USC Is Offering a Google Glass Course for Journalism Students #makereducation
USC will be offering a new journalism class centered around Google Glass. Professor Robert Hernandez, who will be teaching the course, hopes to encourage future journalists to take an interactive approach in shaping technology’s impact on the media landscape, via mashable.
It’s a first-of-its-kind class for USC, and web-journalism professor Robert Hernandez believes the class offers a rare opportunity for journalism to get ahead of a budding technology trend. Hernandez said journalists have been followers — not trailblazers — when using other technology like mobile and social media, but that the industry has a chance for a head start with Glass.
“As someone who hijacks technology for journalism, I want to be proactive about shaping what journalism will look like on this,” said Hernandez, who worked most recently as director of development for The Seattle Times before joining USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in 2009. “This platform is so new, no one has defined what journalism looks like on there. It’s such an opportunity for the journalism industry to jump on there.”
Hernandez is opening the class to all students at the university, although he will approve each signup. He expects roughly 12 students will join the class, including students from a variety of different backgrounds and majors, such as design, computer engineering, public relations, and of course, journalism. The class is intended for the advancement of journalism, but is not limited to its disciples.
According to the syllabus, students will create apps for Google Glass that help enhance both storytelling and story consumption on the platform. Hernandez hopes to answer questions such as, what does long-form content look like on Glass? Or, how can readers create and watch stories using Glass?
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