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Pet Steps
Did you have a Tamagotchi when you were younger? We did and we loved taking care of it. When we were brainstorming ideas for how to get out there and motivate someone to exercise, we thought to create a virtual pet. From there Pet Steps was born! Pet Steps is the virtual pet conveniently located…
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SNAP Pea
“A healthy lifestyle can be a SNAP with SNAP Pea.” The goal of SNAP Pea is to be an interactive, engaging smartphone app that helps educate qualifying individuals on healthy eating habits. With recipes, store locator, nutrition facts and our shopping cart game those who qualify for federal SNAP food aid will be able to…
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UGA Experience
Bringing the campus tour to you. Imagine being inside roaring Sanford Stadium during a football game, or walking around the iconic Arch for the first time without even setting foot on the University of Georgia campus. UGA Experience can give you an immersive preview into your life as a future Georgia Bulldawg. On the UGA…
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ATV Field Trip
Recently, Chris, Emuel, John, and more than a dozen of our fabulous NMI students piled into a van and headed down 316. Their destination? Atlanta Tech Village, which was hosting its semi-annual Start-up + Student connection. NMI students met with dozens of start-ups, learning first-hand how they could apply their digital skills to build innovative new products…
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2020 Goes Online
The Intro to New Media class you know and love will be available online for the first time ever in Summer 2016! Selected as a 2016 Online Learning Fellow, John Weatherford will be working with a cohort of faculty and a team of instructional designers to translate NMIX 2020 into a compelling online course. This…
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A Big Thank You to Verizon
We are excited to announce that Verizon Wireless has committed to continue its support of the New Media Institute. Verizon has been an invaluable supporter of the NMI for many years and we are so pleased that our relationship remains strong as the NMI continues to grow. Through a partnership this coming spring semester, the NMI Capstone…
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John Takes the NMI International
John recently visited the Canadian Consulate in Atlanta to host and contribute to a digital brown bag lunch panel discussion on social media in government. Speaking to a highly international audience (including several attendees from remote consulates!), John was joined on the panel by Grady alums Brian Robinson and Jenn Dennard. The discussion covered a wide range…
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Weather Channel + NMI Partnership Launch
Last month, The Weather Channel visited Grady College to discuss a range of exciting partnerships. The NMI and TWC (don’t you love acronyms?) will be launching a partnership dedicated to exploring new media photography, drones, user-generated content and more. As the first step in a collaboration with TWC, the NMI will be offering a new version…
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Tech Toys: Alexa
Meet the NMI’s newest office addition, Alexa – Amazon’s smart voice-powered assistant. Alexa has moved into the NMI break room where she currently assists with simple tasks such as playing music on command and turning the lights on. The real fun will come next semester when capstone teams are charged with taking advantage of Alexa’s API to build…
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Summer Success: NMIX 4110
NMIX 4110: New Media Production left the physical classroom this summer and moved online for the first time. Nineteen students, the most ever for a 4110 summer session, seized the opportunity to learn skills and earn credit toward the NMI certificate. As an instructor I entered the online experience with a good deal of trepidation. How could…