New Media Initiative: ACTLab People

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Check out what ACTLab TV has been up to and see how they have been revolutionizing the way we distribute media over the internet click here ...

Check out the Pedagogy section and see the new article Sandy Stone wrote about staying "under the radar" click here ...

Our People Section has been fully updated, make sure you check it out to see some of the latest projects click here...

ACTLab People

By participating in ACTLab activities or signing up for ACTLab courses you are becoming a member of an ongoing community with members on campus, at other universities, and in the professional world. Many ACTlabbies have gone on to their own startups or to major corporations in a wide variety of fields, and still participate in ACTLab life. ACTLab liaisons with other universities will permit students to take courses at sister labs around the world and receive RTF course credit for doing so. During the semester alumni from around the globe (the "Old Borgs' Network") visit the ACTLab and share their practical knowledge, bizarre insights, and true-life dramas from the Other Side. We are constantly refreshing the ACTLab community network through our mailing lists, personal visits by alumni and special guests, and classes' forays into exciting professional and aesthetic environments.

To sample our community you can take ACTLab classes, join ongoing projects, or help plan future events and courses. As you get to know other labbies here and around the world you will develop a sense of how you relate to our approaches to education, research, community, and making. This is an indispensable process, since our freewheeling style, with its emphasis on self-motivation, persistent exploration, and risktaking, isn't for everyone.

Click here for a set of testimonials from various students, staff and general participants of the program. Below is a list of current participants, as well as a link to the ACTLab Webpage Directory, which holds literally hundreds of studnet websites.

The Repeat Offenders

Director- Sandy Stone
   
Current Graduate Researchers- Brandon Wiley
  Joseph Lopez
   
Current Undergradaute Researchers- Randy Kelley
  Robert Fancher
  Evan Wilson
  Katherine Shanely
   
Steering comittee-  
   
Jon Lebkowsky Sandy Stone
Vernon Reed Drew Davidson
Honoria Patrick Burkhart
Jeff Marslett Sara Bowman
Rich MacKinnon Troy Whitlock
Maida Barbour Knut Graf
Vicente Forés Charles Vestal
Brian Murfin Jeremy Gibson
Jeffrey Prothero Harold Chaput
Heather Kelly Brandon Wiley
Janet Staiger Joseph Lopez
Joseph Straubhaar  

Notable Undergraduate/Graduate Course Projects:

The Walk: Here is a link to a Perfomance/Video done by Charles Vestal that looks at geography and how we view our spaces and destinations click here

Blue: This was put together by Joseph Lopez, it explored the ideas of low tech video solutions (he used a still camera in Movie mode), analog effects and the use of visual effect click here

Fast Food- Lindsey Hallam did this project to take a look at herselfs/America's obsession with fast food click here

Waiting for Jerry: This is a project by Rene and Brad, talk about bad luck, they had both of their personal projects fall through for final presentations and through this together literally in a weekend, check it out and see what you can do if you put your mind, body and crazyness to it click here

INFOcan: Here is a link to a Charles Vestal's INFOcan, a wireless device which looks at internet information, converts it to sound, allowing you to audiably know how your stocks and other dynamic internet content is doing click here

Input- This is a video done by Salena Vela, it is a video that looks at the line between the flesh and digital world. The video has special effects that Salina learned while making the video. click here

Video Games- This video was edited by Bradon Tapp, it is a commentary on how video games and reality are sometimes a little too close for comfort. click here

ACTLab Video Archive-

On this page you will find significant audio/video archives of guest lectures and special presentations

ACTLab Directory-

Click here to view the ACTLab student directory, this page contains in alphabetical order the complete list of student websites created for ACTLab courses.

(please note, this text was modified and mangled from www.sandystone.com, old acltab sites and unkown sources that showed up late one night.)

 

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