When working on your research poster, start with these judging criteria in mind. Those should guide your design decisions, based on the content you have to support them.
Here are some helpful poster design sites:
Swarthmore College This site includes a poster gallery on Flickr and various other visual examples, plus numerous handy links. I also like the irreverent voice in which the author writes about the poster sharing process.
University of Buffalo site has many links and a straightforward explanation of the process.
The Cain Project, at Rice University, also is well done.
Here are a few recommended by the WSUV Research Showcase site (although I'm not as excited about these):
"Creating Effective Poster Presentations: An Effective Poster."
by George Hess, Kathryn Tosney, and Leon Liegel
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/
A fairly detailed discussion about what a poster is meant to do and how to go about developing one.
"Communicating Your Research and Results Through a Poster Presentation."
by Duke University's Visible Thinking
http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/research/vt/postertips.html
An extremely effective discussion about creating posters, with examples and terrific suggestions. Practices what it preaches!
"Creating Posters for Humanities & Social Sciences."
by College of Arts and Sciences at Eastern Oregon University
http://www.eou.edu/crposter/
Another looks at developing posters, but specifically aimed at humanities and social sciences scholars. Web design is circa 1996.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
WSUV Research Showcase schedule
WSU Vancouver Research Showcase schedule
Thursday, April 15
9:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Highlighting Faculty and Student Research, Scholarship and Artistic Expression
All Showcase events are free and open to the public.
SCHEDULE:
9:00am-5:30pm Poster and Exhibit Viewing
Firstenburg Student Commons
12:00pm-1:00pm Keynote Address: Terry Oliver
“Innovation vs. Insulation—Energy Innovation in the
Pacific Northwest”
Administration Building, Room 129/130
2:00pm-3:00pm Engineering and Computer Science Open Labs
4:15pm-5:30pm Awards Ceremony and Reception
Firstenburg Student Commons
The 2010 Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award,
Library Research Excellence Award, Best Undergraduate and
Best Graduate Student Poster/Display Awards will be
announced and recognized.
6:00pm-8:45pm Undergraduate and Graduate Student History Research
Oral Presentations
Library, Room 240
Thursday, April 15
9:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Highlighting Faculty and Student Research, Scholarship and Artistic Expression
All Showcase events are free and open to the public.
SCHEDULE:
9:00am-5:30pm Poster and Exhibit Viewing
Firstenburg Student Commons
12:00pm-1:00pm Keynote Address: Terry Oliver
“Innovation vs. Insulation—Energy Innovation in the
Pacific Northwest”
Administration Building, Room 129/130
2:00pm-3:00pm Engineering and Computer Science Open Labs
4:15pm-5:30pm Awards Ceremony and Reception
Firstenburg Student Commons
The 2010 Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award,
Library Research Excellence Award, Best Undergraduate and
Best Graduate Student Poster/Display Awards will be
announced and recognized.
6:00pm-8:45pm Undergraduate and Graduate Student History Research
Oral Presentations
Library, Room 240
Friday, March 26, 2010
Follow-up notes from class on 3-24
Collective Intelligence:
Here is a link to the eye-opening Wired article about the writer who tried to disappear in today's ultra-connected America: Where is Evan Ratliff?
That piece inspired another set of runners, connected to the release of a new movie, called Repo Men:
"Last week, Wired, Universal Pictures, and Lone Shark Games launched an alternate reality game combined with a manhunt. It’s connected to the upcoming March 19 release of the movie Repo Men. In the futuristic movie, characters who have received replacement organs from “the Union” fall behind on payments have to go on the run from Repo Men. In the new game, four real people have gone on the run, and it is the job of the public to find them. Read More.
On American Idol as participatory culture:
Looking back at Jenkins' chapter on "Buying into American Idol," he doesn't make a specific connection between American Idol and participatory culture, but it does make sense to me, I think, as we talked about it in class. The voting certainly is participation, and by picking the people who advance, the voting certainly gets people involved in the "creation and circulation of new content." So in a broad sense, yes, it is. ... While rereading the AI chapter, I found this interesting paragraph, to further develop some of the discussions we had:
"Here's the paradox: to be desired by the networks is to have your tastes commodified. On the one hand, to be commodified expands a group's cultural visibility. Those groups that have no recognized economic value get ignored. That said, commodification is also a form of exploitation. Those groups that are commodified find themselves targeted more aggressively by marketers and often feel they have lost control over their own culture, since it is mass produced and mass marketed. One cannot help but have conflicted feelings because one doesn't want to go unrepresented, but one doesn't want to be exploited, either."
Here is a link to the eye-opening Wired article about the writer who tried to disappear in today's ultra-connected America: Where is Evan Ratliff?
That piece inspired another set of runners, connected to the release of a new movie, called Repo Men:
"Last week, Wired, Universal Pictures, and Lone Shark Games launched an alternate reality game combined with a manhunt. It’s connected to the upcoming March 19 release of the movie Repo Men. In the futuristic movie, characters who have received replacement organs from “the Union” fall behind on payments have to go on the run from Repo Men. In the new game, four real people have gone on the run, and it is the job of the public to find them. Read More.
On American Idol as participatory culture:
Looking back at Jenkins' chapter on "Buying into American Idol," he doesn't make a specific connection between American Idol and participatory culture, but it does make sense to me, I think, as we talked about it in class. The voting certainly is participation, and by picking the people who advance, the voting certainly gets people involved in the "creation and circulation of new content." So in a broad sense, yes, it is. ... While rereading the AI chapter, I found this interesting paragraph, to further develop some of the discussions we had:
"Here's the paradox: to be desired by the networks is to have your tastes commodified. On the one hand, to be commodified expands a group's cultural visibility. Those groups that have no recognized economic value get ignored. That said, commodification is also a form of exploitation. Those groups that are commodified find themselves targeted more aggressively by marketers and often feel they have lost control over their own culture, since it is mass produced and mass marketed. One cannot help but have conflicted feelings because one doesn't want to go unrepresented, but one doesn't want to be exploited, either."
Friday, March 12, 2010
Remediation and Jenkins
Starting a list here of material related to remediation and Jenkins
Tipped to this by Michael Wesch of KSU:
Tipped to this by classmate Terri Mason:
Sketches of the story, "Alien Vs. Pooh"
Mary Poppins, like you've never thought of her:
The Rum Tum Tugger, as visualized by Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Rum Tum Tugger music video
Tipped to this by Michael Wesch of KSU:
Tipped to this by classmate Terri Mason:
Sketches of the story, "Alien Vs. Pooh"
Mary Poppins, like you've never thought of her:
The Rum Tum Tugger, as visualized by Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Rum Tum Tugger music video
Experiments and instruments to conduct those
Let's all just wait until the next class meeting, March 24, to begin experimentation on our research projects. I would like to test the instruments that day, which will give you a chance to refine them, before using them on test subjects. If you think you need to get started before then, to meet your deadlines, then please let me take a look at the instruments you are using via email. That way you can have a sounding board outside of your group to highlight areas of concern.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Examples of remediation
From short children's book to feature-length movie:
"Where the Wild Things Are"
(Thanks to Linda Wylie)
From book to audio / textual presentation:
"V for Vendetta"
(Thanks to Shawn Kepfer)
Electronic Behavior Control System (clip mentioned on page 103 of the course pack):
From musical performance to video game:
The Beatles RockBand video game
Beatles RockBand trailer
(Thanks to Yasha Kehn)
From video game to video / animation:
BioShock bedtime story
Once Upon a Pixel Video Game, Bioshock | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com
(Thanks to Aaron May)
"Where the Wild Things Are"
(Thanks to Linda Wylie)
From book to audio / textual presentation:
"V for Vendetta"
(Thanks to Shawn Kepfer)
Electronic Behavior Control System (clip mentioned on page 103 of the course pack):
From musical performance to video game:
The Beatles RockBand video game
Beatles RockBand trailer
(Thanks to Yasha Kehn)
From video game to video / animation:
BioShock bedtime story
Once Upon a Pixel Video Game, Bioshock | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com
(Thanks to Aaron May)
Obama on health care reform
A look at language use by President Obama to discuss health care reform (starts about 3:00):
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Another great map resource
Google Earth pedagogies: Making the Most of Map Databases
From Viz. -- a Visual Rhetoric, Visual Culture and Pedagogy blog.
Forwarded to me by Dr. Rich Rice of Texas Tech University.
From Viz. -- a Visual Rhetoric, Visual Culture and Pedagogy blog.
Forwarded to me by Dr. Rich Rice of Texas Tech University.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
An example of a cellular hot spot map
Stumbled upon this map of Haiti cell coverage, which could be helpful to those working on a campus map of cellular hot spots. Thought I would share.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Avatar as Pocahontas
The mashup video by Randy Szuch:
CFV 426 - Avatar/Pocahontas Mashup FINAL VERSION from Randy Szuch on Vimeo.
Disaster coverage via mobile devices
Professor Sree Sreenivasan (@sreenet) of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and contributing editor at dnainfo.com discusses the impact of new media with Daljit Dhaliwal.
Video from just minutes after the quake, by a former music editor for The Source Magazine and Vibe, Erik Parker, who captured this on an iPhone and uploaded it to YouTube.
More from Parker:
Examples of traditional news operations responded to Haiti, through social media:
CNN's Tweet collection
Reuters list
Twitter's Haiti Feed
Global Voices Online -- "aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore."
Global Voices' coverage of Haiti
Global Voices' coverage of Chile
How an iPhone helped to save this American filmmaker's life:
Chile:
From the March 3 Washington Post:
"Authorities said hundreds of people are feared to have drowned. All told, the death toll in the quake stands at 795, with about 2 million people left homeless.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Santiago on Tuesday bearing satellite phones and the promise of extensive additional assistance."
From the Feb. 27 Huffington Post:
"The U.S. Geological Survey says eight Haitian cities and towns – including this capital of 3 million – suffered "violent" to "extreme" shaking in last month's 7-magnitude quake, which Haiti's government estimates killed some 220,000 people. Chile's death toll was in the hundreds.
By contrast, no Chilean urban area suffered more than "severe" shaking – the third most serious level – Saturday in its 8.8-magnitude disaster, by USGS measure. The quake was centered 200 miles (325 kms) away from Chile's capital and largest city, Santiago.
In terms of energy released at the epicenter, the Chilean quake was 501 times stronger. But energy dissipates rather quickly as distances grow from epicenters – and the ground beneath Port-au-Prince is less stable by comparison and "shakes like jelly," says University of Miami geologist Tim Dixon."
Video from just minutes after the quake, by a former music editor for The Source Magazine and Vibe, Erik Parker, who captured this on an iPhone and uploaded it to YouTube.
More from Parker:
Examples of traditional news operations responded to Haiti, through social media:
CNN's Tweet collection
Reuters list
Twitter's Haiti Feed
Global Voices Online -- "aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore."
Global Voices' coverage of Haiti
Global Voices' coverage of Chile
How an iPhone helped to save this American filmmaker's life:
Chile:
From the March 3 Washington Post:
"Authorities said hundreds of people are feared to have drowned. All told, the death toll in the quake stands at 795, with about 2 million people left homeless.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Santiago on Tuesday bearing satellite phones and the promise of extensive additional assistance."
From the Feb. 27 Huffington Post:
"The U.S. Geological Survey says eight Haitian cities and towns – including this capital of 3 million – suffered "violent" to "extreme" shaking in last month's 7-magnitude quake, which Haiti's government estimates killed some 220,000 people. Chile's death toll was in the hundreds.
By contrast, no Chilean urban area suffered more than "severe" shaking – the third most serious level – Saturday in its 8.8-magnitude disaster, by USGS measure. The quake was centered 200 miles (325 kms) away from Chile's capital and largest city, Santiago.
In terms of energy released at the epicenter, the Chilean quake was 501 times stronger. But energy dissipates rather quickly as distances grow from epicenters – and the ground beneath Port-au-Prince is less stable by comparison and "shakes like jelly," says University of Miami geologist Tim Dixon."
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Nazi rhetoric and remediation
This clip from the film "Downfall" has generated many remediated parodies on a variety of topics, including the Apple Cup in 2008, right after the Cougs surprise victory (which made them only the second worst team in college football history); if you are a Cougar fan, I think you'll find this to be quite clever:
Another remediation example relating to Nazis; see visual references to "Triumph of the Will" (as well as Busby Berkeley). ... From Mel Brooks' "The Producers." The two main characters in this piece try to oversell shares in a Broadway musical as part of a scam. The show is supposed to be so bad that it will close immediately, and the guys can skip town with the investors' money. But they need a piece that absolutely will flop. They think they find the perfect script: "Springtime for Hitler."
Here are some examples from the political / commentary sector:
From Columbian.com (Aug. 6, 2009):
"Over 10 years in Congress, U.S. Rep. Brian Baird has stayed tethered to his district, flying back to Southwest Washington for more than 300 sometimes-bruising town hall meetings during Congressional recesses.
But this year, he's literally decided to phone it in.
Instead of appearing in person, where "extremists" would have "the chance to shout and make YouTube videos," Baird said Wednesday, he's holding what he calls "telephone town halls" instead.
Baird said he's using the new system because he fears his political opponents may be planning "an ambush" to disrupt his meetings, using methods Baird compared to Nazism.
"What we're seeing right now is close to Brown Shirt tactics," Baird, D-Vancouver, said in a phone interview. "I mean that very seriously."
Another remediation example relating to Nazis; see visual references to "Triumph of the Will" (as well as Busby Berkeley). ... From Mel Brooks' "The Producers." The two main characters in this piece try to oversell shares in a Broadway musical as part of a scam. The show is supposed to be so bad that it will close immediately, and the guys can skip town with the investors' money. But they need a piece that absolutely will flop. They think they find the perfect script: "Springtime for Hitler."
Here are some examples from the political / commentary sector:
From Columbian.com (Aug. 6, 2009):
"Over 10 years in Congress, U.S. Rep. Brian Baird has stayed tethered to his district, flying back to Southwest Washington for more than 300 sometimes-bruising town hall meetings during Congressional recesses.
But this year, he's literally decided to phone it in.
Instead of appearing in person, where "extremists" would have "the chance to shout and make YouTube videos," Baird said Wednesday, he's holding what he calls "telephone town halls" instead.
Baird said he's using the new system because he fears his political opponents may be planning "an ambush" to disrupt his meetings, using methods Baird compared to Nazism.
"What we're seeing right now is close to Brown Shirt tactics," Baird, D-Vancouver, said in a phone interview. "I mean that very seriously."
"Star Wars Uncut"
"You and 472 other people have the chance to recreate Star Wars: A New Hope. Below is the entire movie split up into 15 second clips. Click on one of the scenes to claim it, film it, and upload it. You can have up to three scenes! When we're all done, we'll stitch it all together and watch the magic happen."
"Star Wars Uncut"
An example of both remediation and participatory culture, which we will discuss later in Jenkins --
What's your favorite scene so far? Why?
"Star Wars Uncut"
An example of both remediation and participatory culture, which we will discuss later in Jenkins --
Star Wars: Uncut Trailer from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.
What's your favorite scene so far? Why?
Monday, February 22, 2010
Schell on "experience design" in games
Jesse Schell has taught game design and led research projects at Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center since 2002. His recent talk at the DICE conference covers a lot of ground, offering fascinating insights into the future of gaming, technology business models and, in particular, "experience gaming," or games that mix with the real world.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Ways in which mobile technology is changing us
A few examples of how mobile technology has opened up new ways in which we can experience the world:
Amsterdam RealTime, collected over two months in 2002; click on "view map"
Kim Possible, a new attraction at Disney World that incorporates mobile technology.
Cell Stories, a daily story delivered to cell phones ... and only cell phones.
23rd and Union, a locative experience based on a particularly interesting street corner in Seattle.
Parallel Kingdom, a mobile location based massively multiplayer game that uses your GPS location to place you in a virtual world on top of the real world.
Also, mobile technology can subvert media and government monoliths:
This footage, shot with a mobile phone, of a young woman in Iran, Neda Salehi, protesting the questionable elections there in June of 2009:
Her death, but also this footage, turned her into a martyr around which the Iranians have rallied for dramatic changes in their government.
Technology on the way:
Look past the thin surface of this video promo piece for mixed reality, and what do you see?
And this sort of research is being done at the University of Washington, by Babak Parviz, with computer-enhanced contact lenses:
Amsterdam RealTime, collected over two months in 2002; click on "view map"
Kim Possible, a new attraction at Disney World that incorporates mobile technology.
Cell Stories, a daily story delivered to cell phones ... and only cell phones.
23rd and Union, a locative experience based on a particularly interesting street corner in Seattle.
Parallel Kingdom, a mobile location based massively multiplayer game that uses your GPS location to place you in a virtual world on top of the real world.
Also, mobile technology can subvert media and government monoliths:
This footage, shot with a mobile phone, of a young woman in Iran, Neda Salehi, protesting the questionable elections there in June of 2009:
Her death, but also this footage, turned her into a martyr around which the Iranians have rallied for dramatic changes in their government.
Technology on the way:
Look past the thin surface of this video promo piece for mixed reality, and what do you see?
And this sort of research is being done at the University of Washington, by Babak Parviz, with computer-enhanced contact lenses:
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Hyper Augmented Reality -- The Nightmare
When commercialism and technology combine in bad ways:
Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Students helping students -- Think about it. What can you do?
New video produced by Michael Wesch, a national professor of the year, and students of Kansas State:
"Created by the Spring 2010 Class of Digital Ethnography to get the word out about K-State Proud, an organization that helps students help students."
"Created by the Spring 2010 Class of Digital Ethnography to get the word out about K-State Proud, an organization that helps students help students."
Sunday, February 7, 2010
WSUV research showcase
Read all about it, here!
First step is to create the abstract.
"Abstract Submission Guidelines
Abstracts should be no more than 250 words, and should include the following elements:
Purpose of project and goals/objectives
Brief project description
Approach/Methodology
Results (if appropriate)
Significance/Implications
Submit your abstract through the online Submission Form. Submission deadline is March 1 by 5 p.m."
You group will need to send me a copy of this draft abstract by Feb. 17 to earn your Prompt 1 points. Please send that to brett.oppegaard@gmail.com, with all of the names of your team members.
First step is to create the abstract.
"Abstract Submission Guidelines
Abstracts should be no more than 250 words, and should include the following elements:
Purpose of project and goals/objectives
Brief project description
Approach/Methodology
Results (if appropriate)
Significance/Implications
Submit your abstract through the online Submission Form. Submission deadline is March 1 by 5 p.m."
You group will need to send me a copy of this draft abstract by Feb. 17 to earn your Prompt 1 points. Please send that to brett.oppegaard@gmail.com, with all of the names of your team members.
Censorship of Snow White, use of the word "retard," offensive poster at Kelso High?
It has been a busy week for symbol-analytic discussions in the Northwest, related to topics relevant to our class.
Here are a couple of links we will talk about Wednesday:
Kirkland Elementary alters Snow White
Rahm Emanuel / Rush Limbaugh using the word "retarded"
Limbaugh: “Our political correct society is acting like some giant insult’s taken place by calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards,” Rush said, adding that Rahm’s meeting yesterday with advocates for the mentally handicapped was a “retard summit at the White House.”
Palin responds
Washington Post column on the term "retardation"
Poster in Kelso gym sends wrong message?
Response from the Longview Daily News
Here are a couple of links we will talk about Wednesday:
Kirkland Elementary alters Snow White
Rahm Emanuel / Rush Limbaugh using the word "retarded"
Limbaugh: “Our political correct society is acting like some giant insult’s taken place by calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards,” Rush said, adding that Rahm’s meeting yesterday with advocates for the mentally handicapped was a “retard summit at the White House.”
Palin responds
Washington Post column on the term "retardation"
Poster in Kelso gym sends wrong message?
Response from the Longview Daily News
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