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Digital Media Off-the-Grid

Rory Solomon & Evan Malmgren, Spring 2022

  • Syllabus
  • Readings
    • Reading Response Doc
  • Technical tutorials
    • Lab Notebook Template
    • Index of schematic symbols
  • Projects
    • Project 1: Materials
    • Project 1: Environmental circuit
    • Project 2: Off-the-grid social network
    • Project 2: As a mini-zine
    • Project 2: Zine network planning doc
    • Project 2: Required elements
  • Class resources
    • Student Folders
    • All texts and films

Portfolio Category: Technical tutorials

A list of all project tutorial workshops. Each tutorial will require some follow-up work and a lab notebook entry. Use this template as a starting point, create a copy of that file in your folder in the student work section of our shared Google Drive.

Lab notebooks should be completed by the end of the week and will be collected with both projects.

February 17 – Introduction to electricity and electric circuits

Technical tutorials

February 24 – Interactive circuits

Technical tutorials

March 3 – Arduino and digital/analog inputs

Technical tutorials

March 10 – Arduino outputs & actuators

Technical tutorials

March 24 – Project concept discussion & review

Technical tutorials

April 14 – Introducing project 2

Technical tutorials

April 21 – Zine work

Technical tutorials

April 28 – Radio as a technique of resistance

Technical tutorials

May 5 – Field day: Crystal radio & other wireless communication testing

Technical tutorials

May 12 – Off-the-grid social network zine coordination

Technical tutorials
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