feedback and marks on Tuesday – change of plan

Sorry everyone, there’s a change of plan Tuesday 5th – I have an urgent meeting in London, so I won’t be at AIB to give feedback and marks for your Investigative Study unit. However if you mail me direct at rcotton@aib.ac.uk I will send you your mark and feedback comments, and I will be available Thurs 7th at AIB for personal tutorials during which we can discuss the feedback personally. Sorry about change of plans, I hope it has not inconvenienced you in any way. I look forward to hearing from you, and/or seeing you Thursday. Bob Cotton

 

 

Tuesday 24th March tutorials all third years

progress tutorials with Bob – try to make it on the 24th! – especially those who missed their tutorial on the 17th.

We’re going to talk about where you are, where you’re going, and how you’re going to get there with max points.

same times as 17th:
Ashley Ball 10.00
Harry Bird 10.15
James Chinemana 10.30
Jordan Cutler 10.45
Alex Fish 11.15
Sam Harman 11.30
Sam Hodgekiss 11.45
Jonathon Joly 12.00
Matt Jones 12.15
Adam Joy 12.30
Francis Nicholls 12.45
Joe Plank 13.30
Joshua Shard 13.45
Jason Smith 14.00
Carl Tierney 14.15
Oliver Walton 14.30
Jonathan Wheeler 14.45
Thomas Wood 15.00

Individual Tutorials Tuesday March 17th

Please try to be on time tomorrow. If you can’t make it for some reason please mail me at rcotton@aib.ac.uk with your apologies and excuses… otherwise see you tomorrow. These tutorials are to review your progress on this extended major project (FMP), and help plan the next few weeks. Please attend as a matter of priority.

 

 

Ashley Ball                                     10.00

Harry Bird                                    10.15

James Chinemana                        10.30

Jordan Cutler                                    10.45

Alex Fish                                    11.15

Sam Harman                                    11.30

Sam Hodgekiss                        11.45

Jonathon Joly                                    12.00

Matt Jones                                    12.15

Adam Joy                                    12.30

Francis Nicholls                        12.45

Joe Plank                                    13.30

Joshua Shard                                    13.45

Jason Smith                                    14.00

Carl Tierney                                    14.15

Oliver Walton                                    14.30

Jonathan Wheeler                        14.45

Thomas Wood                                    15.00

FMP progress Tuesday tutorials with Bob

Thank you all for a useful day yesterday. It seems that now most of you are progressing well, either in the refining of your concept, in further research, or in acquiring code, libraries and other bits and bobs necessary for your FMP. Those people I didn’t see yesterday (those that weren’t in), could you make a point of coming in next Tuesday – at least for a short chat with me, so that we can catch up. By now, you should be ready to formulate your Learning Agreement (or have completed it), and have a clear idea of your aims and your programme for completion of the FMP – come and talk to me if you haven’t got this far. I can help. It is important not to waste time dithering at this stage of the project – it will reduce the time available for completion of a first-class project.

FMP tutorials with Bob Cotton every Tuesday from 20th Jan

From next week, 20th Jan I will be available all day every Tuesday for drop-in tutorial help on your FMP. I can help you with a variety of issues relating to your FMP notably:

conceptual – helping you to refine and develop your idea

practical – helping you plan and deliver your project

methodological – helping you discover the best way of completing your project

contextual – making sure that if you are reinventing the wheel, at least you know you are!

presentational – the best way to finesse your project and to make sure that it is useful to you in your ongoing career post-AIB.

personal – how to successfully survive the FMP and become a fully-realised bona fide interactive media design professional, and live happily ever after…

 

As a guideline, by now you should have already refined your idea into a treatment, and you should have begun to prepare a production plan to complete your planned FMP by May. If you are not at this stage, it is IMPERATIVE that you see me. I CANNOT help you if you don’t see me or at least mail me!

 

Please mail me (rcotton@aib.ac.uk) if you are unable to attend at AIB, or if you have an urgent issue to address.

 

Bob

 

tutorials Friday 16th on FMP with Bob

If you haven’t had a tutorial with me related to your FMP, then come on 16th Jan. You all should be refining your FMP idea into a treatment – a description of what you want to do. This can be in prose, bullet lists, storyboards, timelines or concept-maps or any other form of diagram that clearly illustrates your idea. From this project description you will be able to create a production plan – a detailed list of all the things you have to have to make your project work by May09. This list should be itemised with the amount of time each item will take to acquire, buy, make or borrow, then converted into a week by week plan of how you will get it all together by May. Come a discuss this with me – or come and talk about your ideas. This is an important project – not just for getting your degree, but it is a golden opportunity to spend several weeks working on a showcase project of your own creation – this kind of opportunity won’t come again until your old and rich, so make the most of it!

tutorials Friday 16th on FMP with Bob

If you haven’t had a tutorial with me related to your FMP, then come on 16th Jan. You all should be refining your FMP idea into a treatment – a description of what you want to do. This can be in prose, bullet lists, storyboards, timelines or concept-maps or any other form of diagram that clearly illustrates your idea. From this project description you will be able to create a production plan – a detailed list of all the things you have to have to make your project work by May09. This list should be itemised with the amount of time each item will take to acquire, buy, make or borrow, then converted into a week by week plan of how you will get it all together by May. Come a discuss this with me – or come and talk about your ideas. This is an important project – not just for getting your degree, but it is a golden opportunity to spend several weeks working on a showcase project of your own creation – this kind of opportunity won’t come again until your old and rich, so make the most of it!

Staying in touch

Happy new year everyone – just a reminder to stay in touch with this blog during the next few months especially – I will be monitoring your progress work on the FMP, running tutorials etc., and it’s important that you check this site at least once a day!

Bob