Hello everyone, I'm a professor of journalism at UT and the former social media editor at the Statesman. I sold the administration here on the idea of having a mobile apps development course for journalism students (grad students and upper-level). The intersection of tech and the humanities is so important, and I want to equip our students with the ability to work in both worlds. Since it was my idea, and they went with it, I'm teaching it. I'm not a programmer, and I don't know any coding, though I'm trying to remedy that. I was hoping to get the Computer Sciences College to send a professor over here to joint teach the class and have CSC students take it as well. It turns out they'll be unable to do that, so I'm on my own. And I'm a little terrified. This is the perfect city to do something like this, and I want to include the tech community to not only make this less terrifying for me, but make it a great experience for our students. I have total freedom on how this class should be taught and what we'll do. Here are my initial thoughts: * The students would identify a need in the news-related market. Does the Statesman need a new app? Is there something the Texas Tribune could be doing? What about a news app that is independent and competes against them? * They would then brainstorm, whiteboard and market test their ideas * We would get as far along in the process as possible before the semester ends. Perhaps they are just in the prototype-on-paper stage at the end, but I'm hoping they have some type of working app prototype. * The students would pitch their ideas to a panel, which could include professional journalists, developers and startups.
*What I need from developers (maybe you?)* * * *Level 1 commitment:* Just some help on how to shape this class. If you could design this class, what would you have future journalists do? It's possible I'll get some CSC students in the course. If they're there, what would they do? A lunch or coffee meeting to brainstorm and looking over my syllabus and giving advice would go a long way.
*Level 2 commitment:* Volunteer to guest speak in my class next semester. It's already on the planned schedule for 9:30 - 11 a.m. in the spring on Mondays and Wednesdays. If you come speak and help ingrain the culture of programming and talk about what they need to do to "speak your language," that would be great. If you want to do a workshop where you sit with the students and talk about how to attack their projects, that would be great, too.
*Level 3 commitment:* Come help teach the course a few times during the semester. Work with the students to guide them on the right path. * * *Level 4 (gold level) commitment:* Co-teach this course with me. We likely will have some money that we can pay for your time and expertise. Plus, you can put "Adjunct Professor" on your linkedin profile.
*Corporate level commitment:* Perhaps your company or startup wants to make this a partnership with the J-School? You get interns and future smart hires and we get help from your employees? Let's talk!
If you're interested in this on any level, please contact me at robert.quig...@ausitn.utexas.edu. You can also call me at 512-471-0030 or tweet me at @robquig. You can also just comment on this post.
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Subject: [Refresh Austin: 6650] Need help with apps development course at UT
Hello everyone,
I'm a professor of journalism at UT and the former social media editor at
the Statesman. I sold the administration here on the idea of having a mobile
apps development course for journalism students (grad students and
upper-level). The intersection of tech and the humanities is so important,
and I want to equip our students with the ability to work in both worlds.
Since it was my idea, and they went with it, I'm teaching it. I'm not a
programmer, and I don't know any coding, though I'm trying to remedy that.
I was hoping to get the Computer Sciences College to send a professor over
here to joint teach the class and have CSC students take it as well. It
turns out they'll be unable to do that, so I'm on my own. And I'm a little
terrified.
This is the perfect city to do something like this, and I want to include
the tech community to not only make this less terrifying for me, but make it
a great experience for our students.
I have total freedom on how this class should be taught and what we'll do.
Here are my initial thoughts:
* The students would identify a need in the news-related market. Does the
Statesman need a new app? Is there something the Texas Tribune could be
doing? What about a news app that is independent and competes against them?
* They would then brainstorm, whiteboard and market test their ideas
* We would get as far along in the process as possible before the semester
ends. Perhaps they are just in the prototype-on-paper stage at the end, but
I'm hoping they have some type of working app prototype.
* The students would pitch their ideas to a panel, which could include
professional journalists, developers and startups.
What I need from developers (maybe you?)
Level 1 commitment: Just some help on how to shape this class. If you could
design this class, what would you have future journalists do? It's possible
I'll get some CSC students in the course. If they're there, what would they
do? A lunch or coffee meeting to brainstorm and looking over my syllabus and
giving advice would go a long way.
Level 2 commitment: Volunteer to guest speak in my class next semester. It's
already on the planned schedule for 9:30 - 11 a.m. in the spring on Mondays
and Wednesdays. If you come speak and help ingrain the culture of
programming and talk about what they need to do to "speak your language,"
that would be great. If you want to do a workshop where you sit with the
students and talk about how to attack their projects, that would be great,
too.
Level 3 commitment: Come help teach the course a few times during the
semester. Work with the students to guide them on the right path.
Level 4 (gold level) commitment: Co-teach this course with me. We likely
will have some money that we can pay for your time and expertise. Plus, you
can put "Adjunct Professor" on your linkedin profile.
Corporate level commitment: Perhaps your company or startup wants to make
this a partnership with the J-School? You get interns and future smart hires
and we get help from your employees? Let's talk!
If you're interested in this on any level, please contact me at
robert.quig...@ausitn.utexas.edu <mailto:robert.quig...@ausitn.utexas.edu> .
You can also call me at 512-471-0030 or tweet me at @robquig. You can also
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> *Subject:* [Refresh Austin: 6650] Need help with apps development course > at UT
> Hello everyone,
> I'm a professor of journalism at UT and the former social media editor > at the Statesman. I sold the administration here on the idea of having a > mobile apps development course for journalism students (grad students and > upper-level). The intersection of tech and the humanities is so important, > and I want to equip our students with the ability to work in both worlds. > Since it was my idea, and they went with it, I'm teaching it. I'm not a > programmer, and I don't know any coding, though I'm trying to remedy that.
> I was hoping to get the Computer Sciences College to send a professor > over here to joint teach the class and have CSC students take it as well. > It turns out they'll be unable to do that, so I'm on my own. And I'm a > little terrified.
> This is the perfect city to do something like this, and I want to include > the tech community to not only make this less terrifying for me, but make > it a great experience for our students.
> I have total freedom on how this class should be taught and what we'll > do. Here are my initial thoughts:
> * The students would identify a need in the news-related market. Does the > Statesman need a new app? Is there something the Texas Tribune could be > doing? What about a news app that is independent and competes against them?
> * They would then brainstorm, whiteboard and market test their ideas
> * We would get as far along in the process as possible before the > semester ends. Perhaps they are just in the prototype-on-paper stage at the > end, but I'm hoping they have some type of working app prototype.
> * The students would pitch their ideas to a panel, which could include > professional journalists, developers and startups.
> *What I need from developers (maybe you?)*
> *Level 1 commitment:* Just some help on how to shape this class. If you > could design this class, what would you have future journalists do? It's > possible I'll get some CSC students in the course. If they're there, what > would they do? A lunch or coffee meeting to brainstorm and looking over my > syllabus and giving advice would go a long way.
> *Level 2 commitment:* Volunteer to guest speak in my class next semester. > It's already on the planned schedule for 9:30 - 11 a.m. in the spring on > Mondays and Wednesdays. If you come speak and help ingrain the culture of > programming and talk about what they need to do to "speak your language," > that would be great. If you want to do a workshop where you sit with the > students and talk about how to attack their projects, that would be great, > too.
> *Level 3 commitment:* Come help teach the course a few times during the > semester. Work with the students to guide them on the right path.
> *Level 4 (gold level) commitment:* Co-teach this course with me. We > likely will have some money that we can pay for your time and expertise. > Plus, you can put "Adjunct Professor" on your linkedin profile.
> *Corporate level commitment:* Perhaps your company or startup wants to > make this a partnership with the J-School? You get interns and future smart > hires and we get help from your employees? Let's talk!
> If you're interested in this on any level, please contact me at > robert....@ausitn.utexas.edu <javascript:>. You can also call me at > 512-471-0030 or tweet me at @robquig. You can also just comment on this > post.
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> Hello everyone,
> I'm a professor of journalism at UT and the former social media editor
> at the Statesman. I sold the administration here on the idea of having a
> mobile apps development course for journalism students (grad students and
> upper-level). The intersection of tech and the humanities is so important,
> and I want to equip our students with the ability to work in both worlds.
> Since it was my idea, and they went with it, I'm teaching it. I'm not a
> programmer, and I don't know any coding, though I'm trying to remedy that.
> I was hoping to get the Computer Sciences College to send a professor
> over here to joint teach the class and have CSC students take it as well.
> It turns out they'll be unable to do that, so I'm on my own. And I'm a
> little terrified.
> This is the perfect city to do something like this, and I want to include
> the tech community to not only make this less terrifying for me, but make
> it a great experience for our students.
> I have total freedom on how this class should be taught and what we'll
> do. Here are my initial thoughts:
> * The students would identify a need in the news-related market. Does the
> Statesman need a new app? Is there something the Texas Tribune could be
> doing? What about a news app that is independent and competes against them?
> * They would then brainstorm, whiteboard and market test their ideas
> * We would get as far along in the process as possible before the
> semester ends. Perhaps they are just in the prototype-on-paper stage at the
> end, but I'm hoping they have some type of working app prototype.
> * The students would pitch their ideas to a panel, which could include
> professional journalists, developers and startups.
> *What I need from developers (maybe you?)*
> *
> *
> *Level 1 commitment:* Just some help on how to shape this class. If you
> could design this class, what would you have future journalists do? It's
> possible I'll get some CSC students in the course. If they're there, what
> would they do? A lunch or coffee meeting to brainstorm and looking over my
> syllabus and giving advice would go a long way.
> *Level 2 commitment:* Volunteer to guest speak in my class next semester.
> It's already on the planned schedule for 9:30 - 11 a.m. in the spring on
> Mondays and Wednesdays. If you come speak and help ingrain the culture of
> programming and talk about what they need to do to "speak your language,"
> that would be great. If you want to do a workshop where you sit with the
> students and talk about how to attack their projects, that would be great,
> too.
> *Level 3 commitment:* Come help teach the course a few times during the
> semester. Work with the students to guide them on the right path.
> *
> *
> *Level 4 (gold level) commitment:* Co-teach this course with me. We
> likely will have some money that we can pay for your time and expertise.
> Plus, you can put "Adjunct Professor" on your linkedin profile.
> *Corporate level commitment:* Perhaps your company or startup wants to
> make this a partnership with the J-School? You get interns and future smart
> hires and we get help from your employees? Let's talk!
> If you're interested in this on any level, please contact me at
> robert.quig...@ausitn.utexas.edu. You can also call me at 512-471-0030 or
> tweet me at @robquig. You can also just comment on this post.
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One correction: This would most likely not by an adjunct level position for the "gold level" - at least not at this time. Instead, we would have some money to pay someone to help me out (time commitment depends on what we agree to). You could still say "co-taught" the course on your LinkedIn profile ;) Thanks for all the great responses!
On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 2:19:53 PM UTC-5, Robert Quigley wrote:
> Hello everyone, > I'm a professor of journalism at UT and the former social media editor > at the Statesman. I sold the administration here on the idea of having a > mobile apps development course for journalism students (grad students and > upper-level). The intersection of tech and the humanities is so important, > and I want to equip our students with the ability to work in both worlds. > Since it was my idea, and they went with it, I'm teaching it. I'm not a > programmer, and I don't know any coding, though I'm trying to remedy that. > I was hoping to get the Computer Sciences College to send a professor > over here to joint teach the class and have CSC students take it as well. > It turns out they'll be unable to do that, so I'm on my own. And I'm a > little terrified. > This is the perfect city to do something like this, and I want to include > the tech community to not only make this less terrifying for me, but make > it a great experience for our students. > I have total freedom on how this class should be taught and what we'll > do. Here are my initial thoughts: > * The students would identify a need in the news-related market. Does the > Statesman need a new app? Is there something the Texas Tribune could be > doing? What about a news app that is independent and competes against them? > * They would then brainstorm, whiteboard and market test their ideas > * We would get as far along in the process as possible before the > semester ends. Perhaps they are just in the prototype-on-paper stage at the > end, but I'm hoping they have some type of working app prototype. > * The students would pitch their ideas to a panel, which could include > professional journalists, developers and startups.
> *What I need from developers (maybe you?)* > * > * > *Level 1 commitment:* Just some help on how to shape this class. If you > could design this class, what would you have future journalists do? It's > possible I'll get some CSC students in the course. If they're there, what > would they do? A lunch or coffee meeting to brainstorm and looking over my > syllabus and giving advice would go a long way.
> *Level 2 commitment:* Volunteer to guest speak in my class next semester. > It's already on the planned schedule for 9:30 - 11 a.m. in the spring on > Mondays and Wednesdays. If you come speak and help ingrain the culture of > programming and talk about what they need to do to "speak your language," > that would be great. If you want to do a workshop where you sit with the > students and talk about how to attack their projects, that would be great, > too.
> *Level 3 commitment:* Come help teach the course a few times during the > semester. Work with the students to guide them on the right path. > * > * > *Level 4 (gold level) commitment:* Co-teach this course with me. We > likely will have some money that we can pay for your time and expertise. > Plus, you can put "Adjunct Professor" on your linkedin profile.
> *Corporate level commitment:* Perhaps your company or startup wants to > make this a partnership with the J-School? You get interns and future smart > hires and we get help from your employees? Let's talk!
> If you're interested in this on any level, please contact me at > robert.quig...@ausitn.utexas.edu. You can also call me at 512-471-0030 or > tweet me at @robquig. You can also just comment on this post.
I realize we're 10 days late to this party, but I ran into a good friend
and we came up with another option for you. It's a one-two punch.
Firstly, I am the Founder/CEO of CabForward (cabforward.com). We build iOS
apps and LOVE teaching. We are also a Ruby on Rails development shop, which
is important if you're going to build an iOS app that will talk to a
backend server, which most *all* apps do. That's what Rails does -- it's
the backend server and can provide integration with other web services that
may be of interest to you such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or anything
on the web. So, long story short, we'd love to help if we can.
Secondly, my good friend Dave Manzer (CC'd) runs the local PR Over Coffee
meetup (http://provercoffee.com/) and built the My Local Reporter (
http://mylocalreporter.com/) app which helps small businesses get local and
national news. Dave is disrupting the whole PR space with his My Local
Reporter app and would love to build an iOS app for it. CabForward can help
and we can bring your students along for the ride.
> One correction:
> This would most likely not by an adjunct level position for the "gold
> level" - at least not at this time. Instead, we would have some money to
> pay someone to help me out (time commitment depends on what we agree to).
> You could still say "co-taught" the course on your LinkedIn profile ;)
> Thanks for all the great responses!
> On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 2:19:53 PM UTC-5, Robert Quigley wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> I'm a professor of journalism at UT and the former social media editor
>> at the Statesman. I sold the administration here on the idea of having a
>> mobile apps development course for journalism students (grad students and
>> upper-level). The intersection of tech and the humanities is so important,
>> and I want to equip our students with the ability to work in both worlds.
>> Since it was my idea, and they went with it, I'm teaching it. I'm not a
>> programmer, and I don't know any coding, though I'm trying to remedy that.
>> I was hoping to get the Computer Sciences College to send a professor
>> over here to joint teach the class and have CSC students take it as well.
>> It turns out they'll be unable to do that, so I'm on my own. And I'm a
>> little terrified.
>> This is the perfect city to do something like this, and I want to
>> include the tech community to not only make this less terrifying for me,
>> but make it a great experience for our students.
>> I have total freedom on how this class should be taught and what we'll
>> do. Here are my initial thoughts:
>> * The students would identify a need in the news-related market. Does
>> the Statesman need a new app? Is there something the Texas Tribune could be
>> doing? What about a news app that is independent and competes against them?
>> * They would then brainstorm, whiteboard and market test their ideas
>> * We would get as far along in the process as possible before the
>> semester ends. Perhaps they are just in the prototype-on-paper stage at the
>> end, but I'm hoping they have some type of working app prototype.
>> * The students would pitch their ideas to a panel, which could include
>> professional journalists, developers and startups.
>> *What I need from developers (maybe you?)*
>> *
>> *
>> *Level 1 commitment:* Just some help on how to shape this class. If you
>> could design this class, what would you have future journalists do? It's
>> possible I'll get some CSC students in the course. If they're there, what
>> would they do? A lunch or coffee meeting to brainstorm and looking over my
>> syllabus and giving advice would go a long way.
>> *Level 2 commitment:* Volunteer to guest speak in my class next
>> semester. It's already on the planned schedule for 9:30 - 11 a.m. in the
>> spring on Mondays and Wednesdays. If you come speak and help ingrain the
>> culture of programming and talk about what they need to do to "speak your
>> language," that would be great. If you want to do a workshop where you sit
>> with the students and talk about how to attack their projects, that would
>> be great, too.
>> *Level 3 commitment:* Come help teach the course a few times during the
>> semester. Work with the students to guide them on the right path.
>> *
>> *
>> *Level 4 (gold level) commitment:* Co-teach this course with me. We
>> likely will have some money that we can pay for your time and expertise.
>> Plus, you can put "Adjunct Professor" on your linkedin profile.
>> *Corporate level commitment:* Perhaps your company or startup wants to
>> make this a partnership with the J-School? You get interns and future smart
>> hires and we get help from your employees? Let's talk!
>> If you're interested in this on any level, please contact me at
>> robert.quig...@ausitn.utexas.**edu <robert.quig...@ausitn.utexas.edu>.
>> You can also call me at 512-471-0030 or tweet me at @robquig. You can
>> also just comment on this post.
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I'd be interested in talking to you about how i can help with this.
I work for Appcelerator - we have a development platform that allows for
rapid production of mobile apps across iOS/Android/Blackberry/Mobile Web
(and soon windows 8) devices. Additionally, I've been in mobile space for a
number of years as well as large scale enterprise software. I have a
background thats pretty extensive from Engineering to Project/Product
Management with a high degree of public speaking as well as technical
demonstration experience. You can check out my linkedIn here:
I'd definitely be interested in helping out at any of the commitment levels
and could possibly get my company to jump in at the corporate level as well.
Let me know if you want to get together or just give me a call to discuss
> Hello everyone,
> I'm a professor of journalism at UT and the former social media editor
> at the Statesman. I sold the administration here on the idea of having a
> mobile apps development course for journalism students (grad students and
> upper-level). The intersection of tech and the humanities is so important,
> and I want to equip our students with the ability to work in both worlds.
> Since it was my idea, and they went with it, I'm teaching it. I'm not a
> programmer, and I don't know any coding, though I'm trying to remedy that.
> I was hoping to get the Computer Sciences College to send a professor
> over here to joint teach the class and have CSC students take it as well.
> It turns out they'll be unable to do that, so I'm on my own. And I'm a
> little terrified.
> This is the perfect city to do something like this, and I want to include
> the tech community to not only make this less terrifying for me, but make
> it a great experience for our students.
> I have total freedom on how this class should be taught and what we'll
> do. Here are my initial thoughts:
> * The students would identify a need in the news-related market. Does the
> Statesman need a new app? Is there something the Texas Tribune could be
> doing? What about a news app that is independent and competes against them?
> * They would then brainstorm, whiteboard and market test their ideas
> * We would get as far along in the process as possible before the
> semester ends. Perhaps they are just in the prototype-on-paper stage at the
> end, but I'm hoping they have some type of working app prototype.
> * The students would pitch their ideas to a panel, which could include
> professional journalists, developers and startups.
> *What I need from developers (maybe you?)*
> *
> *
> *Level 1 commitment:* Just some help on how to shape this class. If you
> could design this class, what would you have future journalists do? It's
> possible I'll get some CSC students in the course. If they're there, what
> would they do? A lunch or coffee meeting to brainstorm and looking over my
> syllabus and giving advice would go a long way.
> *Level 2 commitment:* Volunteer to guest speak in my class next semester.
> It's already on the planned schedule for 9:30 - 11 a.m. in the spring on
> Mondays and Wednesdays. If you come speak and help ingrain the culture of
> programming and talk about what they need to do to "speak your language,"
> that would be great. If you want to do a workshop where you sit with the
> students and talk about how to attack their projects, that would be great,
> too.
> *Level 3 commitment:* Come help teach the course a few times during the
> semester. Work with the students to guide them on the right path.
> *
> *
> *Level 4 (gold level) commitment:* Co-teach this course with me. We
> likely will have some money that we can pay for your time and expertise.
> Plus, you can put "Adjunct Professor" on your linkedin profile.
> *Corporate level commitment:* Perhaps your company or startup wants to
> make this a partnership with the J-School? You get interns and future smart
> hires and we get help from your employees? Let's talk!
> If you're interested in this on any level, please contact me at
> robert.quig...@ausitn.utexas.edu. You can also call me at 512-471-0030 or
> tweet me at @robquig. You can also just comment on this post.
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