NOT OFFERED IN SUMMER 2010
2009 FINAL PROJECT WEBSITE: www.InArmagh.net
2007 FINAL PROJECT WEBSITE: www.InArmagh.net/2007
THE PROGRAM:
Join a team of media professionals creating a web documentary on the town of Armagh, Northern Ireland, and get a taste of being a foreign correspondent. During this four-week program, you'll learn
- How to write for the web
- How to take great digital photos
- How to shoot and edit quality video
- How to design sharp web pages
- The ins and outs of intercultural communication
- How to work as part of a production team
We'll also provide Irish culture and history classes. You'll work in assigned production teams, using computers, digital cameras, and videocameras that we provide. The Amma Centre, our computer lab, is open four days a week and some evenings and there's free internet access there or at the library below. You'll be housed in shared dorm rooms with private baths; the hostel has a communal kitchen, as well as spacious lounges and a TV room.
There are plenty of extracurricular activities as well: hiking, live performances, dancing, live Irish music, and soccer games, for example. Three-day weekends for independent travel are built into the program; the public bus service covers all of Ireland, with easy connections to Dublin or Belfast. Cabs are plentiful for those who wish to explore off the beaten path. Some meals are included.
THE FACULTY:
Project Director:
Mike Williams, University of Kansas, William Allen White School of Journalism
Intercultural/Journaling:
Elenie Opffer, Regis University
Storytelling:
Don Menn, San Francisco State University
Yumi Wilson, San Francisco State University
Photography:
Mike Williams
Video:
Cindy Bonfini, JesNet
Web:
Cindy Bonfini
Technology:
Darcy Caputo, ieiMedia Webmaster
Student Life:
Sarah Williams
Irish history and culture:
Margaret McAliskey
THE TOWN:
Armagh is the oldest city in Ireland, with a rich cultural and archeological history. Armagh is the place where St. Patrick built his first church and from where he launched his conversion of the Irish peoples. Both the Catholic and Anglican cathedrals grace dominant hilltops that between them embrace cultures long united by a common faith. Armagh sits on the Irish Republic's border and is 2 hours from Dublin, 3 from Galway, and 1 from Belfast. The area around Armagh is beautiful, with rolling green hills and ancient stone ruins, but there's plenty to do in the city itself as well: two cathedrals, museums, nearby national parks, historic castles and houses, a modern theater with a great summer line-up, a university, a planetarium, hotels and B&B's, and numerous restaurants and lively pubs.
LAST YEARS HANDBOOK:
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