This is a video that I shot out side of my house. The last time the red sox won
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Whale Watching
This is what I put together for the assignment: A short video of a whale watching trip out of Gloucester, MA on a beautiful Saturday in August set to super cheesy music. enjoy! (Not sure why the video opens up to a new page to play. any suggestions??)
Final/group project specifications
For the culminating group project of our course, I would like to see each of you develop a prediction of what the future holds in terms of media and communication technologies for each of your scenarios (Election and Olympics) -- so say each in the year 2012. Create a new blog post with your thoughts, supported by any media elements (picture, video, audio). I'm most interested in imaginative concepts that build upon the technologies we've been looking at in class. Be creative!
Again, each of you should create your own prediction -- utilize your fellow group mates to generate discussion and ideas. And tap into the tools we've looked at (blogs, video, podcasts, etc.)
As an example, if this class was taking place in 1996 -- one could have speculated that in the future each candidate would have elaborate web sites for their campaigns (remember the web was still relatively 'new' in the mid 1990s). This prediction could have been supported by some photoshop mock-ups of what a full fledged candidate web site would have looked like -- detailing specific elements of what a robust web site in 2000 would have (ie. a map with links to campaign stops, video clips, anything else that seemed 'out there' in 1996).
Again, each of you should create your own prediction -- utilize your fellow group mates to generate discussion and ideas. And tap into the tools we've looked at (blogs, video, podcasts, etc.)
As an example, if this class was taking place in 1996 -- one could have speculated that in the future each candidate would have elaborate web sites for their campaigns (remember the web was still relatively 'new' in the mid 1990s). This prediction could have been supported by some photoshop mock-ups of what a full fledged candidate web site would have looked like -- detailing specific elements of what a robust web site in 2000 would have (ie. a map with links to campaign stops, video clips, anything else that seemed 'out there' in 1996).
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Key Commands
Some of the key commands we've been using in class:
Command(also known as the Apple-key) and tab --> Switch applications
Shift and Command and '4' --> Make a selective screen grab
Command and the 'tilde' key (left of number 1) --> Switch between open windows within an application
There are lots of resources on-line that go over key command, but here's a good one that I recommend checking out: http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html
In particular, look at the sections 'Application Switcher' and 'Taking Screenshots'
Command(also known as the Apple-key) and tab --> Switch applications
Shift and Command and '4' --> Make a selective screen grab
Command and the 'tilde' key (left of number 1) --> Switch between open windows within an application
There are lots of resources on-line that go over key command, but here's a good one that I recommend checking out: http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html
In particular, look at the sections 'Application Switcher' and 'Taking Screenshots'
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Assignment for 08/13/08
1. Register onto blip.tv (if you have not already)
2. Edit and output video using iMovie (or similar PC program) -- make it work!
3. Upload video to your blip account.
4. Cross-post to class-blog
5. Check out this learning tool for tips on all of this!
2. Edit and output video using iMovie (or similar PC program) -- make it work!
3. Upload video to your blip account.
4. Cross-post to class-blog
5. Check out this learning tool for tips on all of this!
"China's Olympic Nightmare" - Foreign Affairs Magazine
This is the link to the partial article on-line - "China's Olympic Nightmare". I would have to scan the whole article. It is much longer than what is available on-line. This article is made available, courtesy of the Foreign Affairs magazine.
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