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Spring '13 Workshops | Spring '13 Digital Humanties Series | Summer '13 | Earlier Workshops

All events held in the New Media Writing Studio (Scharbauer 2003) unless otherwise noted.

Summer 2013

Creative Writing Workshop for 6th-8th Grade Students
Monday, July 22nd to Friday, July 26th (9:00 to 12:00)

New Media Writing Workshop
for Area 6th-12th Grade English Teachers

Saturday, June 1st, 2012 (9:00 to 4:00)

New Media Writing Workshop
for Area K-12 Foreign Language Teachers

Saturday, May 18th, 2012 (9:00 to 4:00)


Spring 2013 Digital Humanities Speaker Series

Dave Parry, Assistant Professor of Emerging Media and Communication at the University of Texas at Dallas, home of Texas’ only comprehensive degree-granting program designed to explore and foster the convergence of computer science and engineering with the creative arts and the humanities. Reserve a space for one session or both sessions here: RSVP.

Jailbreaking Scholarship
Friday, February 22, 11:30-1:00pm, Scharbauer 4015
Lunch provided. RSVP required. Sign up here

Followed by a discussion of:

Knowledge Cartels versus Knowledge Rights
http://enculturation.gmu.edu/knowledge-cartels
1-2:30 pm, Scharbauer 2003 (NMWS)
Hosted by the Rhetoric and Composition Reading Group


Spring 2013 Workshops

Information Visualization (Jason Helms, Curt Rode, & Jami Harp)
Friday, April 19th, 2013 (12:00 to 2:00).

Click here for a copy of the workshop's PowerPoint presentation.

Presentation Design (Carrie Leverenze & Joanna Schmidt)
Friday, February 15th, 2013 (12:00 to 2:00)

Digital Writing Group (2 to 4pm: 1/25/13, 2/22/13, 3/22/13)

Cool Tools (12 to 1pm: 2/6/13, 3/6/13, & 4/3/13)

To join our Digital Writing Group, to participate in Cool Tools, or to attend any of our Spring 2013 workshops, sign up here.


Fall 2012

Designing Digital Portfolios
Friday, October 19th, 2012 (1:00 to 3:00)

Making Movies
Friday, September 14th, 2012 (1:00 to 3:00)

Summer 2012

New Media Writing Workshop
for Area K-12 Foreign Language Teachers

Saturday, June 16th, 2012 (9:00 to 4:00)

New Media Writing Workshop
for Area K-12 Foreign Language Teachers

Saturday, May 19th, 2012 (9:00 to 4:00) (SOLD OUT)

Spring 2012

Scholarly & Sexy: New Media in the Humanities
(led by Dr. Cheryl E. Ball from Illinois State University).
Friday, April 13, 2012 (1:00 to 3:00)

Designing Digital Portfolios
Friday, March 30th, 2012 (1:00 to 3:00)

Making Movies
Friday, February 24th, 2012 (1:00 to 3:00)


2011

New Media Writing Workshop for Area High School Foreign Language Teachers
Saturday, May 14th, 2011 (9:00 to 4:00)

Designing Digital Portfolios
Friday, February 11, 2011 (12:00 to 2:00)


2010

Re:Create with New Media: Designing New Media Assignments
Friday, October 29th, 2010 (1:00 to 3:00)

Making Movies: Using iMovie and Movie Maker in the Classroom
Friday, October 15th, 2010 (12:00 to 2:00)

Re:Creating Writing: A Celebration of New Media Writing at TCU
Friday, April 23rd, 2010 (10:00 to 5:00)

Presentation Design with PowerPoint:
Friday, February 26th, 2010 (1:00 to 3:00)

Document Design with MS Word:
Friday, February 5th, 2010 (1:00 to 3:00)


2009

Making Images Move:
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 (1:00 to 4:00)

Creating Professional Portfolios Using Wordpress:
Friday, September 25th, 2009 (1:00 to 4:00)

NMWS Summer Workshop Week:
Monday, June 22th to Friday, June 26th, 2009

Hybrid Writing Projects Within the Community:
Friday, March 6th, 2009 (1:30 to 4:00)

Digital Portfolio Workshop:
Friday, February 13th, 2009 (1:00 to 3:00)


2008

Video Workshop:
Friday, November 21st, 2008 (2:00 to 4:00)

Video Workshop:
Friday, November 14th, 2008 (2:00 to 4:00)

Digital Portfolio Workshop:
Friday, October 3rd, 2008 (1:00 to 3:00)

Click below for materials used during the Re:Create with New Media Workshop

Re:Create with New Media (PowerPoint)

New Media Writing Assignments (handout)

Open Source Links (handout)


Click below for materials used during the Making Moviews Workshop

iMovie / Movie Maker Comparison (handout)

Top 5 iMovie / Movie Maker Practices (handout)

Extra Resources for Working with Video (handout)

Turning in Your Movie (handout)


Click below for materials used during the Presentation Design with PowerPoint Workshop

NMWS-Presentation Design with PowerPoint (handout)

Designing Presentations with MS PowerPoint


Click below for materials used during the Document Design with MS Word Workshop

Introduction: Seeing Writing

10 for Word

Four Design Principles: C.R.A.P.

Word 2007: Document Design (from tufts.edu)

The Big Four: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximty

Basic Document Formatting in Word 2007 (from mvcc.edu)

Sample Assignment:
Stale Bread
Editorial

 

Grading Rubric

 

Practice Files

 

 


Click below for handouts distributed during the 2009 NMWS Summer Workshop

What is the NMWS?

Sharing Slideshows with Slideshare

NMWS Policies for Teachers

Composing with the Lens

Values of Multimedia

Using Win Movie Maker for a Slideshow

Low-Tech Multimedia Exercise

More Editing with Win Movie Maker

Setting Up a Blog in Blogger

Using iMovie (Slideshows & Movies)

Customizing Blogs in Blogger

30-Second Video Interview Exercise

Final Project: Video Presentation

Publishing Video to YouTube

Photoshop Basics

Assigning New Media Projects

Using PowerPoint for a Slideshow

Complete Summer Workbook

 


Click below for handouts distributed during the Digital Portfolio Workshop

Overview on Web Design

Creating Digital Portfolios

Creating a Google Site

Professional Portfolios

Creating a Dreamweaver Site

Teaching Portfolios

HTML Cheat Sheet

CSS Cheat Sheet

 


Click below for handouts distributed during the Video Workshops

Overview of the Production Process

Software Comparison

Presentation Slides (11/14/08)

Movie 6 Interface

Video Assignments #1 and #2

Windows Movie Maker Interface

Video Assignment #3

Release Form for Video Subjects

Common Video File Types

Materials for Recording in Public Places

 

 

 



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Walk-Ins are Welcome! We only require appointments for faculty who'd like our support for new media projects assigned to their students.
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