Threw this together in the morning, so it’s very rushed. But, it’s more about the student work. I got really into getting the students’ files ready, and lost track of time. Really fun stuff they’ve done, especially having only had four days with Flash. I literally just got done with my talk (at 4:30). Updating…
After class, Jill, Cayenne, Emma and Justina took me out for a drink. Actually, students stayed and worked on their projects for almost a good 30 minutes after class ended. But around 9:30, the five of us headed out to a place called the "Mellow Mushroom." Had a beer there, got some garlic bread, and…
Today, it was a bit slower – I showed a few sites to students, trying to vary their perceptions of what Flash can do and how others have used it. We covered how to break apart text, staggering animations, motion guides and importing sound. A lot of the second half of class was devoted to…
Me again with Emma today, and we went over masks and some preliminary ways to work with sound. Actually, a lot of what we did I ended up using again in class, which was really fun. Major stopped in closer to 6, and we talked a bit about how to make more advanced forms of…
Saw these two students sitting way up on the stairs by the Student Union. I walked away, and thought about taking their picture. I headed back, appraoched them, and got permission to shoot a few for the blog. Unlike me, but I guess that’s a good thing.
Waiting for Sandy to give me a lift into campus, I wandered into the nearby field for a pic:
Before we left, Sandy gave me a nice care package. It was a bag with two bottles of nice booze (Glenkinchie and Laphroaig). Both single malt whiskeys – and about two fingers left in each one. Nice! On top of that, she had some extra fancy chocolates lying around, which I grabbed. And she also…
#1: Last night, Sandy threw the idea around of me teaching a semester-long class. Up until then, I had never even considered the idea – I mean, a week is a bit rushed, but I’ve been thinking in terms of four classes, and how to get the most out of our time. But the idea…
Driving in Sandy’s hybrid, I realized that, when she comes to a stop… the car completely turns off. It turns silent, and it literally is "off." When she pushes in the clutch and shifts out of Neutral, the car starts up again. It’s weird, to have the car suddenly go silent – out of nowhere….
Good good class today. We didn’t get as far as I would have liked, but Sandy and I decided yesterday that it was better to give the students time to work on their own projects. In this case, I’m asking them to animate their own haikus. We got to movie clips, importing graphics and a…
Only one today, with Emma. We talked about basic actionscript concepts, and how to direct Flash beyond basic stop and play actions. We delved into instance names, frame labels – even duplicateMovieClip a bit. The good stuff. We met from 1 – 3 PM, which was longer than I anticipated, but we covered a lot…
Old man, the sun isslipping by you once again.Stop your mouth. Look up.
I’m afraid my posts during this week may be shorter than normal. No photos again, unfortunately. Outside of that first day, I haven’t really explored all that much. Besides, today is quite overcast (worse than yesterday), and everything’s dulled in the grey light shining down. I’ve got a student coming in today around 1:00 PM,…
Sandy and I talked at length after class yesterday, trying to determine if it was better for me to keep pushing ahead with the material I had prepared… or to spend more time in-class, allowing students to work on their haikus. We decided that having a completed project in their hands was a better approach,…
Sorry for the late update folks. Class ran a bit over last night. It was one of those classes where I stopped moving, looked at the clock, and realized we were already 5 minutes over when class was supposed to end. Aftewards, Sandy and I went back to the same place – DePalma’s Italian Cafe….