This week's session was an orientation for the students taking part. We discussed both the 'why' and the 'how' of #phonar 2012 including a walkthrough of the website and an introduction to Alan Levine's DS106 class who we will be working collaboratively with throughout the term.
The video here details all of the above in a handy audio visual nugget...
. . . → Read More: #Phonar Week One; Orientation
An introduction to participants in http://phonar.org to fellow artists in http://ds106.us/ the open course in digital storytelling I teach at the University of Mary Washington.
. . . → Read More: Alan Levine; Hello #phonar, meet DS106
Thanks to all of you who downloaded the previous Beta version of the #phonar Android App and got in touch with your suggestions of improvements and reporting of bugs. We now have the new release #Phonar App for Android available to download via the APK file linked below. As before, please do get in touch if you have any issues at all...
. . . → Read More: New #Phonar Android App Released
As we have mentioned before, in a bid to reduce noise and amplify signal we wont be communicating via email in #phonar 2012 but instead by the channels found here. However those who have previously signed up to our register have been emailed to inform them that the class is almost upon us, in our move away from a paid email service there may be several remote students who have missed the email and several who have received the email twice. Sorry that this time we got the noise/signal balance the wrong way . . . → Read More: #Phonar emails
There will be thousands of students embarking on various creative courses for the first time this week, there will also be a number of #phonar remote students who haven't taken part in anything like this before and might worry about the quality of their outputs. To all these new, creative students we hope that this short video featuring the great Ira Glass will help put you at ease. Remember; keep working, keep honing your eye and your skills, the work will meet your ambitions if you keep at it.
. . . → Read More: Work Hard, be Prodigious; a Message from Ira Glass
Sorry to all of our Android users that this took longer than we had liked, but now to join the iPhone App we have an Android version available for Beta testing. Please feel free to download the APK file which is linked below...
. . . → Read More: Become a #phonar Beta Tester for our new Android App
It may be looking a little bare right now but we are setting up ready for the best #phonar yet – #PHONAR 2012!
As part of this the old schedule, tasks and posts have been taken down from the homepage.
If you’re in the mood for some retro #phonar action you can head to the ‘PHONAR 2010′ or ‘PHONAR 2011′ categories on the right hand sidebar to get your . . . → Read More: Where have all the good times gone?
Towards the end of #phonar 2011, we heard from contributor Pete Brook about his successfully crowdfunded project 'Prison Photography on the Road'. Pete spoke not only about the project and his time on the road, but on the kickstarter platform he used to crowdfund the project.
Just this weekend Pete condensed his thoughts into an insightful post titled 'The Etiquette of Crowdfunding, A Recipients View' which can be found at this link. The full post is an essential read fro anyone with even a casual interest in the crowdfunding platform but bellow are 9 of Pete's tips for potential 'crowdfundees' which are expanded on in the post.
. . . → Read More: Pete Brook – Prison Photography and the Etiquette of Crowdfunding
