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Length of music intros
Design is more than graphic. Design is about controlling the experience of your audience. There are many forces that influence whether a creation is embraced by the public. Following is an interesting 30 minute video by Jay Franks (FutureHit.DNA) on Indie Connect Magazine covering how the internet is changing the way people find music, and…
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Obama gives some love to Community Colleges
I was glad to see President Obama showing some recognition, and support, to community colleges this week. Community Colleges are an affordable way for workers and students to retool in a down economy and are a real treasure in the community. Peter Nicholas (LA Times), reports that “with unemployment continuing to climb, President Obama on…
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Inside IDEO
Inside IDEO is an outstanding overview of the design process using PBCL principles.
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Gordy Hoffman Workshop
Workshop: Screen writing with Gordy Hoffman April 19, 2009 as part of the Nashville Film Festival The following notes and exercises were taken from the workshop in the order experienced (more or less) Exercises For five minutes, describe your movie idea For two minutes, write the toughest scene Write three scenes that will be in…
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The makinglearningreal.org is live
I wanted to take this opportunity to let everyone know about a project that I and a group of NSCC faculty, administrators, and students have been working on. One application of critical thinking teaching modalities in the classroom is through the PBCL model (Problem-based Case Learning). This method creates a partnership between faculty, students, and…
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Free education anyone?
The following article appeared in the NY Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/education/26university.html?_r=1. The web is certainly changing things. Learning objects are everywhere on the web. The educators of the future will be curriculum designers, advisers, learning object creators, learning object aggregaters, assessment specialists, and provide some sort of gateway or certification process to assure industry that employees are…
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