A friend showed this to me today and I think I’ll be sifting through their archives for the next couple days! Pretty sweet project!! Wish I was in NYC for their bday party 
http://www.qzap.org/v6/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1
This website presents interviews with over 300 people who live in mountain and highland regions round the world. Their testimonies offer a personal perspective on change and development.
http://www.mountainvoices.org/index.htm
Such a cool project! The website’s a little…eeehhh but the project is awesome.
So yep, I’m ready to be an online student. Four years in a traditional university, skipping classes and putzing around has shown me that I don’t enjoy the structure of school.. (or waking up in the morning? 
) Now online classes? Yes please! Working when I want to sure sounds like a plan to me. Now don’t get me wrong, working with a schedule isn’t my problem. I’m fairly organized, plan out my days off of work and make sure I get everything done because I get stressed out pretty easily. I have a habit of getting involved with a LOT of activities, keeping myself busy, and trying to experience EVERYTHING. So, having a more flexible schedule for school is very beneficial to me. I can work my awesome job, volunteer, build electronics, write music, go on mini trips, plan workshops, do more yoga and….cook! So…thanks online assessment for reminding me to be organized, motivated and reaffirming that I’m ready to start online classes. Now on to teams…
People have studied how teams work? And it’s a predictable process? Brilliant!
A few points that really stood out to me in the presentations by Dr. Haycock and Enid Irwin were laying down ground rules, discussing each person’s grade expectation, balancing participation, mentoring, and keeping yourself in check. Dr. Haycock went over the importance of laying down ground rules in the very beginning of a team assignment. I’ve never done that except at organizational meetings but hey, why not have rules for a team project? It makes sense, and seems like it would hold everyone accountable. Granted, I’d love to have faith that everyone has the same expectations as me but…that doesn’t happen too often. Discussing the grade you’re expecting was another GREAT suggestion, I’ve definitely run into this problem with past team projects.
A couple of points Enid Irwin discussed that I’m going to take with me to the next team meeting are balancing participation, mentoring, and keeping yourself in check. I completely agree with balancing participation, some people might have a background where they were never listened to so they don’t contribute as often. Or the opposite effect, someone always states their opinion and usually wins the vote. That’s where mentoring comes in, helping both parties to either speak up a little or calm it down. Lastly, self-awareness is key to team projects. Being open, communicative, and NOT stubborn seem like obvious suggestions but…teams are kind of hard to work in!! Being storming… stage 2
Personal skills I’m going to work on for team assignments are: communicating, not sitting back and accepting opinions, mentoring, and doing the best I can.
“Who will Save America’s Vanishing Songs?”
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/09/29/130209952/a-national-legacy-at-risk-in-the-digital-age
…..me!
Well the digital age is well upon us and the effects of it on the audio world are shocking. I never really thought of the effect the Internet had on audio archives. Its a little disconcerting that the public wont have a resource to locate easily but….isn’t the internet just one huge resource to find these things anyway? I don’t seem to have the same cynical outlook as the writer of this article, I think people are keeping their beloved master copies safe and sharing their copies….by choice and more often..not by choice.
But on the other hand…how do we save these for history’s sake?
Tricky business.
http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/index.phpThis project is fascinating! You can browse their collection, read their history and check out UCSB’s library program.
I would love to be involved in something similar.
“Cylinder recordings, the first commercially produced sound recordings, are a snapshot of musical and popular culture in the decades around the turn of the 20th century. They have long held the fascination of collectors and have presented challenges for playback and preservation by archives and collectors alike.”
I also love how they post a daily digitized recording. Bringin ye olde analog into the digital future!
Blast from the past?
I’ve begun yet another adventure, this time into the world of library sciences! First a move to Portland and then a big decision to continue my education. I need more in my braaaiiinnnn!
So far this program is great and I can’t wait to begin classes!
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