Friday, March 28, 2008

Info from Adobe & one of "my" pages...

Hello everyone! I apologize for being so inactive in our group recently. I was dismissed from one job and broke the thumb of my left hand (I'm left handed) so Im a bit under at the moment.

A website I work on is viewable at http://www.ebcne.org

I have also done a very small amount of work on this one:
http://www.masscta.org

Also: I got this from Adobe and wanted to share:
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:38:10 -0500
From: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Reply-To: Adobe-487759-4571387z@adobesystems.com
Subject: You're Invited: April Web Design Events
To: ydecelis@ebcne.org

ADOBE EVENTS

THIS MONTH'S LINE-UP FOR WEB PROFESSIONALS

April

----------------------------------------------

Stay on Top of Web Design Techniques and Technologies
If you are attending any of our live events, please stop by our booth and
learn more about our many solution and product offerings. Expand your
Adobe(R) Dreamweaver(R) and Adobe Flash(R) skills with one of our many
OnDemand web seminars. With all of these options, you're sure to get the
information you need to take your work to the next level.

----------------------------------------------

Learn on location

Adobe and MAXON Present the Power Integration Tour
Tuesday, April 1–Thursday, April 3, 2008
Montreal and Toronto, Canada
Enjoy increased speed and efficiency in your motion graphics pipeline
with Adobe's CS3 Production Suite and MAXON's 3D application, CINEMA
4D. To learn more, please visit http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHcTEPnvclWvvW

Photoshop(R) World
Wednesday, April 2–Friday, April 4, 2008
Orange County Convention Center – South
Orlando, FL
Photoshop World is the largest Adobe(R) Photoshop training event in
the world. Visit Adobe in Booth 201 to get an insider's view of the latest
products and the most-up-to-date tips and tricks. To learn more, please visit
http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHcnEPnvclWvvv

NAB 2008
Monday, April 14–Thursday, April 17, 2008
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas, NV
The NAB Show(TM) is the place to be for anyone who employs video and
audio to communicate, educate, and entertain. Visit Adobe in Booth SL
3220 to check out the newest products and get a sneak peek of things
to come! To learn more, please visit http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHccEPnvclWvvl

HOW Design Conference 2008
Sunday, May 18–Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, MA
The HOW Design Conference is the single most inspirational, informative
conference for graphic designers. Visit Adobe in Booth 311 and learn how
Adobe(R) Creative Suite(R) software can equip you to craft your best
creative work more easily and efficiently than ever before. To learn more,
please visit http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHcJEPnvclWvvP

----------------------------------------------

Learn on your time

Dreamweaver CSS Boot Camp (for beginners)
Come learn the basics of properly and semantically marking up your
content, while styling it with CSS. Stephanie Sullivan, author of the
CSS layouts included with Dreamweaver CS3, will give you a solid
understanding of CSS basics. To learn more, please visit
http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHclEPnvclWvvn

Innovating the Adobe(R) Flash(R) CS3/Flex(R) Workflow
How can Flash and Flex live side by side in your Flash-centric workflow?
Learn how to get the best of both worlds and use Flex 3 to code your
Flash-based projects. To learn more, please visit
http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHclEPnvclWvvn

Architecting a Website in Flash CS3 - Create a site in Flash
So you've created Flash graphics but are unsure how to set up an
entire site in Flash? In this session, Paul Trani, an Adobe Certified
Expert, will show you how to build a site in Flash using different
methods and the benefit of each. To learn more, please visit
http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHclEPnvclWvvn

Advanced Dreamweaver Design
Use the new CSS starter pages in Dreamweaver CS3 and take using
CSS to the next level. To learn more, please visit
http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHclEPnvclWvvn

----------------------------------------------

What's in Store

Special offer on Adobe Soundbooth CS3
Get Adobe(R) Soundbooth(R) CS3 at
http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHcvEPnvclWvvq
for US$99 with the purchase of a full or upgrade version of Adobe
Creative Suite(R) 3 Web Premium at
http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHcWEPnvclWvWH
or Web Standard at
http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHcqEPnvclWvWc
or Adobe Flash(R) CS3 Professional at
http://direct.adobe.com/r?xJPllqcEWHJHEPnvclWvvl.
Built for creative professionals and integrated with Flash,
Adobe Soundbooth CS3 software delivers tools for quick and
easy audio editing, cleanup, sound design, and music creation.

This special offer is valid from March 3, 2008, through September 28, 2008.

--------------------------------------------

Adobe, Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, Flash, Flex, Photoshop, and
Soundbooth are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe
Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.


Friday, March 21, 2008

Networking & On-line Media Tools

Hi Everybody,

I am just letting you all know that on our Wiki Page, there is a section on it in regards to on-line media tools such as YouTube, Myspace, Facebook, and Bebo. Last semester we were trying to distinguish which ones worked the best depending on the need for the tool. This brings me to why I am posting this on the blog. I will be filling in the blanks on this section over the weekend so we can all see the actual stats on the usage/ability of each media tool & the convince it may or may not provide for networking and other media related concerns. Make sure to check it out after the weekend is over. Thanks.

Aaron Stenton

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Basic Digital Literacy Workshop

I have to "bump" this up a week. How does April 2, 2008 work for everyone?

Yvonne Decelis
YvonneDecelis@gmail.om

Friday, March 14, 2008

Software

Hey Everybody.

I just wanted to pass a link along to you all of a place that sells video, audio, etc softwares for us Media makers.

www.academicsuperstore.com

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Wednesday Night March 12th

Note Taker: Aaron Stenton


Subjects for the night: Imovie
Community Media Definitions
Different kinds of Alternative Media
Final Cut Pro

Fred passed out a booklet titled" What's going on in Community Media" If you did not receieve a copy, please see Fred, or a student in the class to copy it.

Fred Stated, "Community Media is a form of Alternative Media" Community Media is NOT Commercial Media. "Come to your own Conclusions"

Key Idea: "If you have a commercial media model, people are paid by a commercial enterprise to make media that will sell other things"

"You should get paid for your work"

Fred would like everybody to create their own definition of "Community Media".

Community Media is about local places. It's about not confusing it with media on-line. It deals with a specific location and or place. It can be mainstream. **There needs to be local control.**

Local Networks: Channel 4, 5, 6, News Stations. Do the products advertised during commercials appeal to us? Check it out. Leave some feedback on the blog about it.

Clear Channel can be sold as a commodity. We have no control over what changes can occur that can affect us.

Power operates differently. There is always a way to get more work out of you in the cheapest possible way. With technology on the rise, it is taking over our jobs, our social beings...etc...

More time and money is needed for Community Media.

Information in a diversity area is great. Although the Media needs to be expanded.

Community Ownership & Control- BNN is a example of this. There are not very open to just "Media Makers".

***Ways of Analyzing a Community Atmosphere***
How is the Media Governed?
Look how it meets criteria?
Does it offer training?
Where does the money come from?
Are there ways managing the money through governance?
How open are they to public in-put?
What is their editorial policy?

These are just a few questions you must ask and wonder about a organization.


**Some independent-media makers are not committed.***Pretend Media.

Community Media is a Process

There was no time for Imovie during Wednesday Night's meeting.



Media Policy 101:

3 distinctions:

1. Policy by which a country city, or state looks at how people get media in their homes and into their individual life's.

2. Communication Policy broken down to Broadcasting, telecommunications, & Cable.

3. All the policies around #2 are a kind of transportation through wires. How this type of media has impact on our community.


FreePress. Activist Tools. Has a media policy that you can download in a PDF file.

Please take a look at the following websites and read them over briefly:

http://www.freepress.net/content/tools

http://www.freepress.net/guide


Also take a look at public interest on the Wiki/Blog.


****The existence of community media is based on Policy. There needs to be policy in place in order to proceed. It needs to have a focus. Community media is created through policy.****

MIT and Final Cut Pro

Hello everyone! I was at work this morning and, when I checked out the MIT web page, I found this article which I thought you all might find of interest:

http://www.campusmoviefest.com/events/boston/mit.html

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Communications Policy

Hey Everybody.

Just thought that I would share this link with all of you. It's a good reading. Check it out.

http://www.law.indiana.edu/fclj/pubs/v59/no2/8-Napoli.pdf

Aaron Stenton

Thursday, March 06, 2008

I just wanted to provide my blog page here if anyone wants to review it:

http://yvonnesmscommunity.blogspot.com/

-YDC (Yvonne)

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Tactical Media_03/05/08

TACTICAL MEDIA
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
5-7 pm
Taylor Center



Agenda

I. Competencies negotiation
II. Workshop Schedule Planning
III. Roundtable discussion


Attendance

Fred
Yvonne
Sara
Trey
Aaron
Rene
Jay

Fred handed out a sheet that has an outlines of how to get the 3 competencies in Tactical Media.

Fred pulled up the tactical Media Web Blog and started talking about how we can complete the 3 competencies:

1- Media and Community Building
2- Communication Policy
3- Developing a Media Strategy
*** (And possible negotiation of an additional production Competency) ***

Rene talked about his MBTA community activity trying to improve the bus service (There is a podcast on NPR about the subject) he also mentioned that they are going to have a press conference at the transportation Building in Boston Tomorrow (March 6th)
Rene talked about the possibility of burning the podcast in CD’s and distributing them, and subject moved to whether this would be a violation to copyrights.
Fred talked about Copyrights how they are a bundle of rights that can be negotiated. Fred also talked about trade mark and patent as other forms of IP rights (Intellectual property).

Fred clarified the major points that were listed in the sheet he distributed at the beginning of the class; gave us few minutes to go over it and asked us if it’s clear to all of us. Affirmative response from the group.

He talked about how he’s interested in us knowing how communication policy are made and he talked about the link.

He moved talking about Media and community building and how Media is empowering citizens.

He gave us the options to either choose writing a research paper or do the research in form of production (audio, video, web…) about a subject that we are interested in as long as it would fit the criteria.

We had a round table discussing availabilities for students’ volunteering in leading the teaching of certain classes and we came the following workshop schedule planning:


03/12/08

Fred will talk about the theory of political policy and community media
Rene will be provide training on iMovie (½ hr)
Final Cut Pro will also be discussed (45 minutes)

March 15 to 23 (Saturday to Sunday) Spring Vacation

03/26/08

Basic Digital Literacy Presented by Yvonne

04/02/08

Online Media Sharing and pod-casting Presented by Peter Neudel

04/09/08

Photoshop + Adobe ImageReady Presented by Yvonne and Trey (2 hrs)

04/16/08

Adobe Dreamweaver Presented by Trey (2 hrs) **Class will start @ 4:00 pm

04/23/08

Flash Presented by Trey (2 hrs) ** Class will start @ 4:00 pm


Next Note Taker: Aaron

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Minutes from Tactical Media 2-27-2008

Attendance: Yvonne, Aaron, Peter, Celeste, Jay, Joanne, Fred, Sara and Rene.

Fred went over the syllabus and let everyone knows how to accesses them and what it need to be done.

Rene asked if we are going to maintain the same format that the group had last semester (sharing the facilitation and have somebody taking notes) we decided to think about it and Rene decided to take notes for this time.

Jay explained about “second life” and how we can get involve on it. The service is free and everyone with a profile or avatar can buy or sale stuff. He will find out what we can use for free.

Aaron will put the link to Tactical Media on face book and my space.

We discussed about the necessity of scheduling different workshops between March 12th and April 30th. The last day of class is May 14th

The workshops are:

- Video Production
2 sessions

- Video Editing
Multiple sessions

- Online media sharing and pod-casting
1 session (Peter will do this one)
April 2nd

- Wed design

- Basic digital literacy
1 session (Yvonne)
March 26th


Fred mention that anyone who wants to get the competency on wed design, should start working on the project and keep track of everything.


REMEMBER to show up next session (Wednesday March 5th) because we need to setup dates for the workshops.

Next Note Taker: SARA