For 10 points extra credit: Attend the following event; participate in the event (ask a question; respond to a question, whatever is appropriate) and then write a 500-word essay about a point raised in this lecture and your thorough response to it (then email it to brett.oppegaard@gmail.com by 6 p.m. April 20).
"Highlighting faculty and student research, scholarship and artistic expression
The Creative Media and Digital Culture in Liberal Arts invited speaker will be Dr. Anne Balsamo, Professor in the University of California School Of Cinematic Arts.
Dr. Balsamo's work focuses on the relationship between the culture and technology. This focus informs her practice as a scholar, researcher, new media designer and entrepreneur. She is currently a Professor of Interactive Media in the School of Cinematic Arts, and of Communications in the Annenberg School of Communications. From 2004-2007, she served as the Director of the Institute for Multimedia Literacy. In 2002, she co-founded Onomy Labs, Inc. a Silicon Valley technology design and fabrication company that builds cultural technologies. Previously she was a member of RED (Research on Experimental Documents), a collaborative research group at Xerox PARC who created experimental reading devices and new media genres. She served as project manager and new media designer for the development of RED's interactive museum exhibit, XFR: Experiments in the Future of Reading.
Dr. Balsamo will be delivering a presentation titled, “Designing Culture: The technological Imagination at Work”."
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Rapunzel remediated
Tangled (Disney's latest fairy tale remediation)
The Blonde Years (low budget)
Barbie as Rapunzel (Light)
Brothers Grimm (Dark)
And so on. ...
The Blonde Years (low budget)
Barbie as Rapunzel (Light)
Brothers Grimm (Dark)
And so on. ...
Another extra credit option - audio editing demo
If you know the base-level audio editing programs well (Audacity / Garage Band), here is a chance to earn a few points of extra credit. A peppy, thorough and engaging 5 minute demo on either program is worth 5 extra credit points. First email I get on either claims the opportunity. I would like these to be done by two different people, unless there is only one person interested (and that person wants to do both). These demos will be part of the April 20th class. Any takers?
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Another extra credit option
Wired for Change ...
"Kansas State's Digital Ethnography Project & the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University invites you to create a short remix video with material from the Wired for Change event that shows what you think about digital culture & Internet rights. Enter your video & get a chance to win a free trip to next year's conference!"
If you are interested in giving this a try, let me know, and we can talk about extra credit points.
"Kansas State's Digital Ethnography Project & the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University invites you to create a short remix video with material from the Wired for Change event that shows what you think about digital culture & Internet rights. Enter your video & get a chance to win a free trip to next year's conference!"
If you are interested in giving this a try, let me know, and we can talk about extra credit points.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Electronic Behavior Control System
Electronic Behavior Control System (clip mentioned in the Remediation article):
And the Slap Chop
T-Pain and the news ...
And the Slap Chop
T-Pain and the news ...
Audio remediation examples
Audiotheater.com
Crazy Dog Audio Theater
(Including this helpful piece on the basics of writing for audio theater)
Chatterbox
Radio Drama Revival
The largest broadcasting company in the world, The BBC, still invests heavily in audio theater. Some of the best modern pieces are coming from here. There are three channels producing this kind of work:
BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 generally offer drama and more serious fare.
While BBC Radio 7 offers sci-fi and comedy as well as other miscellaneous programs.
The Wireless Theatre Company
Example 1 from WTC (banter, character development and sound effects, including silence): The Importance of Shoes
Example 2 from WTC (language and communication): Laying Ghosts
Example 3 from WTC (framing): The Fun Tom Menace
L.A. Theatre Works (We heard a clip from its version of "Pygmalion")
Many samples of L.A. Theatre Works plays on this site, including the Tony Award-winning play "Art" by Yasmina Reza.
The Mercury Theatre (Orson Welles's troupe, which created the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast
From the Rick Emerson side project, "A.Z.," an action piece about when zombies take over the world,
Episode 6: "No Mercy"
And a big list of all sorts of radio theater on the Web
Crazy Dog Audio Theater
(Including this helpful piece on the basics of writing for audio theater)
Chatterbox
Radio Drama Revival
The largest broadcasting company in the world, The BBC, still invests heavily in audio theater. Some of the best modern pieces are coming from here. There are three channels producing this kind of work:
BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 generally offer drama and more serious fare.
While BBC Radio 7 offers sci-fi and comedy as well as other miscellaneous programs.
The Wireless Theatre Company
Example 1 from WTC (banter, character development and sound effects, including silence): The Importance of Shoes
Example 2 from WTC (language and communication): Laying Ghosts
Example 3 from WTC (framing): The Fun Tom Menace
L.A. Theatre Works (We heard a clip from its version of "Pygmalion")
Many samples of L.A. Theatre Works plays on this site, including the Tony Award-winning play "Art" by Yasmina Reza.
The Mercury Theatre (Orson Welles's troupe, which created the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast
From the Rick Emerson side project, "A.Z.," an action piece about when zombies take over the world,
Episode 6: "No Mercy"
And a big list of all sorts of radio theater on the Web
Japan quake map
A great example of the blending of technology, communication and cartography
Japan quake map
via Jennifer Wheeler
Japan quake map
via Jennifer Wheeler
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Research? Or making the stats fit the story? What do you think?
Blazers fan, dubbed "Free Throw Guy," might be distracting opponents.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Explanation of copyright and fair use for our audio projects
There is a thorough explanation of copyright and fair use here, at Stanford University libraries, which includes this passage:
"The term "public domain" refers to creative materials that are not protected by intellectual property laws such as copyright, trademark or patent laws. The public owns these works, not an individual author or artist. Anyone can use a public domain work without obtaining permission, but no one can ever own it.
An important wrinkle to understand about public domain material is that collections of it may be protected by copyright. If, for example, someone has collected public domain images in a book or at a website, the collection as a whole may be protectible, even though individual images are not protected. You are free to copy and use individual images but copying and distributing the complete collection may infringe what is known as the "collective works" copyright. Collections of public domain material will be protected if the person who created it has used creativity in the choices and organization of the public domain material. This usually involves some unique selection process, for example, a poetry scholar compiling a book, The Greatest Poems of e.e. cummings.
There are four common ways that works arrive in the public domain:
expiration of copyright: the copyright has expired.
failure to renew copyright: the owner failed to follow copyright renewal rules.
dedication: the owner deliberately places it in the public domain.
no copyright protection available: copyright law does not protect this type of work.
Let's look at each of these routes into the public domain more closely.
1. Expired Copyright
Copyright has expired for all works published in the United States before 1923. In other words, if the work was published in the U.S. before January 1, 1923, you are free to use it in the U.S. without permission. As an example, the graphic illustration of the man with mustache was published sometime in the 19th Century and is in the public domain, so no permission is required to include it within this book. These rules and dates apply regardless of whether the work was created by an individual author, a group of authors or by an employee (the latter sometimes referred to as a "work made for hire.")
Because of legislation passed in 1998, no new works will fall into the public domain until 2019 when works published in 1923 will expire. In 2020, works published in 1924 will expire and so forth. If a work was written by a single author and published after 1977, the copyright will not expire until 70 years after the author's death. If a work was written by several authors and published after 1977, it will not expire until 70 years after the last surviving author dies. ..."
And so on. If you have questions about a specific work, please let me know.
"The term "public domain" refers to creative materials that are not protected by intellectual property laws such as copyright, trademark or patent laws. The public owns these works, not an individual author or artist. Anyone can use a public domain work without obtaining permission, but no one can ever own it.
An important wrinkle to understand about public domain material is that collections of it may be protected by copyright. If, for example, someone has collected public domain images in a book or at a website, the collection as a whole may be protectible, even though individual images are not protected. You are free to copy and use individual images but copying and distributing the complete collection may infringe what is known as the "collective works" copyright. Collections of public domain material will be protected if the person who created it has used creativity in the choices and organization of the public domain material. This usually involves some unique selection process, for example, a poetry scholar compiling a book, The Greatest Poems of e.e. cummings.
There are four common ways that works arrive in the public domain:
expiration of copyright: the copyright has expired.
failure to renew copyright: the owner failed to follow copyright renewal rules.
dedication: the owner deliberately places it in the public domain.
no copyright protection available: copyright law does not protect this type of work.
Let's look at each of these routes into the public domain more closely.
1. Expired Copyright
Copyright has expired for all works published in the United States before 1923. In other words, if the work was published in the U.S. before January 1, 1923, you are free to use it in the U.S. without permission. As an example, the graphic illustration of the man with mustache was published sometime in the 19th Century and is in the public domain, so no permission is required to include it within this book. These rules and dates apply regardless of whether the work was created by an individual author, a group of authors or by an employee (the latter sometimes referred to as a "work made for hire.")
Because of legislation passed in 1998, no new works will fall into the public domain until 2019 when works published in 1923 will expire. In 2020, works published in 1924 will expire and so forth. If a work was written by a single author and published after 1977, the copyright will not expire until 70 years after the author's death. If a work was written by several authors and published after 1977, it will not expire until 70 years after the last surviving author dies. ..."
And so on. If you have questions about a specific work, please let me know.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
WSU Vancouver student enrollment factoids
Via Dom Ramunno-Johnson ... Thanks, Dom!
"this is the link to WSUV student enrollment fact sheet. I also tweeted it with the #wsuvltt.
"this is the link to WSUV student enrollment fact sheet. I also tweeted it with the #wsuvltt.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Research poster resources
When working on your research poster, start with these guidelines and judging criteria in mind. Those should guide your design decisions, based on the content you have to support them.
Here are some (of the many) helpful poster design resources available on the web:
Stanford -- "Posters and displays are specialized communications that demand careful planning and design to assure that your audience will understand your project and results."
Swarthmore College This site includes a poster gallery on Flickr and various other visual examples, plus numerous handy links. I also like the irreverent voice in which the author writes about the poster sharing process.
University of Buffalo site has many links and a straightforward explanation of the process.
The Cain Project, at Rice University, also is well done.
University of Kansas -- Outdated design and interface, but the information could be helpful.
University of Guelph -- A Canadian perspective.
Dartmouth -- A web presentation of a lecture on this topic.
Here is one recommended by the WSUV Research Showcase site, too, from Duke
Here are some (of the many) helpful poster design resources available on the web:
Stanford -- "Posters and displays are specialized communications that demand careful planning and design to assure that your audience will understand your project and results."
Swarthmore College This site includes a poster gallery on Flickr and various other visual examples, plus numerous handy links. I also like the irreverent voice in which the author writes about the poster sharing process.
University of Buffalo site has many links and a straightforward explanation of the process.
The Cain Project, at Rice University, also is well done.
University of Kansas -- Outdated design and interface, but the information could be helpful.
University of Guelph -- A Canadian perspective.
Dartmouth -- A web presentation of a lecture on this topic.
Here is one recommended by the WSUV Research Showcase site, too, from Duke
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Best practices for survey creation and administration
Since all of you are planning to conduct surveys, this document could be helpful:
The American Association for Public Opinion Research best practices
"The quality of a survey is best judged not by its size, scope, or prominence, but by how much attention is given to [preventing, measuring, and] dealing with the many important problems that can arise."
The American Association for Public Opinion Research best practices
"The quality of a survey is best judged not by its size, scope, or prominence, but by how much attention is given to [preventing, measuring, and] dealing with the many important problems that can arise."
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The happiest man in America?
That is what "research" by Gallup / The New York Times states. What do you think?
From The Huffington Post:
"The Times selected Mr. Wong after asking Gallup, which interviews thousands of Americans to create the index, what the demographic make-up of the happiest person in America might look like.
Their answer:
[H]e's a tall, Asian-American, observant Jew who is at least 65 and married, has children, lives in Hawaii, runs his own business and has a household income of more than $120,000 a year."
The original New York Times story
Gallup's data on "well being," with methodology at the bottom
An overview of the Well-Being Movement, to measure the health and success of countries and states around the world
Here is another way to think about these kinds of ideas: The Triple Bottom Line, or an accounting system that tallies profits but also environmental and social costs.
From The Huffington Post:
"The Times selected Mr. Wong after asking Gallup, which interviews thousands of Americans to create the index, what the demographic make-up of the happiest person in America might look like.
Their answer:
[H]e's a tall, Asian-American, observant Jew who is at least 65 and married, has children, lives in Hawaii, runs his own business and has a household income of more than $120,000 a year."
The original New York Times story
Gallup's data on "well being," with methodology at the bottom
An overview of the Well-Being Movement, to measure the health and success of countries and states around the world
Here is another way to think about these kinds of ideas: The Triple Bottom Line, or an accounting system that tallies profits but also environmental and social costs.
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| Courtesy of GoHuman.com |
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Arial or Helvetica?
As a follow-up to "Futura," I thought you might find it interesting to ponder the implications of another ubiquitous font: Helvetica.
There is an entertaining documentary about this font in the history of typography (available through the local library system). This typeface might look familiar, because of Arial, the primary typeface of Microsoft, a slightly altered version of Helvetica.
Here is a chart, courtesy of Swiss-Miss.com, showing how minutely they differ:
Here is a quiz to see if you can tell them apart.
And one more ... for the most devoted of typography fans.
If you take either of those, post here how you did.
There is an entertaining documentary about this font in the history of typography (available through the local library system). This typeface might look familiar, because of Arial, the primary typeface of Microsoft, a slightly altered version of Helvetica.
Here is a chart, courtesy of Swiss-Miss.com, showing how minutely they differ:
Here is a quiz to see if you can tell them apart.
And one more ... for the most devoted of typography fans.
If you take either of those, post here how you did.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Research poster templates
When it comes time to create your research poster, it might be helpful to have a template for a 36X48-inch file. So here are a few sites that have those, in different formats, depending on what you want to build the poster in:
General tips from University of North Carolina
InDesign
PPT
A collection of formats
Others?
There are many, many other options available. ... If you find a helpful template site, please put the URL into the comments here, so your classmates can check those out, too. Thanks!
General tips from University of North Carolina
InDesign
PPT
A collection of formats
Others?
There are many, many other options available. ... If you find a helpful template site, please put the URL into the comments here, so your classmates can check those out, too. Thanks!
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