For this week’s homework you will need to log into Vocat:

http://app.vocat.io

Now you will need to go to either YouTube.com or Vimeo.com, search for a tutorial on something you’d like to understand how to do in relation to your final project in this class.  Some good sample search queries: “animate in blender”, “color correction in Gimp”, “2D Unity Game”, “host a free website with github”.  Post the tutorial to Vocat.  If you are having trouble posting a Vimeo video or YouTube video please consult Vocat documentation:

http://docs.vocat.io

Once you have found the tutorial and posted it to Vocat, I’d like to see three 140-character annotations (about the size of a tweet), I’d like one of the annotations to state a point in the tutorial that helped you, one point in the tutorial that confused you, and one annotation at the end of the video stating your overall impression of the tutorial.  I’d then like 150 words in the discussion section where you will talk about how successful you were in following the tutorial, and if this task is still something you’d like to incorporate into your final project.

Due Tuesday February 24th

Create an HTML document with the following (In this order):

1. A header with a title for your submission

2. A 1280X720 pixel screenshot from the film Downloaded

3. At least one paragraph about what you took away from the documentary (at least 250 words)

4. BONUS (Optional): Use the software resources page to help you with the inclusion of CSS styling and/or twitter bootstrap.

Homework for next Tuesday (2/17):  Watch the film Downloaded.

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I’d like you to take some notes, and practice writing in HTML… but you don’t need to turn these notes in.  We’ll be using Downloaded as a media asset for some practice in Gimp next week.

Check the blog over the next few days, I’ll be adding the resources page (It will be in the navbar next to the currently lonely “syllabus” link at the top of the page) where you’ll be able to access HTML samples we’ve constructed in class together.

FULL FILM ACCESSED HERE: http://on.aol.com/video/downloaded—full-documentary-film-517844258

[If you’d like to watch the film without ads/in higher quality, it is available on Netflix]

READ:

Wizards, Bureaucrats, Warriors, and Hackers: Writing the History of the Internet

http://www.pne.people.si.umich.edu/PDF/ahrcwreview.pdf

WATCH:

BBS The Documentary Part I: Baud

Write 250 words addressing what you found most enlightening about the article and the documentary and one topic that you found problematic.   Turn in (e-mail to me) by 12AM on Feb 10th.