Thursday, November 20, 2008

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.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

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