Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 15:05:42 -0500 (CDT)
   From: Mark Jacobson <jacobson@math-cs.cns.uni.edu>
     To: Flash Animation Class 
Subject: Flash summer class 810:088


Hi June/July Flash students,

     The web site for our class will be:

            http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/flash/

     1. The Flash class has NO PREREQUISITES, and the Instructor Permission
        requirement mistake has been corrected by the registrar.  Anyone
        can now register for the class WITHOUT INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION.

        Right now, I have the following majors represented in the class:

          (3) Art: Studio Emphasis (Graphic Design emphasis probably)
          (2) Graphic Communications:
          (1) Art: History Emphasis
          (1) Music:
          (1) Computer Science:
          (1) Math:

       As you can see, there are lots of different types of majors
       represented in the class!

     2. Having taught summer school many different times, I realize
        students may need to miss class for a family vacation or for
        the week of RAGBRAII.

        I am very flexible and accomodating on that, especially this
        summer.  I will be glad to go over whatever class or classes
        you missed when you get back from your planned or unplanned
        absence.

        I especially am glad to go over Flash again and again this
        summer outside of the class time, as it will give me an extra
        chance to review it and explain it and master it.

        Flash is an unbelievable piece of software!  Very enjoyable!

     3. We will have class be hands-on in one of the Studio IT classrooms
        starting either at 3 p.m. or 3:45 p.m. every day, so there will
        be a hands-on component to the Flash class for every class period.

     4. The textbook for the class is indicated on the web site.

        http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/flash/

        I will give you some handouts of material from other textbooks
        from time to time, but the textbook we are using is:

            a.  very reasonably priced, and

            b.  covers all the most important topics for becoming
                a very effective Flash animation creator, including
                the all important ActionScript language that unleashes
                all of its power.

     5.  I am taking a class on WebCT next week, along with video editing
         and some other topics.

         I will try to use UNI's WebCT this summer for the first time.
         I did take a class on it back in the late 1990s, but never
         got around to actually using it.

         I did have a class one year ago this May term that I was one
         of the presenters for where everything was made available on
         WebCT.  It was a class only for faculty and staff and was
         about the 3 C's (Curiousity, Creativity and Critical Thinking)
         and increasing the effectiveness of and impact of education
         in the classroom at UNI.

         Feel free to let me know if you have already had a class at UNI
         where the instructor posted grades and/or had you submit or
         get some of the assignments over WebCT.

         Did you like WebCT?

         I went to a seminar last month where selected UNI students
         spoke to selected UNI faculty and staff about:

            What students want:  what UNI students like best and
                                 what UNI students dislike most about
                                 their classes

         WebCT is one of the things the students on the panel and
         the student survey discovered was a good thing...

     6. My web site is http://www.cns.uni.edu/~jacobson

           and if you are taking classes this fall, and have not
           heard about the computer applications certificate, you
           might want to consider it:

           http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/cert.html

        The following two fall courses would have you 75% finished
        with the certificate:

           http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/c022.html  Microcomputer Applications
                                                      and Systems Integration
               and

           http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/c030.html   Visual Basic
                                                       (and Alice Animation)

     See you one month from this coming Monday at 2 p.m.

     If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email anytime!

     Mark