Featured Projects

Project for Effective Teaching (2009)
Tom Garrity (Math/Stat) & Marsupials

http://pet.williams.edu/ is designed to be a resource for teaching. Its primary sections are Campus Resources, which contains resources for Williams Faculty, and Teaching Advice, which contains general teaching advice, largely in the form of videos created by Williams Faculty members.
 
 
Interactive Timeline of Historical Periods of Architectural and Furniture Styles (2009)
David Morris (Theater and Dance) & Diabetic Jellyfish

Professor Morris requested an interactive timeline to help with set design. This innovative project features drag and drop timelines, pop-up images, and a nifty user interface that allows users to customize their timelines.
 
 
Math/Stat Dept. Blog (2008)
Satyan Devados, Frank Morgan (MathStats) & Chameleon Element

The Mathematics and Statistics department needs a blog that is to be incorporated into a site that better informs prospective and current majors as well as faculty in and outside Williams about the department. The blog will be department-wide and will allow faculty to have intellectual discussions with control capabilities for outside posts. The site will feature the activities of the department on campus as well as that of the faculty. Wordpress will be utilized for the blog.
 
 
Virtual Tour (2008)
Rob Rivas (Admissions) & Elite Panda Crew

Virtual Admission Tour is a website targeted towards Williams prospective students to form a vivid image of the campus through its collection of images, descriptions and interactive map. The interactive elements of the website makes it fun and and user friendly while conveying important information about the College in a fun way.
 
 
Art Mecho Museum in Second Life (2007)
Bolton, Christopher (Asian Studies/Comparative Literature) & Team WIT

The Art Mecho Team designed and created an art-mecho museum featuring anime artwork in Second Life. Here is a short movie explaining the building process. The slide show of the building process is also available.
 
 
Digital Archive of Costumes (2005)
Brothers, Deb (Theatre) & Delicious with Milk

The Costume Archives at Williams is a digital collection of documentation of theatrical costumes. These costumes, designed by Deborah Brothers of the Williams College Theatre Department are from past productions, and represent different periods in costume history. The archives include three-dimensional rotatable videos of the costumes, as well as digital scans of corresponding costume sketches. This collection will serve as a useful resource to students, allowing them to view the costumes within a historical frame of reference and along with appropriate costume terms.