Intensive English Program

Welcome to the 2008 Debate and Citizen Journalism Institute's home page for the Intensive English program! Please check here for assignments and to see the results of your work shared with others. By the end of the three weeks here in Dikili, we hope to have several media projects to showcase.

If you have any questions or comments about this page, please email Jesse at JesseTowsen@gmail.com.

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Debaters! Come here to find materials and to see yourself debating!

• portal:British Parliamentary Debate
• portal:World Schools Debate

• 6/30 - Sunday: Ice Breakers and settling in
• 6/31 - Monday: Finish Breaking Ice and Introduce Debate
  • Each student creates a picture of where s/he is from and describes it for the class
  • Discussion: What is Debate?
  • Discussion: What Makes a Good Debate Topic?
  • Brainstorm and pick debate topics - first individually, then in small groups and finally as a class
  • Homework: brainstorm arguments for/against the chosen topic, in this case the merits of free education.

Welcome to the Citizen Journalism track of the Intensive Language Program. As soon as you create content, we can put it up here!

• To see what students specializing in Citizen Journalism are doing all day, go to their class blog. Citizen Journalism Learning Blog.
• For more information about Citizen Journalism in general, check out the CJ portal at Portal:Citizen Journalism

Assignment #! — Persuasive Writing

Click here to read what students wrote

Assignment #2 — Pre-Production for Your Media Project

Audacity, an example of Open-Source Software

Free and affordable software is essential for citizen journalism, so that any citizen can create media without requiring a professional budget. This kind of software does exist as an alternative to the very expensive professional tools. For example, Adobe's Photoshop can be replaced by Gimp, a free, downloadable, open-source image manipulation program. Another alternative would be to use a program built into your computer's operating system. For example, instead of using Final Cut Pro or Avid for video editing, you can use iMovie if your computer has a Mac OS, or Windows Movie Maker if you have a Windows OS. Open-Source Software

For a complete list of Open-Source Software pages, view Category:Open-Source Software

• Open Office is a productivity suite that can be used for a variety of purposes, including word processing, databases, and presentations.
• Picasa can be used for digital photography importing and editing.
• GraphicConverter can be used for organizing, batch editing, and converting digital images.
• Gimp can be used for image manipulation.
• SonicStage can be used for audio importing.
• Audacity can be used for audio editing.
• KompoZer can be used for web authoring.
• Scribus can be used for desktop publishing / page layout.
• Jahshaka can be used for video editing.

Windows Movie Maker logo

Software Built into Operating Systems

For a complete list of this type of software, view Category:Software Built Into an OS

For Windows OS

• Windows Movie Maker can be used for video editing.

For Mac OS

• iMovie can be used for video editing.
• iPhoto can be used for basic photo importing and editing.

Youth Media Reporter - The Professional Journal of the Youth Media Field

• Youth Media Reporter - The Professional Journal of the Youth Media Field
• Center for Citizen Media
• Knight Citizen News Network
• Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive by Mark Briggs
• Pew Center for Civic Journalism
• Duino 2007 CJ Summary, a brief description of the citizen journalism curriculum at IDEA's 2007 International Debate and Citizen Journalism Institue, in Duino Italy.
• The Citizen Media Law Project
• "Microphones", by Peter Elsea, for an overview of the more technical aspects of using microphones.
• A very useful guide to audio recording