Blog #8 by Aly Miller

Aly Miller       

            Today in class we experimented using different forms of technology in class. My professor handed out things such as the Leap, the Myo, and speakers to play around with. The most interesting thing that he had given out was a glove that had a wire that attached it to a computer which made the motions that we made with our hand go along with music or videos. He had me and this other boy in the class record ourselves reciting poems from a little book called Cold Mountain. Apparently it was a book of Chinese poems that were translated into English. After we recorded ourselves in black and white, we attached the glove to the computer and had our movements from our hand stop and start the video and play different segments of the videos. Then, he had me and the other boy “act” as if we were in an argument and I was stopping and starting the video as if to annoy him. It was an interesting concept, and also a way to link technology to acting. While we were doing this, the other students In the class were making beats with garage band and playing around with the Leap and the Myo. My professor would call on people to look at the videos of the other guy and I to see what their reactions were. They all seemed to think it was just as interesting and innovative and creative. I really enjoyed this class because everyone was just experimenting on their own and we got to shared our opinions.