Seung's Final Project

The link to Seung's final project: https://museumstranger.squarespace.com

To all of you: Have a great winter break!

Sylvia's Maker Show: A Wearable Design Project involving the Lilypad

Please share!

Thank you for your suggestions today, everyone!  I'm going to try them all out over break.  Also, I'd really appreciate it if you would help share the website with people.

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Learning Objective Assessment

1. Develop a basic understanding of how to manipulate forms of media and technology to express interdisciplinary concepts (i.g. sound and 3D printing) .

I achieved this through working and combining different materials. I did this when I combined using the embroidery machine with our circuit unit or combining traditional arts and crafts with our I Stop Motion unit.

2. Learn how to create and connect various concepts to produce objects for daily life use and expression.

I believe our take aways combined with our different learned technology mediums allowed me to combine different concepts and how it will affect the classroom. I have combined ideas such as coding, using Scratch, with educational instruction to expand our perception of colors and being creative with words.  

3. Study how other artists and educators are using technology and art (past and present) to create meaningful devices and interdisciplinary artworks.

I practiced this by listening in class to other classmates perspectives after an assignment, taking notes during stewardship presentations of other artists and what they created, and lastly listening to and viewing  other classmates work from previous assignments.

4. Make connections in how technology, specifically creative technology, can be used to enhance experiential learning in education.

I practiced this especially in my take aways and reflecting after each assignment how different traditional crafts could be combined with new creative technology to provide a new and more beneficial learning experience. For example, using iStop Motion to develop reading comprehension and elaboration skills.

5. Explore how media and technology can be used to share experiences (5 senses) with others far and near.

I really explored this idea in our sound unit and Impact 25 project where I was required to go beyond basic visual understanding. Overall the process of making is a very tactile and personal experience which brings the artist, their intent, and their medium closer.

6. Critically reflect and present understanding on how technology affects people in individual and educational settings.

I performed this mostly in class during our discussions after each assignment, sharing experiences and how different creative technologies affect students and teachers in the classroom.

7. Expand my understanding of old and new devices and technology to communicate and educate.

This was expressed the strongest during our earlier assignments such as scanography and digital photography. We brainstormed how old practices transferred into new practices using the internet and mixing media such as scanography with 3D printing.

8. Explore personal meaning in the class assignment in how we view media and technology to enhance our academic and personal engagement in the world.

I expressed this in my takeaways and reflections after engaging with an assignment. I tended to be more objective in my reflections and failed to be more subjective. I feel as though I should have reflected more in my values and beliefs and how that connected to what I was learning.

9. Learn as much  from my class, to build an interdisciplinary understanding of how creative technology can be used in art education.

I combined most of what I have learned in this class to my Cognition and Learning course and ArtSpark internship to create and use art to create the best learning environment for  student.

The Importance of SELFIEs in Art

SELFIE was a wonderful guideline to keep students reflective during the process of making art. Requiring a student to show their process is beneficial for them as well as helping others learn different routes of making. Explaining an outcome allows others, as well the individual, to  express how they overcame failures, tested materials, and their overall working process. Also, using the proper vocabulary allows the student to practice using proper terms to prepare students for professional discourse. Finding multiple possibilities expands our ability to problem solve. Also, showing perseverance increases confidence and responsibility over their work and facilitates a growth mindset.  Performing the previous components of SELFIE prevent the creator from being careless and potentially abandoning their work due to frustration. It also provides a professional foundation to begin a career or dive deeper into an interest. The SELFIE process allows others to learn from you which copies similar formats used for websites such as Pinterest and other “Do It Yourself” forums. SELFIE is a simple framework that can help any individual approach professionalism and grow as a learner and artist.

The potential of using technology as a material in the creation of art is innovative and allows new forms of artistic thought to flow. Traditional art formats will always be used as a foundation for the process of making the art, but the technology enhances it. Art has always been about the artist, not their tools. It's about how smart, efficient, and creative an artist can be with the tools they are given. Having access to new forms of technology to make art should only expand the artist's ability to make meaning, convey messages, and challenge the mind.

Circuits & Sensors Put Into Use to Help a Graphic Designer with Parkinson Write and Draw Again

Little Robotic Bits

ChainFORM - Long ver. from Tangible Media Group on Vimeo.

Barbara Kasten - photogram painting

"How do you go about questioning things you want to understand? What processes do you take in order to explore questions with others and with yourself? What kinds of questions are you thinking about lately?"

Postcards for Politicians

Hi all!
We plan on continuing this project on for a while.  I think it's needed, especially now.  I made a few updates to the site, including a submission form.  If you have something you want to say to your Representatives and Senators please submit, and feel free to share the site! http://postcardsforpoliticians.tumblr.com/

School House Walk

Scaling up: StopMotion Animation

If you ever considered a larger stop motion project for your classroom, planning is key. Maybe use one session for planning (deciding on the story and subdividing scenes) and another session for the production. Image above: "Love and Time", a stop motion project by Jesse's Video for Artists Spring class.

Maybe interesting for some of you

Link: http://www.imagesfestival.com/festival.php?misc_id=28

Giggling Chee

Love, Regina and Avery

Vine's days seem to be numbered

You might find this interesting. Twitter, parent-company of Vine, will expire the Vine app in the coming months. Enjoy it while it lasts. More info: Link

Ned, Dahye, and Zhenzhen - underwater rescue

Thunder Katherine Regina Wei

Nebular & Yina

Assignments #8, due Nov 1, 2016, 11:59 PM

Assignment 8, due Nov 1, 11:59 PM

1) Choose from the following two options: a) Create a short stop motion animation similar to what we did in small groups in class with iStopMotion or Vine. Create a powerful digital narrative while making sure you have some fun with this. Post the outcome on your blog. Or: b) Create an animated gif using EZGif.com or the tweening (tweening, not tweeting) function in photoshop.

2) While you create your stop motion animation, document your process. Take pictures of all steps involved so you (or anybody else) can reproduce what you did in the future. Post your documentation on your blog. Add as much description as necessary. 

3) Come up with a lesson plan idea for a target audience of your choice for any one of these three subject matters: photography, scanography, or stop-motion animation. Make your pick and post the outcome on your blog.

4) Share 2 takeaways from readings for our next section (section III, see below)

5) (Only applicable to 3-credit students): If you are enrolled in this course for 3 credits, address in a blog post how you plan to meet the expected additional course work.

Resources:
· “Getting Started with Stop Motion Animation” (Richard Harrington), at: http://lynda.com/portal/columbia.
· Tweening in Photoshop: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/creating-frame-animations.html and http://www.creativetechs.com/tipsblog/build-animated-gifs-in-photoshop/
· Textbooks Suggestions for Digital Storytelling: · Alexander, B. (2011). The new digital storytelling creating narratives with new media. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger. · Ohler, J. (2007). Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, and Creativity. Corwin Press.

As for the next batch of readings, I suggest to start with Martinez&Stager, then Educause, then Thomas & Brown, then Peppler

Readings Section III: Digital Fabrication and Creative Coding

• Required Readings: Peppler, K. A. (2014). New creativity paradigms: arts learning in the digital age. Chapter 4, New Media Arts, The Do-It-Yourself Movement, and the Importance of Making.
• Martinez, S. L., & Stager, G. (2013). Invent to learn: making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom. Torrance, Calif.: Constructing Modern Knowledge Press. Chapter 6, Making Today.
• Thomas, D., & Brown, J. S. (2011). A new culture of learning: cultivating the imagination for a world of constant change. Lexington, Ky.: CreateSpace?]. Chapter 1, Arc-of-Life Learning.
• Educause, 2013: 7 Things You Should Know About Makerspaces, URL: https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7095.pdf 

Stop Motion - Trisha, Eric, Seung

For the Birds by Avery, Nick, and Sophia

Copyright & Sound: A contentious theme explained by this beautifully narrated video about the history of the Amen Break

Sounds from NASA

I wanted to share with you all the link to NASA's Audio and Ringtones page.  There are lots of cool sound bytes of missions and conversations.  It's a nice piece of archival history for the classroom, as well!

(Source: NASA.gov)

Zhenzhen, Sophia, Avery, and Dahye's Movie

Katherine, Nebular, Regina Video

Silly Walk by Yina Wei Ned and Nicholas

Group Scanography Project

Group Scanography Project: Sophia Eric Trisha

Scanography_Stephanie, Regina, Dahye

Seung & Nebular

Group Portrait NYC Scan

Sharing PDF step-by-step. Student Feedback

I mentioned this document in class and the handout that I had printed for you. Here it is as an electronic version. Thank you Avery for updating the step-by-step procedure how to embed a pdf into google drive and then into the blog:

After uploading the pdf into google drive, click the three dots in the upper right hand corner (or right-click on the pdf document) and select 'Share'. Copy the shareable link and open a new tab.  Paste the link in the new tab to open the pdf again (this time as it's own separate file and not just a Google Drive preview).  Now click the three dots in the upper right hand corner again.  This time there should be an option to embed.  Copy that bit of code.  Then go to your Blogger entry and switch from 'Compose' to 'HTML'.  Paste the code in there.  I changed the width to 560 to make it fit a little better in my blog format.

Digital Photography by Yina

Digital Photography by Zhenzhen

Digital Photography

Seung

Desk Bell in Print Office

Nicholas

4/1

Avery

Eric

Horace Mann Ceiling by Sophia

Gallery Visit

Digital Photography; Courtyard

Regina Lim

Digital Photography by Stephanie Teo

Digital Photography_Dahye Kim

                                          wheels for the next step!
                                                                                        photo by Dahye

Digital Photography Katherine

7 Contemporary Artists Who Are Engaging With Tech Culture In New Ways (HuffPo)

Parker Ito. -- Here are a few select artists who have used digital painting creatively - while combining it with photography, internet, etc. Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/artists-engaging-with-technology_us_5632109ee4b0c66bae5b12fb

The Art of Group Selfies

2016, ya'll. pic.twitter.com/M0AZceVagQ

— Victor Ng (@victomato) September 25, 2016

More information here.

The World's First Cyborg Artist

This artist was born with a condition that made him unable to see color.  When he was 21 he worked with a computer scientist to install a chip and electronic eye onto the back of his head.  He now hears color, and he hears it everywhere.  He considers himself the world's first cyborg and he has founded the Cyborg Foundation.