As the instructor of this course and while the students are working on previews, I thought I’d make a post about some of the things I am most excited about seeing at SXSW this year. It’s always good to have a plan, before the madness sets in, and it doesn’t hurt to have Plan A, B, C and D options.
Back in August, when the panel picker voting was going on, I did a couple posts on panel proposals that I found interesting:
SXSW 2012 Panel Picker – Picks and Recommendations
I am happy to report that 40% of the 59 panels I recommended (out of more than 3200) were selected. So, I am repeating here what I originally said about some of the ones that were picked.
It’s great when our TXST grads have panels selected, and this is not the first time for some of these folks. Dee Kapila from KUT has the panel Big ‘Ol Babies: Why Baby Boomers=Public Media FAIL. Her panelists include people from WOSU Public Media and PBS, as well as former NPR president and chief executive Vivian Schiller. They will deal with the ways that the older generation and digital natives differ in their approach to decision-making and leadership in a public media environment. I think this is a provocative idea and one worth exploring. Should provide for some lively commentary.
Michael Trice took a class with me a few years ago, and was part of the very first SXTXState.com project. He has since done a Fulbright Fellowship and is currently working on a Ph.D. at Texas Tech. Michael’s panel is Community Regeneration through Digital Literacy and it describes a project in Bristol, UK called the Knowle West Media Centre’s University of Local Knowledge project. This will be a great case study in learning about effective ways to spread digital literacy. Continue reading “At First Glance…” »
