http://betch.learnerblogs.org None of us is as good as all of us Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:36:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Your exam will be held tomorrow, in class.  Try to be there for it.  If you are unable to make it to school, could you email me or leave a comment here and I'll give you the password so you can do it at home. http://www.quia.com/quiz/902320.html http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2007/01/16/exam-on-wednesday/ Pretty ugly weather today, (not as bad as the photo thankfully!) and a few of you were unable to get to school which is totally understandable. Now I know what freezing rain is! If you could however still get your culminating tasks submitted by the end of the day. ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2007/01/15/ugly-weather-but/ The World Wide Web was created in the early 1990s and was primarily designed as a way for people to get information. Content creators made the content and the average web user simply consumed that content. Unless you were the geeky type who could work out how to ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2007/01/08/culminating-task-web20/ Yes, your final exam is here soon. In fact, here is the link to it. You will need a special "secret word" to get into it, and I'll tell you what it is when the time is right. Till then, I'm leaving a link here so I don't forget ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2007/01/08/your-final-exam/ As I mentioned in class, there are only about 16 work days left this semester before I have to head back to Australia.  Here are the dates to remember... December 22 - Your video project is due.  Please make sure it is fully edited and burnt to DVD.  If you can't ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/12/18/i-can-almost-see-the-finish-line/ [youtube]_b1cyNigny8[/youtube] Someone showed me this clip, and I'd be really interested in your thoughts. Leave a comment... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/12/05/wtf/ Thought this was pretty cool.  Spell a word and then this site will scan the images on Flickr to spell out your word. http://metaatem.net/words/  http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/12/04/letter-magic/ Since you have all just worked on a Flash cartoon, I thought you might appreciate this rather bizarre little cartoon I stumbled across... http://www.bozzetto.com/neuro.htm  http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/12/02/neuro-or-psycho/ At some stage later this semester, when it comes time to write your reports, I need to think about giving you an assessment for your groupwork and teamwork skills. One thing that I look at is how much and how often (and how well) you contribute to these electronic forums we ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/29/teamwork/ As we launch in this next unit of work on making movies, here are a couple of things you need to be aware of... The Class Wiki - I've set up a wiki for every class member to document the video making process. The address is http://commtech.wikispaces.com/. Please use this ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/28/quiet-on-the-set/ A few days ago, I published a list of who's completed the Flash cartoon task. Despite the fact that it was due on a certain date (and I allowed a bit of flexibility for people who had been having some problems getting it completed on time) the fact remains ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/20/im-starting-to-get-a-bit-concerned/ The use of blogs as a way for me to communicate with you and for you to keep a portfolio of your work and to comment on each other's stuff, etc, is not something I've done before. I can see advantages and disadvantages to doing it this way, but ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/15/time-to-hear-from-you/ You might have noticed (or maybe not) that Learnerblogs has been upgraded. It now includes a few extra buttons when you write a post, and give you the tools to embed Flash and Director files, as well embed video feeds from YouTube, Google Videos and iFilm. This is ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/15/a-useful-upgrade/ Telling a story using pictures - or video - requires an understanding of the basic rules of visual language. Different shots, angles and approaches can be used to help tell the story, engage your audience and communicate your message. Spend some time today looking through this introduction to video storytelling. ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/12/the-language-of-video/ Thanks to everyone who sent me their Flash files by the deadline I asked for. There is some wonderful work there... I saw that some of them were not finished and I think that after all the work you've put into them so far you should finish them off. ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/09/your-cartoons/ We talked before about the implications that posting personal information online can have. I thought you might find the following news article of interest. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/15906184.htm I'd be interested to hear your thoughts in the comments section.. http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/03/34/ A Mac pumpkin...  I couldn't resist!  :-) http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/31/happy-halloween/ Flash is an amazing authoring environment, able to combine both artistic creativity and sophisticated mathematical programming skills. At it simplest, Flash lets you draw stuff using a rather clever use of vector graphics that can scale gracefully to any resolution, and it also has incredible depth that lets those ... http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/30/that-pesky-rabbit-and-other-flashy-stuff/ Thought you guys might enjoy this short video of our pumpkin carving... (Has anyone figured out how to embed the YouTube videos into these blog pages?  The normal way doesn't seem to work?  Is there some trick that works?) http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/26/pimp-that-pumpkin/ This is the marking rubric for the Flash cartoon. Take a look at it and make sure you've demonstrated your ability in each of the four basic areas, according to the criteria I've given you. http://betch.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/24/marking-rubric-for-the-cartoon/