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Dead Day Karaoke
We love rock ’n’roll, and what better way to celebrate the final countdown before you beat it than by showing the campus your true colors.
This Dead Day, we’ll host 1980s video karaoke upstairs in the Learning Studio, filmed in glorious Standard Definition. All you need is a USB thumb drive and a favorite song from any decade (air guitar and backup dancers optional).
We’ll kick things off with some rock star professors who are bringing big vocals and big hair back into fashion, so stay tuned.
We know it’s a manic Monday, but we’ll be rocking upstairs in the library, with or without you.
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Don’t Adjust Your Set
For the week we’ve upgraded the High Definition video you expect from the One Button Studio in Stage 1 with an old-school VHS camcorder to capture all your 1980s moves in glorious Standard Definition (that’s SD instead of HD). So if the recordings we’re sharing this week look a little funny, just pop in a videocassette mixtape of your favorite MTV music videos and sing along.
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Faculty Highlights
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Your Story Starts Here – Learning Studio trailer
Dutch Lady – faculty member discovers new play
Vision in Action – spotlight on Halbert-Walling project
Cup of Coffee – Chandler Graf’s talk for TEDxACU 2017
Nutrition Controversy podcasts
This fall Dr. Martha Smallwood asked students in NUTR 221: Introductory Nutrition to team up to produce media projects on controversies in the field. Working with a partner, they were supposed to find sources from scientific journals as well as popular magazines and...
Math Equations projects
This fall students from Dr. John Ehrke's section of MATH 361: Ordinary Differential Equations course produced the following video assignments. In preparation for the project, Dr. Ehrke provided students with assignment sheets and grading rubric. Here are samples of...
Consumer Chemistry infomercials
This fall students from Dr. Autumn Sutherlin's CHEM 101: Consumer Chemistry class produced short infomercials introducing their subjects to a general audience. You and your partners will create a 5-8 minute video infomercial about a Green Product. A green product is a...
Psychology Seminar digital stories
This is the second year Dr. Jennifer Shewmaker has introduced digital storytelling into her PSYC 401: Psychology Seminar class. Students were asked to reflect on the skills and attributes that first led them to psychology through short media narratives. As you work...
#12days of Hollywood Cheer
We're bringing a little bit of Hollywood to your Finals Week celebrations this year. Between now and Dead Day, you'll have 12 chances to win a ticket to the Abilene premiere of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. Follow the Learning Studio on Twitter or Facebook for daily...
FilmFest Workshops this Fall
Today wrapped up a series of workshops offered in the Learning Studio this November. This is the third year Canon has sponsored the student film competition with camera bodies and pro-series lenses. Paul McAniff from Canon kicked off the series with an introduction to...
Distinguished Speakers on campus
One of the services we're piloting this fall is producing a handful of distinguished speakers and academic events each semester. Summit hosts dozens of classes and keynote speakers each fall but some of the panel discussions haven't always been captured. This fall we...
Canon Pro Video workshop kicks off FilmFest
Thanks to Paul McAniff from Canon for joining us at ACU for a couple days to introduce students to DSLR video. The workshop was the first of several the Learning Studio will be hosting to prepare FilmFest participants to shoot, light, and edit films this November. For...
24fps Short Films at Paramount this weekend
The 24fps International Short Film Festival returns to the Paramount Theatre this weekend. There is an astonishing variety of work in narrative, documentary, and animation categories. If you'd like a chance to win tickets to attend one of the programs this Friday and...