Stupid Computer

I have been trying to post on this thing all weekend (and the webct as well) but my computer at home has been dysfunctional and wouldn't let me post on either. It just kept loading the pages forever.

Now that I am at work and came in to post the explanations for the websites in the post below, I have come to realize that I left my flash drive at home. I'll do it later.

I have a feeling since I suggested the Graduate School FAQ page that I am the one that will be doing it. Here are some links I have found so far for graduate school in general and for photography.

I also found a helpfull links on yahoo and gradsource that allow you to search for grad schools by program http://education.yahoo.com/college/essentials/grad_search/grad_search.html and http://www.gradeducation.com/search.cfm (this link wasn't helpful to me but might work for someone else)

Graduate School
http://www.cse.ogi.edu/grad_school/intro.html
http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/grad-school.html
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/tburke1/gradschool.html
http://www.military.com/Education/Content/0,13302,Education_Kaplan_why,00.html

Photography
http://www.petersons.com/GradChannel/code/AcdSearchResults.asp?sponsor=1679 yahoo results for the US (WSU in Pullman is the only listing for WA)
http://www.londonedu.com/index.jsp?CLK=5022810063417572&OVMTC=standard&OVRAW=photography,%20graduate%20school&OVKEY=photography%20school%20graduate&kw=photography_school_graduate
http://www.photographyschools.com/
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Efinearts/mfa/admission.html (grad school for wsu fine arts)


That's it for now.

I kind of have a layout idea in my head for the webpage but I think I need to first of all learn dreamweaver better and second see what kind of layouts we are all supposed to have. My idea, since it is about photography, is to have the main page be a picture of a camera and place links on different parts of the camera that lead you into each section of my page. I want to make it a 3rd generation page if I can do that. (I know there is no restriction on whether I can, I just hope my design turns out to be that way.)

1st Generation Website: Jem & the Holograms http://www.toonopedia.com/jem.htm

2nd Generation Website: Your Puppy: The Early Years http://www.gurney.co.uk/pads/early.htm

3rd Generation Website: Nobbynees Ltd. http://www.nobbynees.com/v7/

4th Generation Website: B&H Photo http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home

Books Anyone?

I volunteered lastnight to pick out half of the books for the DTC Club so if anyone has any suggestions for books they would like to have access to regarding digital technology or art of any kind feel free to let me know. I plan to start looking this weekend.

It'll be like shopping except I don't have to pay for it. On the downside I don't get to take them home either.

Wed Design/Publishing Links

http://www.weballey.net/index.html

The link I posted above is a website that seems to be very helpful in web page publishing. I was going to use it's tutorial for my article to bring to class but it's too long and there are so many links around the page that it is better to see online. I haven't read through all of them so maybe there is something that would work to take to class.

Another plus is that the author provides links to free downloadable software to assist you in web page publishing. That will probably come in handy. Another plus compared to some I have found so far is that you are not bombarded with pop up ads.

**********************************************************************************

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html

This is another link I found that would also be too long to print out. It discusses the Top 10 Mistakes in Web Design. There are quite a few helpful links throughout that discuss other "do's" and "don't" of web design.

**********************************************************************************

I'm sure I will be adding more as I look

To Go or Not to Go

In discussing our next project with those around me, I have received responses to the effect of:

"Grad school just costs more money"
"I have heard that the income difference between those who went to grad school and those that just obtained a 4 year degree isn't enough of a difference to make me want to go to school longer"
"Haven't you been going to school long enough?"
"What is grad school?"

You get the picture.

I have a pretty big hunch that this project is to open us up to the idea of going to grad school and what our options are. I think we should also have a page that brings up the question of why you should attend grad school. Kind of an FAQ page for responses like I received above so that students like myself that haven't even thought about grad school won't immediately be turned off from other people's theories on the subject.

Photography.........

Just read over the Unit 2 project sheet and I think this project will be very helpful in the process of making it and when it is done. I really really want to do the Photography one so hopefully everyone in the class is repulsed by the idea of it. If not, I'll live I suppose :)

I have no knowledge of anything about graduate school of any kind so having all of the areas done to let us know what our options are will be very resourceful and maybe show me whether or not graduate school is an option I want to pursue.

I'm done thinking about it for the weekend I have a pile of reading and for once a good chunk of time available for the next few days to catch up on for my other classes and a little bit for this class too.

I Know It's Midnight

I'm still going to post though and technically I already have 5. Would have had a longer found collage post a couple weeks ago if my computer hadn't froze on my and then deleted the post I had been working on.

Still left on the "To Do" List:
* set up server space

Wow, I did more of the list than I thought and I just finished almost all of the collage so hopefully it turns out nicely after everything is dry. Surprisingly, I finished where I won't be up all night working on it and the elements I originally pictured in my head were doable and turned out somewhat to be what I had wanted.

Hope everyone else had their projects turn out well.

Mini Project #2

My computer is not cooperating right now so I am just going to post my mini project #2 in it and work on the whole server thing later.

Unit 1 Project

I've had a vision for the project that I have been toying with since we received the requirements and I read the information on campus expansion. Tonight I pretty much put the background together along with a couple elements. If I can get the server space set up this time, I will try posting a link to it. I made the trial project the size that the board will be so it is a pretty big file.

My idea so far is to have the background consist of students representing the 3000 that need to be accommodated for by 2015. My 3-D element will be a picture of the school that I make a few copies of and then use foam sheets to make certain parts of it 3-D. I haven't done it for awhile so I hope it turns out how I want it to.

Other argumental elements will be that it will enrich the student experience through more degree offerings and a wider selection of classes including art classes which we don't have now. Also it will help the community by bringing more jobs to implement the expansion and a few more jobs once it is complete (more professors and staff at the school along with the idea that if there are more people living in the area local businesses will be affected), there would be more cultural events, lectures, and concerts with the proposed expansion for the community to enjoy, and students who already live here but want a 4 year degree aside from the 17 we have to choose from will get to stay in the area.

Ihae a few ideas for how I will visually add these to what I have now but I am not satisfied with what I have come up with so far. I need to work withlayers more and the ones I want to do aren't coming out the way I wanted them to. In our readings there is a part that says that every detail should be there for a reason and none of it there for just decoration. I need to work on this more and also use images intgrated with text (an vise-versa) instead of separating them.

To Do:

Tonight
* set up server space
* read the rest of the collage links

Saturday
* go buy board for project
* take pictures of WSU and get the developed
* figure out what the other mediums are going to be besides paper
* get art supplies

Monday
* copy center to have pages I made tonight printed
* put together draft of board

Collages

http://www.moma.org/collection/provenance/items/301.92.html

http://www.jolaf.com/smith/index.html

http://www.jolaf.com/smith/index.html