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topic(s)

• basic content creation -- editors, image tools, video
• use of blogging sites, and media content management systems
• topics of creative technology -- mathematics, smart systems & new media
• communication and presentation issues
• presence in oral & written presentation(s)
• individual on-line (digital) portfolio(s)

CA1 target(s)

• skill(s) -- (digital) content creation
• knowledge -- information management & presentation
• theory -- relation technology, science & art(s)
• experience(s) -- presentation of ideas, concepts & plans
• attitude -- exploration, communication, discovery, presentation

we create identity -- media in context

• canonical example(s) -- interactive video / portal(s)
• (online) reference material(s) -- instruction(s) / teamwork software
• challenging target(s) -- www.youtube.com / www.symbaloo.com/nl / create-media.blogspot.com / www.scrapblog.com

inspiration(s) -- video(s)

• learning(s) -- next generation
• dream(s) -- last lecture
• architecture(s) -- the architecture of the unfamiliar
• application(s) -- hello world
• (dis)order(s) -- everything is miscellaneous
• game(s) -- games for change
• presentation(s) -- how to (not) use powerpoint / five ways to speak
• campaign(s) -- what political campaigns can teach business
• politic(s) -- privacy matters
• rip(s) -- a remix manifesto
• idea(s) -- change the world through game design
• clip(s) -- submit your clip

course structure

1. introduction of tool(s) and platform(s)
2. topics in creative technology (1)
3. teamwork -- identity as a group
4. topics in creative technology (2)
5. identity -- individual portfolio(s)
6. topics in creative technology (3)
7. presentation(s) -- individual & group work
8. evaluation -- reflection(s) on we create identity

excursion(s)

• visit(s) to regional initiative(s) -- www.creatievefabriek.nl / www.gogbot.nl
• lecture(s) at PICNIC Academy -- www.picnicnetwork.org/search?q_mm=academy
• visit(s) around campus -- www.t-xchange.nl

individual

• create account(s) at -- google site, blogspot, flickr
• maintain blogs & records -- minimal 5, with pictures
• create personal portfolio -- with (symbaloo) start page
• prepare poster and pitch for final session(s)

small group(s)

• construct creative technology map -- www.umapper.com/maps/view/id/12356
• create clip & interactive video -- ximpel.net

collective assignment(s)

• create and maintain group site -- groups.google.com
• maintain creative technology wiki
• organize final poster exhibition

reference(s)

An initial set of references should include the list below, although many more are available.

1. Mitchel Resnick, Sowing the Seeds for a more Creative Society -- online video
2. Facets of Fun -- On the Design of Computer Augmented Entertainment Artefacts, available in online version
3. Kress G. and van Leeuwen T. (1996), Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design, Routledge
4. Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter (eds), MyCreativity Reader, A Critique of Creative Industries, Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam 2007
5. A. Eliëns, topical media & game development -- media.eliens.net

resource(s) / CA1

• software -- processing.org / ximpel / material(s)
• inspiration(s) -- www.beautifullosers.com
• map(s) -- twente / example(s)
• group(s) -- groups.google.com / site(s) / tool(s) / drop.io
• tag cloud(s) -- tagcrowd.com
• present(s) -- www.power-rail.net (example/xml) -- use w-key to navigate
• ximpel -- ximpel.net / view(s)
• concept graph(s) -- philosopher(s) (double click to center, double click on center for info) / amazon
• flickr -- creative technology
• video vortex -- networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/publications/inc-readers/videovortex
• identity -- www.personalbrand.nl