This course examines communications technology from a media perspective. Students develop knowledge and skills as they design and produce media projects in the areas of networked, interactive, and graphic communications. Semesters and Institutions Taught: Lehman College, Fall 2020
The Capstone course is the final project for all graduating students. The course offers students an opportunity to increase their impact and effectiveness as a leader. Students develop an initiative for a real-life project that can be work, community, or university-based. For a consulting case project, students develop a case study and case analysis. The…
This course covers contemporary media industries, including print, broadcast, and new media. Particular attention to the economic and social conditions influencing industrial configurations and outputs, and vice versa. Semesters and Institutions Taught: Lehman College, Spring 2018 Lehman College, Spring 2020
This course explores various forms of media and digital culture and how they have evolved over the years. Topics include the effects of media culture on the population at large, the loss of print media, the advent of music and streaming services like Apple Music and Tidal, advances of the Internet and Social Media, digital marketing,…
This course focuses on creative network practices through a critical examination of culture, media, society, and art. “Designing Critical Networks” is a course that introduces students to networked art practice, hacking networks, and the critical examination of culture, media, society, and art practice. The course will begin by grounding students with the background and…
This course explores the uses and influences of media in society. We examine the role of the media and communications technologies in the formation of global culture, ethics, political opinion, and celebrity identity. Students explore the following topics: The emergence and mainstreaming of communications technologies and platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, podcasts, etc. The…
This course explores the evolution of new communication technologies how they are integrated into society by the media, and how they end up changing our lives. It is an introduction to blogging, Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking tools used by journalists to report, produce and deliver the news across multiple platforms. It examines the…
This course explores the planning and production of news web sites, along with the techniques for managing multimedia and social media content. Students review the web’s best news sites along with the latest methods and tools used to build them – from HTML, SQL, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, WordPress and beyond. Semesters and Institutions Taught: Lehman…
This course is an introduction to analyzing content across print and electronic multilingual media. It focuses on the growth and diversity of these media; the role they play in the lives of those who use them, and gives students the opportunity to compare mainstream and ethnic media and their intended audiences. Semesters and Institutions…
This course evaluates how digital technologies have fundamentally transformed marketing. Aspects covered in the course include, the shift from one-way to two-way communication, online marketing techniques, viral campaigns, social media invasion, search engine optimization, and how web analytics are used to manage consumer interactions. Students learn the fundamentals of how to build a successful digital marketing campaign and…
Interface design workshop for engaging electronics with urban wildlife. This workshop was co-organized by Eyebeam and the Wildlife Conservation Society and focused on the creative use and misuse of recycled electronics, gadgets, computers and their integration with urban wildlife. Students are exposed to methods of dismantling old technology and reinventing new forms of interfaces that could…
I taught this 6 week summer course at Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in NYC about hardware hacking to teens from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx during the summer of 2013.
This class had students build a networked electronics vending machine. This class consisted of an independent study that I ran with 8 students to build a networked Electronic Vending Machine for digital components that would be deployed at Parsons. The idea was to create a machine that required no physical cash and all transactions would…
Taught with Katherine Moriwaki This Collaboration Studio examines the practice of recycling and artistic production through urban exploration and hacking or rethinking of public spaces. As the world’s landfills swarm with millions of tons of discarded electronics, the examination of the critical and creative use of recycled materials becomes ever more important. Scrapyard Challenge and…
This course evaluates new communication channels that evolved with the rise of information technology and digital connectivity. Topics cover areas such as social media, crowdsourcing, open source, mobile technology, ubiquitous computing, wireless networks, and the Internet of Things. Semesters and Institutions Taught: Media, Culture & Communication – New York University, Fall 2010
This course introduces students to critical design practice by creating objects, projects, and public interventions I taught this course from 2010 to 2014 in the MFA Design and Technology Program at Parsons The New School for Design and is the primary introduction to the creation of work within a design and technology context and should be…
The New Media Research Studio course was devoted to the research of new communication channels that evolved with the rise of information technology and digital connectivity. I taught this class at NYU Department of Media, Communications, and Culture at New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development from Spring 2009 to Spring 2011. Semesters…
This seminar provided a forum to workshop and articulate a master’s thesis and to receive and give critical feedback in a group environment. I taught this course for two years from 2007 to 2008. Semesters Taught: Spring 2007 Spring 2008
Drawbot is a drawing system that anyone can use without having to learn electronics. It is a simple bot that mixes standard drawing materials (in this case magic markers) with weighted motors and plastic cups. When the cups vibrate, they draw circles and lines depending on their overall weight and power. The project teaches programming…
Co-taught with Katherine Moriwaki This course was a hands on introduction to physical computing and custom controllers for interactive media. Students developed prototypes using simple and ordinary found materials. We discussed technologies surrounding electronic prototyping and concentrated on the design and development of projects in class. Students learned to design systems that read local information from…
Hardware hacking and interface design workshops held globally
This course explored connections between basic electronic circuits and the physical world, especially through digital networks. This was a hands on prototyping and design course. Co-Taught with Matt Karau Semesters Taught: Spring 2003 Picking up from where Electronics for Artists left off, the course focuses on new ways of connecting the physical world to new…
Instructors: Jonah Brucker-Cohen Katherine Moriwaki Jennica Falk Michael Lew Location: Media Lab Europe Have you ever wanted to experiment with computers and interactivity beyond the screen? This workshop was a two-day intensive, hands-on workshop into the realm of building electronic circuits that interface with sensors. We will focus on basic soldering, simple concepts of interactivity using…
This summer course facilitated the creative use of the Web as a medium for new artistic, journalistic, personal, and commercial projects. The class format was a combination of technical lectures, troubleshooting sessions, and some critiques. We began with a thorough examination of HTML and its extensions, then proceeded with introductions to various presentation and scripting possibilities.…