A Contest

Can you find the typo on the Visit Us: Open Houses page? It may be a little hard to locate, since your eyes could start bleeding, but give it a shot.

pratt.edu/%7Einfosils/openhouse.html

The Thing That Made My Eyeballs Bleed Today – Reader Contribution

Thank you to one of our dear readers who noted the “ridiculously out of context” pictures of students and their tattoos. I know they are Pratt SILS students and even why photos of their tattoos were taken at School. Unfortunately for us all, no one else does. No explanation is given, the students aren’t even named and, quite frankly, this isn’t the place for the pictures inclusion. The whole page looks bizarre and sloppy. I guess this is the Dean getting edgy and Web 2.0?

Good thing she’s not interested in any feedback from the actual students! Too bad no one has offered to completely overhaul the site! Oh wait. Yes, they have. Well, Tula probably knows best. Just look at the Student page for proof.

The Thing That Made My Eyes Bleed Today

Go the Pratt SILS main page and click on “Library Media Specialist’.

How do you get back to the main page? Got me!

Questions for SSS Visitors

Do you have a stake in the Pratt SILS site?

Do you expect a website for your school to be attractive, easy-to-navigate, and full of useful information?

What are you doing about it?

Do you think the Dean is willing to listen to students?

Do you think she’s willing to respond to student requests and concerns?

If not, what are you going to do about it?

Leave us a comment and tell us what you think of the Pratt SILS Site. Reading, agreeing, shrugging your shoulders, and navigating away changes nothing.

The Thing That Made My Eyeballs Bleed Today

Huh?

Information sheds light on knowing and doing –

iDEA school
information Design, Education & Art

Do any Pratt SILS students know what this “iDEA school” thing is exactly? Have any of us heard of it? Anyone involved with this? Can anyone “shed some light” on this “iDEA” thing? Any idea? Any at all? Is this supposed to be a mission statement for Pratt SILS or some random program in which no one is actually involved? It’s perplexing.

Good thing we have this graphic to clarify and excite.

It’s hard to understand why Pratt SILS would choose to promote a program (if that’s what this is) on Information Design and Art in this unattractive fashion. The tagline and graphic offer no actual information and provide no link to more information. The point seems to be a chance to showcase a graphic that moves. Totally awesome! This Web 2.0 is really amazing! Let’s get a tagcloud next!

The Thing That Made My Eyeballs Bleed Today

The actual definition of a visiting professor according to thefreedictionary.com

Noun.

Visiting professor – a professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time.

Pratt SILS’s definition of a visiting professor

Visiting professor – any adjunct faculty member teaching a course at Pratt SILS, academic credentials not required.

Note – This is in no way a criticism of the many excellent adjunct faculty at Pratt SILS, rather a criticism of the SILS site and it’s incorrect content.