…an interesting picture caught my eye.
On 06/03/2014,
in art, collaboration, communications, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital video, engagement / engaging students, learning, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning spaces, library / librarians, maker movement, multimedia, new media literacies, passions, photography, reinvent, student-related,
by Daniel Christian
Reinventing libraries for ‘hanging out, messing around and geeking out’ — from CNN.com by Emanuella Grinberg
Excerpt:
The staff takes special pride in its mentor-led activities, offered in partnerships with various community organizations: a spoken word workshop, a video game program and a makerspace, or workshop, where teens create birdcages, duct tape wallets and other art projects.
It might be a library, but for 18-year-old Alexis Woodward, the atmosphere is more like a “family reunion,” she said.
“It’s always packed until it closes. Everybody goes to the library after school,” said Woodward, who began participating in the spoken word program when she was 14.
Anonymous artists turn school chalk dust into inspirational masterpieces — from psfk.com by Angeli Rafer
Examples:
Designer Alexandra Khitrova discovers a new career through her stunning fantasy concept art — from thisiscolossal.com by Christopher Jobson
Example:
Rare mushroom photos reveal the visual diversity of fungi — from mymodernmet.com by Steve Axford, posted by Jenny Zhang
Example:
Photographer swims out to sea to capture spectacular storm shot — from mymodernmet.com by Jem Cresswell
On 04/19/2014,
in digital photography, photography,
by Daniel Christian
Announcing [Smithsonian Magazine’s] 11th Annual Photo Contest Finalists
See our finalists, selected from over 50,000 entries, and vote for the Readers’ Choice winner
Photograph by Graham McGeorge (Jacksonville, Florida).
FINALIST: Natural World
McGeorge spent a quiet 6 hours trying to get the perfect image of
this eastern screech owl out of its nest. (Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, April 2013, Canon 1D Mark III)
For National Geographic’s latest Your Shot assignment, titled “Spontaneous Adventure,”
photographer Julia Cumes submitted a beautifully surreal photo of stand up paddle boarding at night (see above).
From Surreal Photo Manipulations by Caras Ionut [thisiscolossal.com]
From with thanks to Paul Simbeck-Hampson for the Google+ item on this.
On 11/01/2013,
in photography,
by Daniel Christian
Add another dimension to your photos — from creativebloq.com
Also see:
- LoryStripes which features:
– 40 beautifully crafted Stripes
– 120 Stripe presets, or “Styles”, to quickly select the right Stripe for any photo
– 62 stunning colors and 9 different shadings and blends for every Stripe
– Completely customize any Stripe by rotating, scaling, and moving them in 3D for an infinite number of possibilities
– Make every Stripe live perfectly in your photo by weaving the Stripes between different elements using the Masking feature
– Layer your Stripes using the ReStripe feature
– Share on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
– Browse amazing LoryStripes creations by artists like you in the Inspirations section, updated continuously
Light Painting Evolved: Introducing the Pixelstick— from thisiscolossal.com; in KickStarter mode at this point in time
Also see:
On 09/11/2013,
in Apple, digital photography, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, photography,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
First, some resources:
- With iBeacon, Apple is going to dump on NFC and embrace the internet of things — from gigaom.com by Hari Gottipati
- Apple’s iPhone event: Everything you need to know — from fastcompany.com by Kit Eaton
Apple just held a splashy press event in several global locations to launch its new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. Did you miss it? Here’s everything you need to know. - Apple’s new iPhones simultaneously aim high, low — from finance.yahoo.com by Michael Liedtke and Barbara Ortutay, AP
Apple expands into low-end market with 1 iPhone while trying to set ‘gold standard’ with other - New iPhone to include fingerprint scanner: WSJ — from the verge.com by Sam Byford
- Apple: iOS 7 Will Launch On September 18 — from readwrite.com by Adrianna Lee
- Apple’s iPhone 5S camera shoots to kill: Big aperture, burst mode and more — from readwrite.com by Taylor Hatmaker
- Apple unveils the iPhone 5s, its “most forward-thinking phone yet” — from gigaom.com by Alex Colon
- 5 things designers need to know about the new iPhones — from creativebloq.com
- Let the music play on: iTunes Radio arrives soon with Siri support — from semanticweb.com by Jennifer Zaino
Secondly, some thoughts:
Given the extremely fast/breathtaking pace that Steve Jobs had Apple run while he was alive, it’s difficult to sustain that pace over so many years. He set some very tough and high expectations that are difficult to match. So when an Apple TV or an iWatch isn’t released, we think nothing happened. But there were some important things announced yesterday, including the biometric scanning situation, but I admit that I also felt a bit let down.
I think that Apple is being extremely cautious — afraid to mess up on anything, lest people will say, “See! Now that Steve’s gone, they can’t do it.” Not that it matters, but I would urge them “to go hard with it,” forget about “the score,” and let the score take care of itself. It’s ok not to hit a home run every time to bat. That’s something I think we all need to practice, given the current 180 mph environment that we live in.
On 09/09/2013,
in digital photography, photography,
by Daniel Christian
Image from National Geographic | @NatGeopix on twitter
Also from Free Entrance Days in the National Parks:
- September 28
National Public Lands Day
Also see:
On 09/04/2013,
in Apple, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, e-books, e-readers, education technology, graphics, innovation, interactivity, multi-touch, multimedia, photography, publishing, reading, tablets, user experience (UX),
by Daniel Christian
The Amazon
By Marcos Antonio de Lima Filho | Master in Design | Federal University of Pernambuco – Brazil
This is a free book which is available in iBooks 3.0+ on the iPad and/or using iTunes on your computer. Marcos designed this book to take advantage of all the interaction enabled by iPads.
156 images, 14 infographics, 18 galleries, 11 maps and 8 videos join with the text, which here is not the primary. Why? Because the nature is much too rich to be described only by words. The Amazon seeks to take advantage of all the technology advancements enabled by the tablet.
Great work Marcos! Nice interactivity, use of digital audio and video, graphics, and more. Check it out!
On 09/03/2013,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, education reform, heutagogy, innovation, K-12 related, love of learning, motivation, multimedia, new media literacies, participation, passions, photography, real-world assignments, social learning / networks, staying relevant, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
.
About the program (emphasis DSC):
Thanks to digital media, the Internet and new advances in understanding how students learn, educators are beginning to appreciate the importance of breaking out of the classroom and into the wider world. There’s a growing understanding that learning should not just be preparation for life, but is actually “life itself.”
Is School Enough? documents vivid examples of where new modes of learning and engagement are taking hold and flourishing. Featuring nationally recognized educators and researchers, Stephen Brown’s powerful stories show that when students have the opportunity to explore real interests and problems, they step up and perform at the highest level. This new approach reaches motivated students as well as kids that educators call “the bright and bored,” helping these learners tune in rather than drop out.
Is School Enough? introduces parents, educators, and everyone passionate about learning to:
• Students in Maine who work with veterinary experts and digital apps to prepare a new home for a retired circus elephant.
• Young people worldwide who use the online Harry Potter Alliance to launch meaningful social justice initiatives.
• A curious and creative teen who crafts her own educational experience based on her passion for natural healing and yoga.
• A young man in Oakland who produces state-of-the-art music videos to engage his community—and himself.
Through the voices of these inspired students and America’s foremost education thought leaders, Is School Enough? provides insight into an essential new understanding of what education can be in the 21st century. Is School Enough? is the second in a series of programs about kids, digital media and education. The first program, Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century explores students claiming digital media as a means of connecting, communicating, creating, and learning, while interpreting its importance and providing a window into 21st-century education.
On 05/08/2013,
in art, Augmented Reality (AR), digital photography, photography,
by Daniel Christian
Trace what you see: The NeoLucida is the first portable Camera Lucida to be manufactured in nearly a century — from colossal.com by Christopher Jobson
.
On 05/07/2013,
in art, creativity, digital photography, digital storytelling, photography,
by Daniel Christian
.
.
.
.
On 02/25/2013,
in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, photography, relationships,
by Daniel Christian
Landscape photography: 10 beautiful examples — from creativebloq.com
Example:
On a Yellow Stripe Road by Vincent Piotrowski
From DSC:
This beautiful picture brings some scripture — Genesis 9:12-16 — to my mind:
12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”