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 In his book entitled Being Digital (1995), Nicholas Negroponte suggested that we think of the world today in terms of bits, rather than atoms. This course is mostly about bits. It's about testing the limits of the information age. In this course, we work with emerging communication technologies, many so new that only a small percentage of people on the planet have had the opportunity to work with them.
 Within the realm of technology education, communication technology content may be organized into five categories: graphic production systems (print), data communication systems, technical design systems (CAD), audio/visual systems, and optic systems. This course incorporates elements of each of these five systems of communication technology.
EDVT 4444: Communication Technology serves as a capstone course, allowing you to apply what you learned in Graphic Communication I and II in a problem-solving context. Group dynamics, organizational strategies, and the spirit of competition will run as a common thread throughout the activities of this course.
The design and production of a comprehensive Promotional Campaign serves as the basis for this course. Students form "companies" of three to four students and each company produces a campaign that includes the following deliverables:
 Company Logo
- Product Photographs
- 2-Color Offset Lithographic Advertisement
- 2-Color screen printed T-shirt
- CAD Packaging Layout
- Screen Printed Package Prototype
- Hologram (with our holography work station)
- Storyboards (traditional and computer-generated)
- 30-Second Digital Audio Advertisement (SoundEdit 16)
- 30-Second Analog Video Advertisement (Hi-8/VHS technologies)
- Digital Multimedia Advertisement (Astound/QuickTime/Premiere/ SoundEdit 16, etc.)
- Final Multimedia Presentation to a "Board of Directors" (Color LCD presentation with appropriate multimedia tools)
- Conventional and Electronic Portfolio Development (WebWeaver, Acrobat, RTF to HTML, etc.)
Course Goals
During completion of this course, students will:
 become familiar with various communication "systems" models and structures for a communication technology course;
- engage in collaborative activities and have the opportunity to employ group organizational and assessment strategies to optimize group productivity;
- systematically apply a wide range of communication systems and technologies (graphic production systems, data communication systems, technical design systems, audio/visual systems, and optic systems) and problem-solving strategies in the design/production of a multimedia production;
- design, produce, and exhibit an "electronic portfolio" on the World Wide Web; and
- conduct basic research with respect to new communication technologies and communicate their findings to their peers.
Digital Audio Production (Multimedia):
Here are a couple of students developing a multimedia production in our Communication Technology Lab. (Digital is in, analog is out!) Also, College of Human Resources and Education students (that includes us) are allowed to use the Educational Technology Lab, which has excellent multimedia equipment, in War Memorial Hall.
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