1. amalthea13

    Why is Twitch important when talking about arts engagement?

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    Scholarly Critique #2.4   A Decade of Arts Engagement: Findings from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Research Report #58 January 2015   This report outlines the findings from 10 years of data from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). The SPPA has historically tracked attendance and participation in what they consider to be “benchmark” activities across visual and performing arts. In the 2012 SPPA Survey, “questions were added to
  2. amalthea13

    Is participation in the Arts truly in decline?

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    Scholarly Critique #2.3   How A Nation Engages with Art: Highlights from the 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Research Report #57 September 2013   This report provides a “first look” at the data collected from the 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted by the United States Census Bureau for the National Endowment for the Arts. The survey included data from a large sample size, 35,753 U.S. adults (18 and older), and featured
  3. amalthea13

    Is participation in the Arts truly in decline?

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    Scholarly Critique #2.3   How A Nation Engages with Art: Highlights from the 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Research Report #57 September 2013   This report provides a “first look” at the data collected from the 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted by the United States Census Bureau for the National Endowment for the Arts. The survey included data from a large sample size, 35,753 U.S. adults (18 and older), and featured
  4. kirklunsford

    A Tribe of Designers: Designing To Learn Networked Learning Space

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    After last week’s discussion and exploration in “tribes” by review of two articles by Jeff Goins: Finding Your Tribe May Be the Hardest Thing You Do, and Three Important Steps to Building a Killer Tribe, and another Ted talk by Seth Godin The tribes we lead, I think I am ready to apply these concepts to the networked learning space project. The NLS that will be created for course work in INTE 5665, and out of personal and professional interest, is Designing To Learn. Designing To Learn network provides resources to engage and motivate members to be productive by learning through practicing design. I do believe there is a need for organized and directed multi-discipline study of design as we move through this century.

    Firstly, I think this network is helpful for anyone trying to engage and communicate effectively in web 2.0 practices such as blogging, creating a website, creating a logo, and a whole host of artistic and creative things typical educational paths has not lead one to be proficient in. Secondly, those who are learning about design, which should be just about everyone who does design for a living, or those who are enrolled in college for design, should be looking for inspiration from multiple sources outside of their niche disciplines. Additionally, knowledge and skills needed to be successful in design in the 21st century cannot be obtained through typical education. The needs of society and the rate of change in the design disciplines is beyond the scope of courses for credit. In other words, successful designers should be connected to communities of inspiration and practice.

    To help myself clarify my own intentions for the “tribe” I intend to create, I will look for guidance in Jeff Goins 3 Steps:


    1. Be as personal as you can be...


    I’m going to be honest, I don’t really share too many personal things to the world via social media. I may be guilty of a couple “fur baby” pictures and rants about racism and equality on Facebook, but other than that I try to keep my personal stuff out of the limelight. However I think when it comes to my own successes and failings as a designer and student I’m an open book. I’ve definitely been feeling the burn lately with being an instructor and designer AND grad student. I’m willing to share what I can without breaking professional boundaries.

    2. Stay relevant to your audience…


    This one is tricky. What I think is relevant may not be to the community. Because many of the entries to the community may be selected and curated by me, I intend to follow what I see trending and post more things like that. For now I intend to mix it up and pull from many resources until I find what sticks. The other challenge with relevancy is feedback. I’m still wondering about all the different ways I can get the community involved with feedback, other than “liking” something. This may result in finding a niche for this community that I did not expect.

    3. Create mouth-watering anticipation…


    Another challenge. How can this be done? I think first and foremost people can anticipate new posts to the community at least every other day in order to keep them engaged. Perhaps I can create weekly tutorials and freebies like downloadable Photoshop brushes, 3D assets, and drawing demos. Of course this takes a lot of time, but I’m hoping my dedication would be reciprocated by the community.

    So what do you think? Are you ready to join this tribe?
  5. kirklunsford

    How To Render a Realistic Interior in Photoshop

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    Finished Rendering

    See the full tutorial here!

    In this tutorial doc I walk through how I rendered an interior in Photoshop with an exported line drawing from Sketchup. I’ve found many people are looking to add some extra flair to their 3D drawings or learn how to completely render their sketch in Photoshop. This tutorial should serve both, but mostly shows how one can create a realistic interior in Photoshop without having to texture everything in 3D software.
     
    Line Drawing + Materials
    I’ve included both the original line drawing with material references as well as the finished rendering. What do you think? What unique ways do you use Photoshop to create or enhance your renderings?
  6. amalthea13

    What Stops You From Engaging with Art?

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      Scholarly Critique #2.2   When Going Gets Tough: Barriers and Motivations Affecting Arts Attendance National Endowment for the Arts NEA Research Report #59 January 2015   I found this report after finding the list of publications available from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In my search for literature for my research I came across another resource from the same organization from 2002, called Involved in the Arts, Involved in Life. In an effort to find more current literature from
  7. amalthea13

    What Stops You From Engaging with Art?

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      Scholarly Critique #2.2   When Going Gets Tough: Barriers and Motivations Affecting Arts Attendance National Endowment for the Arts NEA Research Report #59 January 2015   I found this report after finding the list of publications available from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In my search for literature for my research I came across another resource from the same organization from 2002, called Involved in the Arts, Involved in Life. In an effort to find more current literature from
  8. emilysmayy

    Bridging the Denver Food Chasm

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    I’m not gonna lie, it’s been a grueling month. I’ve been heads down working on my second project for my Creative Designs for Instructional Materials class, researching content for our next group project in my E-Learning Trends class, actively participating in weekly discussions for both classes, reading, writing, and work is definitely not slowing down! In fact, just returned from… Read more →

    The post Bridging the Denver Food Chasm appeared first on Emily S. May.

  9. amalthea13

    Exploring Twitch as a Model for a Successful Web 2.0 Platform

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    Scholarly Critique #2.1    Twitch TV: motives and interaction, a consumer perspective Tom Clement Maria Raes Aalborg University Faculty of Humanities, May 2015   I found this resource using Google Scholar while searching for any literature relating to Twitch.tv. This report is a Master thesis from a graduate student at Aalborg University in Denmark. As I complete my final semester in my graduate program at CU Denver, I am also researching Twitch, and I have struggled to find many related
  10. amalthea13

    Exploring Twitch as a Model for a Successful Web 2.0 Platform

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    Scholarly Critique #2.1    Twitch TV: motives and interaction, a consumer perspective Tom Clement Maria Raes Aalborg University Faculty of Humanities, May 2015   I found this resource using Google Scholar while searching for any literature relating to Twitch.tv. This report is a Master thesis from a graduate student at Aalborg University in Denmark. As I complete my final semester in my graduate program at CU Denver, I am also researching Twitch, and I have struggled to find many related
  11. rmsalas72

    Who Am I ?

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    My name is Rosanna Miiller Salas and I was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Since 1999 I have worked at various educational levels while teaching in private and public schools in Caracas. Seven years ago I moved to Denver,... Continue Reading →
  12. rmsalas72

    Who Am I ?

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    My name is Rosanna Miiller Salas and I was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Since 1999 I have worked at various educational levels while teaching in private and public schools in Caracas. Seven years ago I moved to Denver,... Continue Reading →
  13. ekeating

    First Post of the New School Year!

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    It has been a crazy start to the school year with a lot of changes...good changes!  This year, third grade is departmentalizing which means two teachers are teaching math, science and social studies, and two teachers are teaching reading and writi...
  14. amalthea13

    Research Reflections & Making Connections

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      What a month! I can hardly believe it’s almost October. It goes without saying that this semester is flying by at record speeds, so taking the opportunity to reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m heading is crucial. In the process of learning to be a facilitator of action research, I have stumbled upon some important revelations, both in regards to my own understanding of action research, and also around the role of action research in educational technology.   As I have learned more through
  15. amalthea13

    Research Reflections & Making Connections

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    What a month! I can hardly believe it’s almost October. It goes without saying that this semester is flying by at record speeds, so taking the opportunity to reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m heading is crucial. In the process of learning to be a facilitator of action research, I have stumbled upon some important revelations, both in regards to my own understanding of action research, and also around the role of action research in educational technology.   As I have learned more through
  16. emilysmayy

    From One to Many: The E-Learning Evolution

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    Whew! I can’t believe week six of Fall semester is coming to a end. Time is flying! To close out the week, I wanted to take some time to reflect on and share my first completed assignment for the E-Learning Trends class I am taking this semester at the University of Colorado Denver. For this project, our class was instructed… Read more →

    The post From One to Many: The E-Learning Evolution appeared first on Emily S. May.

  17. kirklunsford

    Get Loose! How I Used Vine to Show How I Warm Up Before Drawing

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    Practice makes perfect! The old adage usually applied to learning something new like playing a musical instrument or sport. But what about drawing? If practiced regularly, I think anyone can draw well although most people think you either got the talent or you don’t. The challenging part, is tuning everything out and warming up to practice. I teach my design students on the first day of class each semester some basic exercises to practice different mediums, and train their muscles, eyes, and minds to “sync up” to produce better results before tackling a more complex drawing.



    Try it out - try to draw some straight lines, perfect circles, and ellipses. Throw in some curvilinear lines. Stay fast and loose. Try standing up. Think about what your elbow, wrist and shoulder is doing and fine tune your movement. When you start feeling good and you got your head in the right state of mind to draw, move on to a more complex drawing. I’m sure you will find you enjoy drawing more and your results will be better with a little practice!

    To show how I practice warm up drawing exercises, I wanted to use Vine, a simple app to feature looping videos. I’ve been captivated by this medium since I discovered it back in July of this year. Some of the loops are incredible and I enjoy watching them again and again - especially in the Art channel. One of my favorite “Viners” is Pinot - very inspiring! I found Vine particularly useful for showing processes or animation like Pinot. Or utilized to pique someone’s interest in a subject to explore further. Because of these things, I chose it as a particular social medium I would like to explore to feature design topics. This is my first Vine of many I hope.

    The first barrier to entry to use Vine effectively for me was figuring out how I should prop my phone up to record myself drawing. The vine app requires that you hold down on the screen of your phone for the duration you would like to record. Obviously this is not conducive to any physical activity or drawing especially. I can’t hold the phone and draw at the same time! I’ve seen other incredibly complex Vines out there so I know there was some other way to create these Vines. I did a little research and found iKlip Grip was a great product to use as a tripod.

    iKlip Grip

    I went to my nearest Apple store to find it and I asked one of the workers, where this product was. He walked me to the back of the over crowded store and pointed to the selfie stick section. He had no clue it was a multi-functional device and thought it was just a selfie stick. I picked it up and showed the box to him and pointed out all of the features, mainly, it can be a desktop tripod or extended height tripod with a Bluetooth shutter remote. By the looks of this young man, I was twice his age so this was gratifying to point out something “new” to the youngster.


    With my iKlip Grip, I was all set to start creating Vines. However I was confronted with one last hurdle. The Bluetooth remote does not work with the Vine interface! I discovered by Google search that since 2014 Vine users could use clips from their camera roll instead of via the record functions in the Vine interface - perfect! I set up my tripod and recorded a few sessions through the iphone camera app. I found it best to show a top down view of the drawing page with the extended tripod. After I finished recording my sessions, I imported all of my clips into the Vine app and edited their duration and start and stop points. Overcoming both hardware and software hurdles I can say I’m happy with my first Vine. I hope to produce many more exciting Vines featuring design process and drawing. Maybe one day I can produce something as great as Pinot.


  18. amalthea13

    The Democratization of Knowledge Through Live-Stream Video

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      Scholarly Critique #1.4   New Medium, New Practice: Civic Production in Live-Streaming Mobile Video Audubon McKeown Dougherty Comparative Media Studies Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2010   I found this article through a google scholar search using the search terms “live-stream” and “engagement”. The article is hosted on www.dspace.mit.edu. a site featuring over 17,000 open access articles from student theses and dissertations, peer reviewed articles, and technical reports
  19. amalthea13

    The Democratization of Knowledge Through Live-Stream Video

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    Scholarly Critique #1.4   New Medium, New Practice: Civic Production in Live-Streaming Mobile Video Audubon McKeown Dougherty Comparative Media Studies Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2010   I found this article through a google scholar search using the search terms “live-stream” and “engagement”. The article is hosted on www.dspace.mit.edu. a site featuring over 17,000 open access articles from student theses and dissertations, peer reviewed articles, and technical reports
  20. amalthea13

    Streaming onTwitch: Fostering Participatory Communities of Play

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      Scholarly Critique #1.3   Streaming on Twitch: Fostering Participatory Communities of Play within Live Mixed Media William A. Hamilton, Oliver Garretson, and Andruid Kerne Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas USA, 2014   I found this resource through a Google Scholar search using the search terms “Twitch” and “engagement”. This report was published in a journal that was available for purchase, however I was able to find a free pdf online as

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