Friday, May 20, 2011
New Wichita State YouTube Channel
The WSU campus community has a new resource for sharing innovative ideas and knowledge that you help create every day. A WichitaStateTV site has been created inside YouTube EDU. (http://www.youtube.com/wichitastatetv) This will be a place to upload longer form videos (>15 mins.) that contain educational topics generated at WSU. The videos will be stored in the YouTube cloud and can be streamed by users from all over the world. Click here to read the guidelines that have been developed to keep the site in compliance with YouTube EDU. Videos to be approved for upload should be brought to the attention of Mike Wood, Executive Director of the MRC, at extension 7750 (mike.wood@wichita.edu).
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Holman Screenwriting Award Announced
The winner of the 2011 Holman Screenwriting Award has been announced. Luke Geddes, a graduate student in the Department of English, will receive a $500 prize for his screenplay, The Brill Building.
Luke will graduate from Wichita State University this spring with an MFA in Creative Writing. While taking classes, he has been a Graduate Teaching Assistant, teaching English Composition and Introduction to Creative Writing. Luke describes himself as, “…primarily a prose fiction writer,” having published short stories in literary journals including Hayden's Ferry Review, Gargoyle, Pank, and Jabberwock Review. He was awarded the Stephen C. Barr Endowed Fellowship at WSU and will begin his Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati in the fall.
Luke’s screenplay is set in the iconic Brill Building, in New York City, during the early Sixties. The central characters are part of the pop music scene, creating, “…shooby doobies and da do ron rons.” There’s tension in the air as the writers and producers sense a change in musical tastes. New sounds are coming out of Greenwich Village.
“Luke Geddes has a clear sense of character and place,” said Mike Wood, director of the Film Studies Certificate Program at WSU. “His dialogue is some of the most natural that I’ve read.”
This is the ninth time that the award has been given. It is made possible by an endowment from Eldon and Carol Holman. Mrs. Holman was the director of WSU’s Media Resources Center from 1956 to 1978.
Luke will graduate from Wichita State University this spring with an MFA in Creative Writing. While taking classes, he has been a Graduate Teaching Assistant, teaching English Composition and Introduction to Creative Writing. Luke describes himself as, “…primarily a prose fiction writer,” having published short stories in literary journals including Hayden's Ferry Review, Gargoyle, Pank, and Jabberwock Review. He was awarded the Stephen C. Barr Endowed Fellowship at WSU and will begin his Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati in the fall.
Luke’s screenplay is set in the iconic Brill Building, in New York City, during the early Sixties. The central characters are part of the pop music scene, creating, “…shooby doobies and da do ron rons.” There’s tension in the air as the writers and producers sense a change in musical tastes. New sounds are coming out of Greenwich Village.
“Luke Geddes has a clear sense of character and place,” said Mike Wood, director of the Film Studies Certificate Program at WSU. “His dialogue is some of the most natural that I’ve read.”
This is the ninth time that the award has been given. It is made possible by an endowment from Eldon and Carol Holman. Mrs. Holman was the director of WSU’s Media Resources Center from 1956 to 1978.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Holman Screenwriting Competition
The Media Resources Center and the Film Studies Certificate Program at WSU have announced a student competition in screenwriting. A $500 check will be presented to a currently-enrolled student who writes the best screenplay. The deadline is April 1, 2011. The screenplay can be any length (a short or a feature) and should follow screenplay formatting standards. Ablah Library has many copies of contemporary screenplays on its shelves. An optional one-hour workshop will be offered on Thursday, March 10th, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in the MRC. Contact mike.wood@wichita.edu for details.
Carol Holman was, for 22 years, the founding director of WSU’s Media Resources Center. Following the deaths of Carol and her husband Elton, their estate established an endowed fund for the MRC, and the decision was made to recognize their contributions to education and the arts by creating a Screenwriting Competition. While Mrs. Holman began the MRC with an inventory of 16mm film projectors—modest in comparison to today’s collection of DVD players, plasma screens, and laptop computers—she would recognize that a solid script is still the foundation for effective storytelling, no matter what the medium.
Carol Holman was, for 22 years, the founding director of WSU’s Media Resources Center. Following the deaths of Carol and her husband Elton, their estate established an endowed fund for the MRC, and the decision was made to recognize their contributions to education and the arts by creating a Screenwriting Competition. While Mrs. Holman began the MRC with an inventory of 16mm film projectors—modest in comparison to today’s collection of DVD players, plasma screens, and laptop computers—she would recognize that a solid script is still the foundation for effective storytelling, no matter what the medium.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
New Instructional Designer
Dr. Mark Porcaro, recently began working at WSU’s Media Resource Center in August, 2010. As Instructional Designer, he works with faculty to help them build and develop online courses. In conjunction with the Office for Faculty Development and Student Success, he promotes strategies for good online course design and teaching. Mark has been working in online learning since 2000, having assisted various academic departments and libraries at Brigham Young University (UT), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Muskegon Community College (MI), and most recently, the University of Dayton (OH).
Mark received a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Brigham Young University, and a M.A and Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught music courses at BYU, UNC, Muskegon Community College, and University of Dayton. He received an Online Teaching Certification from the Educational Teleconsortium of Michigan in 2006 and has had training in instructional design from Florida State College Jacksonville.
You can reach Dr. Porcaro at 316-978-7787 or by email at mark.porcaro@wichita.edu.
Mark received a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Brigham Young University, and a M.A and Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught music courses at BYU, UNC, Muskegon Community College, and University of Dayton. He received an Online Teaching Certification from the Educational Teleconsortium of Michigan in 2006 and has had training in instructional design from Florida State College Jacksonville.
You can reach Dr. Porcaro at 316-978-7787 or by email at mark.porcaro@wichita.edu.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Blackboard 9 Training
Wichita State will upgrade to Blackboard 9 for the spring 2011 semester. The MRC and New Media department will begin offering trainings on Blackboard 9 beginning in September. The majority of the trainings will focus on the overall changes and look of Blackboard 9, but we will also be offering sessions on the Grade Center, Content Management, and the Assignment Tools. Please visit the my9 webpage to learn more about Blackboard 9 and more information about the upcoming trainings.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Panopto Announcement
Panopto has been chosen as the new lecture capture software for the Wichita State campus. Panopto is available now for faculty and staff to use. Panopto is replacing Tegrity, with access to Tegrity ending in December 2010. For more information on Panopto and to learn about training opportunities please visit www.wichita.edu/panopto.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Renovations at MRC
After 20 years of service, the ITV room at the MRC is being renovated. The room will be transformed into a bigger and better video production studio and become the new home of Studio B.
The current Studio B will be renovated into a new interactive classroom and space in the Spring semester of 2011. This new space will be the new home of many of the activities that the ITV room hosted.
The ITV room first opened in 1990. It was home to many ITV classes, videoconferences, webinars, general use meetings, and countless other events. The room served as a valuable resource for the MRC and campus community, but we are excited about the renovations and are looking forward to our new rooms.
The current Studio B will be renovated into a new interactive classroom and space in the Spring semester of 2011. This new space will be the new home of many of the activities that the ITV room hosted.
The ITV room first opened in 1990. It was home to many ITV classes, videoconferences, webinars, general use meetings, and countless other events. The room served as a valuable resource for the MRC and campus community, but we are excited about the renovations and are looking forward to our new rooms.
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