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ME
2001

Contact Information

Jan Quarles
jquarles@mtsu.edu
Robert Spires
RATV
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Bragg Mass Communication Room 167
Replacement of Existing Technology
The original computers in the EMJ lab, Room 127, have not been replaced since the opening of the Mass Communication building in 1992 and the only internal update was five years ago. Quite clearly, students need to work on more current systems. The APENPS system described is the standard in the industry and it is found in most local and national television newsrooms. Its placement in the room will allow faculty to use the system in teaching a convergence model of digital communication akin to that used at Tribune Interactive and WFLA/TBO/Tribune. Students in basic EMJ writing and production classes will use the standard APENPS system in an improved teaching environment (projector for teaching, adequate printers, etc.) and Digital Media Communication students will use APENPS and the additional software packages (writing, web authoring and development, video encoding) to develop converged media products. To complete the update, the request includes three necessary digital cameras and tripods for use in the news classes in the renovated digital environment.
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This proposal requests funds for the renovation of the EMJ Electronic Newsroom (17 workstations) from its current antiquated state (10 year old computers) into an updated teaching lab for Digital Media Communication and Electronic Media Journalism. It also provides writing and production classes with the latest Associated Press subscription service. As news industries are moving increasingly to converged models, the Department needs to provide the proper learning environment for students , giving them tools and experiences leading or mirroring the job environments they will face on graduation. Creation of the new environment is especially important given the new aspects of critical thinking students working in new media must engage (multitasking, a new interactive grammar and non-linear thinking). The equipment and subscription service will affect more than 150 students a semester in five classes in the department. (News I, II and III, as well as Writing for Digital Media and Media and Messages).
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21
Dell Optiplex 733 Mhz Computers
1423.00
29883.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Pinnacle DV200 Video Capture Board
500.00
500.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Sony DSR-20 Digital Video Recorder
4000.00
4000.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
3
Seagate Cheetah 4 36GV RPM Fibre Channel drive/carrier
1400.00
4200.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
QLogic 2000 33Mhz Host Bus Adaptor
1500.00
1500.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Class GBIC Interface Connect
400.00
400.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Tivoli SANergy ver. 2.2 or higher
3000.00
3000.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
150' Multimode fibre cable
200.00
200.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Instructor workstation/desk
1000.00
1000.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Dell Poweredge 2400 Server (Dual 866 processor) w/monitor
6052.00
6052.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Associated Press Basic APENPS subscription (first year only)
8100.00
8100.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
VMP Studio Digital Character Generator system
28000.00
28000.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Shot Box
5000.00
5000.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Mitsubishi LVP-X300A Video Projector
5000.00
5000.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Projector screen
350.00
350.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Projector mount
200.00
200.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Projector ceiling adaptor
200.00
200.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Projector RGB Cable
250.00
250.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
2
HP Laserjet 450N Network ready printers
1479.00
2958.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
50
High-capacity print cartridges
30.00
1500.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
2
BDL Autoscript prompting software
3800.00
7600.00
N/A
N/A
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17
Microsoft Word office suite
36.00
612.00
N/A
N/A
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17
Front Page HTML authoring software
30.00
510.00
N/A
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2
Classroom license packages of Adobe Photoshop 6.0 or higher
1500.00
3000.00
N/A
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20
Adobe Premier 5.1 or higher
300.00
6000.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
2
Sony VX-1000 Digital video camera with accessories
3000.00
6000.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
JVC-500 Digital video camera with accessories
5000.00
5000.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
3
Bogen tripods with heads
300.00
900.00
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