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WordPress For Artists: An Introduction

July 18, 2010

Introduction

Modern day artists who use the web to either make their art or promote it often have to use a variety of tools to sustain and grow their ‘making’. With the advent of easier and faster ways to develop content for the web (whether that’s a simple ‘portfolio’ web site or a place to upload [...]

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12 Starting Points For New Media/Arts Educators

April 30, 2010

Tagged as: Collective Intelligence, Distributed Cognition, education, Knowledge Management, Problem solving

As an educator, I try to integrate these 12 points into the majority of projects I engage kids with while working at MACSD’s Youth Media Camps. Whether it’s setting up youth blog networks, collaboratively developing stories for film or making comic books each lesson or project poses many opportunities to bring one of these points [...]

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The Best Media Made from MACSD’s Spring Break Media Camps

April 14, 2010

Media Making Galore!We made A LOT of media these past two weeks during our Spring Break Media Camp.
Here's the numbers:

over 300 photos taken
39 short movies and interviews
12 kids
10 photo slideshows
6 websites
5 ice cream cones eaten after a grumpy afternoon
3 assistant instructors
3 PDF comic books
1 daily webcast
1 collaborative movie
1 spontaneous sing-along to Wierd Al [...]

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FabLabSD.org Launches!

March 16, 2010

Tagged as: collaboration, fab lab, FabLabSD, Thesis, web design, Wordpress

This is a new project I’ve been working on in parallel with my work at MACSD’s DIY New Media Lab. Also in start-up mode, the San Diego FabLab is “an advanced digital design and fabrication laboratory that allows community members access to high-tech tools in order to actualize ideas through design and fabrication”.
Aside from developing [...]

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What I’ve Been Up to at the San Diego Latino Film Festival

March 14, 2010

These are pictures taken during the past 3 days of the festival so far. Last night was a highlight for me as I had 5 teens to help me out. We had a webcam set up in the lobby streaming to the internet which we were able to stream back in to our video mixer [...]

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Anatomy of a Community Communications Center

March 5, 2010

This is still a favorite of mine. (via Jason Daniels)
Posted via email from Media Arts Center San Diego’s DIY New Media Lab

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SHARE.SD at Media Arts Center San Diego

February 16, 2010

I’ve recently started work as a Program Manager at Media Arts Center San Diego. Our DIY New Media Lab now hosts the San Diego node of SHARE. Keep up with the latest happenings on our Lab blog.

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Awesome Resources for Community Media, Arts and Technology Practitioners

January 29, 2010

Tagged as: Arts, Business, community media, management, media arts, non-profit, Project management, technology, web development

Looking for some cool resources for working with media arts, technology and community?
check it:

Web Development & Online Community Management
Community & Digital Media Development
Community Networking & Organizing
Volunteer Management
Technology Planning
Assistive Technology Support
Fundraising
Outreach, Marketing and Promotion
Project Management
Event Planning/Management

(via Digital Arts Service Corps)
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Projections on 25th, Live Photoshop Tennis and Cubees

January 22, 2010

Tagged as: MACSD, Photoshop

Unfortunately, we had a small turn out for our second DIY New Media Session of the month. Since our workshop was small, I switched it up and decided to moderate a ‘live Photoshop Tennis’ match. We also left the video projection screen up to project videos on to the sidewalk of 25th St.
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Come Join Me for Weekly DIY New Media Sessions in Golden Hill

January 12, 2010

This is a Press Release I just finished for MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO’s DIY New Media Sessions. I’m pretty excited about it. Tomorrow (at 6pm) we’re hosting the (re)Inaguration of SHARE San Diego. Download the press release for upcoming sessions.

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A Reflection on My Time With CuriousWorks

January 6, 2010

Tagged as: Australia, CuriousWorks, Western Australia, youth

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I’ve always been afraid of two things – bodies of water (in which I cannot see the bottom) and heights. At 7, I was stung by a jellyfish while swimming. That same year, I fell off a rock face and into a crevice of fresh lava rock, gouging and slicing my flesh as I [...]

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Homework Assignment For Educators Working with Indigenous Communities

October 18, 2009

Tagged as: education, indigenous

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On my first day of teaching classes at Newman Senior High School, I came across an educators’ handbook for working with Aboriginal and indigenous communities. These were some of the questions asked in the assignment:

What is the name of the traditional Indigenous custodians of the land where you are?
What languages did they speak?
Where did [...]

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Day at the Newman Neighbourhood Centre, Brainstorming Video Ideas

September 28, 2009

Tagged as: brainstorming, filming, kids, Newman

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Today was a blast. I got to sit in on a session with Elias at the local community centre where Elias has been teaching during the holiday film week. I got to have a great overview of a brainstorming session between about 15 kids ranging from 9 – 15 years old.
Today, we covered brainstorming, production [...]

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Departing For Newman, Australia

September 26, 2009

Tagged as: Australia, Newman, travel

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> The adventure for this Curious Worker begins. Will be in flight for > the next 8 hours as I fly out to Newman, Australia.
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> Yeehaw!
Posted via email from Memeshift’s posterous

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Curious Works, Day 2: The Plan for the Next 6 Weeks and a Late Afternoon Tour of the Office Loft in Sydney

September 24, 2009

Tagged as: Australia, CuriousWorks, Sydney

Today I set a game plan with Shakthi on how we're going to tackle the next 6 weeks in the Pilbara. I'll need to:

develop/find/improve on some curriculum for 'object-based storytelling'
develop/find/improve on curriculum to introduce the 'craft' of working with audio and photography
develop online social network strategy for cultural leaders in the Pilbara

For the [...]

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