Web Project Transcriptions Hours

Extended hours for Robin in the Transcriptions Studio the week of December 4 are as follows:

M 1.30-5.30
T 3-6
W 10-3

Friday I will be in the studio from 1.30-6; Robin will not be there but you are free to come and use the computers as necessary.

To allow for last-minute technical troubleshooting, the web project due date has been extended to Monday, December 11, at NOON.  Robin will be available for last-minute technical help on Monday, December 11, from 10am-NOON.  To “hand in” your project, please email me the url by the deadline.

Extra Credit Opportunities!

For those of you who have missed some classes or some online responses, these extra-credit opportunities are a good way to make up those lost points.  Each extra-credit assignment counts for one on-line response; if you have completed all of the assigned responses, then the extra-credit will offer a little “boost” to your attendance and participation grade, especially if it falls on the border between two grades.  Post each extra-credit assignment to the online forum under the thread “Extra Credit” assignments.

All extra credit is due by midnight Wednesday, December 6.

1.  Read and respond to “A Manifesto for the Humanities in a Technological Age”
By Cathy N. Davidson and David Theo Goldberg

http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i23/23b00701.htm
(password protected; must be accessed on-campus or using proxy server)

2.  Facade.  Read “Atlantic Monthly” article, download and play Facade, and post your response to the article and the experience of playing the game.

Santa Barbara Marches for Peace

Cyberinfrastructure: Tuesday, November 7, 11.30 am

This looks like an interesting discussion that touches on many of the issues we have been considering in our class.  Anyone who attends and writes a response to the workshop will receive extra-credit (and be intellectually enriched as well!).

WORKSHOP: Cyberinfrastructure: Tools and Resources for the Humanities,
Arts & Social Sciences
Carol Hobson (UCDARnet)
Tuesday, November 7 / 11:30 AM -1:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020

This workshop, led by Carol Hobson of UCDARnet, is designed to introduce humanists, artists and social scientists to common and emergent cyberinfrastructure tools and resources. Hobson will provide information about the 2006 Summer Institute, ‘Cyberinfrastructure for Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences’. This conference served as an introduction to Cyberinfrastructure, Cyberservices, High-Performance Computing & Storage, Networks & Digitally Enabled Sensors, Grid Computing, Portals & Gateways, Knowledge & Semantic System, Large Scale Data & Databases, Visualization, and Virtual Research Environments in the UC system.

Carol Hobson manages the University of California Digital Arts Research Network (DARnet), a multi-campus research program involving eight UC campuses. She has also served as administrative director for the Center for Research in Computing & the Arts, an Organized Research Unit of the University of California San Diego, and as New Media Arts Manager for the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technologies.

Sponsored by the IHC, Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media, Center for Information, Technology and Society (CITS), English Department, Film and Media Studies Department, and the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts.

Extra Paper Help

If you have noticed a lot of run-ons, fragments, or unclear language in your assignments, I encourage you to take a draft of your paper to CLAS.  They can help with the mechanics and organization of your papers.  See the resource page for more information.

Extra Office Hours for Paper I

I encourage you to meet with me to discuss your papers or to email me with any questions you might have.  I will be holding office hours in the Transcriptions Studio Monday 23 and Wednesday 25 from 1.30-3pm. 

As your writing progresses, if you would like to email me your introduction or your thesis statement and a brief outline of your paper, I am happy to look at them quickly and give you any suggestions or feedback.  I cannot open Word Perfect attachments. 

Please be advised that I am leaving town for a conference on Wednesday immediately following class and will be back on Sunday.  I’ll have limited access to email during this time, but will read my email on Sunday and respond to any last-minute questions you might have.  But if you need substantial help with your paper, please be in touch with me before Wednesday.

 Good luck!  I look forward to reading your papers.

Patchwork Girl hours in Transcriptions Center

Patchwork Girl may be viewed on one of the computers in the Transcriptions Center (second floor of South Hall) during these hours:

Friday, October 20, 1-3pm.
Monday, October 23, 1.30-3.30pm.
Tuesday, October 24, 3-6 pm.
Wednesday, October 25, 12-3.30pm.  (Be advised your post to the online forum is due at 1pm as usual this day.)

Student of Color Conference at UC Berkeley from Nov. 17-19

Interested undergrads should contact Stacy at stacy.umezu@gmail.com or (510) 305-5917. Please let them know that if they contact Stacy by Oct. 19 all costs (food, transportation and hotel) will be paid for. 

All information for SOCC can be found at: http://www.ucsa.org/about/SOCC2006/index.php.

Guest Presentation: Introduction to Digital Copyright Law

The Transcriptions Studio invites you to attend a Film.Literature.Software series event entitled:

An Introduction to Digital Copyright Law
Presented by Ryan Roemer
Monday, October 16th, 2006
4:15 – 6:15PM
South Hall 1415

Event Description:

This seminar will provide a brief overview of copyright law with an eye toward digital media and technologies. The “basics” of U.S. copyright law will be covered, as well as the recent Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We will examine the difficulties and controversy surrounding the evolution of “digital copyright” law. If time permits, additional interesting topics such as open source software licensing, digital piracy, and new media (e.g., wiki’s) will be explored.

Ryan Roemer is a graduate student in Computer Science at UCSD. He is also a patent attorney and registered to practice in California and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Ryan was previously associated with a large international law firm, where he practiced intellectual property litigation and patent counseling and prosecution, focusing on software and digital technologies. He also advises clients regarding open source software development and licensing, CAN-SPAM compliance, and digital music copyright issues. Ryan holds degrees from UCLA and Stanford University.

In-Class Presentations

Please remember to email me the night before your presentation with your general topic and points of discussion–this will help me to integrate your presentation into the rest of the class discussion.