Museum 2.0: What is Museum 2.0?
A friend of mine sent me the link to this museum 2.0 blog because she knew I had an interest in web 2.0 tools. She also knows that the Augusta T. Kolwych Library, in which I work, exhibits local and student art.
Nina Simon is the writer and creator of this blog. She has granted me permission to post a link here. I hope to use the blog as an inspiration for creatively promoting our library exhibits. Perhaps it will also enlighten our college art students and faculty to the possibilities of artistic expression using web 2.0 tools.
You will find many more uses for the museum 2.0 blog than the two I mention. Nina has linked and explored a variety of web 2.0 applications and technology topics.
Included are posts on: marketing, interactives, design, storytelling, professional development, technology tools, virtual worlds and unusual projects.
I have to go now I want to finish her article on geocaching (a GPS-based scavenger hunt).
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
iTunes U May Be My Achille's Heel
You may find it shocking that I have not used my cell phone for anything but calling other people. It is a dead giveaway that I'm old. When I bought my cell phone I told the sales assistant that I just wanted my phone to be a phone. My cell phone does not need to take pictures or record video. I do not want to surf the Internet with it. I have my PC, my Canon and my Flip camcorder to do these things. Believe me I know how this looks. I'm OK with being older.
I know that using a different digital device for different activities marks me as a PCer. I don't mind. I am proud to be from the PCer generation. I like taking things one step at a time. I am content. I have resisted the glitz and glamor of multi-tasking. I am too wise to the marketing trades to be seduced into purchasing a fancy multi-faceted phone that would affect my supreme powers of focus and concentration.
Well, at least I was until now. iTunes or Apple may have found my Achilles heel- the MoMA, university lectures and documentaries. I am talking about the new free content that one may access through iTunes U (University). According to the advertisement they sent out I can have access to my favorite subjects and art anywhere I go- for free!
Now this marks me as a nerd and being older. Yet there may be hope. Here is what they say about iTunes U.
"iTunes U in the iTunes Store offers free audio and video content from top universities, famous museums, public media stations, and other cultural institutions. So whether you want to learn from the world’s leading thinkers, get a sneak peek at the latest MoMA exhibition, or simply brush up on your Spanish, iTunes U makes it easy." -Apple Website. Watch the tutorial to see all that it offers.
Maybe I'll go out today and get an iPhone just for this service alone. I can indulge in my nerdy ways and maybe look a little younger too. Nobody needs to know I'm checking out iTunes U instead of sussing out iTunes indie rock. I'll let you know if having an iPhone makes me look any younger. Even if it doesn't, I think iTunes U will keep me too occupied to notice.
I know that using a different digital device for different activities marks me as a PCer. I don't mind. I am proud to be from the PCer generation. I like taking things one step at a time. I am content. I have resisted the glitz and glamor of multi-tasking. I am too wise to the marketing trades to be seduced into purchasing a fancy multi-faceted phone that would affect my supreme powers of focus and concentration.
Well, at least I was until now. iTunes or Apple may have found my Achilles heel- the MoMA, university lectures and documentaries. I am talking about the new free content that one may access through iTunes U (University). According to the advertisement they sent out I can have access to my favorite subjects and art anywhere I go- for free!
Now this marks me as a nerd and being older. Yet there may be hope. Here is what they say about iTunes U.
"iTunes U in the iTunes Store offers free audio and video content from top universities, famous museums, public media stations, and other cultural institutions. So whether you want to learn from the world’s leading thinkers, get a sneak peek at the latest MoMA exhibition, or simply brush up on your Spanish, iTunes U makes it easy." -Apple Website. Watch the tutorial to see all that it offers.
Maybe I'll go out today and get an iPhone just for this service alone. I can indulge in my nerdy ways and maybe look a little younger too. Nobody needs to know I'm checking out iTunes U instead of sussing out iTunes indie rock. I'll let you know if having an iPhone makes me look any younger. Even if it doesn't, I think iTunes U will keep me too occupied to notice.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Chattanooga Summer Reading Program and 2.0 Technology
So what does the Chattanooga Summer Reading Program video below have to do with web 2.0 technology? Besides the obvious fact that I used a digital camcorder, web 2.0 video editing software and posted it on the Internet with aol.com. Well, it is going to help me point out important facts about the use of technology and posting on the Internet.
First, it points out that a tool is a tool and it is the content of your message that makes 2.0 technology valuable. My video on the program's grand finale event showcases the volunteers, the library staff, the businesses and the families that made the event successful. The content within the video makes it valuable on many levels.
Next, it lets me point out that individuals should be responsible in creating and posting their work. It may be a public event you are recording but ask permissions before videoing closeups of people. You can video crowd scenes if you do it at a given distance and employee techniques that protect privacy. No names or personal information is given here.The children shown include my own child and those of friends. I asked their permission before videoing my friend's children. Parents of other children seen in close ups have signed permission slips provided by the library.
You can also protect personal privacy of your subjects with different techniques. The special effects used in this video keep the images moving quickly so identification is difficult. The close ups are of volunteers and library staff who understood they may be photographed. By focusing on them and less on the crowd I am able to produce an entertaining and informative video without violating privacy. You might also note that I shot the footage facing the voluteers with only the backs and some side glimpses of the crowd.
Another way privacy is protected happens through compression of the video. The low resolution that aol.com and other posting sites use have to do with the compression of video as it is uploaded. Low resolution softens the facial features enough to make identification slightly blurred.
So having said all of this, here is my digital documentation of this years summer reading grand finale. Temporarily posted of course. A hard copy will be given to the library.
First, it points out that a tool is a tool and it is the content of your message that makes 2.0 technology valuable. My video on the program's grand finale event showcases the volunteers, the library staff, the businesses and the families that made the event successful. The content within the video makes it valuable on many levels.
Next, it lets me point out that individuals should be responsible in creating and posting their work. It may be a public event you are recording but ask permissions before videoing closeups of people. You can video crowd scenes if you do it at a given distance and employee techniques that protect privacy. No names or personal information is given here.The children shown include my own child and those of friends. I asked their permission before videoing my friend's children. Parents of other children seen in close ups have signed permission slips provided by the library.
You can also protect personal privacy of your subjects with different techniques. The special effects used in this video keep the images moving quickly so identification is difficult. The close ups are of volunteers and library staff who understood they may be photographed. By focusing on them and less on the crowd I am able to produce an entertaining and informative video without violating privacy. You might also note that I shot the footage facing the voluteers with only the backs and some side glimpses of the crowd.
Another way privacy is protected happens through compression of the video. The low resolution that aol.com and other posting sites use have to do with the compression of video as it is uploaded. Low resolution softens the facial features enough to make identification slightly blurred.
So having said all of this, here is my digital documentation of this years summer reading grand finale. Temporarily posted of course. A hard copy will be given to the library.
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