New Media New Forms Fall 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

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?"

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Friday, October 28, 2016

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

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

Monday, October 24, 2016

Thursday, September 29, 2016

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.

Sunday, September 25, 2016

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.