My name is Joe Denton, and I am a student of Emerging Media and Communication (EMAC) here at the University of Texas at Dallas. My hobbies include photography, web design, and internet/mobile technologies, to be vague.

I encountered another unique project in Mona Kasra’s Computer Imaging Class (ATEC 2382) involving Google Maps and photography. The assignment was to create a photo/narrative map using the “My Maps” feature on Google Maps. We were also told to experiment and be creative, and the results proved to be both narrative and informative. You can see more examples here, but I’ve highlighted a few below:

DART Map

Joe Posada created a map that tracks the DART route from UTDallas all the way to south Dallas. Each stop he passes on his way home from campus includes a picture, with more to come for the southern stops. This is useful information to anyone who travels to UTDallas by way of public transportation.

Animal Shelters

Becca Greening’s love for animals inspired her to create a map of nearby animal shelters, encouraging others to adopt instead of buying from breeders or pet stores.

Mundane Quest of Righteous Glory

Marco Salamone took a different approach to the assignment. He created a photo narrative based around errands he ran one day. The map is a story in itself, and a pretty good read at that.

We here at EMAC are excited to announce that this fall Kim Knight will be joining the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Emerging Media. Kim’s research interests are in viral media, online community & identity formation, and the role of “play” in knowledge construction. She comes to Dallas from the University of California, Santa Barbara where she wrote a dissertation entitled, “Media Epidemics: Viral Structures in Literature and New Media.” As part of her diverse and extensive research Kim worked on both the Transliteracies Project and The Agrippa Files. In addition to her scholarly work Kim is also a practitioner, working in WordPress, MediaWiki, Drupal, and building her own visualization tools for analyzing Emerging Media.

You can follow Kim as PurpleKimchi on Twitter (no, I have no idea what that user handle means), and share with her your advice about joining EMAC, being at UTD, moving to Dallas, & ask her questions about Star Wars (for those that are so inclined). When we have it finalized we will list here what courses Kim will be teaching in the fall.

UPDATE: Orion originally listed the Summer Graduate Course as 7V81 (we did, too!). The correct course number is 7381 – Emerging Media Studio II. If you have issues registering, please contact Julie.

Registration time for Summer 2010 and Fall 2010 is upon us! You can find your registration time in Orion, make sure to click on “details” to see the specific time you will be cleared to register. Make sure to check your time for both Summer and Fall!

Remember to consult Course Look-up to find out course offerings from other departments which may serve as electives. You can also put courses in your Orion shopping cart to view your prospective schedule. (Note: Putting a class in your shopping cart will not actually register you for the course.) Contact Julie (@emacadvise, julie.larsen@utdallas.edu) with questions.

Summer courses

EMAC 7381 Emerging Media Studio II

Students will engage in the creation of an advanced creative and/or research multi-media project. Required of all degree candidates in Emerging Media and Communication. (Terry) TR 11:30 – 12:45 pm

Fall Courses

EMAC 6300 Introduction to Emerging Media and Communication

Introduction to interdisciplinary study of the implications of interactive technology for the creation, dissemination, and impact of communication.Establishes basic theoretical concepts and principles underlying the graduate program in Emerging Media Communication. (Staff) W 7 – 9:45 pm

EMAC 6372 Approaches to Emergent Media and Communications

Approaches to Emergent Media and Communications focuses on the study of emergent media from a theoretical frame, exploring the political, technological, cultural and historical forces which inform the way media and communication develop. (Staff) T 7 – 9:45 pm

EMAC 6373 Emerging Media Studio 1

This course explores media production across multiple media. Students work in teams to develop meta-media projects in a variety of content delivery environments. Class will require students to develop a range of rhetorical (text, audio) and visual (image, video) strategies appropriate for emerging media. (Terry) R 7 – 9:45 pm

EMAC 6V81 Special Topics in Emergent Communication

Special Topics in Emergent Communication explores current theories informing research on and practices in digital media and communication, such as distributed, mobile, time-shifted, interactive, and personal media. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (Staff) R 2:30 – 5:15 pm