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Technology Ain't That Hard, Guys
I realized the other day that I've become that guy.
That guy that you go to for computer help. You know, the "technology guy," the "computer guy." I'm that guy grandma calls when she can't figure out why the internets isn't working, that guy that classmates ask when their projectors don't hook up right in class, that guy the professor always calls up front when the speakers aren't playing the video's…
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Real vs. Paper Projects
My upper-level classes are all project based. I've written before about why I think project-based learning is important and the best choice for the kinds of material I teach ("It Depends," "Learning by Doing," "…
ContinueAdded by Rich Dionne on December 14, 2012 at 8:23am — No Comments
Projection Design Experience
I am a high school TV Productions and Drama teacher and I am also working on my doctorate of computer science in emerging media with a concentration in theater technology. I chose this concentration because it only makes sense with what I do. Now I am trying to work on research and a dissertation topic.
I have become fascinated with projection designs while researching the tech theater world. I did not know much about it until recently when I decided to make my theater and studio…
ContinueAdded by Susan Cardillo on December 13, 2012 at 4:30pm — 12 Comments
Programmable Controllers
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are a great example of industrial technology that technicians have appropriated for theatre. The first PLC was created at the request of General Motors in 1968 to replace the complicated arrangement of electrical relays and mechanical sequencers used to automate the assembly line at a GM transmission plant. Prior to the installation of the PLC, changing the assembly line processes for each new model year required a team of electricians rewiring the…
ContinueAdded by Rich Dionne on September 15, 2012 at 6:42am — No Comments
The Magic of the Music of Numbers
Michael Blake, a Canadian composer, made a big splash in interweb-geek circles when he published this video of his composition, “What π Sounds Like.”
I personally stumbled upon this piece of genius through this video post about a subsequent copyright case involving Blake and another musician who had claimed…
ContinueAdded by Rich Dionne on April 8, 2011 at 4:00am — 2 Comments
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RSS feeds, links to technology and theatre
Posts and photos about gigs invoIving projection and video I do in the theatre
Added by Jeff Gooch on February 22, 2009 at 12:32pm — No Comments
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