Zoetrope - 1st Pull Request

README.md

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 > Make a small tutorial or instructional "thing" that could be understood by someone who doesn't speak English. Use any medium/materials/style you want, *other* than a web page: crayon drawing, [aircraft safety card](https://www.google.com/search?q=aircraft+safety+card&tbm=isch), origami, Lego diorama, [IKEA-style manual](http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/customer_service/assembly_instructions.html), etc.
 
-*Describe your project here*
+My idea is for a Zoetrope that stands at eye-level at the entry way/s of a park,
+or recreational area.
+
+When you use a Zoetrope there are sometimes different inserts, which you can
+slide into the machine to experience different "movies."
+
+Parks are for relaxing, and great places to visit when you are traveling
+(I had 24 hours in Tokyo and spent almost the entire time in Yoyogi Park).
+BUT,  there are often still a few things you need to know when you enter the
+park - like where to dispose of your dog's poop, how to use the coin-operated
+binoculars, or how to navigate to each of the trash cans.
+
+Each paper insert (probably lamented or special material for protection from
+  the rain/snow) could show a different tutorial and would not require any text.
+An illustration of coin-op binoculars various parts, for instance, could be
+broken up into discrete frames with arrows or hands on different parts,
+then lined up on one of the inserts for a zoetroped
+tutorial!
+
 
 ## Part II
 
 > Take the [first week's](https://github.com/bfl-itp/syllabus/blob/master/schedule.md#sep-4) offline Instructional Thing assignment online. Reimagine it for (and take advantage of) the new medium. For example: if Part I was a stop-frame animation, Part II might be a slideshow where the user can click between the steps.
 
-*Describe your project here – explain the evolution, and what was gained and lost from using this new medium*
+*Describe your project here – explain the evolution, and what was gained
+and lost from using this new medium*
+
+At first I did not see the "point" of creating an online component, since
+people do not typically visit park websites for rules, maps, or tutorials
+before visiting a park. I did see an opportunity, however, for in-park
+creativity, and for that creativity to create a kind of shared knowledge
+community, or least creative social media space for/about the park.
+
+QR codes could be placed in discreet places near the equipment/objects the
+visitors learned about when entering the park (i.e. the lessons from the
+instructional zoetrope). These QR Codes could enable the visitors to download
+an app to "zoetrope" their photos.
+
+To illustrate the concept, I found a clip of a father teaching his son how to use
+coin-operated binoculars, took a few dozen screen shots of the video, and made
+a few kinds of old-timey movies the app could generate - 1 zopetroped stop motion,
+and the other an old-timey silent film, which I made by transcribing their
+dialoge, making the stills black + white, and adding Scott Joplin ragtime music.
+
+I places the movies in a mock iPhone interface to show how the app would look/work.
+Lastly I found a park website and replaced the main image under the news section
+with one of the movies, to show how visitor's movies could be uploaded to the 
+park website in real-time.

Zoetrope Part 2

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+**Instructional Thing - Part 2: "The Online Component"**
+
+<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z-D5CyH0jQ0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>