Robert Burget (Chandler-Gilbert Community College)
Maricopa Community Colleges
About this Presentation
We know the mantra that the current generation of students is becoming more and more adept at understanding and communicating visually. They play tons of video games, download and share MP3s, use cell phones and instant messaging more often than face to face conversation... well that is the stereotype.
In this poster session, we will demonstrate how a group of art students is learning how to communicate a message or idea with a series of digital images and a minimal amount of text.
For the past few semesters, students Robert Burget's photography class at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (Maricopa Community Colleges, Phoenix, AZ) have assembled collections of their work using an online slide show template called the "jClicker." This is an easy to use slide show template developed by Alan Levine (Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction) that allows anyone to create a web based slide show without requiring a high degree of technical skill.
Screen shot of jClicker control panel
The jClicker allows them to take any collection of digital images, either from a digital camera or ones created on the computer, and to create their own web-based slide show, customized with captions... they just edit one text file to define the images, captions, and that is it. Slide shows can be put on a web server, inside a course management system, or burned to CD-ROM.
In this poster we will show a range of examples of slide shows created with the jClicker as well as an overview of how it works, plus where to get the free template.
Next, we will share several collections produced by Burget's students. We will answer questions about the template and hopefully some of Burget's current students can discuss their work in the chat session for this poster. If participants can email us a digital image during the conference or the chat session, we will demonstrate (live) how easy it is for us to update a slide show.
