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this is the link to my weavly

http://weavly.com/watch/LRxpAIfpJPb

Rough Draft for Mapping

Rough Draft for Mapping

          I want to use the Crime-Alert notifications and pinpoint some of the crime hot spots on campus.  I believe that this map will fit the criteria that you have provided.  The information that my map will provide is something that isn't shown in traditional maps.  I will will attach the email messages that I use with my rationale to show you that I am not making up dots or just putting them on a map.  I have a very rough draft completed.  It isn't close to being done.  What I have done is simply placed the raw data points on the map.  Haphazardly, I might add.  The emails provide a specific location that I will nail down more specifically.  The points in the map I placed simply on the street location that the crime occurred. While the map looks bland now, I plan to add some pizzazz to the project.  This would include a legend that would color code the types of crime between assault, robbery, and miscellaneous weirdness such as arson and indecent exposure.  If I notice that there is a bunch of crimes close together, then I will add a slight red tinge to the area, maybe a warning sign as well.

10 Words

10 Words

1.  barking

2.  cooking 

3.  TV 

4.  Spanish

5.  steps 

6.  music

7.  water

8.  lawnmower

9.  birds

10. driveway

Shipka and Making Radiolab

Sound Project

        The article by Shipka raises some good questions to ask yourself.  The beginning of a project is always the most difficult part for me.  I usually do not have a clear idea of what I want to do or where I want the project to go.  Shipka raises four points to help students to find out if their ideas can be turned into a good project.  These questions get students to question themselves and to go deeper into their project, and they will most likely help me write out the rationale for the project.  1. What is the your project trying to do? 2. How does the technology or material you use complement your project? 3. What made you decide to chose this project? 4. Did you receive any help in completing your project?"

        I found the example of Dan's project the most interesting to me.  Dan's assignment was to use create music by using data about a word from the Oxford Dictionary,  The idea of creating these purposefully horrible songs to create your project appeals to me.  His though processes also showed good rationale thought.  This wasn't a half-baked idea that falls apart.  He was able to really augment his project with this great use of technology.

         The Making Radiolab podcast was interesting as well.  It did a great job in showing us how the mashing of different sounds together can create something wholly original.  This can be applied to the Everything is a Remix video that we watched.  By mixing in these different sounds, you are able to breathe new life into them.  The example I remember is using the electric sound and the hard "s" in distance and combining them to sound like the beeps of a space craft.  I enjoyed seeing how interesting it can be to mix different sounds together.  

         A long time ago, Star Wars sound designers were having to create the sound of things that never have existed before.  How do you capture the right sound for something that isn't real?  I remember seeing a feature on the sound design of the film.  They interviewed the sound man and he told us that the sound that a lightsaber makes is made from things that exist today.  He used a motor from a projector booth and a TV sound transmitted through a microphone. 

          

Here is the youtube link for the interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0WJ-8B6aUM

Ideas for Mapping

I have a small idea for a mapping project.  I was thinking of using those constant crime alert emails that we receive.  By using this data,  I would be able to mark the locations of where a lot of these crimes occur.  With these dots, I would be able to find some way to clearly represent the areas of campus that the most crime occurs.  This is still a rough idea that I will probably change.  

Drucker and Young

          My first experience that I can remember regarding street art is a stencil art.  This stencil simply had the face of George W. Bush and the words "F*ck Bush," except it wasn't censored.  The Young reading made me think about this.  I was pretty young, so this seemed very startling to me.  The Young reading made some interesting points as to identifying what makes graffiti into street art.  Young makes the argument that the location plays a pivotal part in the classification.  Drucker’s reading talks about the strength that language can have in an environment.  Banksy manages to mix words and art together, melding the ideas of Drucker and Young.  This also brings up a point that Young made.  She states that some street art is very valuable and expensive.  This reminded me of an episode of “Pawn Stars” where someone attempted to sell off a piece of the Berlin Wall.  The clerk did not accept it.  He said that if it was a part of graffiti art from some famous graffiti artists then it would have fetched a high price.  The art that was once on the Berlin Wall is wonderful.  It also highlights the temporariness of street art.  It may last years or hours, but it is eventually removed.  

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