"The Danger Of A Single Story" - Chimamanda Adichie

This is a TED Talk by Chimamanda Adichie, a Nigerian novelist and short story writer.

http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en

She discusses the dangers of only learning/hearing a single perspective, and the importance of being aware.

Need your help!:D

Class! As we rely more and more on technology, was hoping to find out which apps you use as your calendar or to-do lists!

So far, I know:

To-do List Apps:
Any.do - https://web.any.do/

Calendar Apps:
Sunrise - https://calendar.sunrise.am/

What do you use??

Digital Divide

digital divide

“They’re extremely computer-illiterate, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not tech-savvy,” Warzala said of her students. “They’re all over Twitter but they don’t know how to save a Word document.”

http://mashable.com/2015/03/25/widernet-pocket-library/

http://mashable.com/2015/03/27/coding-digital-divide-youth/

Don't know how old this is, but some facts about e-waste https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-e-waste

Sites Review

Overall, I think all 3 of the websites have artistic designs to them (all different). I was first overwhelmed by all the colors and pictures and designs and buttons when I loaded up the three websites, but browsing through them was interesting.

In the beginning, I think I developed a habit of searching for the "About Us" link. DYN was the only site that had a visible tab to it. Arts Edge had it at the bottom where there's the usual list of possible links. I couldn't find it on the PBS Learning Media page, which I didn't realize until I started writing this. I didn't look for it originally because I already had a basic understanding of PBS, and also got overwhelmed by the massive lists when browsing by grades + subjects. I did have fun eventually skimming through some of the results!

sidenote: DYN's website takes a while to load, and I think it's because the pages are full of pictures and design that are all pretty big files (I don't have the correct terminology to explain this, but hopefully it made sense..)

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/gtm14.math.algebra.var.splmathmus/math-in-music/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ed28740f-37d1-4eab-b944-3fefc61420d7/architecture-career/

NY Times Article: The Lost Language of Privacy

This is another NY Times article published on the 14th regarding privacy through the debate of cameras on police officers. This is written by a journalist, David Brooks, and involves a lot of his personal understanding and opinions re: police body cameras.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/opinion/david-brooks-the-lost-language-of-privacy.html

NY Times Article: One Company’s New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year

this is an article that's been going around for the past 2 days regarding the CEO who reduced his salary in order to provide a $70,000/yr minimum wage for his employees.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-70000-a-year.html?_r=0

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt + Color

http://blogs.indiewire.com/pressplay/watch-why-the-colors-of-the-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-are-so-important-20150327

About a week ago, I was introduced to the show, and decided to give it a try. Personally, I enjoyed it, but especially liked the colors in it. And found this link! I thought it'd be interesting to share since we've recently talked about colors.

GOOGLE's April Fools

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8853195,-87.6285088,18z/data=!1e3

Hope everyone's tried the pacman!!:)

Site Review

CAPEweb:

I'm usually unfamiliar with websites, and can't go deep into discussing them because I usually don't browse many sites, BUT! there's some things I can say about CAPE since I've been a longer period of time on this site. Personally, I had a difficult time maneuvering around the website, and finding things I was trying to look for. I think when I looked at sites for the class, I was looking more towards aesthetics rather than purpose and accessibility because I simply browsed rather than searched for specific things. With the CAPE website, I noticed that there are a lot of things I can click on, which made I thought maybe was too much.

I like the four: "What We Do" "What We Know" "Who We Are" and "Connect With Us" links because I thought it was simple, and an easy way to understand CAPE. However, with the "Research" portion, there were so many links that led to outside sources and pdfs, that I got overwhelmed.

Museum fact

I think this is a good way to realize how many museums there are, since there's a LOT of Starbucks and McDonalds around.. Also, I think the more I think about it, the more overwhelmed I get by the number of museums (and the fact that we this is surprising).

When The Art Is Watching You

http://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-art-is-watching-you-1418338759

This was something a classmate shared during another class, but I thought it pertained to some of things we were talking about as a class!

Site review

Hive Chicago -- 

Overall, I liked the design of the website. It seemed simple enough to follow through, and mimicked a lot of the websites we've been looking at. The menu bar is the typical drop-down menu, but something I really liked is that once you click the menu bar, the sub-menu categories permanently show up on the right corner. Another thing I liked about the site was the "Portfolio" page. I liked how when you filter through, it highlights the specified links while keeping the other ones as ghosts.
There were some parts that are repetitive (ex: repeated goals+missions on main "Hive Chicago" page and "Hive Chicago Goal" page). In addition, I was hoping to be directed to other pages when clicking on the orange-linked "Partner Organizations (http://hivechicago.org/portfolio/hive-youth-council/), but it seemed to just refresh the page.. Maybe it's just me?


Stockyard --

(Images took a while loading). In the beginning, I really enjoyed the simplicity of the "Missions" page, but then I was hoping to see how this is met through what they do. A part of me feels like the "About" page and the main page somewhat describe it, but I felt like a clear explanation of the "how" would've been good to see. I think the menu bar's categories seem to all fall under "About" and that the main aspect of the page is the first page. I wish there was an archive list of categories to be able to filter throughout the main page, though.


Museum Two -- 

Nina Simon's "What Is Museum 2.0?" page (http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2006/12/what-is-museum-20.html) really helped better explain what the website is. I skimmed through a lot of the titles and keywords, which helped guide what ideas framed the site. (I really enjoyed some of her titles and examples). I also liked how she included a section of blogs/bloggers that she views.

Integrating Arts to Improve Academics

http://iowapublicradio.org/post/integrating-arts-improve-academics

A post + audio files to discuss Turnaround Arts within Findley Elementary School in Iowa.

"Technology Art Interference Project"

http://www.bitrebels.com/lifestyle/technology-art-interference-project/

I think in terms of the article itself, it goes along a lot with what we've been discussing. It's the project that caught my attention.

This site has the same collection of images from the same artist, but I thought it was interesting to see how positive (and short) almost all the comments were.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/ART-GAME/4554915

"The Year That Tech Needed The Art Industry"

http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/08/the-year-that-tech-needed-the-art-industry/

I think the title is deceiving. I originally opened the post because I made an assumption that it'd be about the good relationship between technology and art, but..

This piece is more about the art world not from necessarily from an artist's perspective, but from a collector's.

Here's a quote from the end of the entry. I don't know how I feel about this perspective..

"Art, though, is an investment, and one that contributes to the decor, aesthetic of our homes, and state of mind rather than taking up space. "

sites overall

Briefly overall, I liked how different each of the sites were. MCA's site seemed to have a vertical look to it while the Children's Museum was concise. I think I had the most difficult time with the NAEA's site for visual and loading purposes. The site took much longer loading, and many of the image files never loaded.

In terms of the menu bars, I thought the Children's Museum had a good balance of the other two sites. The NAEA site was definitely more concise--using key terms with no other drop down menus (but they have two menu bars). The MCA site has drop-down menus, which lead to another sub-menu bar (most of them). This made it easy to find my way around once I knew the functions, but when I first came onto the website, I was overwhelmed by the amount of options available.

In terms of the design of the website, I favored the MCA site because I liked the gridded look to it. I also really liked how they relied on black and white (and gray) as their main look, then adding color to make things stand out.

What Letter Should We Add To Stem?

http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/381238/what-letter-should-we-add-to-stem/?utm_source=SFFB

A short clip of people answering the question.

CAPE Event

http://www.capeweb.org/events-exhibitions/startart?utm_source=CAPE%20Communique%20-%20February%202014&utm_campaign=Feb%202015%20Communique&utm_medium=email
CAPE is having an event on March 18th, if you're interested!

I've only recently heard about CAPE, but they seem really exciting! I've been interested in Arts Integration (my thesis will be about it), and will be visiting them on March 10th for their field trip, if any of you want to join (http://www.capeweb.org/fieldtrip).

Technology within museums

Brooklyn Museum to redesign entry areas in connection with technology initiative

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/1/22/brooklyn-museum-redesign-entry-areas-connection-technology-initiative

woot

http://www.woot.com/

woot.com is a sit where they sell an item per day. Once in a while, they have "woot off"s, where they sell a limited amount of items, and comes up with a new item every time they sell out. They have many tabs selling different things, but their main is woot.com. During "woot off"s, they sell "bag of crap"s in between each item, and that's the best part (haha). They have a forum where people report all the random things they get through their "bag of crap"s. http://www.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?postid=6133756

I originally ended up on woot.com for their shirts (shirt.woot.com). I used to look at them alongside Threadless, but now I only visit woot.com.

Story Corps

I've been looking for this site! I was introduced to this site last semester during Dialectical Practices, and loved it. 

Something I like about this site is that when you scroll down on a page, the menu bar shows up on the top of the page. This way, you don't have to scroll back up in order to move pages. Also, I like that there are two viewing methods for the stories. I think this makes it open for different types of viewers. For the gridded image viewing, more of the frequent visitors can filter what they've already seen. For the short descriptive viewing, newer visitors can scroll through each one to see what they want to watch. 

I think the site filters out any unnecessary information, and focuses on targeting their audiences. 

However, on the bottom where there are lists of sponsors and partners, loc.gov/folklife seems to be misplaced under NPR. 

CPS.edu

After going through all 3 websites, I decided to write about CPS.edu because it was the easiest to navigate (for me personally). This is my second time doing a site overlook (other than in class last time) so I'll keep it simple.

I liked this site because of the overall theme that seemed to be kept all throughout the pages. The colors, shapes, and font all seem to work together to make sure the viewers can find what they need on the website. On the bottom, it includes a short "About CPS" section along with the "helpful links" which I found useful to include because it's visible on all the pages of the site. I think my favorite section is the "Topics" tab because it creates a common place for all the main topics of the website. The only thing I found odd was that the "About" tab came third after "Students" and "Schools" because I thought that the "About" section usually comes first especially since I assume the main audience are parents and students who are accessing the site for more information regarding CPS.

The Moment App

The Moment App is an app that tracks your phone usage. Thought this quick Buzzfeed video regarding the app and people's usage (perception+reality) were interesting. This app is free for iphone users so you should try it if you have an iphone!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewgauthier/how-much-do-you-really-use-your-phone#.ym6XZk2MD

NY Times: Art Portfolio as A.P. Test

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/education/edlife/art-portfolio-as-ap-test.html?ref=edlife&_r=0

This was shared by Adam Greteman for another class of mine and wanted to share with you.

What your thoughts are on Studio Art AP? Or even just AP tests in general.

List of Art Tumblrs

I have yet to go through all of these, but here are two lists that began my tumblr journey recently.. I don't post on tumblr myself, but I scroll through tumblr often!


Two simple lists of tumblrs:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/the-45-best-tumblrs-of-2013#.vv3NAa3rb

http://www.booooooom.com/2014/07/21/ultimate-list-of-all-the-best-art-photo-tumblrs-to-follow/

Cyberpedagogy

First post!