A fond farewell

Goodbye Anne! I loved your class, it was probably in my top 3 in the past 4 years I've been here. I wish I could take another one of your classes (not in the summer) but alas and alack, I cannot. So I leave you with this picture, which was a gem that I learned from you (along with "don't trust boys who listen to the Smiths)

I found this and it reminded me of the time when you said something along the lines of "You're a hipster if you hate hipsters... Because hipsters hate people based on their clique."

Proposal

In this age of digital technology, "art" photography is becoming more and more accessible for the masses. How many times have you walked in to a coffee shop and have seen a photo of a butterfly with a photoshop filter over it, being sold for $150 because it's supposedly art? What IS considered fine art photography in this day and age? With my final project I will be going through a (very) brief history of photography and spawn a conversation of the future of photography. I will also discuss how editing programs like photoshop are affecting the fine art world for photographers.

Desoul molly, low fat extra soy milk

The reflection of a person on the internet is definitely a "Decaf" version of themselves.
The best and most blatant example I can think of is social networking, where people literally "Decaf" themselves with photoshop. They de-fat add makeup minus the smile lines. To go, please. There is no perfect representation of a person on the internet. With social networking, pictures are altered, tagged, untagged, and embellished. Every interest is carefully thought through and every quote is deliberately picked to make you more "fun", or "literate". For example, Missy's favorite book, according to Facebook, is "The Road", in which she has hand picked several thought provoking quotes via quotationspage.com to make her seem literate and full of opinions. In reality, however, her favorite book may be "Twilight" because, "Like, Edward is soooo hot." Chances are, Missy has never read "The Road". Because internet content is so easily distorted and proofread, social networking is a constantly updating Wiki page, where the user can add and edit content without citation or grounds in reality.

Final Proj

For my final project I'm making a game of . I feel that this will bring the perfect blend of knowledge and group participation. In preparation, I will make upwards of 30 cards with a term or concept on each. Also, the card will have certain banned words. Example:

Word:
Cyborg
Banned words:
Robot
Blade Runner
Harrison Ford
Manifesto

So, how to play is that everyone is split up into two groups. One team chooses a representative, who goes up to the front of the class and draws a card while I am starting a stopwatch for 15 seconds. Say they draw the Cyborg card. They would have to get their team to guess the word and NOT use any of the banned words. For example they could say, "Transhumanists wished that this word would make the place a better world". If someone on their team guessed it, the team would get a point. However, if the person ran out of time or they used a banned word, Example: "Blade Runner with Harrison Ford tried to kill these half robots some feminist wrote a manifesto about" They would not get a point. Then the other team goes.

What I was hoping for with this project is that students would have to draw from a deeper well of knowledge to understand and remember concepts. Basically like a timed, oral test in front of people. But fun! Teams can make up their own related names, and I think if I split up the class and spread out all the really "excitable people" evenly, I could really get a positive, fun response.

"porn" atari reviews... Good for a laugh if you have 8 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKC05RRU6Vw

Super funny. Especially for people who grew up playing Atari *cough anne cough*

classrooms rule, youtube drools.

I don't understand why there is even a glimmer of "hope" that online education would ever surpass classroom education. Maybe for convenience purposes? But even then I feel as though people will turn into "slacker luddites" and while they're learning about the civil war, they're also learning that Sandy fell down drunk last night and had the "bezt 21 evr lol". I don't know. I think the day online education surpasses classroom education will be the end of intelligence as we know it. I really don't think online education will ever surpass the classroom because of the prestige and importance in the job market of having a degree from an actual college.

B.l.a.d.e.r.u.n.n.e.r.

B-Blade Runner is
L- Lovely representation of
A-Androids and was a
D- Delightful
E-Entertaining
R-Reenactment of a
U-United time of
N-Neato
N-Neo-retro cyborgs living in an
E-Egocentric
R-Realistic time.