week 3 : 11 april
visual storytelling

• Brian - will lead workshop on recording equipment, cameras, so that y'all can check out equipment! you can also schedule time to use my Mac or my iPod w/recorder ... or you can use the labs in Digital Arts (I'm trying to find info on lab schedule)
• Small Groups (4) : discuss readings - find examples of visual design genres (ppt); develop three-five group tips for visual design/storytelling - provide links to one or two examples if you have time; someone capture the report on This Page in Bryght . Then report out to class as a whole
  • Tips: Andrea (bottom of post) ... David ... Dian ... Ingrid (bottom of post) ... Jing (bottom of post) ... Mark ... Simon (bottom of post - below rule)
  • Did This Week's Assignment Instead:
    Camille - Drew - Meg - Jyotsna - Sakina
  • Missing Week Three Reading or Tips:
    Brian (both) - Craig (both) - Erica (tips) - Robert (both) - Shanna (both)
• Lab Time - Configuring UW accounts for web publishing (if not yet done) -- basic HTML template for personal site (or see these - I probably have a free one that's close) -- criteria for bios -- break into assigned pairs for bios
• News! Windows Live Academic search goes live at 9 pm pacific. Screenshot
  • I do a search for parallel computing
  • I see the results
  • I hover over on result by Xiaodong Zhang (denoted in the blue shade toward the bottom of the screen)
  • The preview pane on the right gives me all the good stuff, I need: Title, abstract, author, journal, author(s), publisher and DOI - Digital Object Identifier
  • If I want the full article I click on the title. The publisher will detect my IP address and know if I am a subscriber or member.
    • If I came from an institution that subscribes to the content, I will automatically be sent to the full text (depending on publisher, there may be an intermediate page with abstract and links to full text)
    • If I don't come from an institution that subscribes to the content, publishers show a user id/password screen and also a "buy item" option - you either login, or pay the fee set by the publisher (in some cases there is no charge) and you get the article.

Assignments for Next Week

• Blog Post (1): Find three sites with a presentation that epitomizes good storytelling (effectively communicates compelling narratives) ... and three that reflect a cluttered (or otherwise "noisy") presentation. List and provide explanation for your choice. (Some of you did this already!)
• Blog Post (2): Readings: draw inference to current project(s) or work
• Resource: (from UW/NetLibrary):
  Digital Media Tools
  Chapman, Nigel P.; Chapman, Jenny
  New York John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (UK), 2002
  
  
  
  

resources

• Our Media
• We Media : How audiences are shaping the future of news and information
• Photoshop Workshop