Symposium and photo contest on Digital Media (due date Oct 18)

Alan Levine, aka CDB Barkley, announces that as part of a twelve day symposium on "the impact of digital media" being sponsored by the NMC Campus, they are holding a photo contest on the contest theme.  According to the contest rules, images "must capture in still photography the power of digital media, or some impact of digital media, on individuals, groups, society". The photos must address  the conference themes:

• Identity and self-image
• Credibility and the reliability of Information
• Civic and social involvement
• The arts, creativity, and design
• Social networking
• Pedagogical potentials and implications

I think I will take a picture of myself to assess the reliability of my civic involvement in the arts in order to use social networking tools for pedagogical purposes.  Plus I will have a really cool hat on.

Complete details on the contest after the jump, or go to the NMC Campus website...

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As part of the NMC Campus 12 Day Symposium on Impact of Digital Media , we are announcing our Second Life photography contest on the conference theme. We have some serious Linden dollar prizes for the best images, but mostly, we just to gather a great collection of digital images to share and discuss over the next two weeks. Prizes to be awarded (see below) are for both Real Life photos uploaded to Second Life, as well as photos taken in Second Life. Images must capture in still photography the power of digital media, or some impact of digital media, on individuals, groups, society, etc. It must say, in visual form, this is why digital media is important today, addressing the conference themes:

• Identity and self-image
• Credibility and the reliability of Information
• Civic and social involvement
• The arts, creativity, and design
• Social networking
• Pedagogical potentials and implications

Images must either be photos taken in SL or uploaded real photographs. All submitted images must be SL textures, at least 800×600 pixels. Please provide unique file names! They should be dropped in Second Life into the inventory of CDB Barkley by 6:00 PM/SLT Oct 18. Images must be set with permissions copy and sharable.

We will accept no more than 4 entries per photographer. Each photographer should also drop onto CDB Barkley a notecard containing the following information:

• Avatar’s Name
• File name of each photograph
• Title for each photograph
• Location where photo was taken
• Caption/description for each photograph

All photos will be displayed on NMC Campus may also be posted as well as on the NMC Campus Observer, will full attribution to the photographer. Winning images will be selected by a panel of reknown, but shy, photo experts, and announced in an event on NMC Campus at 11:00 AM SLT/PST Oct 20, 2006, at the Gonick Amphitheater.

Prizes in Linden Dollars

• Best overall photo: L$5000
• Best of Second Life photos: L$2000
• Best of Real Life photos: L$2000
• Honorable Mention Second Life photos L$1000
• Honorable Mention Real Life photos L$1000

For more on our Symposium events, please see: http://www.nmc.org/sl/

Upcoming NMC events:

* 2006 NMC Online Conference on Impact of Digital Media Oct 24-26, 2006

* 2006 NMC Regional Conference - Nov 8-10, 2006 San Antonio, Texas, hosted by Trinity University

* 2007 Summer Conference- Jun 6-9, 2007, Indianaplois, Indiana, hosted by IUPUI

For details, see http://www.nmc.org/events