Video mashup contest tests student creativity
ROSALIE NAPOLI
Issue date: 3/9/10 Section: Campus News
Bucks is holding its Mashup
Contest. This is the second
year that the contest will be
held and the college hopes to
have at least 20 contestants.
Jacqueline Fritz, co-chairman
of the TLTR Video
Mashup Contest action team
and news media librarian, said,
"This would triple the submission
numbers from last year,
and I love a good competition!"
The mashup contest recognizes
the top three winners
with cash prizes.
The first prize is $200, second
is $150, and third is $100.
All guidelines for the contest
can be found at the Bucks website
at www.bucks.edu/mashup
For those students who are
not familiar with mashup, it is
slightly similar to a
PowerPoint presentation;
examples of mashups can be
found at the mashup webpage.
Fritz explained what mkakes
an ideal entry:
"A cohesive combination of
text, video, audio, and still
image constructed to clearly
make a statement or support a
topic. Of course the video
could not exceed four minutes
and citations for the works
used to create the mashup must
be included."
Fritz also feels that, "A good
mashup contains researched
facts and media as well cohesive
structure. Students need to
make sure they are clearly
addressing an issue or making
a statement in those four minutes
of the video!"
"The contest was inspired by
a program we attended at the
New Media Consortium
(NMC) Summer Conference at
Princeton University in 2008.
Colleagues of ours at the
University of Pennsylvania
held a session on the development
of a Mash-Up contest and
the importance of students
gaining '21 century skills,"
said Jim Sell, co-chairman of
the action team and executive
director of the Lower Bucks
Campus.
Sell commented, "From
browsing the web to completing
a project in the workplace,
students need 21st-century
skills. The characteristics of a
21st-century skill set include
Contest. This is the second
year that the contest will be
held and the college hopes to
have at least 20 contestants.
Jacqueline Fritz, co-chairman
of the TLTR Video
Mashup Contest action team
and news media librarian, said,
"This would triple the submission
numbers from last year,
and I love a good competition!"
The mashup contest recognizes
the top three winners
with cash prizes.
The first prize is $200, second
is $150, and third is $100.
All guidelines for the contest
can be found at the Bucks website
at www.bucks.edu/mashup
For those students who are
not familiar with mashup, it is
slightly similar to a
PowerPoint presentation;
examples of mashups can be
found at the mashup webpage.
Fritz explained what mkakes
an ideal entry:
"A cohesive combination of
text, video, audio, and still
image constructed to clearly
make a statement or support a
topic. Of course the video
could not exceed four minutes
and citations for the works
used to create the mashup must
be included."
Fritz also feels that, "A good
mashup contains researched
facts and media as well cohesive
structure. Students need to
make sure they are clearly
addressing an issue or making
a statement in those four minutes
of the video!"
"The contest was inspired by
a program we attended at the
New Media Consortium
(NMC) Summer Conference at
Princeton University in 2008.
Colleagues of ours at the
University of Pennsylvania
held a session on the development
of a Mash-Up contest and
the importance of students
gaining '21 century skills,"
said Jim Sell, co-chairman of
the action team and executive
director of the Lower Bucks
Campus.
Sell commented, "From
browsing the web to completing
a project in the workplace,
students need 21st-century
skills. The characteristics of a
21st-century skill set include