Back Again!

Well, here we are starting a new school year. So far we only have one student taking Globaloria, but he is doing an excellent job. We are working on adding videos to our blogs, and to tell you the truth, I have forgotten exactly how to do it, so I have to relearn with my student.

I am attaching a video about Globaloria below:

Graduation

Students are graduating left and right, but one student stands out (in my mind) more than any of the rest. That student is my daughter who just graduated from NYU.

She has worked very hard over the last four years to get to this point. To me, it seems like only yesterday that she graduated from Wheeling Park High School, and now she is an NYU graduate!

The graduation ceremony was held at Yankee Stadium in New York City, and the keynote speaker was President Clinton. It was very cool and exciting! I was very impressed with President Clinton's speaking abilities as well as the content of his speech. My daughter was moved and impressed also.

Next year, my daughter will begin graduate school. Her plan is to move to England and study at Oxford (if she gets accepted) or Cambridge. I am very proud of my daughter!

End of School Year is Approaching!

I am excited about the upcoming summer vacation. I am leaving for Texas on June 7th, and I will be staying with my father, stepmother, and daughter for nine days! My son and husband will join us for part of that time. Can't wait!

Paper Prototypes

A few of our students have started creating paper protypes, and I am very impressed with their work. One student is using his paper prototype to create scenes. Soon, we will be ready to start animation. To tell the truth, I did not believe we would make it this far ... This is exciting and encouraging.

Creating Games

Many students are finished with their mini-games and are ready to begin creating their own games. Today they are going to begin working on Paper Prototypes. I am excited to see their ideas on paper ...

Moving along ...

Many students are moving along quite well with Globaloria. A couple of students have finished the mini-game, while others are formulating their own games. Alll of the students have been keeping up with blogging and their Learning Logs. I'm a little nervous about starting our own games ... This will be something I need to focus on this summer, so that I am more comfortable with the whole concept.

Looking Forward To The Weekend

I Love Playing The Guitar!



Other than playing my guitar in church, I have no plans for the weekend ... Nice!

I have a million and one things that need to be done around my house, and I'm looking forward to having the time to get caught up on at least half of those things!

Then, I get to play my guitar for the church band, one of my most favorite things in the world to do!



This is one of the songs we will be playing this Sunday at church:

Where Have I Been?

I have been super swamped with grading papers during these last couple of weeks of the third quarter. I have also had an influx of new students who have been creating profiles and blogs for Globaloria. Today, I decided to take a quick moment to create a new blog (this is it) just to let the world know I am still alive and well.

Busy, Busy, Busy

This semester has kept me quite busy with an influx of new students. I have added eight students to our Globaloria list for this semester, and we will be getting four new students in the next couple of weeks. Additionally, I currently have four students who have not yet returned Globaloria permission slips.

The eight students I had on my roster last semester have transferred out of my class.

I admit that sometimes I feel like a chicken with my head cut off, trying to figure out who is doing what ...

Disappointment!

I was quite disappointed when I learned that I would not be able to continue working on the game I had created at the last Globaloria workshop.

I was using the trial version of Adobe Flash CS5 to make the game, but our school only has CS4 version, which I downloaded on my MacBook.I was rather excited about finishing what I had started ... now, I will have to start all over again. But that might not be a bad thing. I can begin working on my game at school while the boys are doing Globaloria, and maybe we can all learn together.

Starting All Over Again

With the arrival of new students, I am going back to the start of the course. So far, all is well, but there are definitely some things that I have forgotten how to do. I am going to have to review the directions for each new item.

This is good, though, as hopefully this will become ingrained in my memory for future classes.