Resources

Information & Communication Systems

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| ANIMATION  | AUDIO  | CODES | DATA | ELECTRONICS |  GRAPHIC | TE C&I | TECHNICAL| TELE | VIDEO | 

ANIMATION and Virtual Reality

Animation Software: The Basics describes some of the more common industry standards for animation software. In addition, a brief definition of 2D, 3D, and Stop Action animation may be found at Animation Styles: An Overview.

The PIXAR process of making an animated film.

Simple animations (GIF files) can be created from Adobe PhotoShop using the ImageReady tool. See this tutorial for an example.

Check out the Motion Control Demos from the Virtual Reality Lab.

Weaving 3-D Magic into High School Courses is an inspirational example of animation as a high school course of study.

AUDIO and SOUND

Digital Music World (DMW) describes how microphones work at http://www.digitalmusicworld.com/html/hardware/Microphones/IntroToMicro.php

TECHNOPOP, The Secret History of Technology and Pop Music, is a National Public Radio series created by Rick Karr. This six-part audio series provides both a rich history of audio recording as well as excellent examples of audio editing.

CoolEdit Pro is the multitrack sound editing software that is available in several labs at Ball State University, including AT 144 and VIA. To learn how to use record and edit sound waves, check out the online tutorials.

Shure offers an Audio Systems Guide for Music Educators at http://www.shure.com/pdf/booklets/audio_for_music_educators.pdf

Solectek describes the factors influencing signal clarity.

Sony Connect and Apple Computer's iTunes offer downloadable music for a price. For example, Sony Connect offers charges 99 cents per song or as albums starting at $9.99.

StudyWorks Online! The Physics Classroom presents the Nature of a Sound Wave.

United Tracker presents Audio Basics.

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BROADCAST: RADIO and TELEVISION

The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc., (ATSC) is an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital television. The guide to DTV is located at http://www.atsc.org/guide_default.html

Digital Television Terrestrial Broadcasting Primer by Dr. Pan Feng is a rather technical description of digital television from transmission to reception.

History of Radio is presented by S. Schoenherr at http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/recording/radio.html

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) offers

Fact Sheets on a variety of communication systems including:

The History Project

Robert X. Cringely offers Digital TV: A Cringely Crash Course.

The Television viewing coding system is explained at http://www.tvguidelines.org/ratings.asp and http://www.tvguidelines.org/brochure.pdf

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CODES

ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange

BINARY CODE

BAUDOT CODE: Invented by Emile Baudot. Precursor to ASCII.

BAR CODES

TryEngineering.org presents a lesson plan entitled Cracking the Code.

MORSE CODE

SEMAPHORE, a monoalphabetic flag signaling system. 

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DATA Communication

       COMPUTERS 

            HARDWARE

APPLE Computer, a leading personal computer company

GATEWAY, a leading personal computer distributor.

IBM has a rich computer history

INTEL, the leading computer chip manufacturer in the World.

DELL, a leading personal computer distributor.

Prentice Hall's online resources for Beekman, G. (2003). Computer Confluence 5e – Standard. Prentice-Hall.

Printers, Keyboards, and Mouse

HISTORY OF COMPUTING

PROGRAMMING

PBasic and the BASIC Stamp Windows Editor interfaces with the Board of Education at Parallax.

Microsoft Research

Microsoft DOS (Disk Operating System) is a command line computer operating system. The first version of MS-DOS was released in 1981 for IBM computers. MS-DOS is not commonly used today, however, it can be accessed from Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME by clicking Start / Run and typing command or CMD in Windows NT, 2000 or XP. (Computer Hope (2002). Computer software. Accessed on Jan. 6, 2003 from http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm). A list of DOS commands are available at:

Microsoft Visual Basic is an object-oriented programming language for Windows operating systems. Tutorials can be found at:

           NETWORKS: Internet, Web, and HTML

W3C: World Wide Web Consortium "was created in October 1994 to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability."

HTML and HTML Editors         

HTML Editors & Creation Tools

Microsoft FrontPage is a powerful Web development and management tool. Tutorials and resources can be found at:

HTML Resources

Designing WEB Documents

The Web.com 2.0 a proposed Technology Education course at Geneva High School Communications Lab.

Web Page Design for Designers

Lynda.com has Inspirational Sites

Color

Javascript

How to make a MouseOver Effect

Video on the Web

See the Macromedia - Flash Gallery of FLASH video objects.

Sonic Foundry invites you to check out Mediasite.com - a new search tool that brings together public presentations and lectures created with the Mediasite system. Dr. Arnie Abrams' presentation,  TCEA 2005 Conference Session: Digital Photography in the Classroom: Secrets for Success, is especially informative.
 

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DICTIONARIES, GLOSSARIES, and CALCULATORS

EDUCYPEDIA offers a section on electronics and information technology.

GLOBALSPEC is an engineering search engine.

High-Tech Dictionary offers a glossary of terms, emoticons, HTML tags, file types and domain names.

INTEL offers a Technical Glossary.

The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics is available online (Ebook) through the BSU Library.

Wavelength and Frequency Calculator

Webopedia claims to be the largest online dictionary dedicated to computer terminology.

Wickopedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS

Shure describes the function of Audio Transformers at http://www.shure.com/support/technotes/app-transform.html

Control Technologies

Electrical Engineering Training Series provides descriptions of:

IEEE Virtual Museum includes displays like

Socket to Me!: How Electricity Came to Be

Let's Get Small: The Shrinking World of Microelectronics

The Beat Goes On: How Sounds are Recorded and Played

Johnson, F. (2004). Amplification, oscillators, feedback. The New Zealand Amateur Radio Study Guide. Retrieved December 30, 2004, from http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/examinat/

Magnetic Recording describes how electromagnetism is employed to record on magnetic tape.

Molecular Expressions provides interactive Java tutorials on magnetism and electricity concepts and components.

The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics is available online (Ebook) through the BSU Library.

Purdie, I.C. (2000). Oscillator Basics. Retrieved December 30, 2004, from http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/oscillators/oscillator-basics.htm

Transistorized is a historical overview of the development of the transistor from the semiconductor crystal to the integrated circuit.

Vig, J. (1992). Introduction to quartz frequency standards. Retrieved December 30, 2004, from http://www.ieee-uffc.org/freqcontrol/quartz/vig/vigtoc.htm [Good explanation of crystal oscillators.]

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GRAPHIC Communication

    ANIMATIONS

    COLOR

    IMAGING

Kodak's Remote Sensing, Space Imaging & Optical Systems

Molecular Expressions' 

National Air & Space Museum offers an exhibit called Looking@Earth

Earthguide. (2006). Sonar-based Mapping Methods [Animation]. Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/sonar/sonar.html

    LAYOUT & DESIGN

    PHOTOGRAPHY

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

    PRINTING

Prentice Hall provides this chapter on Printing Processes

The Packaging Education Programme offers online and offline educational materials to support a study of packaging and the print industry.

SCREEN PRINTING

    TYPOGRAPHY

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HAPTIC and TOUCH Technology

Han, J.Y. (n.d.). Multi-touch interface [Video]. Available from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcKqyn-gUbY

Han, J.Y. (n.d.). Multi-touch interaction experiments [Video]. Available from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPwaUp4gepU

INFORMATION REVOLUTION and INFORMATION AGE

Dewar, J.A. (n.d.). The information age and the printing press: Looking backward to see ahead. RAND. Available from http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/2005/P8014.pdf

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MAIL

Smithsonian National Postal Museum presents:

Binding the Nation

Moving the Mail

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TE C&I: Technology Education, Curriculum & Instruction

TECHNOLOGY LESSONS and PROJECTS

Design a Postage Stamp is a lesson offered by the INTEL Learn Program.

NASAExplores offers a variety of information and lesson plans, such as Reading Bar Codes.

Hobbytron.com offers a variety of construction kits for communication and information projects, such as the Infrared Motion Detector and the AM Radio Transmitter Kit.

ORGANIZATIONS: PROFESSIONAL

ACTE, Association for Career and Technical Education, is available at http://www.acteonline.org/

CTTE, Council on Technology Teacher Education, is available at http://teched.vt.edu/ctte/CTTEMain.html

ITEA, International Technology Education Association, is available at http://www.iteawww.org

ORGANIZATIONS: SCHOOLS

GRAPHIC COMM Central is a "portal for for graphic communication education and training." It was created by Mark Sanders at Virginia Tech.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal of Industrial Teacher Education is the official publication of the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators.

Journal of Industrial Technology is the official publication of the National Association of Industrial Technology.

Journal of Technology Education

New Scientist

ties: The Magazine of Design and Technology Education

The Technology Teacher is an official publication of the International Technology Education Association

STANDARDS

    Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology

    Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium Draft Standards

 

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TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION

Practical Subjects.com describes Orthographic Projection

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TELECommunication

Calling all Spacecraft is an online tutorial about NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN).

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates many communication systems and provides information about these systems:

Fiber optic cables and lasers form the basis of modern wired communication systems. The following sources describe these technologies:

Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunications Terms (1996) is available from the National Communication Systems Technology and Standards Division at http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037/fs-1037c.htm

Privateline.com describes Mobile Telephone History, Cellular Telephone Basics and Basic Wireless Principles.

The Satellite Site is maintained by TheTech: Museum of Innovation. Satellite anatomy is color illustration of the standard elements of a satellite.

Learn more about VoIP, Voice over Internet Protocol, from the Federal Communications Commission at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/voip.html

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TOOLS: Hardware, Software, & Simulations

The MathWorks offers a Communications Toolbox which "implements a variety of communications-related tasks. Many of the functions in the toolbox perform computations associated with a particular component of a communication system, such as a demodulator or equalizer. Other functions are designed for visualization or analysis."

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VIDEO, FILM and MOVIES

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) serves "as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries." They are a strong advocate for copyright protections, see http://www.mpaa.org/anti-piracy/index.htm

Editing

McCornack, J. (2003). Snazzing up your iMovie titles. About this particular Macintosh (ATPM). Available from http://www.atpm.com/6.03/imovie.shtml

Video, Instructional

Video on the Web: A digital video primer [VHS Tape]. Princeton, NJ: 2001 Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Available: BSU Library, Ed Res Video VHS 16909.

Texts, Instructional

Rubin, M. (2000). Nonlinear: A field guide to digital video and film editing. Gainesville, FL: Triad Publishing Company. (Available: BSU University Library, TR 899.R83 2000)

Shyles, L. (1998). Video production handboook. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. (Available: BSU University Library,  TR 851.S525 1998)

____________(2001). The computer videomaker handbook. Boston, MA: Focal Press (Available: BSU University Library,  TR 840.C66 2001)

 

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© Author: M. Annette Rose
URL: http://arose.iweb.bsu.edu/BSUCourses/ITEDU_205/resources.htm
Last Updated: 05/27/2009