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Fashion Institute of Technology: BFA PHOTOGRAPHY 2008

FIRST EXHIBITION IN SECOND LIFE

Opening: Monday, May 12, 1-3 EST

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/FITSUNY/170/223/25/

Interpreting Contemporary Ballet makes use of the Pachyderm software to present to viewers a foundation for looking at dance. Inside, you will find a collection of expert commentary video clips and interviews with dancers, critics, choreographers, and more. You will catch a glimpse at what it takes to create a ballet in regards to the technical and emotional aspects. This is a great way to get an understanding of a classic art form and how it has progressed to a contemporary state.

View the acutal pachyderm presentaion for Interpreting Comtemporary Ballet 

The Art of Botanical Illustration is a wonderfully laid out Pachyderm presentation that explores the history and development of botanical art through the years. It was not always possible or practical to transport plants, thus it was left up to artists to document and record findings from explorers. The University of Minnesota has gone above and beyond in describing the collaboration of art and science in the facet of botanical illustration.

You can view the full presentation site here:  The Art of Botanical Illustration 

The Fashion Institute of Technology is hosting a "Technology Day" conference, "Teaching and Learning in Four Dimensions" on friday, April 25. The conference is on the intersection of teaching, learning and technology, with a special focus on 3d technology and virtual worlds in the fashion industries. Guest speakers include W. James Au , Louise Guay of My Virtual Model , Shenlei Winkler , and Elaine Polvinen. Click here for more information and to register.

In 2004 expanded their technology and business forecasting to a world wide audience via the Global Innovation Outlook "a worldwide conversation about innovation that matters". The new GIO 3.0 pulication has just been released The New New Media - covering the future of media, content, and messaging:

Young Artists @ Arthouse is a free Saturday morning program for students living in East or Southeast Austin. Students will meet every other Saturday for a three-month period to develop their art portfolios and learn about career opportunities in the arts. Students will work directly with a local artist. Art supplies, transportation, and lunches will be provided. Each session culminates with a student exhibition and reception in the Jones Center’s Project Gallery.

Check out the young artist's portfolios .

Capella University won a Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program award for its ambitious online public speaking course, SPC1000. To see a narrated presentation about the course design, the use of videoconferencing technology, and the use of rich McGraw-Hill multimedia assets, review the SPC1000 Presentation. This course won the award based upon the quality of the course design as judged against the Greenhouse Exemplary Course Evaluation Rubric. It was also distinguished by the use of:

• Breeze Meeting, webcams, and headsets to facilitate the delivery of speeches to live peer audiences from Alaska to Slovakia.
• More than 100 multimedia assets, obtained through an agreement with McGraw-Hill, that create a rich learning environment within the WebCT Courseroom. This environment includes downloadable mp3 abridged versions of the book chapters, full length speech videos, video clips with commentary, flashcards, and an online speech outliner application.

To find information relevant to this course on the Blackboard Greenhouse Program site, explore the links to “2007 Greenhouse ECP Winners” and “2007 Winners’ Interviews from BbWorld.”

The RU Mac Users Wiki went online spring 2006, and was developed by the Radford University Technology in Learning Center as a community resource for Mac users on campus. It was built using the MediaWiki engine (i.e., Wikipedia) by TLC Assistant Director Charley Cosmato, and in the time since content has grown exponentially as a result of member contributions.

Even though this wiki is designed with our campus community in mind, anyone can join, use and contribute to it. Users can find help on topics including OS X apps, iLife, Final Cut Pro, Mac maintenance and iPods by either browsing 'Useful Docs' or searching by topic.

The RU Mac Users Wiki is accessible at:

https://php.radford.edu/~tlc/ru_mac

Ask the Techies Internet TV show (VODcast) at Ohio University has started it's 3rd season. Everyone uses a personal computer, but many people find it more worthy of the name "personal confuser."

Ask the Techies breaks down that confusion via a mix of hosts and on-computer-screen video capture. The hosts not only explain the content but make the viewer feel comfortable with technology. This is an interactive show where people can “ask the techies” questions via e-mail. D.Lee Beard and his co-hosts then answer these viewer questions on camera with a full video explanation to make sure the viewers don't miss a thing.

Ask the Techies offers videos on demand that students of all ages including faculty and administrators can watch/listen to over and over again as often as needed for free (as well as commercial free!). Faculty can even link to our videos for course instruction.