UWW310 Technology & the Arts

On U2's 2015 tour, the jem of their stage was the "video cage"; two massive video boards spanning the length of their two stages (linked by a walkway). Whether you are a U2 fan or not, the stage is pretty remarkable. A clip of the screen in action can be found here (start at the 3:30 minute point): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YylDq4BlkRI

Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation that provides free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof. A lot music found on the Free Music Archive is released under Creative Commons licenses.

A group started for participants in Dickinson College's POSC290 - Mass Media, Communication, and Political Identity in MENA. Now open to all who are interested in the intersections of media and politics in the region, particularly new and emerging digital media. When requesting membership, please explain why. Note that this is for academic purposes, not for marketing.

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Everyone who's interested in blogging, web 2.0 and social media is cordially invited to join this group and participate in it! We'll discuss blogging, web 2.0 and social media as well as related topics.

A list of links to online resources and tools related to digital storytelling

The GUI has been redesigned with a great new look and many time-saving enhancements! The Toolbars and Song Title Area have been redone, and the chord sheet now has a "Real" looking handwritten font for chords. We've added UserTracks. Now you can make your own RealTracks to add to your song.

I think this is kind of cool tool, it gives a new look to music and is a way to customize your work a little. Saves time.

I purchased this software several years ago and found it interesting. The RealTracks sounded clean and followed my chord and time changes as good as could be as expected for a computer program. Sadly, my computer was not powerful enough to run the program without it jamming/freezing/lagging. I think with a proper computer system, a lot of time, and some creativity you could produce a pretty professional backing track for gigging out or creating your own studio tracks without the help of other musicians.

The H2 begins with a simple idea: provide brilliant stereo recording in an easy-to-use, ultra-portable device. Now everyone can record pristine audio in an infinite variety of applications. From seminars and conferences, to electronic news gathering(ENG), interviews and podcasting, to musical performances, songwriting sessions and rehearsals, the H2 provides amazing recording quality.

The world's best-selling music notation software. Sibelius is the easy way to write, refine, hear, scan and print beautiful scores. This is incredibly helpful in the classroom for anything that relates to sheet music.

Lists the reasons and benefits behind using the Ipad and how to integrate it for use with choral music

How can the iPad and Technology enhance Music Education? (by Paul Shimmons) Fiddlewax is a harmony looper for musicians that can also be used live. It can also be an effects processor.

Rhizome is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology. They are a non-profit organization that supports artists who integrate art and technology. They have an ArtBase which is an online archive of digital art.

This is the worlds smallest 3D printing pen! It allows you to doodle in the air and I think it will bring a new form of sculpture and art to the world.

ArtStack is a social media platform that allows users to find, share, and discover art, architecture, design, and video. The platform is very similar to that of Pinterest in which users can follow artist they like, comment on images, and create art stacks which are similar to boards on Pinterest. This is a great platform for artists and art enthusiast who want to share there interests with others.

Tomas Van Houtryve wants there to be a permanent visual record of the dawn of the drone age, the period in American history when America started outsourcing their military to flying robots. In order to create this record, Van Houtryve sent his own drone into American skies.

College photographer awards for the best in photojournalism. Take a look at the best images created by college students in the U.S.

The Big Picture is a photo blog produced by a select group of picture editors of The Boston Globe. The majority of the images come from wire services such as the Associated Press, Reuters, and Getty Images, who license them to The Boston Globe for our use.

Amazing new instrument that can be strummed, bowed, plucked and that can mimic the sounds of many instruments, even at once.

ThingLink is the leading platform for creating interactive images and videos for web, social, advertising, and educational channels. Be creative! Make your images come alive with video, text, images, shops, music and more! Every image contains a story and ThingLink helps you tell your stories.