Content:
Basic instruction in Alternative Photographic Processes ie. Polaroid lifts and transfers, Cyanotype printmaking, pinhole camera, possibly liquid emulsion?

Intended use:
To use simple, accessible multimedia technology to efficiently teach the foundation skills of Alternative Photographic Processes.

Audience/rationale for context:
The target audience is diverse. Young adults and up, amateur photographers as well as professionals who would like to learn new processes and applications for their work. This tool could be used by an art teacher to teach these processes to their students, however this would not be the specific target audience. Teachers know their students and will know best how to incorporate this resource into their lesson plan. Keeping my tool simple allows for its creative application. The new media technologies available through the internet have created a vast audience for peer to peer education. This strategy allows the greatest number to access these skills and apply them in new and varied ways. To be more specific, the audience would be English speaking, however the images and films would be universal. The text and narration would be composed so that it can be clearly understood, and easily translated should the demand arise.

Rationale:
My rationale for the creation and application of this tool is inspired by my belief that any subject, especially art, requires not merely the transfer of information, but the transfer of the passion for that subject. In my case it is a passion for Photography. I feel that this concept is best expressed by William Butler Yeats belief that “Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” Because of my specialized education I feel qualified to teach this subject, but I am also capable of inspiring others to a similar passion for photography. Although much of this information is currently available on the web, it is scattered and too informally presented to be used efficiently. I wish to create one central resource for learning Alternative Photographic Processes. I hope that in the same way that silk screening has inspired people to share their art on their clothing, a common knowledge of Polaroid transfer etc. will inspire photographers to share their art on unexpected and surprising surfaces (printing a photograph on window glass, or making a camera from basic household materials). And its fun.

Rationale for Content:
I will include a complete and integrated description of each process. This will consist of a number of parts. A textual overview, materials, procedure, examples, as well as a short video or videos demonstrating each technique redundantly. Additionally, there will be numerous photos and illustrations in order to visually demonstrate technique and process. Aiding all this will be a running narration over each video. Finally there will be a short gallery of completed projects in order to inspire learners. There will not be a comments section or any forum for discussion on this website. It is not meant to be a blog and although such forums would ideally create peer to peer education, it has been clearly demonstrated that they instead foster negative and counterproductive interactions.

Process:
1. List all of the components I want to include in this website and continue research on this topic.
2. Map out the layout and design of the website, number of pages, processes, estimate amount of material for each, hyperlinks?
(a). Refamiliarize myself with dreamweaver and editing software.
(b). Begin programming.
3. Buy materials for processes.
4. Schedule time to film and document processes.
5. acquire and test necessary equipment and technology.
6. Test processes, before filming.
7. Write text and narration.
8. Film processes.
9. Assemble website
10. Finish Programming
11. Connect to existing current personal website or purchase domain registration.
12. beta testing, editing, debug and launch.

Technical Choices:
I will use Dreamweaver to create the website, GoDaddy to host, Microsoft Word to write text, a Canon G10 to film / document the processes. iMovie or FinalCut Pro to edit the video. Photoshop to edit the photos.

Take a listen at: http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2009-09-22/technology-and-21st-century-diplomacy

Foto Week is going on this week and there are lots of cool gallery shows and phtoography talks.  Even some at Corcoran.

Here is the link:

http://www.fotoweekdc.org/

The needles I find:

1. Digital Art Education: For Art Educators Who Teach Imagmaking and Design Using Computers.

Link: http://digitalarted.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-useful-book-digital-painting-in.html

-       Anne Pfeiffer is a high school art /computer graphics teacher in Virginia who created a blog for her peers teaching digital art. On her blog you can find quite a few examples of her students images, as well as useful links to other relevant digital media websites.

1. Art Education 2.0: Using New Technology in Art Classrooms.

Link: http://arted20.ning.com/

-       This website is a social networking site for arts educators using new technology. This site allows teachers to share their student’s work and connect with each other. There are lots of great images posted however, most of them are not digital media.

1. The Lens: A Network for Student Photographers.

Link: http://studentphoto.ning.com/

-       This website is also a social networking site, however, it allows students to upload their own digital images and interact with each other. There are lots of great examples of student work, which might give art educators ideas for lesson plans.

1. Adobe: Digital School Collection Teacher Resources.

Link: http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc/#collages

-       This website was set up by Adobe the creators or Photoshop and they give lots of lessons on different digital media topics. A good place to start but wouldn’t rely entirely on Adobe to plan my unit plan.

1. Lesson Planet: The Search Engine for Teachers.

Link:  http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?grade=All&keywords=photoshop+art&rating=3&search_type=narrow

-       This website allows you to search for different lesson plans according to subject. There were quite a few digital media lessons plans but you have to have an account set up. Not really useful unless your desperate.

1. PBS Teachers: Classroom Resources/

Link: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/9-12/the-arts/resources/

-       This site has lots of great lesson plans and video clips exampling how to carry out the process. No account needed and generally pretty useful. The only down side is that they don’t have good examples of student’s finished work.

The sites listed give a pretty good starting point and an idea of what digital arts education has to offer. Overall I was pretty disappointed in what I found out there, most sites were not user friendly, and didn’t give enough quality examples of student work. However, I have hope that over the next few years as educators become more computer literate that will start to change.

But really cool def check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dehXioMIKg0

-       http://superuseless.blogspot.com/

Good:

-       http://little-people.blogspot.com/

-       http://notimewasters.blogspot.com/

-       http://badarthistory.blogspot.com/

-       http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut/483111/around_i_the_nation_i

-       http://carrotsandsticks.org/

So bad it might be good?

-       http://yourstatusisannoying.blogspot.com/2009/10/219.html?showComment=1255643785253#c3627090482638806420

-       http://sexymothernature.blogspot.com/

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Bad:

- http://mygirlfriendisridiculous.blogspot.com/

- http://remembermarilynmonroe.blogspot.com/

- http://listmania42.blogspot.com/