Friday, January 28th

Class Hours: 9:40 – 2:05
Mr. Cronin

Notes

• Big ups to Bevins for placing in the top 3 for the CTE Pin Design competition! He and his Cow design have been selected to move on to the SkillsUSA Vermont Championships in April.
• Friday! Next week will get back to our typical 3 projects per week model and kick of our Web Design and Development semester.
• Look at your neighbor – the last time….
• Today we will:
  • Wrap up Capstones
  • Move Computers / Work on some cable management.
  • Setup stations with tablets / setup software
  • Practice tablets and get a racecar fast lesson blending modes. Like super fast, just to get us thinking about them.
  • Pictionary.

9:40 Attendance and Article

9:45 Capstone Presentations

Screens off. Headphones away.

We are going to watch each students presentation. We are looking at 3 deliverables:

1. Time-lapse – presented first to get us intrigued.
2. Final Product – to see what we could do with it.
3. 5 Minute Demo – to see how we an do it.

Order

1. Martinez – 2D Animation
2. Watson – 2D Animation
3. Mathiowetz – Physics Animations
4. Noble – 2D Animation
5. Bevins – 2D Animation
6. Adams – Game Interactions in VR

10:35 Morning Outside Break (10 minutes)

• 10 Minutes outside / just out our door.
• Throw the Frisbee, toss the football, kick the kickball, or just get some Vitamin D and not be at a desk.

10:45 English

11:35 New Seats!

Who likes new seats? Who is ready? Meet new people. Experience new things? Broaden your horizons.

We are going to do a bunch of cleaning and organization.

Tablet install?

Cable Management

Make it pretty. I have zip ties for you. Everyone needs to beautify their station. If you hustle and get this done quickly I may let you go to lunch early (station by station basis if its pretty).

12:15 Lunch (30 Minutes)

• No food in the room / eat in the Cafe.
• You are welcome to return to the room when you have finished eating and work / hang out.

12:45 Attendance and Article

12:50 Tablets

• Let’s plan with some of the settings in Photoshop.
• We are using 4096 levels of sensitivity. Compared to mouse click and non-click, we have pressure sensitivity.
• Blending Modes in Photoshop / what do they do?
• This is going to be really quick and basic, just to wet our whistles on a Friday afternoon.

1:10 Afternoon Outside Break (10 minutes)

• 10 Minutes outside / just out our door.
• Throw the Frisbee, toss the football, kick the kickball, or just get some Vitamin D and not be at a desk.

1:20 Pictionary!

• Who is going to win this epic battle?
• The goal is practicing our tablets, and getting to know your new row-mates … and winning.

2:00 Dismissal