Notes,+Events


 * 4/28/11**

In Media Res Current Calls

Below are the weeks for the Summer 2010 Schedule for In Media Res for which we are accepting proposals from interested curators. Visit http://mediacommons. futureofthebook.org/imr/ current-calls to receive more information and deadlines for each week’s topic, as well as details on how to submit a proposal.

May 30 - June 3, 2011: American Idol Season 10 Postmortem June 13 - 17, 2011: The Contemporary Summer Blockbuster June 20 - 24, 2011: Science, Technology and Media June 27 - July 1, 2011: Aaron Sorkin August 8 - 12, 2011: Queer Americana August 15 - 19, 2011: Indie Game Developers September 5 - 9, 2011: Interactive Documentaries September 12 - 16, 2011: The Industry of Media Award Ceremonies September 26 - 30, 2011: Reality TV and Otherness

Proposals need not be any longer than a sentence or two.

If interested, please contact In Media Res (inmediares.gsu@gmail.com) with topic proposals or for more information about the individual theme weeks. Be sure to include the name of the theme week for which you would like to be involved in the subject line of the email.

Theme week coordinators will notify potential curators of the status of their proposal within two weeks of the submission deadline.

Academics, journalists, critics, media professionals and fans are all welcome to submit proposals.

The actual piece should include a 30-second to 3-minute clip, an image, or a slideshow accompanied by a 300 to 350 word response to/contextualization of the clip, image, or slideshow. In addition to curating your piece, you will be expected to engage with the other pieces presented that week as a means of fostering discussion and further fleshing out the individual topic in relation to the week’s theme.


 * 4/4/11**

Where are the computers in your neighborhood?

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 * 4/1/11 (no April Fools!)**

May 20, 8 p.m.–May 21, 6 a.m.
For the first time in its history, NYPL will open the doors to the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building for an entire night to allow 500 prequalified players to descend on the Library to play Find the Future: The Game, created by the acclaimed game designer Jane McGonigal. In this "Write All Night," players tackle a list of 100 quests and their contributions will be made into a book. As the quests are completed, they become "unlocked" in the online portion of the game, which can be played by anyone starting May 21.

**Prequalify for Find the Future: The Game**


 * 3/15/11**

=Publisher Limits Shelf Life for Library E-Books= @http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/business/media/15libraries.html
 * New York Times:**


 * 3/10/11**


 * 2011 Library Association of the City University of New York Instruction Committee Spring Event**


 * Critical Information Literacy: The Challenge of Practice**

James Elmborg Associate Professor/Program Director - School of Library and Information Science, University of Iowa April 22 10:00am-1:00pm CUNY Graduate Center - Skylight Room (9100)

This event is free for members of the Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY). If you are not a LACUNY member you will asked to pay $5 at the door or online via Pay Pal at http: http://www.lacuny.org/committees-and-roundtables/committees/instruction-committee

Please RSVP by April 1st via the webform at: http://tinyurl.com/5ultud8

Please contact the LACUNY Instruction Committee co-chairs Jesus Sanabria at jesus.sanabria@bcc.cuny.edu Cope at jonathan.cope@csi.cuny.edu

The CUNY Graduate Center is centrally located in Midtown Manhattan at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Directions: http://www.gc.cuny.edu/about_gc/directions.htm


 * 2/8/11**

I'm pleased to have the opportunity to invite you to a special event in NYC on Wednesday, February 23rd, 6-8pm to discuss the state of the emerging field of online and mobile games designed to improve health and behavioral health. Bringing together researchers, clinicians, technology developers, and entrepreneurs, this is a limited attendance event that we hope will be the first of a series of bi-monthly meetings in NYC to provide an ongoing forum to share ideas, explore collaborations, and discuss the future of health games. In each meeting we will have 2-3 presenters who will show a game or discuss their research, followed by a Q&A session.

This event has been organized with the support and input of Games for Health, Games for Change, and the NYU Educational Communication and Technology program. Attendance is free.

CLICK HERE TO RSVP (45 <@https://kognito.wufoo.com/forms/nyc-health-games/> Max)

Demos/Speakers Include: 1. Lit 2 Quit <@http://lit2quit.wordpress.com/> - Dr. Chuck Kinzer, CCTE Program Coordinator at Columbia University and Principal Investigator at the Games for Learning Institute at the Teachers College site, along with Azi Jamalian and Jess Mezei, will present a mobile game being developed to reduce smoking. 2. Mindless <@http://idl.cornell.edu/> Eating Challenge - Dr. Geri Gay, Director of the Interaction Design Lab at Cornell University along with Professor Kenneth Bissett will present a mobile game to develop healthy eating habits among kids.

Agenda: 6:00-6:30pm Networking & Introductions (light and healthy refreshments) 6:30-7:30pm Demos and Q&A 7:30-8:00pm Participant Announcements & Networking

When: Wednesday, February 23rd, 6-8pm Where: NYU Steinhardt School, 239 Greene street (exact room TBA by 2/14)

We hope to see you there.

Best, Ron Goldman Chief Executive Officer = Kognito Interactive 130 West 25th Street New York, NY 10001 (212) 675-9234 <@http://www.kognito.com/> www.kognito.com


 * 2/7/11**

Per our discussion last week in class, the film "Exit Through the Gift Shop" will be screened by the Pratt Film Society tomorrow, 2/8/11. For more info, visit

http://www.pratt.edu/academics/art_design/art_ug/film_video_photography/pratt_film/


 * 2/6/11**

Superbowl Commercials on YouTube

Resources for using Super Bowl ads in the classroom