Module 1: Introduction to Communication and Media Arts

Different Medium: Different Society
http://www.boraski.com/www/different.html

Lesson 1.1A: The Forms of Information: Text
History of the Printing Press
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story039.htm
Biography of Johann Gutenberg
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/gutenberg.htm

Key word search: history of printing press, Johann Gutenberg

Lesson 1.1B: The Forms of Information: Sound
Milestones of CBC's History
http://cbc-radiocanada.ca/en/explore/our-history/

Key word search: history of radio

Lesson 1.1C: The Forms of Information: Images
Paleolithic Cave Images
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en
A Brief History of Photography
http://www.eyeconart.net/history/photography.htm
American Museum of Photography
http://www.photographymuseum.com/
Eadweard Muybridge's Photography of Motion
http://americanhistory.si.edu/muybridge/index.htm

Guided Practice1.1C1: Discovering Images
http://www.flipbook.info/index_en.php

Key word search: history of writing, history of photography, Eadward Muybridge, history of flipbook

Lesson 1.2A: Meet the Computer
A History of the Computer (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/nerds/timeline/index.html
The Chronology of New Media
http://www.metromemetics.com/thechronology/all.asp

Key word search: history of computer

Lesson 1.2B: Analogue and Digital Media
Digital Revolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_revolution

Key word search: digital revolution

Lesson 1.3A: Authoring Tools
Multimedia Authoring Systems
http://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/
Authorware
http://www.adobe.com/products/authorware/
Director
http://www.adobe.com/products/director/
Myst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst
The Making of Myst, Part 1, 2, 3, and 4
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL69FB081261860B23
Acrobat
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/

Key word search: multimedia authoring tools, create media

Lesson 1.3B: Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Systems
http://www.adobe.com/