Clt picture

Below is a picture of the beautiful Trinity University Center for Learning and Technology (CLT).

The mission at the CLT, as stated by their website, is "to provide faculty, students, and staff access to technology, media and training that enhance teaching, learning, and research; to design, create and maintain learning spaces that enhance instruction and pedagogy; and to distribute and maintain media and media equipment for instruction and campus events."

How do they do that? They do that with a great variety of equipment, a talented and friendly staff, and flexible hours of availability. Media distribution services at the CLT include audio and video conferencing, TrinitTV, videostreaming, and campus cable TV. CLT is also the place to go for audio and video editing, photography, and production hardware and software. The CLT even has some equipment available to Trinity students to rent out to fulfill their academic requirements.

Chris Nolan assignment

This website is brought to us by the Museum of Bad Art.  According to the website, the Museum of Bad Art has been "dedicated to bad art since 1994".  The website does not declare any individual author, though it does note a book from the Museum of Bad Art by Michael Frank and Louise Reilly Sacco.  The domain of the website for the Museum of Bad Art is .org.  The website seems to have been put on the web mainly to inform people of the art and of the museum's mission, which is to bring the worst of art to the widest of audiences.

Although it seems funny to have an entire museum with over 400 pieces dedicated to the worst art they could find, the Museum's website clearly is not satirical by any means.  The website is very well organized and easy to navigate.  Basic information is right in front of you on the main page, with additional information available through links.  And, if you really want to know more, you can get on their email list, which is also easily accessible. The thing I like most about the website is its simplicity.  Everything is clearly labeled and easy to find, and nothing is too flashy.  The only thing I dislike about the website is that it does not show who wrote it, and who the messages represent, other than the Museum itself

Assignment 11

Through the readings on copyright and plagiarism as well as the presentation by Trinity University librarian, Diane Graves, I have gained rather extensive knowledge on a topic that I previously knew very little about. One thing that I took particular interest in is the Fair Use Rule, which entitles authors to make limited use of another's copyrighted work without asking permission or infringing on the original copyright. Fair use is based on the belief that the public is entitled to freely use portions of copyrighted materials for purposes of commentary and criticism. Although there are some limitations to these examples, the following uses are typically considered fair uses: Criticism and comment; news reporting; research and scholarship; nonprofit educational uses; and parody. I have always been under the impression that if you use pieces of other writers literature in your work without permission that you were plagiarizing. As with many of the topics surrounding copyright and plagiarism, there are disputes about what is or is not a fair use. One line that is clear yet is still often crossed is the line of commercial use. Violations often occur when the use is motivated primarily by a desire for commercial gain. Non-commercial use, on the other hand, is often considered fair use. With that being said, fair use is not immediately ruled out when a commerical motive is involved. For example, a use that benefits the public can qualify as a fair use, even if it makes money for the user.

Assignment 08

Everybody who uses the internet uses bookmarks. They are a fast and convenient way to get to the sites you like and/or need. However, bookmarking has been taken to a whole new level. Social bookmarking allows you not only to access your own sites quickly, but sites that people with similar interests like as well. Many different companies are up and running now, with the most popular being StumbleUpon. Once you have registered with StumbleUpon, you simply enter a category of interest to you and hit the "stumble" button. Just like that you have found countless new resources for your hobbies and interests. Indeed, social bookmarking is an extremely useful and even fun tool. For more information on social bookmarking, go to http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/62/2/217

TU: wireless campus

I use Trinity University's wireless network all of the time.  However, very rarely is it for academic purposes.  I mostly use it when I want to video chat with friends from home and don't want to bother my roommate.  I also use it to watch Milwaukee Brewers and Green Bay Packers games in conjunction with my Slingbox.  I am very thankful for the wireless internet here.  An article I found that details a bit more the convenience of wireless networking on college campuses is http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E4DE1031F933A15757C0A9669C8B.  This article is based at St. Mary's College in Newburgh, NY and features just how much a wireless campus can improve the educational experience of all the students.  The article, written in 2000, predicted the vast increase in wireless access that has indeed occurred, something that I think we are all thankful for.

Assignment 01

Dear All,

My name is Bart Davis and I am a first year student at Trinity University, located just minutes from downtown San Antonio, TX. Shorewood, small suburb of Milwaukee, WI, has been my home for my entire life to this point. I graduated from Shorewood High School, a small public high school, in mid-June. My biggest passion, outside of the ladies, is soccer. I have been playing since I was four years old, and soccer was what initially brought me to this fantastic campus. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned during preseason and I find myself with time away from soccer for the first time in over seven years. After this disappointment, I am working hard to make the most of whatever opportunities come my way, and I'm planning on going out for the team once again in the spring. Outside of writing papers and checking my email, I am relatively uninformed on the ways of the computer. Through this class, I hope to, at the very least, become competent in several different areas of computer analysis. Something that few people know about me is that I have seen a desert camel drink a can of pepsi.

BD--out