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Entries from April 28th, 2011

Digital storytelling – On the hockey rink

April 28th, 2011 · Comments Off on Digital storytelling – On the hockey rink · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Storify is a new digital platform that is great for integrating different kinds of media into one cohesive article. Check out how our reporting team utilized this tool to show all angles of this heartwarming story.
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Twitter…Nixed!

April 27th, 2011 · Comments Off on Twitter…Nixed! · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

We all love Tweeting about our daily lives. What we think, we what like, what we DON’T like, what thrills us and what is going on around us. Especially, if that something going on around us is BIG. The royal wedding that will be held this Friday, April 29 has put an end to that. […]

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Communication Chronicles 2011-04-26 20:06:32

April 26th, 2011 · Comments Off on Communication Chronicles 2011-04-26 20:06:32 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

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Storify

April 26th, 2011 · Comments Off on Storify · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Here’s the link to the Nova Cool Cats Story!

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Andrew Cards on Bush’s presidential terms

April 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on Andrew Cards on Bush’s presidential terms · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

“He faced unprecedented challenges,” explained Andy Cards, when asked about Bush’s 2000-2008 presidential terms during a C-SPAN video conference on April 7, 2011 with college students. Cards, a close friend of the Bush family since his time at the Republican National Committee, served as chief-of-staff for President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. Both […]

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C-Span: Anita McBride

April 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on C-Span: Anita McBride · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

ANITA MCBRIDE knows that the position of First Lady is “probably the most important and most demanding unpaid job in the world.” McBride was the White House Chief of Staff for the first lady from 2005-09 through 3 administrations: Reagan, Bush and Bush. She appeared on C-Span last week to talk to college students, including […]

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C-SPAN: Former Chief of Staff Andrew Card

April 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on C-SPAN: Former Chief of Staff Andrew Card · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Former Deputy Chief of Staff under president George H. W. Bush and Chief of Staff under president George W. Bush, Andrew Card’s job was to inform the president of information that he needed to know, not information that he wanted to know. And when he needed to interrupt president Bush during his visit to Booker […]

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Tech Blog #14: Guest Speaker Rick Reo

April 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #14: Guest Speaker Rick Reo · Comm361, Projeqt, Storify, Student Blog Posts

David Lee, the co-founder and creative director of Projeqt.com, was supposed to be with us in class today, but wasn’t able to. Rick Reo, though, an instructional designer for GMU’s Division of Instructional Technology, was! TBWA Worldwide, a part of Omnicom Group Inc., is a global advertising agency that sponsors Projeqt. “We wanted to make […]

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Projeqt – Interactive and Asthetically Appealing

April 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on Projeqt – Interactive and Asthetically Appealing · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

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Role of First Lady Self-Determined, McBride says

April 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on Role of First Lady Self-Determined, McBride says · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Photo of the first first lady Martha Washington, left, and photo of current first lady Michelle Obama, right. (Photos are in the public domain.)   For those who wonder what exactly the role of the first lady is, you are not alone. First ladies wonder about that too.  “It was a demanding job, but it […]

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