Monthly Archives: April 2014

Do Something About Net Neutrality

Recently, the FCC effectively announced that it will rethink its regarding net neutrality, which can essentially be understood as whether regulation of the Internet should be controlled by the government or the free market. For my friends who don’t follow … Continue reading

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New Media Week 16: Final Thoughts

Let me end by revisiting where we started. The syllabus: I have two primary purposes for this semester. First, I want to expose you to as many new technologies as possible. It is quite likely that you will be called … Continue reading

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New Media Week 15: Working in SquareSpace

I have three things to accomplish in today’s class: Discussing informed consent and distributing IRB forms Sharing information on putting together a portfolio Customizing a SquareSpace site using CSS code Informed Consent Megan McIntyre and I are working on a … Continue reading

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New Media Week 14: Adobe Premiere Resources

Today we want to get started working with Adobe Premiere. While the basics of Premiere are similar to programs we have already used, such as Moviemaker and iMovie, Premiere offers a much deeper experience (and a much steeper learning curve).  … Continue reading

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New Media Week 14: CSS

Understand the Basic Principles of CSS In today’s class I will touch upon the fundamentals of CSS, otherwise know as Cascading Style Sheets. While html allows us to code the content of a document, css allows us to give that … Continue reading

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Contemporary Rhetorics – Final Project

I am going to go a bit easy on you at the end of this semester. Rather than ask you to both compose a final Thomas paper and craft a “Kalman with a side of Rice,” I will instead ask … Continue reading

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New Media Week 13: HTML and CSS

Tuesday: An Introduction to Code Today offers a crash course in all things web.  Learning the Basic Language: #1 Mechanical Parts 1. Server: this is the database(s) that store(s) web pages. Every page on the web is stored on a … Continue reading

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