Summary notes from 7-22 and 7-23 class presentations
Sorry for such long ramblings.... but...
General thoughts: I would really LOVE to see a master list of digital tools we’ve all used with their links, what they do and what they don’t do! Somewhat of a cheat-sheet of online digital tools and what they’re best used for. A wiki would be a great way to create it.
Wayne Dewhirst - I think creating a “design studio” blog for teaching in the fall so design students can post their work and discuss globally with students in their positions is a GREAT idea. Wayne is also creating a movie with Windows Moviemaker of images he works with and moving RL objects into cyberspace. As such they can take on more complex dimensions, such as sound and text (reminds me of Kaplan’s art)… ahhh the benefits of cyberspace! Online virtual museum, if you will, but more dynamic and interactive? Wayne’s first efforts included the box and baby laughing. Bingo Bambi is collage of collage. Portable flashing signs (as they communicate something, but changes meanings as they age). CVS & Back – ambulatory collage. Interesting work.
Nate – Machinima. Created it using Wegame.com (opensource alternative to FRAPS) GREAT Machinima!!!!! Thought his comment “MMOs are both a palette and a canvas”- can do it and create the story at the same time was great. See blog “A smattering of Thoughts on Gaming to Learn.” Gaming2learn.blogspot.com. Using blog to document the process of video development. Is a GREAT learning tool!!!!! BRAVO NATE!
Tiva – Learning “vocaloid” to learn how to create voice/music digitally. Showed us sample of Japanese pop music based on most popular of this voice genre then a digitized sample. The idea of copying an existing song to learn is perfect! This digitized voice sound is picking up interest in Japan and they are beginning to use microphones created to create the “artificial” sound. Fascinating idea that a culture has developed a sound palette for such a high pitch and that they don’t like the English translation of it. But, I understand having lived in Europe and listening to foreign performers attempt English-speaking songs.
Nicola – Video podcasting and vlogging – using boarding school children using podcasts to prep for FCAT. Teaching special ed teachers digital tools. Created source directory of different tools using – using Inspiration. Linkable files. VERY cool. Showed first podcast made with iMovie (video podcast). Creating podcast resources for new grad students to explore and orient themselves to the program rather than cookies and coffee in the college. (I need to check out inspiration!). We heard about vlogging twice in the past two days. Would like to hear more about this.
Teresa – creating website and scripting in SL. Plaza of Torrana is her website plaza/teresaboconnor/links.html Created a collage from quiz results that define who you are. VERY interesting way to express yourself. How did you create the homepage image? What program did you use to format it? Posting images on Flickr and link to SL project in progress for scripting is a great way to blend and show the digital tools learned.
Chris– Creating an animated .gif – his midterm project on blog. Going to create a webpage and post step-by-step on his blog 1sttimewebdesign.blogspot.com. Webpage is chrismedlicott.freeoda.com. I LOVE that people like Chris are creating a diary of what works and doesn’t work on blogs/websites. These could be such great learning tools for people trying to figure it out! More helpful than tutorials, because we see the common errors and how to overcome them! Good luck!
Erin – awaywithwords-erin.tumblr.com – interested in exploring fonts/typography. Loved the July 14 Multimedia quotes and her blog. Blogging resource for typography. Very nice links and resource! (toilets in Manhattan are about type?) I think it’s interesting how important type and fonts are to our culture and how they communicate, yet are so often misunderstood, misused or taken for granted!
David Rountree – Creating music with kids. Trying to find a way to use digital tools in creating music. o2brockband.blogspost.com – Getting the parents and kids to interact on the blog is also a great idea! Give them a common place to “play,” learn, communicate! Using flickr to post images on the blog but was limited to 100 mb per month. Snapfish won’t let you post on blog. Created video and soundslide presentation all posted on the blog. David explained he’s “using it to build social capital among students.” Would like to see more about the idea of digital social capital and how these tools link families and community!
And for Thursday's presentations:
Namon Littlejohn – creating a website – Step into Namon’s World. Showed us speed draw on YouTube. Links to blogs, etc. Nice looking website! Nice way to take the “old school” and transfer it to the digital world!
Collins Obinawa – Learning Blender as his final project – requires lots of dexterity. Midterm showed us what he went through to learn via screencaptures. Created a snowman. Used text to walk us through it. Would be great to have made it a soundslides or video presentation. Important to realize that the tiniest details can end up taking HOURS to accomplish! Sometimes we forget. BIorust.com for snowman tutorial (another great link for the cheat sheet).
Ray Parkinson – using html from scratch to create website to showcase video work. Code is hard to teach yourself (IMHO). CSS (Cascading style sheets) are a great way to use templates to build a site faster, that looks great and can still be customized to fit your image. Nice Photoshop work! He’s planning on advancing the site using Flash. Good luck with that!
General thoughts: I would really LOVE to see a master list of digital tools we’ve all used with their links, what they do and what they don’t do! Somewhat of a cheat-sheet of online digital tools and what they’re best used for. A wiki would be a great way to create it.
Wayne Dewhirst - I think creating a “design studio” blog for teaching in the fall so design students can post their work and discuss globally with students in their positions is a GREAT idea. Wayne is also creating a movie with Windows Moviemaker of images he works with and moving RL objects into cyberspace. As such they can take on more complex dimensions, such as sound and text (reminds me of Kaplan’s art)… ahhh the benefits of cyberspace! Online virtual museum, if you will, but more dynamic and interactive? Wayne’s first efforts included the box and baby laughing. Bingo Bambi is collage of collage. Portable flashing signs (as they communicate something, but changes meanings as they age). CVS & Back – ambulatory collage. Interesting work.
Nate – Machinima. Created it using Wegame.com (opensource alternative to FRAPS) GREAT Machinima!!!!! Thought his comment “MMOs are both a palette and a canvas”- can do it and create the story at the same time was great. See blog “A smattering of Thoughts on Gaming to Learn.” Gaming2learn.blogspot.com. Using blog to document the process of video development. Is a GREAT learning tool!!!!! BRAVO NATE!
Tiva – Learning “vocaloid” to learn how to create voice/music digitally. Showed us sample of Japanese pop music based on most popular of this voice genre then a digitized sample. The idea of copying an existing song to learn is perfect! This digitized voice sound is picking up interest in Japan and they are beginning to use microphones created to create the “artificial” sound. Fascinating idea that a culture has developed a sound palette for such a high pitch and that they don’t like the English translation of it. But, I understand having lived in Europe and listening to foreign performers attempt English-speaking songs.
Nicola – Video podcasting and vlogging – using boarding school children using podcasts to prep for FCAT. Teaching special ed teachers digital tools. Created source directory of different tools using – using Inspiration. Linkable files. VERY cool. Showed first podcast made with iMovie (video podcast). Creating podcast resources for new grad students to explore and orient themselves to the program rather than cookies and coffee in the college. (I need to check out inspiration!). We heard about vlogging twice in the past two days. Would like to hear more about this.
Teresa – creating website and scripting in SL. Plaza of Torrana is her website plaza/teresaboconnor/links.html Created a collage from quiz results that define who you are. VERY interesting way to express yourself. How did you create the homepage image? What program did you use to format it? Posting images on Flickr and link to SL project in progress for scripting is a great way to blend and show the digital tools learned.
Chris– Creating an animated .gif – his midterm project on blog. Going to create a webpage and post step-by-step on his blog 1sttimewebdesign.blogspot.com. Webpage is chrismedlicott.freeoda.com. I LOVE that people like Chris are creating a diary of what works and doesn’t work on blogs/websites. These could be such great learning tools for people trying to figure it out! More helpful than tutorials, because we see the common errors and how to overcome them! Good luck!
Erin – awaywithwords-erin.tumblr.com – interested in exploring fonts/typography. Loved the July 14 Multimedia quotes and her blog. Blogging resource for typography. Very nice links and resource! (toilets in Manhattan are about type?) I think it’s interesting how important type and fonts are to our culture and how they communicate, yet are so often misunderstood, misused or taken for granted!
David Rountree – Creating music with kids. Trying to find a way to use digital tools in creating music. o2brockband.blogspost.com – Getting the parents and kids to interact on the blog is also a great idea! Give them a common place to “play,” learn, communicate! Using flickr to post images on the blog but was limited to 100 mb per month. Snapfish won’t let you post on blog. Created video and soundslide presentation all posted on the blog. David explained he’s “using it to build social capital among students.” Would like to see more about the idea of digital social capital and how these tools link families and community!
And for Thursday's presentations:
Namon Littlejohn – creating a website – Step into Namon’s World. Showed us speed draw on YouTube. Links to blogs, etc. Nice looking website! Nice way to take the “old school” and transfer it to the digital world!
Collins Obinawa – Learning Blender as his final project – requires lots of dexterity. Midterm showed us what he went through to learn via screencaptures. Created a snowman. Used text to walk us through it. Would be great to have made it a soundslides or video presentation. Important to realize that the tiniest details can end up taking HOURS to accomplish! Sometimes we forget. BIorust.com for snowman tutorial (another great link for the cheat sheet).
Ray Parkinson – using html from scratch to create website to showcase video work. Code is hard to teach yourself (IMHO). CSS (Cascading style sheets) are a great way to use templates to build a site faster, that looks great and can still be customized to fit your image. Nice Photoshop work! He’s planning on advancing the site using Flash. Good luck with that!
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