#NYC1u: Smarterphone: Top Apps to Capture, Edit, and Share Content

Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 02:30 PM to at 04:30 PM

Put your mobile device to work for you! If you use the right apps, you can efficiently create, edit, and publish visually compelling work that will make it look like you spent hours editing.

This is a hands-on session. You will gain real experience with the latest apps for creating dynamic mobile multimedia. Topics include:

Shooting, editing, and sharing photos
Creating GIFs on the go
Using mobile design templates
Creating layered multimedia
Recording, editing and publishing audio and video
Using live streaming
Getting to know some useful audio and video accessories

Please note that you must bring your smartphone to the workshop. The primary focus of this workshop pertains to iPhone apps. If you have an Android-type phone, you may find that some apps are unavailable. However, much of the workshop's content will apply to both iOS and Android platforms.

Jeremy Caplan will lead this session:

Jeremy Caplan (@jeremycaplan) is Director of Education for the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He served as a Ford Fellow in Entrepreneurial Journalism at the Poynter Institute.

He has written for Time Magazine on business, technology and cultural trends. He's covered tech companies including Google, Yahoo, AOL and Apple.

Before joining Time, Caplan worked for The Paris Review, Yahoo! Internet Life, and Newsweek. He gives talks and leads workshops regularly on digital and entrepreneurial journalism. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.

This session is made possible by AFL-CIO; New York Paid Leave Coalition; Organizing 2.0; New York State AFL-CIO; New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO; Consortium for Worker Education