Important Dates
Jan 2012 - Application process opens for this trip.
To apply for this program and find out more details, visit the Ohio University Office of Education Abroad webpage and click the "apply here" on the frontdoor of the Ed Abroad homepage.
Feb 1, 2012 - Completed applications are due.
Feb 15, 2012 - All applicants will be notified if they are accepted to the program or not.
Spring Quarter, 2012 - All accepted students should take the required 2 hour "Ireland Preparation Class."
This class will prepare students for the summer program. We will cover topics such as a brief history of Ireland, the current policatical climate of Ireland, dos and don'ts of international travel. We will be working with students to select realistic topics for documentaries, and helping to gather travel documents such as passports and any required visas.
June 24 - Aug 5, 2012 - Unconfirmed program dates.
Projects
While in Ireland this summer, each student will work in a team that will produce a short video documentary. Working as an individual or as a part of a small team, each story idea will be heavily researched before we leave Ohio. Once we arrive, Fredrick will begin teaching the story telling process and Sam will be teaching the tools, as the participants begin to build their projects.
Here is who we are looking at for inspiration.
MediaStorm.org
Bombay Flying Club
InteractiveNarratives.org
Program Cost
$3120.00 Ohio University Tuition ** = In state / 10 credit hours
$2600.00 Program Fee
$150.00 Administrative Fee
$145.00 Passport and photos (waived if you already have this)
$1500.00 Airfare (airfare is purchased on your own - estimated cost)
$750.00 Meals (this is purchased on your own - estimated cost)
$100.00 Textbooks/supplies
$300.00 Incidentals/Personal Expenses
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$8665.00 Total trip cost (approx.)
(varies depending on your tuition cost - see link below)
** Click on this link to find your exact tuition rate for 10 credit hours in summer session.
http://reports.registrar.ohiou.edu/tuitionestimator/
Previous Ed Abroad Programs
Fredrick Lewis and I have led many education abroad programs and trips to various U.S. cities to visit multimedia firms in the past. Here are links to information about some of those programs.
Summer 2011 - Fredrick Lewis took a group to Ireland to study scriptwriting.
The current program will be in the same location as this, however the course content will be different.
Click here to see the blog from that trip.
Summer 2010 - Fredrick Lewis and I took a group to Leipzig Germany to study documentary film making.
The summer 2012 program will be exactly like the summer 2010 program, only in a different location.
Click here to see the student work and link to the blog that was kept on this trip.
Summer 2010 - David Matthews and I took a group of Ohio University students to Asia to study design. We worked for one week in Hong Kong, Bejing, Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo.
Click here to see the blog our students kept and the outcomes of their work.
Click here to link to the Ohio University Office of Education Abroad and read more about this program.
Google Map
Click here to view a Google Map of Letterkenny Ireland.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this program,
please feel free to call me at any time.
Sam Girton
740-707-9677
girton@ohio.edu