ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee - SIGGRAPH 2013

Education Committee Activities planned for SIGGRAPH 2013

wobbe — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:49:00 +0000

Education Birds of a Feather sessions

After being proven successful last year, a large number of education related Birds of a Feather sessions have been scheduled. You can find all the sessions in this PDF document (updated July 8, 2013).

We would also like to point you to the talk "Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration in Education", a session chaired by Education Committee member Glenn Goldman

The course Introduction to Computer Graphics is another session of interest to educators.

The SIGGRAPH 2013 Educator Focus has been translated: Educator Focus in Japanese (PDF).

Training Seminars

A list of ACM SIGGRAPH Organization Events can be found on the conference website. Through this page you can sign up for a several sessions, Including:

Training Seminar Sponsored by the SIGGRAPH Education Committee and Unity 3D.
Sunday July 21, 10AM – 6PM at the Hilton Anaheim
Training Seminar Sponsored by the SIGGRAPH Education Committee and Side Effects Software
Sunday July 21, 10AM – 6PM at the Hilton Anaheim
Workshops for Computer Science Teachers
Processing as Intro to CS: Sunday July 21, 9AM – 12PM at the Hilton Anaheim
Drawing Machines: Sunday July 21, 1:30PM – 5PM at the Hilton Anaheim

Educators Meet and Greet: Tuesday July 23, 4-5PM at the Education Booth in the Village

An informal reception for all educators attending SIGGRAPH 2013

The Education Booth is open for most of the conference. Members of the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee will be available to chat with you and answer your education related questions.

Education Committee Meeting

The annual ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee meeting will take place on Sunday at 9AM in the Hilton Anaheim Green Room

Call for Submissions: SpaceTime 2013

wobbe — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:05:00 +0000

The SIGGRAPH Education Committee sponsors the SpaceTime juried Student Poster Competition & and Online Exhibition 2013.

Deadline June 1, 2013

It provides an excellent opportunity for students currently attending school in either traditional academic setting or home school at either the High School/Secondary or College/University levels and working in computer based media to exhibit their creative work nationally and internationally.

Entries will be judged on the basis of solution of the theme, artistic merit, design, originality, technical excellence, and content, Preference will be given to submissions that push the limits of the technology available or involve combinations of technologies.

The theme for SpaceTime 2013 is “Left-Right” in keeping with the theme of this year’s conference. We are looking for posters that depict this idea.

Selected works will be exhibited at the SIGGRAPH Education Committee Booth at the 2013 Conference and included on the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee web site, and in promotional materials.

Three winners will receive a Conference Access registration to the SIGGRAPH 2013 Conference in Anaheim California July 21-25 2013, which does not include travel or lodging. Students will receive a letter which may serve as a basis for applying for their schools’ grants to attend the conference.

You may include text in the poster design as long as it suits the theme.

A minimal use of text is suggested.

Submission Requirements:

Work must be done by students currently enrolled in either traditional academic setting or home school.

One entry per student.
Image size is A3 (11.7” x 16.5”--297 x 420 mm) 300 ppi JPG format.
Submission needs to include:
- Student(s) name
- School name Title of Work
- Program/Department
- Faculty name
- A brief artist’s statement (maximum 250 words) and a brief technical statement (maximum 150 words)

Submssion Methods:

Email attachments: one image, one statement sent to ursyn [at] unco.edu and Cc: aursyn [at] gmail.com

You may use www.YouSendIt.com to provide links to curator

SIGGRAPH Education Committee retains the right to archive the project description on our web sites for fair use.

Materials will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike No Derivatives 3.0

By entering into this competition the student agrees to allow their work to be displayed at the SIGGRAPH Conference, and web site and to be included there for archival purposes

Questions should be directed to:

Anna Ursyn at ursyn [at] unco.edu, Cc: aursyn [at] gmail.com

Workshops for Computer Science Teachers

wobbe — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:03:54 +0000

Two workshops sponsored by the SIGGRAPH Education Committee, to occur in conjunction with the ACM SIGGRAPH 2013 conference, will offer a free professional development experience for computer science teachers.

These workshops will take place on Sunday July 21, 2013, in the Hilton Anaheim Hotel, Anaheim, California:

9:00AM – 12:00PM: PROCESSING as Intro to CS, teaching Java programming through art and game creation.
1:30PM – 5:00PM: DRAWING MACHINES. embedded programming with a twist of studio art.

More Information: SIGGRAPH 2013 Workshop Flyer (PDF, 200kB)

You can sign up via the SIGGRAPH 2013 Conference site

Call for Participation: Faculty Submitted Student Work Exhibit

wobbe — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:08:00 +0000

Submission Requirements:

By Faculty/School - No individual student submissions accepted
Still Image Resolution 1920x1080 (JPG format/RGB) image placed on PowerPoint template
Video and Animation resolution 1280x720 or other 16:9 aspect ratio format.
- Quicktime
- H.264 Compression
- Audio can be included
Video and Animation can be short clips or full projects, we will edit all submissions together.
Assignment must accompany video(s) and image(s) submitted in PDF format.
Metadata includes:
- Student(s) name
- School name
- Program/Department
- Faculty name
- Project name
Please submit images using the template: FacultySubmittedStudentWork.pot
Limited to 50 images per school or university

Submission Method:

Physical DVD or flash drive (not returned) mailed to curator (Kevin McNulty)
Public folder in Dropbox with links sent to curator
Use of www.YouSendIt.com to provide links to curator
Establishment of FTP site at home institution for access by curator

Due to anticipated size of files, EMAIL of submissions will NOT be accepted

SIGGRAPH Education Committee retains the right to archive the project description on our web site for fair use by other faculty.

Materials will be licensed under the Creative Common Attribution - NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5.

Physical Submissions

Kevin McNulty
Dept. of Electronic Media Communication
Middle Tennessee State University
Box 58
1500 Greenland Drive
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Additional information/clarification electronic submissions:
Kevin McNulty - kevin.mcnulty [at] mtsu.edu

Deadline ~~June 1~~ EXTENDED until June 30th, 2013

ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee - SIGGRAPH 2013

Education Committee Activities planned for SIGGRAPH 2013

Education Birds of a Feather sessions

Training Seminars

Educators Meet and Greet: Tuesday July 23, 4-5PM at the Education Booth in the Village

Education Committee Meeting

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Call for Submissions: SpaceTime 2013

Deadline June 1, 2013

Submission Requirements:

Submssion Methods:

Questions should be directed to:

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Workshops for Computer Science Teachers

Two workshops sponsored by the SIGGRAPH Education Committee, to occur in conjunction with the ACM SIGGRAPH 2013 conference, will offer a free professional development experience for computer science teachers.

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Call for Participation: Faculty Submitted Student Work Exhibit

Sponsored by the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee. Images and video to be displayed at the Education Committee Booth SIGGRAPH 2013 in Anaheim, CA and assignments archived on Education Committee Website

Submission Requirements:

Submission Method:

Physical Submissions

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