Innovation Showcases
Asynchronous Session
Fruits of Labor: Agricultural Migration from Okinawa to Hawaii View Digital Media
Innovation Showcase Emily Hanako Momohara
“Fruits of Labor” is a body of visual art which connects colonial structure of Hawaiian agriculture and migration from Asia Pacific. Momohara uses her own family’s 1914 journey from Okinawa to Hawaii pineapple plantations to illustrate nostalgic and respectful attitudes Americans feel toward their immigrant ancestors and the “exotic” islands. The pineapple becomes synonymous for the path her family took from immigrant labors to consumers of luxury goods in today’s United States. Momohara’s artwork blurs the lines between the past and present attitudes toward migration. An antique stereograph holds a digitally made, color image of a golden work glove held high in a fist. She manipulates historical and contemporary mediums such as stereographs and projections to create nuance between the timeline, who labors, their social value, assumptions about products, and exoticism. “Fruits of Labor” can be viewed at https://ehmomohara.com/fruits-of-labor.
STEM Post Summer Program: Overcoming Gateway Courses Together View Digital Media
Innovation Showcase Shayne Turo, Ted Mathews
Getting over the hurdle of gateway courses can be extremely challenging. Having successfully developed a STEM Post Summer Program with this in mind, Onondaga Community College students now have an avenue to help them achieve success in these courses. We explore the innovative tripartite tutorial component of this program, which is critical for students in gateway courses because it gives them the opportunity to engage in high levels of hands-on practice, which is crucial for success.
How to Create a Villain View Digital Media
Innovation Showcase J Anthony Sisto
I have been told my villains are despicable, and I work hard to create them that way. I believe that a story is just a story, but if there is a villain to hate, it improves the plot. I follow my own process of MIRS (Mystery, Intrigue, Realistic, and Slime). In this lecture, I go into detail about MIIRS, and why it is successful.
