Guitar heroes, lay down your axes. The Virtual Maestro Interactive Conducting Kiosk lets you conduct an entire orchestra using a Nintendo Wii-mote. Designed and built by a team that included Teresa Nakra, assistant professor of music, and Chris Ault, assistant professor of interactive multimedia, the kiosk has appeared in prominent concert halls across the U.S.and will soon head to Europe. Watch the video to see it in action.
Members of IMM''s Interactive Journalism class will be among the bloggers covering speeches by Senators McCain and Clinton at the Associated Press annual meeting on April 14 and the Newspaper Association of America's annual convention on April 15.
The web site for TCNJ's chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society -- developed by IMM student Christy Hartigan -- won the award for best chapter web site at the organization's 2008 convention in Louisville.
Sen. Barack Obama gave a major speech on race the morning of March 18 at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Kim Pearson, IMM associate professor, led a live blog discussion of the speech as it was being broadcast.
IMM student Kelli Plasket received a "Women in New Media" scholarship from the New York Women in Communications Foundation. Kelli was honored on stage at the organization's Matrix Awards Luncheon on Monday, April 7, 2008 in New York City. She and the other winners also appeared on the Today Show.
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