Archive for March, 2008
« Previous Entries Sunday, March 30th, 2008Form and narrative
Reading Gonzalo Frasca’s article about ludology/video game theory, “Simulation versus Narrative,” really has me taking a look at how I use form and narrative in my own teaching and writing. As an undergrad art history major, I loved looking at form. I really liked artists like O’Keefe and Pollock and Rothko for their color, line [...]
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Genre Trouble
This week I have been exploring the science fiction genre “Steampunk” reading the work available on the genre, viewing a presentation from a Stanford scholar on the subject, and skimming some of the texts that have been included in Steampunk as a genre. However, despite the extremely small amount of work written on the genre [...]
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008The Business of Building Management, Not Education
The StarTribune has a interesting article on the classroom as a contested space. ”EdCampus will offer state-of-the-art technology, never seen before in post-secondary education.” So says the mayor of Chaska, Minnesota, where this campus composed of education shells will be built. Shells imply this neutral space that become charged with the content that is placed within the shell. [...]
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Do You Really Need a Video Camera in Your Cell Phone?
I’ve had a number of discussions with my roommates this week regarding the frivolous features on many cellphones. In particular, one of my roommate’s cell phones is always breaking-down because of an issue with the video camera in the phone. We talked about how it’s impossible to get a new phone that is just a [...]
Monday, March 24th, 2008“Quilting Follows Knitting as Trendy Craft”
http://post-journal.com/articles.asp?articleID=25957 Nels, Thought you might find this article interesting.
Monday, March 24th, 2008Video game theory and quilting
I’ve begun reading Wolf and Perron’s “The Video Game Theory Reader.” A woman I know who does video game and film studies had high praise for the book, but I must admit that before I started reading, I was skeptical to say the least. What possible relevance could video game theory have for a study [...]
Monday, March 24th, 2008Copyright
interesting talk by Lessig (http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/).
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Classrooms and Learning
What do we think when we think about a classroom. A classroom is a physical place, where the seemingly transparent act of learning takes place. We may think of a classroom as a neutral place for learning to occur. A classroom, whether at the primary or university level are charged spaces that represent complex social [...]
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Music as an Utility?
This recent article “Apple Mulls Unlimited Music Bundle” discusses how Apple is considering allowing media player consumers access to unlimited amounts of music for the life of their media player for an upfront premium of $100 (for the i-pod) or low monthly subscription fees for the i-phone. Apple would then give a portion of this [...]
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Two visions of sewing technology
“If quilters are misunderstood, their use of computers is even more so. What possible use can an appliance that was born of the need to chart the distance between the earth and the moon have for people who spend their time sewing centuries-old pineapple designs onto fabric.” — Judy Heim and Gloria Hansen, “Help! There’s [...]
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