RE:[tips] Face Recognition Site
Jim, I try to think of an overarching theme each semester. In this particular semester it was the fall after the first face transplant and somewhere I had read something that this was a procedure that could have been done previously, but hadn't because of the significance of the face to individual's psyche. It really got me thinking and so I decided to use the face as a theme that fall. I don't necessarily tell studentshere is the theme, but I try to interweave it throughout the semester. That same semester I was using wikis for the first time so the first day of class I took everyone's picture and then created a Who's Who in Psychology page with each class have an individual page for each student. I posted their first name and picture and then they could create from there. Introduce themselves to the class, if you will, and they continued to add to those pages throughout the semester. I gave students the right to remove their picture if they wanted to, but I think only one or two out of 120 did so. We talked about face recognition in the brain section, perception allowed for some unique illusions with face symmetery and other facial illusions, in learning and memory we talked about remembering names and/or faces, we talked about facial expression, the baby's innate fascination of faces, culture and beauty, I can't remember all of the little and not so little tie ins off the top of my head. I used the film Faces (with John Cleese) and the books, The Autobiography of the face, and another book (not the companion to the video Faces) The Face, which was a great resource. About 2/3 into the semester I had arranged for the Human Race Machine to come onto campus for a week and students could transform their faces into another race as well as age themselves 20 years. Students really were fascinated by this (I had seen it at a museum in Marylandfor info see, http://www.humanracemachine.com/faq.html At the end of the semester we used the facial recognition software and many students posted those images that were supposed to look like them on their wiki pages. Again, students really enjoyed it and in fact, I had promised that three weeks after the semester I would take down the wiki pages with student pictures, etc. and then I had several students contact me asking if I still had their pages so they could transfer them to another site. All in all it was a fun semester. Robin Robin Musselman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Professor Lehigh Carbon Community College Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original message. Your compliance is appreciated. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RE:[tips] Face Recognition Site
Stephen, For what it is worth, I used this website as one activity in my Intro course a few semesters back when I used the theme of faces for the semester. Our server allowed the work on the site and of the 120 students in my classes and myselfno problems with viruses or other such stuff afterward. It was a lot of fun for us at the end of the semester, although a few students were disappointed by their resemblances. Quite a few cross gender references, but all in all we had a good laugh about it. Robin Musselman Robin Musselman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Professor Lehigh Carbon Community College Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original message. Your compliance is appreciated. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RE: [tips] Face Recognition Site
Hi Robin, How did you use the faces website in your class? The theme of faces? Jim Jim Matiya [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological Association) New webpage: http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:38:44 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Subject: RE:[tips] Face Recognition Site Stephen, For what it is worth, I used this website as one activity in my Intro course a few semesters back when I used the theme of faces for the semester. Our server allowed the work on the site and of the 120 students in my classes and myselfno problems with viruses or other such stuff afterward. It was a lot of fun for us at the end of the semester, although a few students were disappointed by their resemblances. Quite a few cross gender references, but all in all we had a good laugh about it. Robin Musselman Robin Musselman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Professor Lehigh Carbon Community College Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original message. Your compliance is appreciated. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
