January 29 and January 30, 2014
For 2 days, 4 Groups will be chosen to create a Digital Story and will have the possibility to use our lab`s Digital Storytelling Tools:
Scrollkit (Wendy Ann & Stian), Popcorn Maker (Trine & Hans-Arne), MovieMaker, ThingLink (all), Gimp, XML Spy/Python (Trine), WordPress (Wendy Ann), Oculus Rift (Stian), JavaScript & HTML (Wendy Ann) and Max/MSP (Hans-Arne)!
Workshop Location and Schedule:
29 January: Sense-IT (A362) and C434 – (10:00-16:30 )
30 January: Sense-IT and C434 – (09:00-13:00)
Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications
O.S. Bragstadsplass 2a
7034 Trondheim
Please use this map to locate the campus, search for NTNU Gløshaugen, Elektro C and then find room C434 at, http://use.mazemap.com/# or alternatively, please see, http://www.ntnu.no/kart/gloeshaugen/elektro-c/4-etasje/rom-c434/
Mentors: Wendy Ann Mansilla, Stian Habbestad, Trine Rein, and Hans-Arne Hånes
Requirements:
1.) Bring your media/content (image, video, audio, text files, etc…) & your memory sticks and harddrives
2.) Bring your laptop/computers & sketch materials (paper, pencil, pads, etc..)
3.) Convert all images to jpeg or png file format
4.) Convert all video files to mp4 (mpeg 4 format)
5.) Convert all audio files to mp3
6.) Communication and Language mode: English
Schedule:
o 10.00 Introduction to the Workathon (Andrew Perkis, Room C434)
o 10.05 Introduction to the tools and mentors (Wendy Ann Mansilla and other mentors give approx. 10-min presentation)
o 10.45 Project introductions – “elevator pitches” (2-3 mins, each proposal)
o 11.10 Comments and questions on the projects
o 11.20 Choosing groups/projects, organizing the groups (2 groups on each locations)
o 11.40 Setting up groups in separate locations – working on concept, work process, followed by mentoring session
o 12.10 Lunch
o 13.00 Plenary session: Presentations from the groups on concept and process; Feedback
o 13.30 Group work
o 16:30 Workathon mentoring session ends but groups can continue working within the campus.
Second day:
o 09.00 Plenary session: Status for the projects. Feedback
o 10.00 Finishing session. Preparing “showreel” for the seminar
o 13.00 Start seminar
To avoid delays during the workshop, we recommend that you install or register online the following software/tools that you are interested to work on:
1. Scrollkit , register at: http://www.scrollkit.com/
2. Popcorn maker, register at: http://popcorn.webmaker.org/
3. Windows Movie Maker, download a free version at: http://www.windows-movie-maker.org/
4. Thinglink, register at http://www.thinglink.com/
5. Gimp 2.8, download a free version at: http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
6. XML Spy, download a free trial at: http://www.altova.com/download.html
7. WordPress, you need to sign-up for a web-hosted website at http://wordpress.org/; free-hosting will not work. Alternatively, we will be working on a dummy website host during the workshop, http://foto.lysbilde.com/
8. Oculus Rift, the device and software is provided for testing at the Sense-IT laboratory.
9. Javascript and HTML – download this zip file, https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js & we will use Komodo Edit or editor of your choice as an IDE: http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads
10. Max/MSP (Max 6.1.6) – You can download a trial version here: http://cycling74.com/downloads/
11. Google Chrome – This is a must for all web browsers: https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/