Kent State University - School of Journalism and Mass Communication

JMC faculty go to 'camp' to learn multimedia

Eleven JMC faculty members gave up their post-Final Exam week to attend an intensive multimedia camp.

Following up on information learned during 'Camp Tweety' mini-sessions in the Spring Semester, the faculty got hands-on experience in shooting video and still photos, capturing audio, and editing it all into multimedia stories for the Web.

The projects were based on the theme, People You Should Know. Faculty worked in teams to create Web videos and audio slideshows.

Those attending were: Gene Shelton, Jacquie Marino, Teresa Hernandez, Bill Sledzik, Ann Schierhorn, Max Grubb, Michele Ewing, Jan Leach, Karen Kastner, Stefanie Moore and Mitch McKenney. Faculty instructors were Gary Hanson, Fred Endres, Dave Smeltzer, Joe Murray and Ben Whaley.

Here's the Web site with all the teams' projects.

Here's an interview with the camp's 'head counselor.'

Above: Dave Smeltzer shows how to frame a video shot. Below: Gary Hanson goes over setting up a video camera for an interview with Jan Leach, Michele Ewing and Karen Kastner.

Teresa Hernandez, Jacquie Marino and Gene Shelton capture video of a class at the Child Development Center.

Mitch McKenney and Stefanie Moore talk about their project plans with one of the camp counselors, Joe Murray (right).

Ann Schierhorn and Bill Sledzik conduct an interview at the Continental Grill.

Karen Kastner shoots still photos of volunteers at the Fashion Museum.

Photographs by Sijan Baral and Fred Endres

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Left: Joe Murray gives instructions for uploading to the Web. Above: Ben Whaley explains different kinds of microphones.

Lower left: For more information on how the faculty training project got started and the origin of its name, here's an interview with the "head counselor."