A group from Alma College attended the NMC (New Media Consortium) Summer Conference (June 11-14) at Princeton University. Wow, what can I say in a few words about this experience? Seeing Princeton University for the first time was awe inspiring and a quasi-religious experience. Walking the halls and buildings of this fabulous monument to academia was truly moving and a fascinating couple days. And the town...downtown Princeton was glorious and our group made sure to take in some of the fine dining and great pubs.
The NMC is a dynamic organization and hosted a great event. You could feel the energy and enthusiasm of the attendees and the sessions and conversations afterward were outstanding.
Certainly one of the highlights was the closing keynote by Henry Jenkins from MIT. I can't think of anyone who "gets it" and better understands how new media technologies are transforming so many aspects of our culture and our world. I am really pleased that Alma College in now a member of the NMC and I look forward to more collaboration and interaction among NMC member schools and Alma.Next year's conference will be in Monterey at California State University. Here is a short welcome video from the hosts for the 2009 Conference.
Check out some photos taken by attendees from the conference at http://www.nmc.org/2008-summer-conference/photos
By the way, I gave a morning pre-conference workshop on June 10 titled "QuickTime Revisited" which explored how QuickTime 7 Pro differs in some important ways from previous versions of QuickTime, particularly in areas such as capture/recording of audio and video and the apparent step backward with regard to interactivity. Participants were able to step through some hands-on activities and learn to caption video, create media skins, create mashups by extracting and combining tracks from different videos, and a few other fun exercises. I am compiling these tutorials in a web version so stay tuned for a link to the material.
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