The document summarizes the author's experience using the virtual world Second Life to conduct digital ethnographic research for an art education class. Through interviews and exploration in Second Life, the author found that virtual spaces can inspire creativity, provide educational opportunities, and foster a sense of community. The author concluded that Second Life has potential as a tool for classroom learning by allowing students to be actively engaged through avatar creation, collaboration, and exploring new creative pathways.
The document summarizes the author's experience using the virtual world Second Life to conduct digital ethnographic research for an art education class. Through interviews and exploration in Second Life, the author found that virtual spaces can inspire creativity, provide educational opportunities, and foster a sense of community. The author concluded that Second Life has potential as a tool for classroom learning by allowing students to be actively engaged through avatar creation, collaboration, and exploring new creative pathways.
The document discusses magazine layout design techniques to grab readers' attention and convey important information. Key points include:
1. Contrasting colors, fonts and text sizes are used to make certain elements like headlines or quotes stand out.
2. Placement of images, text and titles are designed strategically to guide readers' eyes to focal points and hints about article content.
3. Stylistic choices in images, fonts and formatting aim to set an overall tone for the magazine and attract target audiences.
creating brand value in the age of overloadkelseyhodgkin
The document discusses how brands must create shared value in the current environment of information overload and skepticism of empty promises. Successful brands today translate their ideals into tangible benefits for both the brand and society by understanding their long-term purpose, marrying it with a real social need, and creating valuable experiences that people want to share. Whereas brands used to simply sell an idealized dream, they now must take action and prove their impact through innovative solutions that drive meaningful social improvement.
This document provides an introduction and overview of self-compacting concrete (SCC). It discusses the development of SCC, focusing on its origins in Japan in response to a shortage of skilled construction workers. The key properties of SCC including its ability to flow and fill formwork without segregation under its own weight are described. Testing methods used to evaluate the workability and passing ability of fresh SCC are outlined. Some advantages of SCC including easier placement and reduced need for vibration and labor are also mentioned.
The document discusses magazine layout design techniques to grab readers' attention and convey important information. Key points include:
1. Contrasting colors, fonts and text sizes are used to make certain elements like headlines or quotes stand out.
2. Placement of images, text and titles are designed strategically to guide readers' eyes to focal points and hints about article content.
3. Stylistic choices in images, fonts and formatting aim to set an overall tone for the magazine and attract target audiences.
creating brand value in the age of overloadkelseyhodgkin
The document discusses how brands must create shared value in the current environment of information overload and skepticism of empty promises. Successful brands today translate their ideals into tangible benefits for both the brand and society by understanding their long-term purpose, marrying it with a real social need, and creating valuable experiences that people want to share. Whereas brands used to simply sell an idealized dream, they now must take action and prove their impact through innovative solutions that drive meaningful social improvement.
This document provides an introduction and overview of self-compacting concrete (SCC). It discusses the development of SCC, focusing on its origins in Japan in response to a shortage of skilled construction workers. The key properties of SCC including its ability to flow and fill formwork without segregation under its own weight are described. Testing methods used to evaluate the workability and passing ability of fresh SCC are outlined. Some advantages of SCC including easier placement and reduced need for vibration and labor are also mentioned.