http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:40:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For our first major project, I wanted to see if I could make the amazing visuals in different Mesoamerican Aztec codices move.  These codices were manuscripts from modern-day Mexico and chronicled the history (imagined and real) and visual art of the Aztec people.  Starting from their departure from the island ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/2008/10/01/project1-recontextualizing-the-aztec-book/ This week, I made a very simple bouncing ball animation with Eclipse (with Processing core.jar library imported).  Hitting the borders will change the fill color of the ball.  Here is the code: import processing.core.PApplet; //simple animation with a bouncing ball changing color  public class Practice_Hello extends PApplet{    int x=(int) random(1,100);     int y=(int) random(1,100);     ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/2008/09/17/hw2-practice-with-eclipse/ This Fall '08, I am taking a Steinhardt course entitled "Cognitive Science II and Educational Technology".  We are exploring the ways in which technology-rich environments relate to individual and group cognition.  After gaining an overview of the history of cognitive science and the leading learning theories at play, we will ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/2008/09/14/cognitive-science-ii-and-educational-technology/ Reflections on “Computers, the Internet, and New Media for Learning” by R. Goldman-Segall and J. Maxwell. In W.M. Reynolds & G.E. Miller (Eds.) Handbook of Psychology. Volume 7: Educational Psychology (pp. 393-427). New York: John Wiley and Sons. Goldman-Segall and Maxwell argue for the adoption of their Points of View theory ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/2008/09/14/response1-computers-the-internet-and-new-media-for-learning/ For this week's assignment, we had to do a simple example of recontextualization.  I selected one of my favorite photos of the Argentine writers, Jorge Luis Borges, since he is one of the great masters of linguistic and thematic recontextualization.  This photo is specifically referencing the idea that "Every novel ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/2008/09/13/borges-y-dq-hw1/ Today I made an interactive bowl of party nutz, which shake and shout the closer you get.  The ER was closed today, so here is a pic that I took last night of the prepared motors.  I will take more and load them soon.  These motors were then embedded in ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/2008/08/01/mixed_nutz-day-5-of-5-in-5/ Today was another work day, so I decided to do a short animation with AfterEffects. Since I have practically no experience with the program, I wanted to see if I could animate one of my favorite pictures ever. Here is my inspiration for Day #4 of 5-in-5: I took ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/2008/07/31/out2sea/ For Day#3, I tried a wearable, and almost made it to completion.  I hit a snag at the very end when my Lilypad Arduino would not upload.  I am going to continue debugging to try and figure out why it will not upload programs.  I began by selecting a pattern ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/2008/07/30/the-u-cant-resistor-me-dress-day3-of-5-in-5/ Today I made the PCompatible Earrings, earrings made of physical computing parts. I wanted a short design exercise since I work today, so yesterday I made these sketches: Ultimately, though, I let the components themselves dictate the design. I will let you see which parts you can identify. ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/2008/07/29/pcompatible-earrings_5-in-5-day-2/ Here is a link to DAY 1 of the first ever ITP 5-in-5 Project.  The premise is that all participants create 5 different projects each for 5 days!  It is going to be AMAZING! http://5-in-5.com  http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/2008/07/28/welcome-robot-15_day1-of-5-in-5/