Jour 307 Blog #2: iPad

The iPad has been an extremely useful device, especially this day and age. It truly brings everything to your finger tips.

Photo from thesucky.com

Laptops were seen as a the way to get all your information on the go. Then the iPad came along and made it even more portable.

It has been helpful for students, as it has allowed them to lighten their load of text books.

Schools have also had programs in place that enable students to receive iPads, that is how I ended up with mine, through a scholarship set up by Apple and the University of Arizona.

The University of California, Irvine implemented the iPad into its medical studies program by moving all of the curriculum over.

Assignment #2: War Gaming

For this assignment I went over to Richard Knowles' house and observed him and Chris Wallace engage in the battle of Guam Landing, that took place on July 21, 1944.

I am not much of a "War Gamer," but it was interesting to watch the set-up process  (Which took longer to do, than it did to play out the scenario) and the battle itself. There are several scenarios to play. You can also play it play it as a campaign from start to finish with each battle effecting the next.

For more info on the game feel free to check it all out here on boardgamegeek.com

Enjoy the show, hopefully

Thanks and play well,
                                   MYLO
                           

Blog 1: Bicol Video Review

Originally, I was not quite sure as to what I wanted to be the subject of this first blog for my JOUR 307 class. In all honesty I almost forgot about it, but remembered it on the day was due.

So, I frantically searched the Web trying to find something. I tried to find something to critique as I am not up to date on new digital tools for the multimedia journalist in 2013, I started by searching "Google."

Nothing that that popped up really caught my eye, so I tried browsing "YouTube."

Finally, I switched over to "Bing" and came across a multimedia project by Jun Pasaylo.

His multimedia project is on the rebuilding of the Bicol Express that was built in 1940s, but saw heavy destruction due to a typhoon in 2006.

 His project "Bicol Express: Riding Again," is mix of video and still photos with natural sound and he himself narrates over the video.