Joe Oldham: SMP

Here is where we are on things asked for so far this term:

• I asked you to post on the wiki. I rolled taht into “participation at midterm”. If you continue to post (I now have email-to-me on post) then taht will continue to benefit you.
• I asked you to turn in lab 4. If you have not done so then be sure to do so by April 8.
• I asked you to turn in lab 5. If you have not done so then be sure to do so by April 8.
• Caveat: I’ll score the labs, but not terribly rigorously — more for effort — I think that is more in the spirit of this term.
• Midterm, you submitted, I returned.
• You have an image project due 4/4. For goodness’ sake if you have questions ask — do not dother around stuck unless you really expect to get yourself unstuc. If a classmate can help, great — just note the help when you turn in the assignment.

I do solemnly promise to try to be more organized or whatever it is that I seem to have lacked thus far this term, for the rest of the term (but without changing the general tenor of the course — that is, I will not certainly turn into an academic martinet.)

We have a plan for the CSC 112 midterm. We’ll begin it on 3/12. See the class page

Tuesday March 4 I will not be on campus. Email if needed. Back Wednesday

Check the web page for 117, 343. The lab in 112 is an assignment.

M, W, F will be normal schedule & availability. On Tuesday I will probably work from home to try to catch up (letters, grading,…) I will be available by email. On Thursday I will hold hours a little late: 11am-3pm, as I need to arrive a little late — probably about 10:30am.

I had failed to post office hours for the term. That is corrected. See Contact Page

Friday Feb 15 plan on Olin 023. The lab is posted on the course page.

Dawns on me some of you may not have written down the on-screen instructions Friday,  or may have had trouble, and I did not post, so Due by Tuesday 2/12 10am put chapter 2 question(s) — at least one, or a denial of any such — on the wiki discussion page. See the course page for details (look for Assignments)

You should have read chapter 2 of Guzdial by now. Feel free to forge int o chpater 3 & play around. We will have JES 3 in lab by Friday and will get going. Today & Wednesday I will try and give you some ideas about media computation, esp the programming aspects, to try out in lab on Friday.

Remember, this course is kind of experimental, and you’re a guinea pig, but you may be a talking guinea pig. Suggestions welcome.

The syllabus is posted on the course page.

Class today moves to Grant Hall 403. (It will be there every M, W.) Fridays will be Olin 023.

I will announce an assignment in class today. It is to think about how being digital changes media & how we interact with media. Write the ideas down on paper and bring the paper to class Wednesday Feb 6. Try to avoid googling for ideas — if you must then cite where you got the idea, but thinking is preferred.

This post begins Spring 2008. CSC 112 stuff,  CSC 117 stuff, and CSC 343 stuff, as well as goodness doesn’t know what else will show up here. Use the 112 wiki page, the 117 wiki page or the 343 wiki page for discussion. Visit WebCT if that is how I ask you turn homework in. (Likely for homework best submitted electronically.)