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Lessons from a Year in Silicon Valley: Toward a More Innovative Research Program

Lessons from a Year in Silicon Valley: Toward a More Innovative Research Program. Cindy Royal, Ph.D Associate Professor Texas State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication. croyal@txstate.edu cindyroyal.com @ cindyroyal slideshare.net / cindyroyal. HTML/CSS JavaScript

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Lessons from a Year in Silicon Valley: Toward a More Innovative Research Program

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  1. Lessons from a Year in Silicon Valley: Toward a More Innovative Research Program Cindy Royal, Ph.D Associate Professor Texas State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication croyal@txstate.edu cindyroyal.com @cindyroyal slideshare.net/cindyroyal

  2. HTML/CSS • JavaScript • Charting Exercise • Charting Tools • Chart.js • HighCharts • D3 • Spreadsheets • Web Scraping • PHP/MySQL • News Apps with Web Frameworks • Website, tutorials, video, code repository

  3. Grasp new meanings Program

  4. Grasp new meanings Program

  5. Grasp new meanings Coding

  6. Grasp new meanings Coding

  7. Grasp new meanings Data

  8. Grasp new meanings Data

  9. Grasp new meanings Data

  10. Grasp new meanings Journalist

  11. Grasp new meanings Journalist

  12. Grasp new meanings Journalist

  13. Grasp new meanings Journalist

  14. Technology is Communication and Communication is Technology • All media now digital media • Social and mobile • This is what we do as communication educators and scholars • Blogger and Wordpress both allow you to add pages that make it more like a Website. Blogger is a bit simpler. WP more professional. • Tumblr is also very popular, for its visual nature and ability to follow.

  15. It’s All About the Platform

  16. Data, Data, Data • Storytelling, data visualization • Location-based features and services • Web scraping and APIs • Analytics

  17. Innovation • Digital changes scale, scope, economics, participation • Question the role of “mass” media • Interactive presentation of data/results • Consider the relevance of your research • Seek inspiration outside immediate purview • Collaborate and share • Apply Design Thinking/Make Things

  18. Innovation • Wearables • Drones/sensors • Second-screen engagement • Coding for everyone • Pay attention, encourage colleagues to as well • Focus on the future • Think about new ways topresent research

  19. Teaching considerations • Research in the area of media pedagogy • Curriculum innovation • Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp… • Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.

  20. Teaching considerations • Research in the area of media pedagogy • Curriculum innovation • Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp… • Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.

  21. Teaching considerations • Research in the area of media pedagogy • Curriculum innovation • Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp… • Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.

  22. Teaching considerations • Research in the area of media pedagogy • Curriculum innovation • Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp… • Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.

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