Your First Crowdsourcing Project
Join Ben and Sara Brumfield of FromThePage as they step you through your first crowdsourcing project. The session covers selecting material, finding volunteers, developing transcription conventions, keeping volunteers engaged, and what to do with your transcriptions once you're done.
The webinar is on March 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST, 11:00 AM CST, and 9:00 AM PST. Signing up will send you an invitation with the details and a follow up with the recording.
How Green Is Your Prompt?
This workshop aims to cut through the hype on both sides of the AI debate to clarify the environmental impact of your work—and what you can do about it. Participants will compare the digital footprints of common activities side by side, from a routine Zoom meeting to a multi-step AI prompt. Drawing on recent academic estimates and industry disclosures, we’ll show how dramatically electricity and water use can vary with factors within and beyond your control, including prompt length, model choice, and whether a data center runs on hydro in a cool climate or fossil power in a hot one. The focus is on defensible estimates rather than headline-grabbing claims, giving professionals in the cultural sector an evidence-based way to discuss environmental impact without hand-waving or alarmism.
Jon Ippolito is an artist, writer, and curator who teaches New Media and Digital Curation at the University of Maine. Winner of Tiffany, Lannan, American Foundation, and Thoma awards, Ippolito is co-founder of the Variable Media Network for preserving new media art and UMaine's Digital Curation and Just-in-Time Learning programs. His AI resources for educators include the Learning With AI toolkit, AI IMPACT RISK framework, and What Uses More footprint calculator. Ippolito has given over 200 presentations, co-authored the books At the Edge of Art and Re-collection: Art, New Media, and Social Memory, and published 90 chapters and articles in periodicals from Artforum to the Washington Post. His AI focus is creators—writers, programmers, and media makers—and how the technical, aesthetic, and legal ramifications of generative AI empower and frustrate them.
The webinar is on April 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT, 11:00 AM CDT, and 9:00 AM PDT. Signing up will send you an invitation with the details and a follow up with the recording.