Technology in Graphic Design Education: New Tools for Familiar
Needs
by Jennifer Smith, TTT Editor
Like
many other fields, graphic design has been changed dramatically
by technology. Where does this leave the designer and
the design educator at the turn of the century? Has the
designer's task been fundamentally altered? Design instructors
Jeffrey Morin and Hillary Warren of UW-Stevens Point and
John Rieben of UW-Madison shed light on this topic. (Dec.
99)
Integrating
Technology into a Problem-Solving Curriculum
by Jeffrey Morin, UW-Stevens Point
In
a Teaching Scholars Forum contribution, Morin, a graphic
designer for over twenty years, describes the pedagogical
issues facing design educators today and makes a compelling
appeal for letting aesthetics drive technical choices,
not vice-versa. (Dec. 99)
Fusing
the Arts with New Technologies: UW-Madison's Interarts and
Technology Program
by Jennifer Smith, TTT Editor
Never
heard of UW-Madison's Interarts and Technology program?
Here's your chance. Read about how this innovative program
founded in 1990 combines technological experimentation
with dance, music, art, theater, and aesthetic theory.
(Dec. 99) (Also, see article below.)
I,
a Tech: A Graduate's Reflection on the Interarts and Technology
Program
by Jeffrey Gray Miller
Read
one IATECH alum's personal and creative reflection on
the Interarts curriculum, the role of the arts in a high-tech
society, and the challenge of keeping a human face on
technological advancement. Writes Miller, "Technology
does not create itself yet. Somewhere, behind every blinking
light and noisome beep and smooth metal casing, there
is a flesh-and-blood hand much like your own. That is
the task of IATECH: to find the human face of technology..."
(Dec. 99) (Also, see article above.)
New
LTDC Logo Designed by UW-Stevens Point Students
by Jennifer Smith, TTT Editor
See
the Learning Technology Development Council's newly redesigned
logo! This fun design is the work of three graphic design
students, Theresa Krause, Jon Tereba, and Jessie Zinda,
all from Asst. Prof. Hillary Warren's class. Read about
how the logo was selected and what students learned in
the process. (Dec. 99)
Printmaking
On Line
Lisa A. Moline, UW-Milwaukee
Three
members of the UWM art department faculty are developing
"Printmaking on-line" (POL), a "virtual
texbook" of printmaking techniques on the Web. Detailed
information in multimedia format (text, video, images)
of techniques and demonstrations that are presented in
class but not readily available in traditional textbooks,
would be made easily accessible to students outside of
class.