Bootcamp Schedule
Online Modules
Online modules will consist of videos, reading assignments, discussions and quizzes. Click the links below to enter each module.
Week of March 4
Cindy Royal and other faculty
Welcome and Introductions – Skype; dates Tues., March 5, 10am CT or March 6, 3pm CT (pick one or join us on both!). Information to come about joining the Skype.
Week of March 11
Cindy Royal
Digital Platforms, Product Management and Design Thinking
Week of March 18
Dale Blasingame and Jon Zmikly
Social Media and Analytics
Week of March 25
Kelly Kaufhold
Data Journalism
Week of April 1
Cindy Royal
Web Development & Mobile Concepts; html, css, JavaScript and frameworks
Week of April 8
Dale Blasingame
Emerging Platforms – Drones
Week of April 15
Jon Zmikly
Emerging Platforms – 360 video/VR/AR
Week of April 22
Daniel Carter
Data Infrastructures for Research and Teaching
Week of April 29
David Nolan
User Experience Design
Week of May 6
Cindy Royal
Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship
Prepare for in-person session
In-Person Bootcamp
Wednesday, May 15
6-8pm Welcome Reception – join us whenever you arrive!
Hilton Garden Inn – Guest Speaker – Anna Tauzin, SJMC Alumna and Vice President, Marketing and Business Innovation, Texas Restaurant Association
Thursday, May 16
Bus Pickup at 8:30am at Hilton Garden Inn
9am – noon Digital Product Management – Cindy Royal
Introductions
Skype panel with Aron Pilhofer, Temple University; Trei Brundrett, Chief Operating Officer, Vox Media; Becca Aaronson, Director of Product Management, Chalkbeat
noon – 1pm Lunch
1pm – 5pm Social Media and Analytics – Dale Blasingame and Jon Zmikly
5pm – 7pm Working Dinner; Introduce Curriculum Project
7pm Bus to Hilton Garden Inn
Friday, May 17
Bus Pickup at 8:30am at Hilton Garden Inn
9am – noon Data Journalism – Kelly Kaufhold
Using Spreadsheets and Data Visualization with Flourish
noon – 12:45pm Lunch
12:45pm Bus to Texas Tribune
2pm-5pm Texas Tribune – Chief Product Officer Rodney Gibbs will interview Texas Tribune personnel, including TXST alumna Ashley Hebler, Frontend Engineer
Texas State Alumni Panel – learn more about emerging careers from TXST alumni
Jordan Viator Slabaugh, Senior Vice President, Digital Group Head, Edelman
Andrew Waldrup, Senior Product Manager, HEB
Thomas Hodge, Creative Hybrid, McGarrah Jessee
Alexandra White, Digital Marketing Specialist, Texas Restaurant Association
5:15pm Dinner at Cooper’s BBQ in Austin
7pm Bus back to Hilton Garden Inn, San Marcos
Saturday, May 18 – Coding Day – Cindy Royal
Bus Pickup at 9:30am at Hilton Garden Inn
10am – noon Web Development and JavaScript programming basics
noon – 1pm Lunch; Bot presentation by Jon Zmikly
1-5pm Working with Data
5pm-6pm Working Dinner
6pm Bus to Hilton Garden Inn
Sunday, May 19
Bus Pickup at 8:30am at Hilton Garden Inn
9am – noon Drone Journalism – Dale Blasingame
Skype with drone expert, Matt Waite, professor of practice at University of Nebraska
noon Lunch
1pm – 3pm Pedagogy and Scholarship – Cindy Royal
Skype with Amanda Bright, Academic Professional at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia and 2018 PhDigital Fellow
3pm – 5pm Begin Curriculum projects
5:30pm Dinner at Blue Dahlia in San Marcos
7pm Bus to Hilton Garden Inn from Blue Dahlia
Monday, May 20
Bus Pickup at 8:30am at Hilton Garden Inn
9am – noon Virtual Reality/360 Video – Jon Zmikly
noon – 1pm Lunch
1pm – 2pm Skype panel on Emerging Research Trends
Amy Schmitz Weiss, San Diego State University & International Symposium on Online Journalism Research Chair
Shannon McGregor, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, The University of Utah
Chris Anderson, Professor of Media and Communication, University of Leeds
2-5pm Curriculum project completion and presentations
5pm – 6pm Closing Dinner and Graduation – Old Main
6pm Bus to Hilton Garden Inn
Tuesday, May 21
Departures