One day I just decided.....

Two of my Digital Media students have become sculpture majors. I didn't try and stop them. They seemed pretty passionate about their choice. The first student told me she walked into her Word and Image class and just decided she didn't want to sit at a computer anymore. The other one said that he was just plan discouraged by his portfolio review. I can't really blame them for wanting to be the next Henry Moore.

Great Expectations

Another movie title sequence from the Digital Media final.

Honesty

Today in the final crit I told my student I really liked the way the music ended on his project. His response was "That was luck"

Transition

Yeah I haven't quite accepted that classes are over. I still have so many files to look at and grade. For the final in Digital Media 2 I gave the assignment of movie title sequences. I really love the transitions on this one.

It's grading time

Today it is so cold and rainy. I can't believe finals are over. The students are sleep deprived. They think tables look like comfortable places to sleep. They are yellling absurd things to stay awake. And it's time for me to give them grades.
Click here for more absurdity

Almost summer

Yesterday the Seniors celebrated their final show by handing out colored smiley faced stickers. It brighten an otherwise cold rainy day.

Tween!

So we only have two more finals to go before the semester is over. I've been collecting all the files from the semester. I came across their first Flash tweening exercise. When the students first started using Flash they kept making circles bounce across the screen. I complained. And one student said what else should I do. I said make it into something. Here are some of their solutions. The first one really makes me laugh!
Click here to see Moo!
Click here to see Shape Tween

"Bad Bad Student"

Yup it's May 4th. Only one more week until the semester is over. I open my e-mail this evening and get this message.

"I'm a bad bad student,

and I deserve to fail.






However I do not intend on doing so.
Because I will do everything I need to make up
and then some..........."
I suck.

see you tomorrow morning.

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I discovered this wall while walking around campus. It was the best part of a long day. I had a headache by the end. Somedays I really look forward to tenure. My students say tenure is terrible. They also say people shouldn't get engaged at 19 and that Myspace is full of whores. They are very opinionated people....