Interested in 3D Animation? Below is some information on the FIRST Safety Animation Contest. Please see Mr. Statucki or Mr. Sylvester if you are interested. Greetings Teams: You are invited to participate in the 6th annual FIRST Safety Animation Contest. The winning animation will be highlighted during the FIRST Kickoff on January 9, 2010 and […]
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The first quarter is now officially over. It wasn’t the smoothest quarter that I have ever had with the technology issues that we had, but it was a great first quarter. The second quarter is going to bring new challenges and projects for all of the classes. Computer Graphics: InDesign projects are finished this week […]
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It is nearing the end of the quarter and some of you have been asking about extra credit. If you make a significant wiki contribution to the topics on Alice, Photoshop, InDesign, HTML, or any of the vocabulary pages, extra credit will be added to your project grades. Make sure you follow the guidelines in […]
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Posted in Digital Game Program I on Oct 8th, 2009
According to ESA, more colleges are offering video game degree programs. To read the press release from ESA, click here.
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That time of the year is here again. Several organizations are beginning their contests for web design, video game design, multimedia, and graphics. I have added a tag in the web resources labeled contests. If you are interested in competing in any of these, regardless of grade level or program area, please let Mr. Statucki […]
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Posted in Digital Game Program I on Sep 19th, 2009
I was going through some of my RSS feeds from blogs that I follow and game across a link about Portable Python. While I was reading about Portable Python, I noticed a link for Firaxis Games. On the left side of their blog is a section about wanting a career in gaming. I started reading […]
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I hope that everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. This is actually the first time that I have been on a computer since 2:00 on Friday afternoon. This may have been the longest I have been away from my computer in a long time. I did have a good weekend despite my lack of […]
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All of the classes will spend time on Monday and Tuesday going through the class procedures since my procedures are slightly different with computers in the room. In addition, all classes will discuss student portfolio as it is an integral part of your curriculum at Southwest CTA. Here’s a preview of what is ahead this […]
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It was a great first week of school. All of the classes managed to go on “field trips” to the computer lab across the hall to take pretests and fill out student information forms. For those of you who liked the 15 foot journey to room C102, I hate to disappoint you, but there will […]
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It has been a great first three days to the school year. Regardless of which class you are in, you have been asking great questions. For the rest of the week, we will take a pretest in all classes to see where you are at. These pretests are not for a grade, but will help […]
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