September 17, 2007
Charlestown Digital Stories Wins Telly Award
A pioneering and unique Digital Storytelling Project organized by UMBC's New Media Studio and funded by Retirement Living TV (RLTV) has won a Bronze Telly Award. The prestigious Telly Award cites the Digital Storytelling Project as being among the world's best in local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as among the finest in video and film production. This year's Telly Awards received over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents.
The Digital Storytelling Project combines the efforts of RLTV, UMBC and Charlestown Retirement Community. It partners a UMBC undergraduate student (hands-on with the media technology) with a Charlestown resident (autobiographical story and narrative) to produce 2-3 minute video stories. Drawn from the life experiences of the residents, the stories combine narration, animation and photography. The award-winning digital stories can be viewed at:
www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/studio/digitalstories/ctds.php
The Digital Storytelling Project is the nation's first three-way partnership between a media company, a university and a retirement community. UMBC students team with Charlestown residents to create a series of 17 digital stories and music in short movies to be shared with others. Charlestown residents work closely with student partners, acting as author and creative director of their individual story. Each student brings their own style and talents to the project, helping to create some unique examples of intergenerational storytelling. The project is organized and supervised by UMBC's New Media Studio.
Student award winners Jorge Rios, An Nguyen-Gia, Samantha Duvall, Andrew Chang, Joanna Lit, and Cathryna Brown recieved their statues at a ceremony held on September 12 at Charlestown. Andrea Olivia, not pictured. also received a statue.
"We are honored that the television industry has recognized the hard work that went into producing these fascinating digital stories," said Brad Knight, president of RLTV. "The digital stories are reality TV at its finest. They provide a rich, intergenerational experience for Charlestown residents and UMBC students."Winning an award like the Telly is significant in that it acknowledges that stories drawn from the life experiences of retirees with a wider audience," said Knight. "It is also gratifying that the award recognizes the entire collection of work from the Charlestown project. It is very much a group process and every story enriched the experience."
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September 7, 2007
UMBC Joins the ResearchChannel
UMBC has joined the ResearchChannel, a consortium of universities and research organizations that connects a global audience with developments, insights and discoveries that affect our lives and futures. UMBC’s participation in the ResearchChannel offers unique opportunities to reach national and international audiences with campus-produced content including lectures, interviews, news releases, panel discussions, special events coverage, conferences and documentaries. ResearchChannel reaches millions of viewers via EchoStar’s Dish 500 Network and cable systems nationally. It is also available worldwide via 24X7 webcast and searchable on-demand video library.
In addition to providing an outlet for campus programming, UMBC’s involvement in the ResearchChannel will provide an opportunity to explore technological advances in content delivery on campus and beyond. ResearchChannel is extensively involved in the experimentation with new technologies to facilitate greater distribution of research information worldwide and is recognized as a leader in the convergence of television and the internet. ResearchChannel actively tests and demonstrates the transmission of, and interaction with, the highest quality video using high-definition television streams and network technologies.
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August 13, 2007
UMBC Faculty Explore Digital Storytelling in Summer Workshop
This summer, nine UMBC faculty members participated in a three-day digital storytelling workshop at UMBC. For the second time in two years, OIT and the New Media Studio brought experts from the Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkely to campus, giving faculty members an opportunity to learn the basics of creating digital stories while exploring possibilities for integrating new media into their teaching.
Joe Lambert and Stephany Sesse led the group through the writing and production process as each participant created a digital movie relating a short personal story. Faculty members included: Beverly Bickel, ELC; Steve Bradley, Visual Arts; Jason Loviglio, Media & Communication Studies; Nicole King, American Studies; Doug Hamby, Dance; Pat Scully, Education; Jody Shipka, English; Joan Shin, LLC; and Joby Taylor, Shriver Center. The workshop was conducted in the International Media Center with assistance from New Media's Bill Shewbridge. Several of the stories produced in the workshop can be viewed here:
| Steve Bradley | Rubbernecking |
| Jason Loviglio | The Fire |
| Joby Taylor | This I Believe: Mystery with a Capital "M" |
| Jody Shipka | Gonna Make You Sweat: Composing a History of 'this' Space (Windows Media) |
| Nicole King | Going Down South |
| Pat Scully | Our Family is Born! |
For more information visit Digital Storytelling @ UMBC.
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April 16, 2007
UMBC on iTunes U
UMBC on iTunes U is now available at itunes.umbc.edu. UMBC on iTunes U provides access to UMBC-related digital video and audio content through Apple's iTunes Store, a popular online music, video and podcast service.
Initially, UMBC is offering public content through the service, including special events, video features and lectures. Select course lectures are also available with the permission of instructors.
In the coming months, we are planning to integrate iTunes U with UMBC's user authentication system, allowing course-restricted access to content through UMBC's Blackboard course site. Instructors who are interested in making course lectures and materials available through UMBC on iTunes U, either in a public or a restricted way, should email us at newmediastudio@umbc.edu
Once authentication is in place, we also plan to open the site up to campus organizations as a way of distributing media content. If your group or department is interested in participating, please email newmediastudio@umbc.edu
On March 15, Aaron Davis, Senior System Engineer with Apple gave a presentation on what UMBC can expect with iTunes U. You can view the presentation here.
You can also find more information on what iTunes U has to offer on Apple's support site.
UMBC on iTunes U is sponsored by the Office of Information Technology and the New Media Studio. For more information email us at newmediastudio@umbc.edu.
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February 5, 2007
More Digital Stories from Charlestown
During the fall semester and winter break, students from the New Media Studio returned to the Charlestown Retirement Community for another round digital storytelling. Following the success of last summer's project, Retirement Living TV agreed to extend the workshop which they hope will form the basis of an ongoing program of viewer-submitted content for the network. This time cameras from RL-TV and the New Media Studio followed the students and residents as they collaborated in the creation of eleven new stories. The documentary footage and stories will be a part of an upcoming series on the project to be aired on RL-TV. You can view a short feature about the project here.
| Candles for the Wake | Jesse Poole and Joanna Lit |
| Christmas in England | Mary Hein and Andrew Chang |
| Crystal 3 | Jim Poole and Bill Shewbridge |
| Families are Forever | Barbara Walker and Jorge Rios |
| Ivan and Goo Goo | Barbara Kurz and Andrea Olivier |
| Little Dog Miles | Jerri Mullinex, Andrea Olivier and Cathryna Brown |
| Magic Dust | Charlotte Valentine and Andrew Chang |
| My Father's Letter | Barbara Walker and Samantha Duvall |
| Nun for a Day | Marie Brinsfield and An Nguyen-Gia |
| Rude Polite | Barbara Kurz and Cathryna Brown |
| You're Never Too Old | Mary Zotain and Paul Iwancio |
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December 1, 2006
"Lifecycle of a Hurricane" Netcast links UMBC and NASA with Pennsylvania Science Teachers
On Monday, 11/20, the Imaging Research Canter in collaboration with David Stroud of GEST and the OIT New Media Studio, conducted an Internet2 Netcast featuring Dr. Jeffrey Halverson of JCET on the "Lifecycle of a Hurricane."
This interactive presentation linked the IRC and the University of Pennsylvania over Internet2. An audience of science teachers (grades 6-8) interacted with Dr. Halverson as he delivered a dynamic presentation on the development and evolution of hurricanes. This was followed by John Leck of NASA who discussed how teachers can use NASA science data such as this in the classroom.
The Netcast was part of a grant that the Franklin Institute has with the NSF on using Internet2 and research data for professional development of K-12 STEM education. The presentation is a great example of STEM outreach and portends some additional exciting opportunities for both teacher professional development and student engagement in STEM.
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October 23, 2006
Heritage of Excellence: 40 Years of Community at UMBC
Founders, faculty, staff and students reflect on the occasion of UMBC's 40th anniversary. In addition to new material, this documentary, produced by the Martha Ross Center for Oral History and the New Media Studio, features interviews, photographs and film from the campus archives.
You can view the film online here.
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October 10, 2006
"Tune to the Arts" at UMBC
Beginning on September 19th and continuing through October 31st, visitors and students on the University of Maryland Baltimore County’s (UMBC) campus will be able to explore its creative past by taking a walking tour, using a small handheld FM receiver to hear a compilation of unique archived recordings.
UMBC’s New Media Studio and the IRC Fellows program, in collaboration with Baltimore artist collective, URBANtells, will install “Tune to the Arts,” a live microRadio broadcast of recorded soundscapes. Placed throughout the UMBC campus, FM transmitters will broadcast sound excerpts that include aural expressions derived from various arts archives such as dance, music, theatre, literature, and visual arts, and from individuals in the UMBC community. Each transmission site has been carefully selected based on the meditative quality of its surroundings. At a central location, listeners will check out an FM receiver that has been tuned to 99.7; they will also be provided with a map to guide them as they orient themselves on the UMBC campus. As participants encounter a broadcast, they are then invited to write their reactions in chalk on the nearby sidewalk and/or on provided cards before returning to the checkout point where their comments will become part of the project’s archives.
A podcast of Tune is also available:
http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/rss/tune.xml
Open Podcast in iTunes
For more information on “Tune to the Arts,” visit http://www.umbc.edu/tune.
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September 18, 2006
Digital Stories from Charlestown
This summer UMBC students teamed with residents of Charlestown Retirement Community to create a series of digital stories. Drawn from the life experiences of the residents, the stories combined narration, animation, photos and music in short movies to be shared with others. Residents worked closely with student partners, acting as author and creative director of their individual story. Each student brought their own style and talents to the project, helping to create some unique examples of intergenerational storytelling.
The project was organized by the New Media Studio with funding from Retirement Living TV. You may view the videos below (requires Quicktime 7).
| A Traveler at Heart | Barbara Walker and An Nguyen-Gia |
| Mary's Waltz | Jean Singleton and Jorge Rios |
| My Two Grandsons | Mary Hein and Paul Iwancio |
| Barn Story | Joan McMann and Cathryna Brown |
| The Music Box | Marie Brinsfield and Samantha Duvall |
| Call Me Patsy | Tommy Koch and Andrea Olivier |
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September 11, 2006
"Reflections from the Heart" Podcast and Pachyderm Presentation
In conjunction with the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, the New Media Studio has developed two multimedia presentations to accompany “Reflections from the Heart: Photographs by David Seymour." In an audio/visual podcast, curator Tom Beck narrates a personal tour of exhibit highlights. The podcast may be conveniently accessed through Apple iTunes or directly at http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/rss/seymour.xml. For more information on UMBC podcasts click here.
The second presentation is a multimedia tour featuring commentary by Tom Beck plus ten images from the exhibit. Viewers may explore the photos in detail using a zoom fuction. The presentation is a Flash module produced using a new authoring tool called Pachyderm (http://www.pachyderm.org/). As part of our participation in the New Media Consortium, the New Media Studio has been involved in beta-testing Pachyderm over the past year. Originally developed by San Francisco MOMA for creating kiosk presentations, Pachyderm is currently under development as a web-based Flash authoring tool. The program allows instructors can quickly create presentations through a forms-based web interface. For more information, contact Bill Shewbridge (shewbrid@umbc.edu) in the Studio.
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September 6, 2006
New Media Studio Creates 40th Anniversary Timeline
As part of UMBC’s 40th anniversary celebration, the New Media Studio along with the Office of Institutional Advancement have produced an interactive timeline highlighting the evolution of UMBC. Authored in Macromedia Flash, the timeline pulls together narrative text, photos and video into a presentation that covers the history of our campus. The project was authored by JoAnne Peroutka, Aaron Weidele, Eleanor Lewis and Bill Shewbridge.
You can view the timeline here.
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July 6, 2006
Collier Jones to Speak at UK Portal Conference
Collier Jones, OIT's Portal Architect, has been invited to speak at "Portals and Portlets 2006" which runs from July 17-19 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He will give a half-day talk on customizing the uPortal user experience, and he'll preview the new features and functionality he is helping to develop for the next version of uPortal (uPortal 3) coming out later this year. The conference is sponsored by the National e-Science Centre (NeSC).
In June, Collier presented several sessions at the JA-SIG 2006 Summer Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. His presentations included:
- Content Management and User Interface Customization in uPortal
A look at managing content and customizing the uportal interface.
-One Tab, Two Tabs, Red Tabs, Blue Tabs
An overview of design strategies and the process for the new myUMBC
-uPortal 3 User Experience Requirements
A group discussion on the features and functionality needed in the next version of uPortal
-Ask the Experts Panel
Fielded questions from the audience on various uportal-related topics.
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June 12, 2006
Brendan Howell Chosen for Google's "Summer of Code"
Studio research assistant Brendan Howell will be spending his break participating in Google's "Summer of Code" Google describes SOC as "a program that offers student developers stipends to create new open source programs or to help currently established projects. Google will be working with a variety of open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several hundred projects over a three-month period."
According to Brendan "I applied and was accepted to work on the Gnome project which produces a free software desktop system for Linux. Specifically, I have been charged with updating and rewriting the Graphical Pipeline Editor application for GStreamer. GStreamer is a multi-media framework, much like Quicktime or Windows-Media, that runs on a variety of platforms including Linux, OSX and Windows."
You can follow Brendan's progress this summer on his development blog at http://gsteditor.wordpress.com/
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