TEACHING NEW MEDIA ART
NMAD351 - Digital Dome Production I (3 credits)
Fall 2011
Get in on the cutting-edge of this new technology while learning how to use the DigitalSky software, create panorama and fisheye images, and learn the history, present, and future of the digital dome. This course requires a willingness to experiment, research, take risk and break new ground. From the basics of how to place a still image on the dome to exploring and experimenting with storytelling, installation, and art. Students can work with the dome in various positions utilizing its unique ability to articulate. A public showing of work is required as part of the final project.
NMAD 392F
Colloquia: Creating for the Dome (1 credit)
SPRING 2011
Learn how your art can be showcased on the new digital dome. In this colloquia we will look at various examples of previously created content for the dome to include: computer generated moving images, gigapixel still images, panoramas, and a painting come to life. Students will experiment with placing their work on the dome and creating hemispheric images to utilize the dome's shape.
NMAD418 - Future Trends in New Media (3 credits)
Institute of American Indian Arts
Spring 2010/Sp2011
This course will look at future trends in new media exploring the latest techniques for web development and other forms of new media. Students will explore software and hardware and attempt to predict trends and future solutions for delivery and content creation.
NMAD112 - Introduction to Digital Media (3 credits)
Institute of American Indian Arts
Sp2010
NMAD112 teaches many of the fundamental skills of understanding and working
with digital media with the Macintosh computer platform. Through the iLife '09 and iWork '09 software suite, we will introduce students to the "Mac" and the various ways in which we manipulate and repurpose still and moving images, sound and text.
NMAD112 is designed to give students a firm grounding in the tools, techniques,
and thinking behind digital media and will include (but not limited to) the use of
digital cameras, audio recording devices, scanners in the creation of various media.
Additionally, there is a underlying theme of self-expression throughout this class for the purpose of exploring these tools in the context of artistic and academic success.
FILM131 - Digital Video Editing I (3 credits)
Santa Fe Community College
Su2009/Su2010
Students learn the basic concepts of video editing, including planning and executing a small video project. Students explore the aesthetics and technical aspects of digital video editing using Apple’s Final Cut Pro software. Topics include log and capture software capabilities, hardware, critiquing process and media management.
LIBS104 - Native Foundations II (3 - 1 credit)
Institute of American Indian Arts
Spring 2010
FILM130 - Video Production I (3 credits)
Santa Fe Community College
Spring 2010
MART 121- Visual Concepts (3 credits)
New Mexico Highlands University
S2009
An introductory course in visual literacy for both two-dimensional and three-dimensional visual arts, including the concepts of unity, emphasis, balance, scales, rhythm, line texture, space, motion and color. Students will become acquainted with these fundamental visual concepts through the use of both manual and digital tools. (Spohn Project)
MART 256L - Digital Video Editing II (3 credits)
Santa Fe Community College
S2009
This class allows students to apply the software, hardware, editing, troubleshooting, and aesthetic skills acquired in Digital Video Editing I to create broadcast-quality, independent video projects.
Video Production Summer Residential Workshop
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Su2007/Su2008/Su2009
This two-week hands-on video residential workshop for high school students entering the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade. Students will learn: scripting and storyboarding, shooting video, recording audio, and editing and post production.
DVD Studio Pro (1 credit)
Santa Fe Community College
F2008
A one-day course to teach students the fundamentals of creating an authorized DVD with menu.
VISC210 Moving Images I (3 credits)
Institute of American Indian Arts
S2006/S2007
Moving Images is an introduction to making movies using digital video. This course will provide an overview of genres, script writing and story boarding, shooting (cinematography, lighting, sound), capturing, editing (video and audio), and compression. This course is designed to help students decide what aspect of movie making they would like to focus on. Each student will walk away with a three to five minute completed video.