In the Spotlight: Professor Nuket Kardam

Last week I had the pleasure of working with Professor Nuket Kardam of the International Policy School on a creative addition she wanted to use with a grant proposal for the Institute.  Her project is entitled “Visionary Women: Culture and Women’s Voices from Turkey” and she proposes displaying Turkey’s diversity and cultural richness through digital story telling.  The focus of her work will be women who are leaders that exude a communitarian spirit, that are trustworthy, humble, patient, and generous.

For the creative part of her project, Professor Kardam wanted to put together a slideshow of photos that included background music and a voiceover.  We used photos that were digitally scanned, a song from her iTunes library and iMovie 08 to put it all together.  

It was great to collaborate with Professor Kardam as she was very enthusiastic about incorporating digital media into her work.  After we finished the editing we uploaded the video to youtube.com so she could share this with her colleagues, students, family and friends. 

Open House – A big thank you!

The Teaching and Learning Collaborative and the Digital Media Commons  Staff would like to extend a big THANK YOU to all that participated in our first ever open house.  This event was a huge success, we were able to demonstrate all of the truly innovative projects, technology and people that we have on campus.  Thank you to all of those that helped make this event a great one.  We have many great pictures that highlight the discussions that people were having and cool projects that were showcased.  Please check back with us soon for a schedule of technology demonstrations we will be hosting in the near future.  Remember, you may always drop-in to get help or e-mail us at dmc@miis.edu to schedule an appointment.  Cheers!

We’re just getting started!

Welcome to the MIIS Stories blog!  This is a space that the Teaching and Learning Collaborative and the Digital Media Commons will be using to showcase the innovative projects that both faculty and students are working on using digital media.  We are working hard to also provide you with a rich online library of resources and tutorials to assist you in creating and distributing digital media projects.