Conceptual Collage

1. Discussion of Lev Manovich- "The Practice of Media in Everyday Life"

discussion questions:
What does the shift from media to social media mean for the way media functions?
What does this shift mean for the terms we use to discuss and talk about media?

Look at the shift from publishing medium to communication medium.
what new communication situations arise from web 2.0 practices?


2. Photoshop Collage Assignment
watch tutorial in class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTyi3Qz5QwA
Questions about tutorial?
General Photoshop Questions?
Questions about Collage Assignment?

3. In class "save for web/optimize" in Photoshop CS4 Workshop

4. In-Class Lab to work on Photoshop Medium is the Message Collages

DUE WED. JAN 4th:
1. BRING IN YOUR COMPLETED COLLAGE PHOHOTOSHOP DOCUMENT (.PSD ) ON YOUR FLASH DRIVE AND HAVE A SMALLER .JPG VERSION POSTED TO YOUR BLOG AS A NEW BLOG ENTRY BEFORE CLASS Thur. the 4th

2. STUDY THESE WEB 2.0 / SOCIAL MEDIA terms to discuss in-class: user-generated content, long tail, network as platform, folksonomy, syndication, and mass collaboration