What is makerspace?
A makerspace “is a community-operated physical space where people with
common interests, often in computers, technology, science, digital art
or electronic art, can meet, socialize and/or collaborate.” (from
Wikipedia)
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What’s up with open source software? What is it?
Open source means that no one owns the software, it has been developed
through shared authorship; that is, anyone can add to the software and
has access to its programming code, therefore the resource is free. It
is also usable by anyone—that means you, your uncle, your super
intelligent parrot that knows how to operate a computer, etc.
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The ultimate outcome of this software is that it allows you to create
digital media and save money with what is essentially a FREE version of
Photoshop, Endnote, Garage Band, or other program equivalents which you
would normally have to pay hundreds for.
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To help you better acquaint yourself with some of these resources, Lane
Library will be offering classes throughout the 2013 spring semester.
Some of the things this software allows you to do includes: organize
your online sources, edit images, record podcasts, create and edit
movies, archive and organize images, create tutorials, and design better
presentations in an interactive new format.
Check out the dates and times below, as well as a description of what features the software has to offer. Two classes are offered and if you can't make one time, hopefully the other will fit your schedule. Both classes cover the same material and you need only to attend one:
Classes on Monday, February 4th @ 4:00 & Tuesday 5th @ 12:00 (Waitkus Lab)
Zotero is a web browser add-on that helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources by collecting them into a single, searchable interface. You can add PDFs, images, audio and video files, snapshots of web pages, and Zotero automatically indexes the full-text content of your library.
*Information from and available at http://www.zotero.org/
Classes on February Mon. 11th @ 4:00 & Tue. 12th @ 12:00 (Waitkus Lab)
“Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:
• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.”
*Information from and available at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Classes on February Mon. 18th @ 4:00 & Tue. 19th @ 12:00 (Waitkus Lab)
Gimp is an image manipulation program used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. It’s basically like a free version of Photoshop.
*Information from and available at http://www.gimp.org/
Avidemux
Classes on Monday, February 25th @ 4:00 & Tuesday 26th @ 12:00 (Waitkus Lab)
Avidemux is a free video editing program, designed for simple cutting, filtering, and encoding tasks. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.
*Information from and available at Avidemux
Classes on Monday, March 4th @ 4:00 & Tue. 5th @ 12:00 (Waitkus Lab)
“Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for
the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and
exhibitions. Its “five-minute setup” makes launching an online
exhibition as easy as launching a blog.”
Classes on Monday, March 18th @ 4:00 & Tuesday 19th @ 12:00 (Waitkus Lab)
Prezi is an innovative online program that allows you to make
presentations with visual landscaping that isn’t in slide form like
Powerpoint. Instead, Prezi is more like a drafting table that allows you
to move in every direction. This presentation program is easy to learn
and allows for an infinite number of design appearances.
Classes on Monday, April 1st @ 4:00 & Tuesday 2nd @ 12:00 (Waitkus Lab)
While we all know what Wikipedia is, actually creating a page or editing
some of the information on a page isn’t obvious. As a free
encyclopedia, Wikipedia is constantly being edited and added to by its
users and has approximately “100,000 active contributors.” This class
will focus on the process behind how information is added to Wikipedia
pages.
Classes on Tuesday, April 9th @ noon & Wednesday 10nd @ 4:00 (Waitkus Lab)
This resource allows you to capture screenshots while you work through
something on your computer. Or, you can use it to make tutorials which
can be recorded and viewed later. This tool is especially helpful for
walking someone through a process or illustrating how to do something on
the computer.
*Information from and available at http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
