Avocational training
Avocational training: teaching new media in old institutions
* Introduction:
Graduate and undergraduate art schools are beginning to include classes and programs focused on "new" media (getting older every day) as an accepted - not experimental - part of their curricula. Yet in the seeming absence of an established pedagogical tradition, these programs must negotiate an appropriate balance between skill development and conceptual exploration. The situation is complicated by the new emphasis on students-as-consumers and the financial pressures on both students and institutions. We cannot productively address these tensions (and defuse some common frustrations) without respecting the legitimate needs, concerns, and positions of the constituencies involved - students, administrators, and teachers alike.
* About Elizabeth Goodman:
Elizabeth Goodman's design, writing, and research focuses on critical thinking and creative exploration at the intersections of new digital technologies, social life and urban spaces. She has a master's degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program and has spent this fall as a visiting lecturer on site specific art and wireless networks at the San Francisco Art Institute. For more information about the class, visit
www.alisant.net/sitespecific. More examples of Elizabeth's work in urban gaming and cellphone interfaces can be found at www.confectious.net.
as part of
newmediaeducation.org
# 01.19 Christoph Spehr
# 01.26 Elizabeth Goodman
# 02.02 Megan Boler
# 02.09 Ricardo Miranda Zuniga
# 02.16 Patrick Lichty
# 02.23 John Hopkins
# 03.02 Axel Bruns
# 03.09 Lily Diaz
# 03.16 Eduardo Navas, Randall Packer
# 03.23 Joline Blais, Jon Ippolito
# 03.30 Wolfgang Münch
# 04.06 Lisa Gye
# 04.13 Ned Rossiter, Adriene Jenik/
William Grishold
# 04.20 Warren Sack
# 04.27 Anna Munster, Molly Krause
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