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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
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Short, simple videos
This video project is not related to food, but I wanted post it as an example of what can be done (in just a few minutes) with photos and an interview voice over. Note the attention to detail in the photos they use.
This approach might work if you’re making a video about a place that still exists in NYC, but has a history you want to explore or a person who can tell you a story.
http://colabradio.mit.edu/?p=3455
Video content
Here are two programs that will allow you to download video content from the web:
http://www.downloadhelper.net/
and
Tutorials
Here are some links to program tutorials that can help as you are planning your presentation:
Keynote, which is on your computer: http://www.apple.com/iwork/tutorials/#keynote-hero
Powerpoint, also on your computer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/powerpoint-help-and-how-to-FX101816832.aspx?CTT=97
Dipity, to create timelines: http://www.dipity.com/
Voicethread, a neat program that might work well for group collaboration: https://voicethread.com/about/features/
Fotopedia, an online photo encyclopedia: http://www.fotopedia.com/
Library of Congress online
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/
Hi everyone, I’ll start posting more resources– online sources of video and photos, as well as examples of short videos you might want to watch in order to get some ideas for your presentations. In the meantime, enjoy the Library of Congress photos.
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Presentations and Posters– Please read
2010 Seminar 3 Poster Sessions
Even though it’s only October, it’s time to start thinking about the end of the semester and the Seminar Three closing common event!
All seminar three students (in small groups) will be presenting their scientific posters at Macaulay.
Deadlines:
Poster Printing—Must be completed by one week before the presentation is scheduled (so December 2 is the last possible date). Use the form linked on the Poster Printing tab at http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/seminar3presentations to make an appointment for printing.
Registration for presentations—By 5 pm on November 22, 2010.
Scheduling:
Use the registration form on the Sign Up tab at http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/seminar3presentations ONE member of each group should register. Make sure that your group members agree to the time and are available to attend before you register.
Available slots are (if a slot does not appear on the sign up form, it is full and no longer available):
Sunday December 5 10-12 or 1-3
Monday December 6 6-8
Tuesday December 7 6-8
Wednesday December 8 6-8
Thursday December 9 6-8
Students from different classes will be mixed together for presentations and audiences.
Content:
Posters/Presentations: Each group (3-5 groups per class—no more than 5, no less than 3, 3-5 students per group) will present a scientific poster explaining their research and conclusions. Professors and ITFs will assist students in creating effective posters. For the presentation, since the poster will not be visible to the entire audience (it’s a big room and people in the back won’t be able to see), there will need to be some kind of display that can be shown on the big screen—this can be a slideshow (Keynote or PowerPoint) of selected elements of the poster, or another type of multi-media presentation. It’s up to the students to decide what will work best, with the assistance of professors and ITFs.
All presentations will be limited to 10 MINUTES maximum (not including time for questions and answers).
Audience: The students who are not presenting will be the audience for the students who are presenting—and they should be prepared to be active audiences, listening and asking questions and discussing. Presentations will be mixed so that in most cases, groups will not be presenting to other groups from the same class.
Moderators: Faculty will volunteer to moderate. Moderators will need to be careful about limiting time for the presentations and making sure that audience members get equal opportunities to ask questions. ITFs may also be asked to volunteer as moderators. And of course Dr. Ugoretz will moderate, too!
Maps of NYC
Here are some historic maps that I’ve found…. just to give you a sense of what’s out there.
And here is an example of the UMapper program. There are still some glitches with their software when it comes to making custom maps, but when it works it can be really great!
However, it works perfectly when you want to use current maps. Here is an example of a map of cheap food around the Graduate Center:
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Helpful Information
To find good historic maps of New York City, you can start with a google search: historic maps new york city, and a few great sites will come up – like this one.
The library of congress has a good map collection as well, but the images are in a funny format (jp2) which requires some conversion in order for us to be able to use them. If you find something in this format, speak with Jesse or Karen about what to do next.
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