April 2011:
Hear from analyst Ellen Wagner as she covers research showing the expansion of technology in higher education. Evolving expectations for digital skills for students and faculty require use of technology that have traditionally been used by art and design schools.
Also see:
The Future of Television and the Digital Living Room — from FastCompany.com by Mark Suster
Nobody can predict 100% what the future of television will be so I won’t pretend that I know the answers. But I do know that it will form a huge basis of the future of the Internet, how we consume media, how we communicate with friends, how we play games, and how we shop. Video will be inextricably linked to the future of the Internet and consumption between PCs, mobile devices, and TVs will merge. Note that I didn’t say there will be total “convergence”–but I believe the services will inter-operate.
The digital living room battle will take place over the next 5-10 years, not just the next 1-2. But with the introduction of Apple TV, Google TV, the Boxee Box, and other initiatives it’s clear that this battle will heat up in 2011. The following is not meant to be a deep dive but rather a framework for understanding the issues. This is where the digital media puck is going.
While we won’t get through all of this, here are some of the issues in the industry that I plan to bring up and ones I hope we’ll discuss tomorrow…
Zinio, NACS Media Solutions Partner to Create First Collegiate Digital Newsstand — from prnewswire.com
Newsstand will offer 3,000-plus digital magazines and books of interest to college students through web portal. Options available for college stores across U.S. who wish to share in revenue.
NEW YORK and OBERLIN, Ohio, July 12 /PRNewswire/ — Zinio, the world’s leader in digital publishing, technology, distribution, and services, and NACS Media Solutions (NMS), a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores (NACS), today announced a partnership to develop the first all-digital online newsstand directed specifically at the college market. Featuring 3,000-plus magazines and books suitable for reading through Zinio’s UNITY™ platform, which enables on-line or offline access on any PC, iPhone, iPad, and upcoming supported devices, the newsstand will break new ground by taking the world of reading to the platforms most popular with the Digital Generation.
The new collegiate digital newsstand, which will carry “Powered by Zinio” branding, will include a revenue-sharing arrangement for NACS members who wish to promote the site to their local college students. At a future point, Zinio and NMS anticipate developing private-label versions for NACS members who decide to deploy and promote their own digital newsstands.
Digital art: Cool tools for encouraging creativity — from isteconnects.org
Why do we care about arts in schools? Students who are encouraged to express themselves through a variety of mediums exhibit higher self-confidence and increased creativity. In a speech presented by Jerome Kagan, Ph.D. at the 2009 Johns Hopkins University Summit “Neuroeducation: Learning, Arts, and the Brain,” suggests that greater focus on general art programs in schools could drastically decrease student dropout rates.
For students tired of fiddling with crayons and watercolors or who want to move beyond playing tunes on the recorder, the Web provides a wealth of tools that allow students to express themselves in non-linguistic ways.
The National Gallery of Art hosts a kids art section where young people can build their own still life, learn about American Folk Art by creating panoramic landscape creations, and populate a Dutch “poppenhuis” with characters and scenes from well-known Dutch artists.
lder students my enjoy the Architect Studio 3D, from the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, a free tool where users can design and furnish a house. Or try The Graffiti Creator, which give an introduction to basic graffiti art styles and techniques and offers an easy interface for students to develop their own art without defacing property.
For students who may be interested in a career as a curator some day, Museum Box is a beautifully designed site that encourages students to create and share their own virtual collection of items gathered to build up an argument or describe an event, person or historical period. Boxes can hold test, images, sound, and even video. The site even offers a handy lesson guide for teachers.
The Web also offers a variety of sites that turn the computer keyboard into a digital production studio. JamStudio, probably the most popular web-based music creation site, makes it easy for novices to begin composing a musical masterpiece.
Visual Acoustics combines the familiarity of simple paint programs with the intricacy of musical production. Brushes, consisting of one of four instruments, are painted across the screen to play notes. Brushes can be built up to create complex musical visions.
Even very young kids can compose original pieces using Morton Subotnick’s Creating Music. Just draw a song using a virtual sketchpad and your song plays back in real time using a QuickTime interface.
