Another exciting day of senior capstone projects commenced! The class began a little late, but Ann soon got things rolling easily with a learn@UW quiz. She went through the questions afterwards plummeting the students into the apparently foreign land of peer review (at least, that's what you would guess by the apathetic, confused responses to the question, "you guys have done peer review before, right?") They warmed up a little bit when Ann mentioned that this is the same kind of thing one does in an English class.
Though some peer-reviewing ended up happening, there were a lot of other enjoyable activities, if not completely productive. Just a glance around the room in real time: Pari shows Jesus a computer that he apparently built himself - a laptop! Wow, go Pari! Kiki and Jesus discover that some of the chairs are creaky - like Pari's! Pari, after hearing about Kiki's decision to enter the ELF modeling contest, declared he wanted to win a modeling contest . . . to win makeup! He seemed excited. Kiki had everyone in the class vote for her on the website - she had quite a beautiful picture!
This is Kiki's profile picture for the contest! Peer reviews sort of happened . . . Jesus eventually looked at Pari's proposal, reluctantly. Elizabeth's reliant K music provided a satisfying backdrop for the general murmur of conversation. We Americans are rather monotonous in our speech style - we must seem so boring to the rolling of the British or the lilt of the Irish! But we know how to have a good time - Pari was designing a photoshopped image of himself in a BLUE wig, that turned out to have NOTHING to do with his project, so Elizabeth made him stop! Elizabeth offered to review college entrance essays, and Jesus promptly turned one over to her critically encouraging eye (hopefully!)
Ann all the while met with each individual student to discuss their ideas. Elizabeth met with some of them a second time towards the end of class. Here's the basic gyst of it:
Pari - has a good idea - He's redesigning a website for a wellness center. He needed a little more direction with deadlines/goals etc - I think we got him straightened out there. Now he has a list of clear objectives and will be meeting with his group members regularly to accomplish his goals. Next session we need to check in with him, Alex, and Laura.
Kiki - She's working for the student organization Students for a Free Tibet. I'm excited about her work - she'll have to be more self-initiated as it's more 'they'll tell me what they want as I go'. She has some good ideas - I told her to be keeping an inventory of everything she'll be doing, so she'll have a clear record by the end of the year. I also helped her set up a few more specific deadlines for the projects she does have notice for.
Jesus- He is creating ITA 30 second commercials for 4 different units. He is working with Marc Pedone and Jesus. After sitting down and talking with him, he now has a clear plan of his due dates. All of the commercials will be due by the holiday luncheon. They are to have their scripts done today and begin filming next session. They are supposed to have draft one of their videos done by Novemeber 21st and will continue editing December 5th. Ann suggested to the students that they should individually edit a different software to be most productive and then give each other feedback. Currently, each of them are writting a separate script.
Williams - He is doing an ITA logo redesign. His tasks will include a new logo, t-shirt options to vote for during the winter luncheon, an ITA powerpoint background, and a new brochure. Ann tried to explain to him that this new logo is going to stay and needs to be professional. By next session he should have 4-5 different logo options. Williams needs to be pushed him with due dates to get him to work .
Tenzin- He is doing a Flash animation for something medical. The details are unclear, and he needs to talk to Ryan. Tenzin e-mailed Ryan today. Then he is going to start his flashcard simulation. Tenzin talked to AJ, but the details are unknown and an instructor needs to check in on him.
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