8_1 Stop Motion

7_2 Sound observation

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html

As I was observing at the restaurants I recorded sounds from, at the first place I did the recording you hear lots of conversation and was a vibrant environment. But when I listened to the second recording from a different restaurant, you can clearly hear the music that was playing in the background. As I re-listened to this recording, I remember seeing lot of couples that would have a short conversation and go back to looking at their phones. Although it was an off time for dinner, it was still a busy restaurant, so it made me remember how technology has a bad influence on our society. 

When I heard the different sounds from space (from the podcast and from NASA), it was so fascinating to think about how "life" / sound exists outside of our planet. It is amazing to think about how those devices are made to collect samples and travel uncountable amount of miles to travel to their destinations. I think it will be interesting to have students think of different places we might not consider hearing interesting sounds from. Or have students create what they think outer space may sound like. 

7_1 Sound; The Pulse of the Human Experience

The Pulse of the Human Experience

For this Sound assignment, Stephanie and I decided to work together. As people, we eat about three times a day if not more. Especially combined with living in the city, we often go out to cafes, restaurants, take out spots to grab food to go or sit down and dine with friends. We decided to make recordings of these everyday spaces. Turns out that there always so much going out around us. Typically, I’m just focused on my own food or my conversation with friends, but there are many conversations all around us. Inspired by the NPR podcast, Regina downloaded a bunch of space noises from the NASA website to incorporate a more structured beat that is very much related to the human existence. In audacity, we cropped down our clips from eating establishments, then layered them with the space noises which were more rhythmic. We utilized “Studio Fade Out” to make them sound somewhat more pleasant together. Towards the end of clip, the noises from the restaurants fade away, leaving just the beeping of our galaxy.

Moving from chaos to tranquility, we have created a multisensory experience from which we begin fully emerged in the commotion of daily life and slowly zoom out to a panoramic shot of our universe.

6_3 Impact 25

I worked with Seung, we documented our #impact25 on Instagram. You can see all the images on Instagram, by searching impactme25. Give us a follow! 

6_2 Potential of Video

http://libertycitys.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dj-khaled-snapchat.jpg

The potential of video is limitless. It is one of the best ways of storytelling. With the popularity of applications/ social media that uses video, like snapchat and vine, the younger age groups are more knowledgeable and comfortable using video as a creative outlet. Using these popular applications, educators can connect with the students and know what their creative interests are.

Video is also a great way for students to collaborative. It takes a writer, videographer, actors, producers, and editors to make a video. It gives options for students to choose what their roles are in the video making process. So if a student is not comfortable using a camera to film, but he/she is a great writer, they can write the script. The collaborative environment of making a video also can help students interact with other students and understand how to 'compromise' within a group that may have different ideas among the students.

6_1 Video creative assignment Part 2

6_1 Creative assignment Part 1: template

5_3 Reading Take-aways

1. In a sense, everything we do is a "remix" of something. Does that mean we need to be more like a "pre-existing" elements and be original?

2. Being able to think outside-of-the-box on simple words like "writing". When you are "remixing" you are expressing your ideas/thoughts...simply put telling a story. And you write to tell a story. For my generation, like the article states, writing includes a pen and paper and physically writing with text. But by producing  images, sound, and video you are telling a story, just in a technologically advanced way. For example, one of the popular social media application is Snapchat. Kids are using Snapchat to "write" a story and express their ideas.

3. Creating serviceware mashup section reminded me how remixing is changing material to create something new. Mashup in a way helped create jobs like UI and UX designers.

5_2 Potentials of Scanography

Scanography from class
Stephanie, Dahye, & Regina

Scanography introduces the idea of "taking" pictures without a camera. So if a classroom is limited on camera or doesn't have a camera, it allows students to explore the idea of camera-less photography. It is one the basics of computer technology and image manipulation. With different techniques, you can manipulate how the images are produced. Students can explore different depths by placing the objects closer or further away from the scanner bed. They can also play with the idea of motion and how different motions/ movement of the objects change the images. Additionally, scanography help tells a story and help ideas come to life, visually. The potential of endless compositions and designs can change that story or idea or even create a new idea.  

5_1 Scanography

Digital Steward: Scanography

Digital Photography and Connections to Children 4_3

1. Children see the world in a different perspective: They are open and free to take pictures without having to worry about composition or follow the rule of thirds. They are not worried about taking the ‘right’ picture to post on Instagram or any other social media (unless they are little older and have those accounts). This allows them to freely take pictures of their interests and allows people to see different perspectives (figuratively and literally). 

2. Children want to explore/ experiment: Digital photography doesn't set a limit on how many pictures you can take. It also allows mistakes to happen without fear of destroying their artwork. The unlimited potential allows children to explore different ideas at once (also in a short amount of time) without having to stop in the middle of a photograph exercise. 

3. Children are storytellers. Digital photography gives children the opportunity to tell a story in a way paintings and drawings cannot. It could be frustrating to children to depict something they want to say/ show via painting if they fear of getting something wrong in the process. But digital photography allows them to set-up an idea via still life or staging friends into poses to convey their ideas. 

Current status of Impact 25 4_2

I am working with Seung and we came up with some ideas that involve the use of Instagram.

1. What is technology? What does technology mean to you?: We can have people draw pictures relating to the questions above and upload them to the Instagram account. The pictures that people will draw will be something simple. It can a simple symbol, icon, or just words that relate/represent/connect to technology. We will provide colored pencils, markers, etc. to have people draw with.

2. Communicating with people through public technology: This project is inspired by (http://fromkeetra.com/tiny-public-plaques/). There are so many technologies in the public. We can create small stickers to put on the public technologies and put a small note on these stickers to communicate with the people. These small notes can be just simple questions or a short survey for people. Inspiration:
3. What kind of technology you wish/want to have. An idea of making a "take-what-you-need" flyer to post around campus/ surrounding areas. For the part people tear to take what they need, we can put fantastical technology or even vintage technology we would like to bring back. Track which technologies were taken and document.

Furthering Growth 4_1

Continuing the 'growth' of the image taken in class.

Concept 1: Find other images with buildings covered in ivy/plants and make a fantastical architecture. 

Concept 2: Go on Instagram and search the hashtag #ivycoveredbuilding and make a collage of the photos that were posted publicly.




Outcome of Concept 1: