Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (fwd)

[Mia Kalish]

Hey, Phil! 

You know, I been there . . . but a long time ago (see, wisdom Does come with
Crash-And-Burn opportunities <SMILE>). 

I checked out the SMIL thing for Jan. The structural concept is difficult
even for people who are used to the "secret structure" of tools for
educational materials. Barthes is of enormous help here, because he talks
about the form separate from the content. The forms that we have to use are
those that have been easy to implement for people learning how to do it (the
techies, I mean here, not the people who will ultimately use the product). 

I am proposing a different approach, one which has worked for me and others
I have collaborated with. I have a new Cherokee syllabary for people, not
entirely mine, but an example of how I would suggest facilitating materials
development. 

Of course, I really like working with groups of people, so my approach
wouldn't be very comfortable for people who like the approach where one
person does it all. But I have been working in various languages for 7 years
now, and I really think that the dynamics that comes with a group can
generate the energy to make for a successful project. 

I will let y'all know when I have posted the new syllabary - typical of me,
you can hear and see - and a brief description of who does what and how.
(Why should be intuitively obvious <bigger smile>).

Anon, really, just a few moments. . . 

Mia 

PS: Phil, will you be in ABQ next week?



-----Original Message-----
From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of phil cash cash
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:11 AM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Re: [ILAT] Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (fwd)

Hi Mia, everybody,

I offered a short SMIL workshop to an unsuspecting and patient group of 
tribal folks at the Great Basin Languages conference earlier this fall. 
  The workshop generously failed because it was all about coding, but in 
principle ;-) one could code a movie (.mov, .rm) using only a plain 
text editor, a few media files (.jpeg, .wav, .bmp) and some 
imagination.
the goal here was to allow the student to use a SMIL template as a 
reusable "learning object" and create a set of movies linking various 
media files.  After this experience, I am back to the drawing board, 
but I am piecing together a tutorial that I may/will post to my webpage 
someday and have people test out.

later,
Phil Cash Cash

On Dec 26, 2005, at 11:04 PM, Mia Kalish wrote:

> This is curious, because right now, streaming audio is a proprietary 
> format,
> and not many people have readers. It also has the ugly behavior of 
> loading
> after all the rest of the action has already happened.
>
> I think it's okay to have a language where you can specify 
> simultaneity, but
> making it happen with streaming audio may be a whole 'nother kettle of 
> fish.
>
>
> Mia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indigenous Languages and Technology 
> [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
> On Behalf Of phil cash cash
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 8:28 AM
> To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> Subject: [ILAT] Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (fwd)
>
> 14 December 2005
> Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
> http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=4549
>
> The World Wide Web Consortium has released "Synchronized Multimedia
> Integration Language (SMIL 2.1)" as a W3C Recommendation.
>
> With SMIL (pronounced "smile"), authors create multimedia presentations
> and animations integrating streaming audio and video with graphics and
> text. Version 2.1 features include a new Mobile Profile and an Extended
> Mobile Profile with enhanced timing, layout and animation capabilities.
> "Today, W3C makes good on the promise of first class multimedia
> presentations for the mobile Web," said Chris Lilley (W3C).
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-SMIL2-20051213/
> http://www.w3.org/2005/12/smil-pressrelease.html.en
> http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/
>