"YOMnet online!"-blog

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YOMnet online!

This blog is one of the outcomes of this course. On this blog YOMnet members can independently do postings about their topics of interest. It also helps them to keep experimenting with new media channels, so they get experienced with communicating online.

Experiences of the participants in the YOMnet Interactive New Media Course

9.32 min.

Course details of day 5 (last day)

DAY 5 – Monday 6th of October
Time Title
9.00 – 9.15 The Review Game 4, by group 4.
9.15 – 9.45 Recap goals and introduction to “Build and fill your own new media channel(s)”.
9.45 – 10.30 Build and fill your own channel(s), part 1: the channel(s) you can use from now on.
10.30 – 10.45 Break
10.45 – 12.15 Build and fill your own channel(s), part 2: the channel(s) you can use from now on.

12.15 – 13.15 Lunch Break

13.15 – 14.45 Build and fill your own channel(s), part 3: the channel(s) you can use from now on.
14.45 – 15.00 Break
15.00 – 16.15 Build and fill your own channel(s), part 4: the channel(s) you can use from now on.
16.15 – 16.30 Break
16.30 – 17.00 Feedback and looking forward.

17.00 Closing drinks!

Some shots from Bagamoyo

Course details of day 4

DAY 4 – Sunday 5th of October
9.00 – 9.15 The Review Game 3, by group 3.
9.15 – 9.45 Introduction to “Producing your (whole new online) item”.
9.45 – 13.30 Produce your item - outside: interviews and/or registrations in Bagamoyo.
13.30 – 15.00 Producing your item - inside: editing and publishing part 1.
15.15 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 17.00 Continue producing your item - inside: editing and publishing part 2.

A bit of theory on how to write for the internet

Short video:
In the morning of day 4, outside in the refreshing air.



After this short session, the participants were going to put the theory into practice. Day 4 was about "how to produce your own online item".

Course details of day 3

DAY 3 – Saturday 4th of October
9.00 – 9.15 The Review Game 2, by group 2.
09.15 – 10.00 Existing Tanzanian/(East) African New Media channels - What can we learn from them: ideas and discussions.
10.00 – 10,30 Presentations about findings plus discussions.
10.30 – 10.45 Break
10.45 - 12.15 Updating your goals on HOW to reach your public? Short presentations plus discussions.
12.15 – 12.45 Lunch break
12.45 – 14.00 Online tools to keep yourself up to date about your interests/topics: iGoogle + Google Alerts.
14.00 – 14.15 Break
14.15 – 15.15 Hands on experience with New Media Channels 3.1: Writing for the Internet and for news via E-mail and SMS.
15.15 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 17.00 Essentials for online photo’s and video’s: what to keep in mind.

Sometimes you need to strech a little in between... :-)

This is good fun! Everyone needs to do what Dotto is saying, not what he is doing... :-) haha



Good for refreshing your mind.

Day 2: creations

Example of what the YOMnet members were practicing on. This one was created on day 2 by one of the participants of the course, Alisele:



With the online tool Animoto (www.animoto.com) you can create lively video's from just photos. You can add music to it as well. Animoto is like a cool slideshow. Usefull for giving the viewers of your online channel an impression of anything in a lively way.
The participants also posted messages to their blogs by using the online service called Twitter.

Day 2: course details

DAY 2: Friday 3rd of October
Time Title
9.00 – 9.15 The Review Game 1, by group 1.
9.15 – 09.45 Reflecting on yesterday
09.45 – 10.15 Formulating (provisionally) personal goals, linked to the overall YOMnet goals
10.15 – 10.30 Break


10.30 – 12.00 Presentations: What’s your goal and Why?

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch break

13.00 – 14.30 Hands on experience with New Media Channels 2.1: Twitter, mobile possibilities
14.30 – 14.15 Break
14.15 – 15.15 Producing own online video’s part 1: Youtube
15.15 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 16.30 Producing online video’s part 2: Animoto
16.30 – 17.00 Post it online at www.debaak.com and/or at blogs

Day 1: course details

Ok, so what we're doing here?! :-)





Let get into some details:

DAY 1 : Thursday 2nd of October
Time Duration Who Title
9.00 – 09.45 45 min Group Getting to know each other
9.45 – 10.00 15 min Group Introducing Rules of Feedback
10.00 – 10.30 30 min Group Introducing popular New Media Channels
10.30 – 11.00 30 min Break (going to the internet café if we’re not there yet)
11.00 – 12.30 90 Group Hands on experience with New Media Channels 1.1: Blogs, creating and posting
12.30 - 12.45 15 min Group Introduction to “the Review Game”
12.45 – 13.45 60 min Lunch break

13.45 – 15.15 90 min Group / Smaller Groups / Individual Continue Hands on experience with New Media Channels 1.2: Blogs, more advanced posting
15.15– 15.30 15 min Break
15.30 – 17.00 90 min. Group / Smaller Groups / Individual Continue Hands on experience with New Media Channels 1.3: Blogs, more features

And of course: these times arn't as strict in real life as they seem on paper (it's Tanzania! :-) ).

You can watch a short video (impression) over here:

To start with: why it is so important to show the whole picture...