post something in a Google group discussion. Let's start with you sending me something by email right now. Please copy and paste the words you see below into an email addressed to me at mrlarue2009@gmail.com Make sure your name and the phrase "period 2 radio" are in the subject line.
The Words:
and all shall cry beware! beware!
his flashing eyes his floating hair
weave a circle 'round him thrice
and close your eyes with holy dread
for he on honeydew hath fed
and drunk the milk of Paradise
A) You are here because you want to be, not because you were placed here by your mom or your guidance counselor.
B) You like some aspect of radio broadcasting and probably enjoy the sound of your own voice
C) You are at least slightly familar with how a computer works. At the very least, you have a gmail account, and you now know the address of this blog.
OK, we have other stuff to do right now, but I will leave you with two parting thoughts:
1) Every day, there will be some sort of instructions listed here that will tell you the important parts of whatever it is we are doing that day.
2) Oftentimes, you will be instructed to send me something by email, or post something in a Google group discussion. Let's start with you sending me something by email right now. Please copy and paste the words you see below into an email addressed to me at mrlarue2009@gmail.com Make sure your name and the phrase "period 2 radio" are in the subject line.
The Words:
and all shall cry beware! beware!
his flashing eyes his floating hair
weave a circle 'round him thrice
and close your eyes with holy dread
for he on honeydew hath fed
and drunk the milk of Paradise
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