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The NCAT lab (NC 003) will open for walk-in use by all members of the campus community at 4:00pm on Monday, January 23rd. Scheduled classes also begin that day.

Regular hours for walk-in use are always posted here; please plan accordingly.

Have a great semester!

Changes are in bold type:

Teams of 4 students, each are given a theme and 24 hours to make a 10 minute film. Teams planning to enter should email Steve Papson (spapson@stlawu.edu) by Mon. Oct 17. The competition will take place Sat. Oct. 22, 1pm to Sun. Oct. 23, 1pm.

An iMovie introduction workshop will be held on Fri. Oct. 21 from 4-6pm in the NCAT (NC003).

The NCAT lab (NC003) will be open for participants to edit their productions from 8am-1pm on Sunday Oct.23.

NCAT loaned equipment may be reserved on a first come, first served basis beginning now. Students should contact Jo Skiff (jskiff@stlawu.edu) or the student monitor during open hours.

A three member jury will select the winning team. Film showings will be in the Winston Room on Mon. Oct. 24 at 7pm. Each member of the winning team will receive a $25 gift certificate to the bookstore.

UPDATE: Listen to an audio podcast of the event here.

Computer scientist, composer, visual artist, and author Jaron Lanier will visit St. Lawrence in September 2011 as part of the Contemporary Issues Forum.

Best known as one of the pioneers of virtual reality, Lanier is a polymath with fascinating insights and contrarian views on many of today’s latest and most popular technologies. His 2010 book You Are Not a Gadget is a critique of the philosophies underlying web 2.0 technologies (such as Facebook, YouTube, blogs, and Twitter) and a call for a more human-centered approach to technology design and development.

Lanier will give a lecture on Tuesday, September 27th at 7:00pm in Eben Holden, followed by a book signing. This event is free and open to the public.

Cultural anthropologist Dr. Michael Wesch focuses his work on the effects of new media on society and culture. He is well-known for using new media to explain new media — his classic “The Machine is Us/ing Us” is the most famous example. This kind of work led Wired to dub him “the explainer.”

Dr. Wesch is the speaker for this year’s Hays and Margaret Crimmel Colloquium on Liberal Education, and the title of his lecture is “Mediated Culture: what’s at stake?”

Tuesday, August 30th at 7:00pm in Eben Holden

The New Media Consortium Summer Conference occurs this week in Madison, Wisconsin. The NMC, of which St. Lawrence is a member, hosts many events and programs that focus on integrating emerging technologies with teaching, learning, and creative inquiry; the Summer Conference is their flagship event.

Check out the conference program here (pdf).

More info on the NCAT’s contribution to this year’s program can be found here.