Creative Discovery in Digital Art Forms

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Creative Discovery in Digital Art Forms

• Course Introduction
• January 17, 2007

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First-Year Seminars

• Critical thinking and writing
• Topic some specific discipline, in this case,
  digital media
• Digital media
• Digital photography (Photoshop)
• Vector graphics (Illustrator)
• Digital Audio (Audacity)
• MIDI
• Digital video (Premiere)
• Multimedia programming (Flash, Director, Java)

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Organization of Course

• Monday
• Show me your journal
• Discuss reading or turn in an essay
• Wednesday
• Ill show you how to do something (e.g., Flash
  programming, digital photography)
• Friday
• Youll do something, hands-on.

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Flash project

• Get Flash installed by Steven Wicker, the ITC of
  the Computer Science Department.(office M130,
  phone 4693, email wickersg_at_wfu.edu)
• Work in groups of three
• Illustrate a poem or an excerpt from a poem

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Readings and Journals

• Buy a hard-bound composition notebook
• Use this as a journal. Record your thoughts
  about creativity. Jot down your ideas for
  creative projects. Draw pictures. Etc.
• Take notes on readings your own thoughts. Ill
  check these.
• Bring your journal with you on Mondays when you
  dont have an essay due. Ill scan your journal
  on those days as you come into class.