RU Ecocasting

Good Times!

fredgil — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:00:32 +0000

Miss this class and my class mates so much! We had an amazing run! Hope everyone’s doing well!!

YouTube videos finally posted!

Jesse — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:07:28 +0000

Hey guys, it took me a while to figure out some file issues, but I’ve finally posted all of your videos. Make sure to check the titles and read the info on the right side. Let me know if anything needs to change.

“Tap out bottled water”

Shannon McDonald, Chris McNamara

“The Ecoteers do an Extreme Green Makeover”

Fred Giliberti, Kevin Anderson, Rachel Weinrich

“Check out the New Brunswick Bike Library!”

Lynne Ricicki, Kimberly Shubert, Lila Nadelmann

“Green Bob and Pals”

Kimberly Lourenco, Jaclyn Mandelbaum, Janine Oman

lilarose0919 — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:21:21 +0000

Congrats everybody on a semester well done!

I learned a lot from each of you and am so happy I took this class.

have a great summer everybody!

blasty blast

kimlou — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:45:28 +0000

That’s really the way I would describe this class to other students, a blasty blast! It has been so much fun to not have to do a paper that no one but my professor will read. Finally I get messages to the people that they are aimed for!

I know this class has taken up a lot of our time outside of the classroom and though it was nice to have it over with, I’m going to miss the freedom of the projects and the experiences with you guys. I know we’re all an awesome group of students but it says something about us as people when you consider how willing we were to help each other out. For instance how Lila did the part for the first bottle podcast and how Fred helped us out in the end. Everyone was always willing to share comments and tech advice.

This course gives us skills beyond the classroom. It gives us social skills to help us work in groups, accept personality differences and work towards a common goal. You can’t go through life without interacting with people. You don’t sit in your cubicle and never go to a brainstorming meeting. Yet unfortunately that is how many classes are set up. Thankfully this class helps us all fine tune real life people skills. As Janine said earlier in class to me “we didn’t just get the tech skills we got the people skills too” or something like that…

hope you all have an awesome summer… and hope to see you guys around!

-Kim L.

Not quite over…

Caron — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:53:49 +0000

I am going to use the “sick” excuse for my podcast being late (and short).

I am going to miss you guys. This class has been one of the most exciting, collaborative, creative processes that I have been privileged to enjoy. Without a doubt, I have never participated in a better class. I say “participated” because I did not “teach” in a conventional way. I believe that Jesse and I set a context for students to learn as much as possible.

You guys worked tremendously hard. But not because I made you do so. You set your own standards.

Will another class develop this synergy?

I don’t know. You guys are an exceptional bunch. Smart, creative, hard-working, open, conscientious…and more.

I am very excited about the screening tomorrow.

Goodbye!

lynnericicki — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:34:25 +0000

As almost everyone has mentioned in their posts, the end is finally here. It hasn’t always been easy, and it took a lot of time in and out of the classroom, but our hardwork has paid off. Our video podcasts are done!

Everyone’s done a truely amazing job, and it’s been a great class. I loved how interactive the process has been. In a way, I feel like we’ve all been working as one big group, in addition to working in our smaller groups. I’m going to miss the class, especially Kimmie and Lila. This project would have been an impossible to go at alone, and I couldn’t have asked for a better (or more dysfunctional) two people to share it with. Also, thanks to Caron and Jesse for all their help and guidance and for creating such a unique class.

I can’t wait to see everyone’s finshed podcast at the viewing party tommorow. It’s gonna be great!

Season Finale

rachelwe — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:13:27 +0000

The time is upon us for our last blog and the big season finale of our episodic podcasts/videocasts. What an incredible journey it has been. The coolest part about this class is that you could take it every year and never run out of new ideas, new environmental issues and new group members. I am so excited to be a part of the class next semester as an assistant and watch students go through the same learning process that we did. We have come along way and I applaud Caron for creating such a modernized, creative, innovative class. I can see many classes in the future taking on similar projects. Maybe one day this class will be a prerequisite for other classes in similar fields because it really does give students the foundation for several forms of digital media. As the world evolves so must college course and I really think Caron has taken the initial step that will foster great success for the college as a whole.

The Eco-Teer movie is very close to completion and we all look forward to the big premier on Thursday. This semester flew by but our podcasts will last forever and their legacy will live on to educate, inspire and produce habit changing solutions for all who watch and listen. I will always be an Eco-Teer:)

holy bajeezes!

sweji — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:17:39 +0000

“Holy Cow!” is all I can say about this last week of the “Tap Out Bottled Water” project. This is a whirlwind pace of making the magic happen, though yet again, just as Shannon and I thought we might spontaneously combust- we did audio. Man, that’s some ridiculous (and we think very funny) stuff right there. We both really squeezed the creative juice out of what has been a consistently RENEWABLE bucket of ideas and laughs.

Often I’m not sure how this project has come together to what it currently is, but I’d say that the project itself has become a third member of the group- seeming always to pick us up and create when the two of us are delirious. I said to Shannon today, “though I’ve put more work into this project than most things, it is definitely going to be one of my proudest things.”

We’re meeting for many, many, many hours tomorrow to ensure the last pieces are in place, and it’s gonna rock for Thursday!

Look forward to all the videos and hope y’all’ve had fun,

chris mc

The End is Near

jaclynmandelbaum — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:22:42 +0000

AHHH! Guys! We are almost done with the semester. How crazy is that? It went by so quickly. I can honestly say that even though this class was very time-intensive outside of the classroom, I did not mind putting in the extra hours out of class. The other members in my group, Kim and Janine, were a pleasure to work with. We had a lot of fun in our editing sessions and I’m glad I worked with them.

Class on Thursday proved to be a hurdle for Kim and myself. Due to information we were given, we had to rework our script a bit. After a lot of thought, we finally got one that everyone (including Professor Chess and Jesse) thought was “tighter” and had a clear message.

After class we had Fred record his voice as Green Bob!!! He was so good at a squeaky cartoonish voice —almost too good? Anyway, it was so hard for me to not laugh while he was recording.

Earlier today, I had stopped by the Human Ecology building to fill out my three course sequence forms. I ran into the Ecoteers (bummmbummdummm). I got a sneak peak of the green carpet for our premier on Thursday. Great job Fred!!

Tonight, we are adding Fred—I mean Green Bob’s voice over to our clips. We have to clean up some pictures and make a few adjustments. I hope all goes well tonight and we will have a great finished podcast!

Now that I have successfully blogged pretty much entirely about Fred, I think it’s time for me to go.

See you guys Thursday. This is so exciting.

Weekend Wonder..

kshubert — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:38:33 +0000

Alright, so. I heard SO much complaining this weekend that it was ‘too hot.’ Talk about a buzz kill! I don’t know about you guys, but I live by the beach and when it is hot and sunny, we beach bums get down. While some people were couped up in the a/c all weekend, I wandered around in the beautiful sun. I hope everyone went out on Ag Field Day, even if it was only for a half hour. There was so much going on on Saturday and I wish that it continued thru to Sunday because I worked right in the middle of it all and only got to enjoy some of it. But I am grateful for what I did get to do.

Down to business, Lynne, Lila, and I will be working on our hopefully final cut Tuesday afternoon. We want to try to tighten everything up and make it look good for the viewing so that way on Thursday we can make a really silly gag-reel. We have (probably along with all of you guys) so much silliness on film that it is only necessary to share it with you all. Good luck to everyone with the final days of editing! I can’t wait to see all of your final podcasts.

PS- Fred, High Five on the green carpet!