Medium is the Message / Assign. One

TODAY: INTRO TO CS4 / PHOTOSHOP
BASICS OF PIXEL GRAPHICS
TAKE NOTES!!

1. Passout McLuhan packet, be ready to discuss next Thur.
"Understanding Media: Extensions of Man (1964)" -- "Medium is the Message". Have read by next class

2. Discussion of Interactivity (In New Media)
Examples of Lev Manovich Texts

3. Post in 3 examples of current "mediums", innovations/inventions/breakthroughs in communication technology, along with visual examples of these mediums
Post these examples as a single blog entry by next class.