January 10, 2005
Delicious Links
Daily links to art, education, media, and interdiciplinary connections from my
Del.icio.us shared links page.
Added later: More about Social Software, from Wikipedia.
Posted by Eleanor Ramsay at 03:56 PM
October 25, 2004
New Media and the Art Classroom
One of the strongest arguments for integrating new media tools in the art classroom is to encourage communication between educators and their students asynchronously -- across time and space -- through active use of portals, discussion boards and weblogs, which all encourage the exchange of ideas. The adage is that interactive web tools are at their best when they make things "easier, better, faster." How can new media facilitate the art educator? This is the question to ponder while exploring its use.
Other practical uses for new media are virtual galleries that bring students together across physical barriers, allow a public display of effort and can be useful for educators with fire-code restrictions that prevent the hanging of much student work in their schools. Courseware can both create a rich environment for distance learning and augment the physical classroom.
AEContent
"The art educators' virtual drop-in center" -- news, discussion, lessons, forums, galleries, private journals, weblinks
Massarted Online
courseware for the art education department
Additionally, new media also describes a genre of art. Nonlinear storytelling, code art, collaborative projects, installations, animation, illustration and experiential interfaces are all facilitated with new media tools.
Some examples: Digital Art Resources
a list of new media artists and projects, arranged by declarative statement.
At the Art and Technology Wiki
Feel free to contribute your own finds.
Posted by Eleanor Ramsay at 03:01 PM | Comments (0)
Tips for learning and using Movabletype
All of the active student weblogs have been moved to the new installation of Movabletype and spam blocking is active. Any student who wishes to explore keeping their own weblog contact Eleanor Ramsay and I will set you up.
Here are a few tips for using Movabletype:
Learning Movabletype
Tutorials and helpful hints
Movablestyle
Alternative styles for Movabletype weblogs (3.x and 2.x)
Neil's Weblog Templates
More templates and styles for Movabletype and Wordpress
Movabletype Knowledge Base
Wiki-based knowledgebase contributed to by experts
Movabletype Support Forums
At the movabletype website. Online and intergrated documentation is also available.
Posted by Eleanor Ramsay at 02:26 PM | Comments (0)
August 31, 2004
Movabletype 3.1
This new install is ready to be used by the MassArt MSAE Art Education students. During the next few days, this will replace the older weblog. Resources will be available for current MT users to import their weblogs into the new installation. Abandoned 2.x weblogs will not be upgraded and will be removed. Contact Eleanor Ramsay if you would like to particicapte in the art, education and new media discussion, or if you would like a weblog of your own.
Posted by Eleanor Ramsay at 11:35 PM | Comments (0)
July 18, 2004
Using wiki's and weblogs for collaboration
Massart's "Renewal, Support and Growth" Summer Intitutes are utilizing web-based collaborative tools such as the Art and Technology Wiki and AEContent to extend the course beyond the eight hour day and one week schedule. The wiki was chosen for its ease of use, and AEContent for its robust collaborative features. In addition, visiting artist/educator Kathy Douglas kept a nightly course journal of the first week that reflected on each day's proceedings. AEContent features documentary photographs of the art work and collaborative experience.
How can these tools extend this experience? Each participant in the summer institutes received instruction in AEContent and learned a bit about wiki's and online galleries. Will they find these resources useful when they return to the classroom this fall? How can AEContent and other web-based resources truly benefit art educators today? How, when exposing talented but not necessarily technically saavy educators and artists to new media tools, do we encourage them to go beyond the discovery phase and utilize these tools in their everyday classroom experience?
Posted by Eleanor Ramsay at 02:45 PM | Comments (0)
