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Contents
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- Section 1: Pre-colonial to Post-revolution (1500 – 1790)
- Section 2: Revolution to New Metropolis (1790-1860)
- Section 3: From New Metropolis to the Industrial City (1860 – 1940)
- Section 4: Food and the global city (1940 – present)
- Ch 15: Conclusions
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- Support for Authors
Admin Links
Interactive Timelines
Hi all:
If you are thinking of using a timeline in your presentation, check out http://www.dipity.com/
You can create something like this:
Note that videos, images, locations, and links can be embedded in the timeline.
Unfortunately, Dipity doesn’t have a print function yet, but you can take a screen shot of the timeline and include it in your poster.
From Dipity’s Q &A:
The best way to print a timeline currently is to use screenshots of your timeline. You can edit the screen shots to the right size in order to create a hard copy of your Dipity timeline.
To take screen shots on Mac:
Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
PC
Hit the “Print Screen” button
Open any image software.
Hit paste
Voila!
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Poster Templates and Sizing
Hi all:
I posted the PowerPoint templates before, but am re-posting here: WWDC Poster Session Templates
Here are the templates for Keynote: WWDC Poster Session Templates
Note: To set the size of your poster:
Go to File
Select Page Set-up
Select Custom and set the dimensions (36″ x 48″ or 48″ x 36″) and orientation
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Customize themes for imovie using iDVD
http://www.macinstruct.com/node/119
I haven’t tried this, but someone asked about modifying the themes in iMovie. If you try it, let me know how it goes.
– Karen
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Free HD Stock Video on Vimeo
If you’re looking for some good establishing shots or filler shots for your video, stock footage might help you:
http://vimeo.com/groups/freehd/videos
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Posters: A how-to presentation
Seminar Three: Scientific Posters
View more presentations from karengregory2000.
Finding the video story
Hi all:
Many of the ideas you’ve posted here could work well as short videos and it looks like a lot of you are thinking stylistically, which is good. Do you want to make a cooking show, a documentary, a “journalistic investigation” of a particular object, a “video letter” to city politicians, or maybe a really short thriller called “Hunter: The Cafeteria!” Any of these formats can work and you’ll probably be most comfortable with a style that you know and like (i.e. if you always listen to NPR or Ira Glass you might want to take a simple storytelling approach or perhaps you are a really awesome rapper and want to make an educational music video: http://www.northeastern.edu/edtech/links/biology_rap)
Whichever style you choose, however, you’ll need to decide what the main point, or thesis, is for your video and this is primarily a writing exercise. Those in the video groups should meet and write out a short script or storyboard. Once you have a short script, it’s time to think of the footage you’ll need. Can you find footage online? Or are you going to film it yourself? Will you need a voice-over or a soundtrack?
Remember, your video is part of an overall presentation of your research and should accompany your poster and talk. I think the best advice for the video is to keep it simple. Try to convey one or two ideas that elaborate on the chapter you have created. A simple investigation of a day in the life of a soda can or Hunter cafeteria salad could be very revealing.
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Poster Information
Hi all:
Here is a link to Macaulay’s presentation page:
http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/seminar3presentations/presentations/
and here is the link with instructions for getting your poster printed:
http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/seminar3presentations/poster-printing/
Please note: Macaulay does not provide proofreading or editing. That is your responsibility. Please sign up for a consultation with Jesse (Wednesdays) or Karen (Mondays) so that we can help you with this, as well as any other issues you might be having.
When you are ready to print your poster, please make sure to save it as a PDF (by selecting the PDF drop down on the lower left of the dialogue window.) Poster sizes, which you can specify in the custom menu, should be 36×48 or 48×36, depending on your poster’s orientation. Save this PDF file on your flash drive in order to bring it to Macaulay for printing.
Also, Macaulay notes that you might want to buy a poster tube to carry the final printed version home. They don’t sell the tubes but, according to their site, the post office on Columbus Avenue and 68th Street does.
Poster Templates
Check out these template for Powerpoint. I also have templates for Keynote, but at the moment the blog says they can’t be uploaded for “security reasons.” If you want a copy asap, please email me: karen.gregory@gmail.com
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USDA research images
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