CLASS 2: SEPT 16
September 14, 2009
Creating a Scope of Work Report
Description + content
The scope of work report (SOWR) is intended to be a definition of what you are proposing to achieve during your internship. It will describe both your proposed pragmatic tasks and projects, and the learning outcomes you are aiming for. It is intended to be a way for you to define focus for your internship. The SOWR also gives you practice in writing, defining work and producing reports – skills you will need for the real world!
The SOWR is not intended to be a hard set of rules for your internship. Some of you will find that during the semester your list of tasks will shift. You may find that even your role in the organization or team adapts and changes as you go through the internship. Potential changes are acceptable and expected! You are expected to keep your instructor informed of these changes.
Preparation
In order to prepare the SOWR, you should have a discussion with your community partner (CP) to discuss the specific project (s) you will engage with, and how you will produce these objectives through the tasks you engage with on a weekly basis. You will also discuss with your CP what you are hoping to learn from your experience.
For your SOWR you expected to be creative! It should contain the following information:
• An image that describes, in visual terms, how you see your involvement in the internship. This is intended to be a representation of your proposed internship. You can think of this image in abstract or realistic terms. It could be a photograph, drawing, short video, short animation, etc.
• One or two sentences that describes in broad terms what your role will be in the internship. In basic terms, this is the CP project(s) you are participating in and your role in this project(s).
• A short paragraph or list that details the tasks and responsibilities you will have during your internship in order to fulfill your role. In basic terms, these are the day-to-day things or short term goals, you will be doing for the CP.
• A short paragraph or list that details what you intend to learn during your internship. In basic terms, these are the things that will benefit you.
Delivery of your SOWR
You are asked to hand-in and present your SOWR during next class, Sept 23, in two forms:
1. as a blog entry on your DIVA300 blog
2. as a PDF downloadable from your DIVA300 blog
You will present your SOWR, using your blog entry for reference, during the class time on Sept 23. Each student will have 7-8 minutes to present including Q+A. You will have the use of use my computer and projector to show your blog entry.
I will download your PDF from your blog in order to have a record for the course.
- Julie
Interactive Fashion, Robots, Video, Music and Graphic Novels….!! DIVA Orientation ‘09
September 14, 2009
Wednesday Sept 16
3:20-4:20pm
Room 247A
Come to the DIVA Orientation to learn about the new Digital + Interactive Arts Concentration, meet the instructors, and find out about the unique courses offered in spring 2010!
There will be vegan snacks!
UPDATED COURSE OUTLINE on MOODLE CLASS SITE
September 10, 2009
Go to http://courses.ecuad.ca/
You are automatically registered into the class moodle site so just use you ecu user name and password to login to the general course site and your courses will be listed (those that have a moodle site).
click on DIVA 200 and you are in and can download the pdf.
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Understanding Resolution in Adobe Photoshop CS4
September 10, 2009
Everything you didn’t even know you didn’t know!!
http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1332854
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Automatic Panorama in Photoshop
September 10, 2009
A very helpful tutorial
http://www.takegreatpictures.com/Articles/Details/params/object/3648/default.aspx</a
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Some very helpful video Photoshop tutorials
September 10, 2009
cloning and healing brush
lynda.com’s free photoshop tutorials
adobe design center’s tutorials
Posted by C Gigliotti courtesy webdiva Suzi Webster
Welcome to the DIVA 200 Students
September 7, 2009
Here are some links to various uses of panoramic photography by artists and designers.
Notice how differently each person uses this technique, as narrative, as metaphor, as political critique, to name just a few uses.
How exactly do they do this? What kind of visual techniques are they using to accomplish what they want to communicate? And does this kind of photography feel more interactive?
“Daniel Canogar Home Page.” 7 Sep 2009 http://www.danielcanogar.com/page_in/index.html
“Off Center » Kiki Smith » sfmoma.” 7 Sep 2009 <http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/page/2/?s=sfmoma>.
“Pari Nadimi Gallery (David Rokeby) in Toronto (Canada) from Re-title.com.” 7 Sep 2009 <http://www.re-title.com/exhibitions/archive_PariNadimiGallery1929.asp>.
“White Cube — Jeff Wall.” 7 Sep 2009 <http://www.whitecube.com/artists/wall/wall_misc1/>.
“White Cube — Andreas Gursky.” 7 Sep 2009 <http://www.whitecube.com/artists/gursky/v/>.
Be sure to check out the DIVA 200 Moodle site for necessary downloads, like a pdf of your course outline.
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Digital + Interactive Arts (Advanced) Fall 09
September 7, 2009
This offering of DIVA 300 will be a opportunity for students to gain professional experience and technical skills to further their digital and interactive art and design practices. The instructor has arranged internship opportunities with on-site and off-site professional partners. Each student can participate in an individually directed internship within the media and design communities thereby gaining real world skills and networks. Students will also have the opportunity to develop technical skills to advance their own practice. A seminar/studio component of the course will allow students to share their experiences and discuss their work. DIVA300outline1
Interactive Futures 09: Stereo
CODELab
Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society
CLASS 1: SEPT 9
Creating an internship
- Each community partner will present their internship positions on Sept 9.
- You are to select a first, second and third choice of positions and forward this list to the instructor via email, by the end of the day on Sept 10.
- You will interview with the Community Partners before class 2 on Sept 16. You will be paired with a Community Partner based on this interview. You are expected to begin your internship time during the week of Sept 16.
- You will produce a scope-of-work report which you will post to you blog and present during class 2 or 3, Sept 16 or 23. (The students’ specific presentation day will be determined by the instructor).
Questions for you to ask during the presentation and interview:
Please use these questions during the interview with the Community Partner. The answers to the questions will help inform your decision and help you produce your scope-of-work report. Some of the questions may already be answered during the Community Partners’ presentations, therefore it is important to take notes during the presentations.
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- What are the objectives of your organization/company/research?
- How many people work within your organization/company/research project? What is the personnel structure?
- How does your organization/company/research project envision the intern’s contribution to the team?
- What is the specific project(s) that the internship offers? What project(s) will the intern have accomplished by the end of the semester?
Points to make during your interview:
Based on the Community Partners’ presentations and your interview(s) with them, think about what project(s) you would be interested in engaging with. Consider your existing skills, the scope of learning, and your specific interests. During your interview, tell the Community Partner:
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- Why you are interested in their organization/company/research;
- What project(s) you are interested in accomplishing by the end of the semester;
- What you hope to learn during this time;
- What skills you can bring to their organization/company/research project.
- Julie
example pdf publication
June 17, 2009
Nick’s nickpub from the spring semester
all you need for indesign
June 11, 2009
All video tutorials can be found here. These are highly recommended:
Video tutorial on setting up a new document
Video tutorial on managing pages
Video tutorial on working with text
Basic tutorial on working with text
More basics
