Projects of 2007

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Hammerschlag, Sarah; Dekel, Edan; Greene, Carrie (Jewish Studies) & Bard in a Jar

We designed a completely new look, more modern for the Jewish Studies site, tying in to themes of exile and the rich traditions of Jewish culture and history. The site was also expanded to include more content, including extended faculty biographies, more links, and more detailed descriptions of courses and requirements.

LabView Project

Jones, Kevin; Forkey, Kevin (Physics) & Bard in a Jar

Labview required substantial design overhal, to make the program more user-friendly to those not familiar with the programs. By redesigning the image and rearranging the functions so that they followed a uniform and engaging style, LabView becomes easier to navigate by the large number of students who come into contact with it for labs and projects. Also, the internal code, which is fairly unique in that it utilizes block (image) diagrams rather than text code, was rendered more efficient and effective.

Shakespeare's Major Plays

Bell, Ilona and Robert (English) & Bard in a Jar

The site created for Professors Robert and Ilona Bell features diverse content, including over 180 clips from numerous movie versions of 10 of shakespeare's plays; articles about Shakespeare and his plays; and images and cartoons relating to the Bard. The clips, which are the main focus of the site, play with matching text that runs alongside the clip for comparison, or as a full-screen version intended for classroom and lecture use.

American Studies Website

Wong, Scott; Greene, Carrie (American Studies) & Business Socks

The American Studies Program needed a website that was more modern and more professional to better reflect the program on the internet. A new site was designed from scratch and constructed using the content management system Symphony to make it easy to update and so more likely to stay in use. The new site has updatable faculty and course lists as well as information from the old site with collages of appropriate images.

Colors of the Sun

Pasachoff, Jay (Astronomy) & Business Socks

Professor Jay M. Pasachoff worked with WIT to produce an educational video about the sun. The video combines impressive solar images gathered by NASA and Professor Pasachoff with original footage and narration captured on the Williams College campus. Providing a concise and informative survey of the science behind studying the sun, the video is appropriate for use in high school and college classrooms.

Renewable Energy Data Visualization

Dethier, David; Johns, Amy (CES) & Business Socks

The Renewable Energy Data Visualization” project features a pair of animations illustrating the basics behind alternative energy sources. Using Adobe Flash, Team Business Socks developed two short movies—one exploring solar electric systems, and the other solar hot water systems. These animations, with colorful images and straightforward narration, are intended to appeal to college students by offering an alternative to the dry quality of industry models.

Sports and Religion

Dudley, Will (Religion) & Business Socks

Three years ago, WIT interns made a digital video archive for Professor Dudley's class on the significance of sports. This project's goal was to update the appearance and content of the archive. The home page and archive were redesigned to be more visually appealing and the archive was added to and updated for when Professor Dudley teaches the class again.

Art Portfolio

Epping, Ed (Art) & CUP

We created a website to showcase Professor Ed Epping's art for potential customers. The site is simple and easy to navigate, yet packed with information. It displays his drawings, paintings, collages, sculptures, digital prints, and artist books along with commentaries of each body of work. Highlights of the site are interactive Flash books with dynamic page flip and javascript image scrollers.

Experiential Learning Module

Consolini, Paula (Dean of Faculty) & CUP

We made a website that will introduce students in a number of classes across a wide variety of disciplines to key concepts in employee ownership and workplace democracy. Using footage from a recent documentary, we introduce the case of an employee-owned factory in Pittsfield, MA. The site includes exercises - a Flash game and a text-based problem - through which students try their hand at negotiating issues involving employee ownership.

Leadership Studies Web Site

McAllister, James; Greene, Carrie (Leadership Studies) & CUP

We redesigned the Leadership Studies webpage, and ended up with a clean and professional-looking result. The site includes faculty profiles, news and events, information on the purpose of the program and requirements for the concentration, a section on the Stanley Kaplan Program in American Foreign Policy, and contact information for current concentrators. Everything is easily updateable.

Art Mecho Museum in Second Life

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.

Aerial Photographs for BIO 225

Art, Hank (Biology) & Tentacle Goodness

Professor Hank Art’s course, the Natural History of the Berkshires delves into the biology, geography, climate and history of the Berkshires. The georeferencing, rubbersheeting and compiling of aerial photographs from 1942, 1952 and 1970 will be an important resource for students. In order to make the georeferenced images easily-accessible to students and the general public, images were uploaded onto the Natural History of the Berkshires database using ContentDM. We also made updates to the site, improving navigation and updating site maps.

Latina/o Studies Website

Cepeda, Maria; Greene, Carrie (Latina/o Studies) & Tentacle Goodness

Maria Elena Cepeda’s Latina/o Studies Website is being rebuilt from the ground up. A totally new design as well as updated information that we will be getting from all of the professors involved in the concentration as well as students. It is coming along well.

Training DVD for Ethics Bowl judges

Pedroni, Julia (Philosophy) & Tentacle Goodness

The training video DVD was created to give prospective judges a full overview of the ethics bowl competition, as well as an introduction to competition procedures and responsibilities on the day of the competition The video introduces the four criteria central to judging and also includes a brief clip of an actual team presentation, emulating the actual ethics bowl situation. Each DVD includes a printable copy of the cases and scoresheet so the judges have a hard copy to reference during the film.