Listening to the River Spring Break Workshop

Overview: Listening to the River staff, naturalists and media producers will guide participants through all workshop activities. All events start and end at Land Information Access Association, 342 Munson Ave., Traverse City, Michigan.

March 31, DAY ONE: 8:30 - 4:30  Focus: Introduction to all workshop elements

Morning (@ LIAA)

Get acquainted activities
Overview of the projects and expectations for participants
Introduction to watersheds viahands-on activities
Introduction to Equipment (GPS units, digital cameras, audio recording decks)

Lunch - provided

Afternoon Field Trip (GT Commons)

Watershed component experiences:
GPS game, Concept Hike, Nature listening and observation activities
Practice using equipment to capture nature data
Introduction to telling media stories
Reflection, discussion of the day's events

April 1, DAY TWO: 8:30 - 4:30  Focus: Media software, storytelling and sense of place

Morning (at LIAA)

Guided download of previous days' media collection
Showcase with watershed characteristics game
Revisit storytelling/media production needs

Lunch - provided 

Afternoon Field Trip (Beitner Creek Natural Area)

Sense of Place activities combined with media collection

April 2, DAY THREE: 8:30 - 4:30 Focus: Media Production

This day is spent in the lab at LIAA completing media pieces that offer a glimpse and information about key watershed characteristics. Short field trips to collect additional data are optional. Content and technical experts will assist participants in researching and producing pieces such as photo essays with descriptive text and/or audio stories. Finished pieces will be posted on the LTTR web site MediaScape section.

Lunch - provided

Workshop Follow-up Options:

Open labs and media mentoring will be available for participants who want to refine their media pieces into a full-blown broadcast for IPR.

An evening or weekend Showcase of all the participants will be offered, date TBD.