First of all I'd like to thank all of you that stuck with me on this ride.
CST 300 Pro Sem lecture has come to an end and we must all ruminate over what we covered.
I got through my technical presentation without any major snags, and i guess that was our last class meeting.
The last lecture i attended was an exciting one. We had an industry panel and pizza!
The panel consisted of four indivduals well placed in their companies. They came to talk to us about their fields of work.
Andres Ornelas is a Google Docs developer.
Erik Eldridge is a yahoo evangelist
Sridar Kandaswamy works at Csco on routers
Sue Higgins works at NPS and met grace Hopper!
Together they shared many great chestnuts of wisdom:
With a computer science education, the goal is not any particular skill, it is the ability to learn new things quickly. The only thing that stays the same is that everything changes constantly!
Skills build on core knowledge, build your core knowledge!
Work towards what interests you.
New products are constantly being introduced, but the technology moves slower.
Study a company you like and their job description to guide your choices.
The computer science market is shielded from the rest of the world, so no recession there.
Jobs with the federal government pay retirement, pension and health care.
New graduates are desireable because they are not set in their ways.
On the job training is not as good as a degree. A degree is a stepping stone to the real interesting stuff.
Tech companies need all positions, not just computer science. They require a blend. (Graphic designers?)
Have passion for what you do!
Most tech company employees work from anywhere, they all love working from home or abroad.
Research your field.
20% time at google is allowed to work on personal projects.
Tech work can be artwork that challenges you back
Advice for students: listen to your professor. Time management, do something different to you.
Homework, spend time on it, ask questions.
Passion! What are you drawn to?
proper email skills, labels and folders, are reccomended.
Start projects as early as possible.
NPS has a S.M.A.R.T. masters scholarship program.
learn something by yourself.
Internships - meet your future employers.
How do you get your foot in the door? It's who you know. Networking gets 80% of the jobs at Google - personal references from employees.
Favorite part of job?
Sue: people
Sridar: learning every day
Erik: people
Andres: getting code approved
That's it professor, thank you and I'll see you in the Spring!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Seven Habits of Highly Successful People
A Habit is knowledge, combined with Skill and Desire and Practice!
1000 repetitions make a habit 2nd nature, or by three years.
Seven habits of Highly Successful People:
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first
4. Think win-win
5. Seek first to understand, then understand.
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw
This all makes sense to me. Go at your task with a positive attitude and expecting to succeed and you improve your chances of doing so. make sure you work on things in the appropriate order, be ready to learn and change, allow others to contribute and "control" their parts, keep the skils and abilities sharp!
Be positive! Love yourself! Cherish what you have.
Proactive: start before you are made to.
The opposite of procrastination.
1000 repetitions make a habit 2nd nature, or by three years.
Seven habits of Highly Successful People:
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first
4. Think win-win
5. Seek first to understand, then understand.
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw
This all makes sense to me. Go at your task with a positive attitude and expecting to succeed and you improve your chances of doing so. make sure you work on things in the appropriate order, be ready to learn and change, allow others to contribute and "control" their parts, keep the skils and abilities sharp!
Be positive! Love yourself! Cherish what you have.
Proactive: start before you are made to.
The opposite of procrastination.
Jobs and Internships
Career Planning, there is a new position, Leslie works in room 142 and her job is securing jobs and internships for ITCD students.
Salary.com tells you salaries for any career.
Focus is the sit for careers on campus.
Amber works in the career center where Otterjobs is run from. make an appt with her to work on employment documents and tips.
A reason I haven't landed the right job yet may be that, despite my great need, I am picky and selective.
My discretion is mainly about location and hours. I want to work in the Monterey area, preferably downtown, and because I'm going to school I need the job to be part time.
I would rather not move away for the summer.
I use montereybayjobs, as well as several other services.
www.montereybayhelpwanted.net
www.helpwantedmonterey.com
www.montereycountyhelpwanted.com
www.montereycountyhelpwanted.com
https://jobs.co.monterey.ca.us
The herald directs me to the yahoo jobs site, and craigslist is still the best.
3 things to do now:
Study hard, prepare x 3! Improve your resume, get internships and jobs now!
Salary.com tells you salaries for any career.
Focus is the sit for careers on campus.
Amber works in the career center where Otterjobs is run from. make an appt with her to work on employment documents and tips.
A reason I haven't landed the right job yet may be that, despite my great need, I am picky and selective.
My discretion is mainly about location and hours. I want to work in the Monterey area, preferably downtown, and because I'm going to school I need the job to be part time.
I would rather not move away for the summer.
I use montereybayjobs, as well as several other services.
www.montereybayhelpwanted.net
www.helpwantedmonterey.com
www.montereycountyhelpwanted.com
www.montereycountyhelpwanted.com
https://jobs.co.monterey.ca.us
The herald directs me to the yahoo jobs site, and craigslist is still the best.
3 things to do now:
Study hard, prepare x 3! Improve your resume, get internships and jobs now!
Project Management
Our profession (design) has us mostly make new things, made up of Projects.
"Project mamagement is the discipline of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives."
3 keys to success:
Bring Project, On Time and On Budget!
Cost, time or quality, pick 2!
Project mamagement comes from the military and construction field.
We are to cultivate ourselves to be team leaders, a motivating leader that people want to work with.
Work breakdown structure; Divide and Conquer!
S>M>A>R>T> Goals: does it meet these five criteria:
1. Specific?
2. Measurable?
3. Agreed Upon?
4. Realistic?
5. Timeframe?
A Gantt chart shows scheduling methods and a Pett chart shows sequence.
Start looking for your job Now!
50% get their job through networking, 30% through ads.
Remaining graduates get work through their capstone or internship.
"Project mamagement is the discipline of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives."
3 keys to success:
Bring Project, On Time and On Budget!
Cost, time or quality, pick 2!
Project mamagement comes from the military and construction field.
We are to cultivate ourselves to be team leaders, a motivating leader that people want to work with.
Work breakdown structure; Divide and Conquer!
S>M>A>R>T> Goals: does it meet these five criteria:
1. Specific?
2. Measurable?
3. Agreed Upon?
4. Realistic?
5. Timeframe?
A Gantt chart shows scheduling methods and a Pett chart shows sequence.
Start looking for your job Now!
50% get their job through networking, 30% through ads.
Remaining graduates get work through their capstone or internship.
My ILP
I am an ITCD student so there is a prescribed structure for mmy schooling. it is all mapped out.
Great news: they are dropping the discrete math requirement for ITCD students.
My favored elective will be CST 428 Digital art workshop, scripting for Flash!
CST 236, computing for designers! sounds good also.
The ITCD core is 5 classes.
Your emphasis is not on your degree, your concentration is on your degree (?)
so whats my emphasis? I thought it was graphic design, or as they say here, 2d design "for print".
So if that's my emphasis, whats my degree?
Human Computer Interfaces:
Every student gets enrolled in 2 courses:
Ilearn CSIT BS, this is to get my ILP approved and made public.
All versions ofmy ILP get posted, most recent one is considered current. I don't see any reason to veer from my original ILP, it gets me out in the shortest amount of time as a graphic designer.
Make appt. with Eric to write up my ILP and make a listing in the ITCD class so my academic advisor can review and approve my ILP - Done!
Great news: they are dropping the discrete math requirement for ITCD students.
My favored elective will be CST 428 Digital art workshop, scripting for Flash!
CST 236, computing for designers! sounds good also.
The ITCD core is 5 classes.
Your emphasis is not on your degree, your concentration is on your degree (?)
so whats my emphasis? I thought it was graphic design, or as they say here, 2d design "for print".
So if that's my emphasis, whats my degree?
Human Computer Interfaces:
Every student gets enrolled in 2 courses:
Ilearn CSIT BS, this is to get my ILP approved and made public.
All versions ofmy ILP get posted, most recent one is considered current. I don't see any reason to veer from my original ILP, it gets me out in the shortest amount of time as a graphic designer.
Make appt. with Eric to write up my ILP and make a listing in the ITCD class so my academic advisor can review and approve my ILP - Done!
Lecture: Time management
Our individual learning plan is a contract outlining which courses are necessary to graduate in our desired major. Three things about our ILP: ILP is the minimum required to graduate. It is the specific classes for graduation, and 15 units per semester is average.
To be sure you stick to your ILP it is best to have strong Time Management Skills!
Dr. Taos daily time management schedule:
Daily:
Show up early every day: 8:45
Check mail, filter the important stuff, read only, don't respond. maximum time: 15 minutes.
5 minutes: review daily schedule
Weekly:
6 pm sunday: jog to Carmel Mission.
Seven to Eight PM eat dinner while watching 60 minutes and "dancing with the stars"
They show "Old peoples" commercials!
8 to 10 pm every sunday night: plan the week
Plan to spend 10 to 15 percent of yor time Planning!
Every new years, spend a week reviewing last years unfinished goals and reschedule them into new year, - or drop them.
Put all repeating events in your calendar.
Set goal to allocate time resources, allocate time to set goals, your PDA becomes your boss!
Our professor is suggesting we take up time management practices which involve mapping every minute of every day with productive activity! No unstructured time. While I can see the value in this it feels alien and scary. I am accustomed to lots of unstructured time.
To be sure you stick to your ILP it is best to have strong Time Management Skills!
Dr. Taos daily time management schedule:
Daily:
Show up early every day: 8:45
Check mail, filter the important stuff, read only, don't respond. maximum time: 15 minutes.
5 minutes: review daily schedule
Weekly:
6 pm sunday: jog to Carmel Mission.
Seven to Eight PM eat dinner while watching 60 minutes and "dancing with the stars"
They show "Old peoples" commercials!
8 to 10 pm every sunday night: plan the week
Plan to spend 10 to 15 percent of yor time Planning!
Every new years, spend a week reviewing last years unfinished goals and reschedule them into new year, - or drop them.
Put all repeating events in your calendar.
Set goal to allocate time resources, allocate time to set goals, your PDA becomes your boss!
Our professor is suggesting we take up time management practices which involve mapping every minute of every day with productive activity! No unstructured time. While I can see the value in this it feels alien and scary. I am accustomed to lots of unstructured time.
Pro Sem Learning Journal
For someone who thought he knew it all I sure am learning a lot if Pro Seminar.
I'm getting the details of what it takes to exist in the corporate work world, hints and tricks that will help me throughout my working life.
There is a lot of valueable info about what not to do in a work setting, and how to manage my time.
I understand what my professors are getting at in this class' lesson plan.
I'm getting the details of what it takes to exist in the corporate work world, hints and tricks that will help me throughout my working life.
There is a lot of valueable info about what not to do in a work setting, and how to manage my time.
I understand what my professors are getting at in this class' lesson plan.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
This week in ProSem
More faculty presentations!
Kate Lockwood,
This lady joked about still being in graduate school at 30 years old!
Try Undergrad at 37! Shes a programmer from Chicago, has a BSE in Computer Enginering, a Masters in the School of Information Tech and a PHD from Northwestern.
She got into it early on when she realized what really cool things she could do in science with computers rather than with the biology she was studying.
She stumbled into computer science. Reccomends being open to collaboration with people from other disciplines because it worked for her, helping her career advance.
She wrote her dissertation on artificial intelligence, specifically spatial reasoning, which related to cognitive psycology.
I could see we have to train robots to interact with thenvironm,ent, respond real time to complex shapes and conditions. So like so much industrrial design we look to nature and our own minds to map the tools for spatial cognition.
She did something with human and computer interaction that was sketched based, cool! like draw doodles to instruct the computer? or like sketch in characters like on a palm pilot?
She teaches CST 104 and CST 337, interdisclipinary collaboration - not isolated
She says the U.S labor department has projected job growth through 2016 and it looks like their are going to be plenty of jobs in programming.
Next Up: Kevin Cahill
Teaching college for 26 years! hes an accomplished visual artist with a BA in visual communications from CSU Chico and an MFA in design from Cranbrook academy of art.
He's a web designer now. Graphic designer since college, interests photography, facemasks, chairs, deign, industrial desing, mid century art, archit3ecture, 50's houses, typography, found art, built in.
Best Capstone: preparing website for visually impaired. he taught us about Google analytics, it can show you everyone whos come to your site.
Google wave?
Folllow your passions, work hard and play often, Take A Nutrition Class!
Listen to NPR, explore the area, think outside the box.
He's won national awards in typography and publication design.
Then came Bobbi Long!
The logo lady. Shes been here 8 years. Shes into visual design, typography and identity packages. She explained how an ITCD in visual design offers a Bachelors of Science, with an emphasison technology, rather than a BA in art.
It's a sciency, techy art degree.
Trade-off: being an in-house designer for a small company will allow more freedom and variety while designing for a big company will allow bigger projects.
She showed many examples of graphic design.
Then Erik Clinger our student advisor came back to speak. We are to set up a meeting with him in the next few weeks to set out out individual learning plans.
He told us how to set up the appointment, how to prepare and what to expect.
That was about it for the day and I think by now we must have met everybody in the department.
Kate Lockwood,
This lady joked about still being in graduate school at 30 years old!
Try Undergrad at 37! Shes a programmer from Chicago, has a BSE in Computer Enginering, a Masters in the School of Information Tech and a PHD from Northwestern.
She got into it early on when she realized what really cool things she could do in science with computers rather than with the biology she was studying.
She stumbled into computer science. Reccomends being open to collaboration with people from other disciplines because it worked for her, helping her career advance.
She wrote her dissertation on artificial intelligence, specifically spatial reasoning, which related to cognitive psycology.
I could see we have to train robots to interact with thenvironm,ent, respond real time to complex shapes and conditions. So like so much industrrial design we look to nature and our own minds to map the tools for spatial cognition.
She did something with human and computer interaction that was sketched based, cool! like draw doodles to instruct the computer? or like sketch in characters like on a palm pilot?
She teaches CST 104 and CST 337, interdisclipinary collaboration - not isolated
She says the U.S labor department has projected job growth through 2016 and it looks like their are going to be plenty of jobs in programming.
Next Up: Kevin Cahill
Teaching college for 26 years! hes an accomplished visual artist with a BA in visual communications from CSU Chico and an MFA in design from Cranbrook academy of art.
He's a web designer now. Graphic designer since college, interests photography, facemasks, chairs, deign, industrial desing, mid century art, archit3ecture, 50's houses, typography, found art, built in.
Best Capstone: preparing website for visually impaired. he taught us about Google analytics, it can show you everyone whos come to your site.
Google wave?
Folllow your passions, work hard and play often, Take A Nutrition Class!
Listen to NPR, explore the area, think outside the box.
He's won national awards in typography and publication design.
Then came Bobbi Long!
The logo lady. Shes been here 8 years. Shes into visual design, typography and identity packages. She explained how an ITCD in visual design offers a Bachelors of Science, with an emphasison technology, rather than a BA in art.
It's a sciency, techy art degree.
Trade-off: being an in-house designer for a small company will allow more freedom and variety while designing for a big company will allow bigger projects.
She showed many examples of graphic design.
Then Erik Clinger our student advisor came back to speak. We are to set up a meeting with him in the next few weeks to set out out individual learning plans.
He told us how to set up the appointment, how to prepare and what to expect.
That was about it for the day and I think by now we must have met everybody in the department.
Internships, ILP and graduation process.
Internships? What have I learned about them this week? I've learned that is what they call Jobs here at the University, and that I want one.
There are many available to students every year at surrounding business', especially at the nearby DoD building and at NPS, but these are mostly technical networking and security jobs, not what I do. I believe I'll be an intern soon though, as a graphic designer or some kind of publishing production.
About my ILP and graduation requirements, recent documents have shown that I need to pick a streamlined pre-determined program of study. I need to sign this document and commit to work towards it's mandate of graduation in 2 years. It specifies exactly which classes I need and the additional projects, learning outcomes and objectives I need to fulfill.
It's a big contract I need to fill out right here at my first introductory course in the program, designed to keep me on track towrds graduation but also to show me the fewest steps and let me know the timeline I have to do it.
There are many available to students every year at surrounding business', especially at the nearby DoD building and at NPS, but these are mostly technical networking and security jobs, not what I do. I believe I'll be an intern soon though, as a graphic designer or some kind of publishing production.
About my ILP and graduation requirements, recent documents have shown that I need to pick a streamlined pre-determined program of study. I need to sign this document and commit to work towards it's mandate of graduation in 2 years. It specifies exactly which classes I need and the additional projects, learning outcomes and objectives I need to fulfill.
It's a big contract I need to fill out right here at my first introductory course in the program, designed to keep me on track towrds graduation but also to show me the fewest steps and let me know the timeline I have to do it.
My Academic Advisor
I believe my academic advisor will be Bobbi Long! We informally agreed on this one of the first times we met. She loves typography and text art, which i also do.
Not only do her and I get along well but she is the graphic designer in residence.
She's had a long and lustrious career as corporate logo designer across Europe and America. She trained in the Swiss bauhaus methods and her spare clean corporate aesthetic reflects her traditional training. So I can learn the custom of type layout and design from her, learn traditional methods of the art.
I'm excited. I think she will help my career trajectory.
My alternate choice for an Acedemic advisor would be Kevin Cahill.
Although I haven't had a class with him I did work with him at orientation and saw him present when he came and spoke with the cst 300 class.
I would choose him because his interests are in modern digital art and I think he knows a lot about the technology available now.
Not only do her and I get along well but she is the graphic designer in residence.
She's had a long and lustrious career as corporate logo designer across Europe and America. She trained in the Swiss bauhaus methods and her spare clean corporate aesthetic reflects her traditional training. So I can learn the custom of type layout and design from her, learn traditional methods of the art.
I'm excited. I think she will help my career trajectory.
My alternate choice for an Acedemic advisor would be Kevin Cahill.
Although I haven't had a class with him I did work with him at orientation and saw him present when he came and spoke with the cst 300 class.
I would choose him because his interests are in modern digital art and I think he knows a lot about the technology available now.
Intro to Project Management video
Oh now I see what Dr. Tao means by Project Management! That video on an introduction to business project management showed me that I didn't know what the termn really meant. THey have made a science out of organizing projects in the business world.
Each aspect of a project is analyzed and major functions are assigned to different teams. These are some of the things they have been teaching us about, namely the ability to work in a group and collaborate with different teams and coworkers. It's not just about the ability to get along in the work place.
Business dynamics have become so refined that now there is a standard of heirarchy to accomplish major goals and projects. An entire culture has been established around how these groups and components of a project function together.
I too will be trained in this business culture as I advance in my studies in communication design!
Each aspect of a project is analyzed and major functions are assigned to different teams. These are some of the things they have been teaching us about, namely the ability to work in a group and collaborate with different teams and coworkers. It's not just about the ability to get along in the work place.
Business dynamics have become so refined that now there is a standard of heirarchy to accomplish major goals and projects. An entire culture has been established around how these groups and components of a project function together.
I too will be trained in this business culture as I advance in my studies in communication design!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The Schedule
Ethan Elias
Courses for Fall 2009
CST 300: Major ProSeminar Lecture Sect. 01
Days, Times, and Locations
Thurs, 12:00 pm - 01:50 pm Media Learning Center Rm. 118
Instructor
Eric Tao
CST 300L: Major Proseminar Writing Lab Sect. 02
Days, Times, and Locations
Wed, 08:00 am - 09:50 am Media Learning Center Rm. 164
Instructor
Karen Wisdom
CST 328: Digital Art & Design Sect. 01
Days, Times, and Locations
Tues, Thurs, 02:00 pm - 02:50 pm Media Learning Center Rm. 156
Instructor
Bobbi Long
CST 328: Digital Art & Design Sect. 51
Days, Times, and Locations
Tues, Thurs, 03:00 pm - 03:50 pm Media Learning Center Rm.
Instructor
Bobbi Long
Courses for Fall 2009
CST 300: Major ProSeminar Lecture Sect. 01
Days, Times, and Locations
Thurs, 12:00 pm - 01:50 pm Media Learning Center Rm. 118
Instructor
Eric Tao
CST 300L: Major Proseminar Writing Lab Sect. 02
Days, Times, and Locations
Wed, 08:00 am - 09:50 am Media Learning Center Rm. 164
Instructor
Karen Wisdom
CST 328: Digital Art & Design Sect. 01
Days, Times, and Locations
Tues, Thurs, 02:00 pm - 02:50 pm Media Learning Center Rm. 156
Instructor
Bobbi Long
CST 328: Digital Art & Design Sect. 51
Days, Times, and Locations
Tues, Thurs, 03:00 pm - 03:50 pm Media Learning Center Rm.
Instructor
Bobbi Long
This week in prosem
Google Docs auto saves every 10 seconds or so.
We don't need to worry about saving our work or losing copies of things in Google.
That's a good thing because my University has subscribed to the Google paradigm, we use Google email and Google blogs.
The best way to save though is to print out on paper.
Teacher says: every major document, keep on CD, on Gmail and print it!
More faculty visits: Dr. Joon Byun
He has a PHD in Computer Engineering, an MS in Computer Science and a BE in Computer Engineering.
He said computer programmers are the most popular future job.
The ability to Collaborate is crucial.
The HP way: Consensus based decision making, every employee had to agree on a design before it would be produced
a Good thing because it makes good products,
a Bad thing because it takes too long
Then came Dr Su Bude, like Dude, our first woman! She is a professor of Instructional Technology, developiing all new technologies to design learning methods. Elearning. She mentioned her degrees as she left but I didn't catch it.
With last weeks strong emphasis on communication and this weeks emphasis on study and time management I get a sense of where the course is taking us on a course of professional advancement in a digital culture.
We don't need to worry about saving our work or losing copies of things in Google.
That's a good thing because my University has subscribed to the Google paradigm, we use Google email and Google blogs.
The best way to save though is to print out on paper.
Teacher says: every major document, keep on CD, on Gmail and print it!
More faculty visits: Dr. Joon Byun
He has a PHD in Computer Engineering, an MS in Computer Science and a BE in Computer Engineering.
He said computer programmers are the most popular future job.
The ability to Collaborate is crucial.
The HP way: Consensus based decision making, every employee had to agree on a design before it would be produced
a Good thing because it makes good products,
a Bad thing because it takes too long
Then came Dr Su Bude, like Dude, our first woman! She is a professor of Instructional Technology, developiing all new technologies to design learning methods. Elearning. She mentioned her degrees as she left but I didn't catch it.
With last weeks strong emphasis on communication and this weeks emphasis on study and time management I get a sense of where the course is taking us on a course of professional advancement in a digital culture.
My Time Survey
This article is full of great advice on managing your time.
Simple rules can keep people on task. Efficient schedules are a habit and a lifestyle. If you have bad habits it can be very difficult to adapt to a more productive study and work schedule.
Here is my personal time survey:
1. 8 X 7 = 56 Number of hours of sleep each night
2. .5 X 7 = 3.5 Number of grooming hours per day
3. 1.5 X 7 = 10.5 Number of hours for meals/snacks per day - include preparation
4. 1.5 X 5 = 7.5 Total travel time weekdays
5. 2 Total travel time weekends
6. 1-2 Number of hours per week for regularly scheduled functions (clubs, church, get-togethers, etc.)
7. 1 X 7 = 7 Number of hours per day for chores, errands, extra grooming, etc.
8. 16 Number of hours of work per week
9. 8 Number of hours in class per week
10. 5 Number of average hours per week socializing, dates, etc. Be honest!
11. Now add up the totals 117.5
12. Subtract the above number from 168 - 117.5 = 50.5
The remaining hours are the hours you have allowed yourself to study.
Ooh, I get 50 Hours a week to study! or 7.2 Hours per day.
I must have dome something wrong.
Or perhaps this survey is designed to show how much time we waste not studying.
It's a little disconcerting that they have listed every valuable daily activity. If it isn't on the list then it's intruding on my study time!
Simple rules can keep people on task. Efficient schedules are a habit and a lifestyle. If you have bad habits it can be very difficult to adapt to a more productive study and work schedule.
Here is my personal time survey:
1. 8 X 7 = 56 Number of hours of sleep each night
2. .5 X 7 = 3.5 Number of grooming hours per day
3. 1.5 X 7 = 10.5 Number of hours for meals/snacks per day - include preparation
4. 1.5 X 5 = 7.5 Total travel time weekdays
5. 2 Total travel time weekends
6. 1-2 Number of hours per week for regularly scheduled functions (clubs, church, get-togethers, etc.)
7. 1 X 7 = 7 Number of hours per day for chores, errands, extra grooming, etc.
8. 16 Number of hours of work per week
9. 8 Number of hours in class per week
10. 5 Number of average hours per week socializing, dates, etc. Be honest!
11. Now add up the totals 117.5
12. Subtract the above number from 168 - 117.5 = 50.5
The remaining hours are the hours you have allowed yourself to study.
Ooh, I get 50 Hours a week to study! or 7.2 Hours per day.
I must have dome something wrong.
Or perhaps this survey is designed to show how much time we waste not studying.
It's a little disconcerting that they have listed every valuable daily activity. If it isn't on the list then it's intruding on my study time!
Class Schedule
I go to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 Noon to Four PM.
I have my Proseminar writing class on Tuesdays, before my digital art and design.
The proseminar lecture is on Thursdays before my digital design class.
I usually come early and stay after class to study and do my homework.
I also usually come in on Wednesdays to catch up, and other days of the week when I'm free or have specific work to do.
I built a powerful computer at home and I use it all the time for my schoolwork.
(I'm using it right now)
All other days of the week I'm on call to work.
My work schedule is erratic, some weekends, some evenings, but I don't let it interfere with school.
So my class schedule is only Tuesday and Thursday afternoons but I make lots of time during the rest of the week to study and do my schoolwork.
I have my Proseminar writing class on Tuesdays, before my digital art and design.
The proseminar lecture is on Thursdays before my digital design class.
I usually come early and stay after class to study and do my homework.
I also usually come in on Wednesdays to catch up, and other days of the week when I'm free or have specific work to do.
I built a powerful computer at home and I use it all the time for my schoolwork.
(I'm using it right now)
All other days of the week I'm on call to work.
My work schedule is erratic, some weekends, some evenings, but I don't let it interfere with school.
So my class schedule is only Tuesday and Thursday afternoons but I make lots of time during the rest of the week to study and do my schoolwork.
Study and work habits
It's been really hot and sunny except for the surprise rain which caught me out and i had to bike home 10 miles in the rain!
Man it's been a busy week for me.
I've been working on the days i don't go to school at the Monterey fairgrounds setting up the Jazz festival.
While it's something I've done for a long time it is certainly hard work.
I've had some big design projects due so I've been coming to school after work because I don't have the CS4 software at home.
So I'm feeling the pressure and it's fine, I like the old challenge of being pressed for time for assignemts. It reminds me of my old school days.
These are some of the reasons I'm playing catch up with my learning journal here.
Tonight I am going to talk about my best and worst study skills,
I'm going to convey my weekly class schedule, I am going to take a survey and share the results, and I'll finish up by reflecting on what I've learned this week from my CST 300 lecture class.
So I read the nationally renowned article on studying. I found it very thorough and informative and smart. This seems to be highly derivative of all study plane, selecting only the best, simple and effective ones.
i am supposed to discuss which 3 are my strongest and which three i have the most trouble with.
Let me start by listing them all:
First of all, efffective study skille must be learned and practiced.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Make and keep a Schedule.
Study at the right times
Study for lectures by reading ahead or reviewing noted afterward.
Study for recitation by practicing immediately before.
Allocate time for study and stick to the schedule.
have a place to study that does not have distractions.
Improve your thinking skills.
SQ3R method: Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
learn how to read right so you do it quickly and retain information.
Learn how to see the main idea.
Extract important details that lead to main ideas
Don't read aloud or move your lips when you read.
Take notes correctly, neatly, concisely, thoroughly, and review them!
Use Highlighters! it's the best method for studying when reading.
When taking lecture notes write down questions! Use SQ3R in lectures.
use index cards for research notes.
Examinations: survey beforehand, know the ground rules, answer easy questions first, pick out key words in the questions, use the process of elimination on multiple choice questions, choose a best fit for completion questions because sometimes they offer partial credit.
Essays: Plan your time, read through the entire exam first, pay attention to keywords in the essay question and follow the instructions exactly, use very good handwriting and clear writing.
Writing reports; review the topic, write well, gather materials before you write, write an outline.
Then they have a bunch of tips on setting up your study space and your study habits, and how to do well in the classroom.
So from these what are three strong habits?
I read and retain information well.
I'm good at seeing the main idea
I take goodnotes.
Thre areas in which I'm weak:
keeping a schedule
I never use high lighters
I don't usually study beyond the lecture.
Man it's been a busy week for me.
I've been working on the days i don't go to school at the Monterey fairgrounds setting up the Jazz festival.
While it's something I've done for a long time it is certainly hard work.
I've had some big design projects due so I've been coming to school after work because I don't have the CS4 software at home.
So I'm feeling the pressure and it's fine, I like the old challenge of being pressed for time for assignemts. It reminds me of my old school days.
These are some of the reasons I'm playing catch up with my learning journal here.
Tonight I am going to talk about my best and worst study skills,
I'm going to convey my weekly class schedule, I am going to take a survey and share the results, and I'll finish up by reflecting on what I've learned this week from my CST 300 lecture class.
So I read the nationally renowned article on studying. I found it very thorough and informative and smart. This seems to be highly derivative of all study plane, selecting only the best, simple and effective ones.
i am supposed to discuss which 3 are my strongest and which three i have the most trouble with.
Let me start by listing them all:
First of all, efffective study skille must be learned and practiced.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Make and keep a Schedule.
Study at the right times
Study for lectures by reading ahead or reviewing noted afterward.
Study for recitation by practicing immediately before.
Allocate time for study and stick to the schedule.
have a place to study that does not have distractions.
Improve your thinking skills.
SQ3R method: Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
learn how to read right so you do it quickly and retain information.
Learn how to see the main idea.
Extract important details that lead to main ideas
Don't read aloud or move your lips when you read.
Take notes correctly, neatly, concisely, thoroughly, and review them!
Use Highlighters! it's the best method for studying when reading.
When taking lecture notes write down questions! Use SQ3R in lectures.
use index cards for research notes.
Examinations: survey beforehand, know the ground rules, answer easy questions first, pick out key words in the questions, use the process of elimination on multiple choice questions, choose a best fit for completion questions because sometimes they offer partial credit.
Essays: Plan your time, read through the entire exam first, pay attention to keywords in the essay question and follow the instructions exactly, use very good handwriting and clear writing.
Writing reports; review the topic, write well, gather materials before you write, write an outline.
Then they have a bunch of tips on setting up your study space and your study habits, and how to do well in the classroom.
So from these what are three strong habits?
I read and retain information well.
I'm good at seeing the main idea
I take goodnotes.
Thre areas in which I'm weak:
keeping a schedule
I never use high lighters
I don't usually study beyond the lecture.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Learning Pathways
So I enrolled at CSUMB planning on working towards my BS in Graphic Design.
At a meeting with an admissions counselor we looked at a pamphlet listing all fields of study and selected the pathway 'Information Technology and Communications Design, with a Visual Design Emphasis (for Print)'. This is the closest to plain old graphic design field that the University offered. It seems like back in the 90's some folks here at the university dreamed up some new custom, hybrid, combination degree programs.
This is bad because the name of my program is hard to say aloud "BS in ITCD with a VDE (fp)" and because it's not immediately clear to others (employers, parents, friends) what it is you're studying.
These days upon meeting, you're supposed to be able to blurt out what you do for a living within the first couple sentences. Sometimes you have to do it repeatedly all day. If it's a long story each time it can become inconvenient.
Let me also point out that they don't advertise for any ITCD VDE on the job boards.
There are many reasons why this crazy, wordy, mixed up major is good for me though.
Looking back it seems to fit well with my studies and experience.
It's a thoughtful combination of
IT major
Communication major
Graphic Design major
Information Systems Design major
Web Design/ Multimedia major
When put together these programs provide students a suite of skills enabling them to professionally commmunicate ideas through digital media, speaking and writing.
That's the communications part. As a graphic designer I hope to be an Art Director or In House designer and this course work will prepare me for that in the corporate world.
So it's taking me to where I want to be, but it's also closely related to my past fields of study and experience.
I lingered in community college at Cabrillo for more than 5 years.
Always working towards a transfer to a BS in Computer Engineering, I was able to fit many art, design and writing courses alongside my major coursework.
I went pretty far in computer science, programming and math also.
Plus I have years of experience in professional digital design and production.
Every part of ITCD with VDE applies to me, what I want to do and where I want to go.
I looked over the learning pathway for my major.
They have a handy table showing 2 years per page, 16 units full time.
Four years of college on two pages. It looks so small and easy.
Looking it over I'm worried that I have not fulfilled many of the graduation requirements. A Language? Math? Ethics? Vibrancy? have I already taken this stuff?
Oh Boy, I thought I had only fun art and design classes left. It's that math that's worrisome. I hope they don't mean the same Discrete Mathematics that I failed twice at UCSC because of the same problem on the same quiz having to do with the pigeon hole principal??!! I don't see a way around having to take a language either!!
That will have to be Spanish, it's my best second language.
In fact Spanish is The second language around here.
Tal vez yo pueda probar de la misma.
I really need to get my courses and transcripts sorted out with Eric.
I still don't know where I stand with how much schooling I have left.
My learning pathway looks doable but may include challenges.
Good thing school is so fun and close to home.
Really beautiful labor day weekend here.
At a meeting with an admissions counselor we looked at a pamphlet listing all fields of study and selected the pathway 'Information Technology and Communications Design, with a Visual Design Emphasis (for Print)'. This is the closest to plain old graphic design field that the University offered. It seems like back in the 90's some folks here at the university dreamed up some new custom, hybrid, combination degree programs.
This is bad because the name of my program is hard to say aloud "BS in ITCD with a VDE (fp)" and because it's not immediately clear to others (employers, parents, friends) what it is you're studying.
These days upon meeting, you're supposed to be able to blurt out what you do for a living within the first couple sentences. Sometimes you have to do it repeatedly all day. If it's a long story each time it can become inconvenient.
Let me also point out that they don't advertise for any ITCD VDE on the job boards.
There are many reasons why this crazy, wordy, mixed up major is good for me though.
Looking back it seems to fit well with my studies and experience.
It's a thoughtful combination of
IT major
Communication major
Graphic Design major
Information Systems Design major
Web Design/ Multimedia major
When put together these programs provide students a suite of skills enabling them to professionally commmunicate ideas through digital media, speaking and writing.
That's the communications part. As a graphic designer I hope to be an Art Director or In House designer and this course work will prepare me for that in the corporate world.
So it's taking me to where I want to be, but it's also closely related to my past fields of study and experience.
I lingered in community college at Cabrillo for more than 5 years.
Always working towards a transfer to a BS in Computer Engineering, I was able to fit many art, design and writing courses alongside my major coursework.
I went pretty far in computer science, programming and math also.
Plus I have years of experience in professional digital design and production.
Every part of ITCD with VDE applies to me, what I want to do and where I want to go.
I looked over the learning pathway for my major.
They have a handy table showing 2 years per page, 16 units full time.
Four years of college on two pages. It looks so small and easy.
Looking it over I'm worried that I have not fulfilled many of the graduation requirements. A Language? Math? Ethics? Vibrancy? have I already taken this stuff?
Oh Boy, I thought I had only fun art and design classes left. It's that math that's worrisome. I hope they don't mean the same Discrete Mathematics that I failed twice at UCSC because of the same problem on the same quiz having to do with the pigeon hole principal??!! I don't see a way around having to take a language either!!
That will have to be Spanish, it's my best second language.
In fact Spanish is The second language around here.
Tal vez yo pueda probar de la misma.
I really need to get my courses and transcripts sorted out with Eric.
I still don't know where I stand with how much schooling I have left.
My learning pathway looks doable but may include challenges.
Good thing school is so fun and close to home.
Really beautiful labor day weekend here.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Good Communication Skills
So today in class we had a presentation, several of the ITCD faculty come and spoke to us about their specialties.
First Eric Clinger came in and reminded us that he is our peer adviser and soon we will each meet with him and work out our individual learning plans. I'm actually very eager to finally count up my units and see where I stand towards graduation.
Only 70 units of my previous studies are transferable to the University, so Eric and I have to pick out the best 70 of the 90 to 100 units I have in all.
A BS is given at 120 units so that's where I get the 2.5 years plus for me still in my program. Fortunately I only have the great upper division design and graphics courses left!
And then Pat Watson: animation track, 3D modeling, digital photography.
he wrote a book: Pixelated beauty; digital art and the end of theory.
He showed some Great animations, including a graphic visualization of the CSUMB campus in the future.
He was talking since post-modernism, creative expression is in the hands of the consumer, it no longer has to be filtered through the academic theorists
We are past the post modern period and are now in the Digital period.
That's why I love the field I'm in.
He went on to say things about how everything on the screen has potential to move.
He's a "motionographer", and he showed us examples of kinetic typography.
Then the network guy Michael Mochado, he had studied users experiences between blackboard and ilearn.
He has a bunch of free windows software. Great. He did suggest some websites that give good student discounts on software. I Need CS4.
So iTCD has 6 servers and on one of them we each get 600 megs of space!!!
We have the original Myspace Server! and itcdland.
Which one is my server?
He gave us the secret to success in school: come to class, do the work, don't drink too much!
1 more professor was coming in 10 minutes so Dr Tao filled in the time with lessons;
The ten words to success: "Read the assignment, do what it tells you to do."
iTCD is not a department, it's a School!
Our goal is to Enhance Communication and ... develop the technology.
Which reminds me of Dr Tao's first lecture and his ideas about invention and innovation, that's just the stuff I'm interested in.
I have several iPhone applications in planning. I'm always thinking of new ideas and inventions and trying to perceive the public need before it comes so I can strike it lucky.
So our local building 18 media learning Center faculty specialists are:
Pat Watson: Animation
Kevin Cahill: Web Design
Bobbi Long: Visual Design, Graphic Design
Susan: Interactive Design
There is a Masters of Instructional Systems Technology program,
a Master of Science in Management Info Technology program,
There used to be a High Tech Entrepreneur program
and they're planning a Doctorate program in Information Technology.
I like my Ole Bachelors in Information Technologies and Creative Design with a Visual Design emphasis and a minor in Animation. It has a nice ring to it.
And then came Dr. Satyan Narayanan.
He's a network specialist and he was apologetic that his slides looked bad but I thought they looked appropriate considering that hes from the technical side of computing.
He worked in wireless networking.
He stressed the need for cooperative communication between people in the work place and he referred us to a film on that topic.
He went on to tell us what a Four Year Degree is For.... "To prepare You For A Career"
Communication is the most important skill.
High expectations among teachers and students are the most important thing to an education.
So Blog on our individual learning pathways and the film.
I watched the film "What Skills Do I need to Get Hired?" when I got home, it's a series of interviews with highly placed corporate players and they all assert that communication is the most important thing in a job candidate.
The main message I got from the film was the emphasis on how important it is for us to develop good communication skills and the ability to play well with others.
In this day and age we need to develop excellent verbal and writing fluencies as well as our technical abilities. I'm beginning to get what iTCD means.
I'll go over my individualized learning pathway tomorrow and write about it then.
Goodnight,
Ethan Elias
First Eric Clinger came in and reminded us that he is our peer adviser and soon we will each meet with him and work out our individual learning plans. I'm actually very eager to finally count up my units and see where I stand towards graduation.
Only 70 units of my previous studies are transferable to the University, so Eric and I have to pick out the best 70 of the 90 to 100 units I have in all.
A BS is given at 120 units so that's where I get the 2.5 years plus for me still in my program. Fortunately I only have the great upper division design and graphics courses left!
And then Pat Watson: animation track, 3D modeling, digital photography.
he wrote a book: Pixelated beauty; digital art and the end of theory.
He showed some Great animations, including a graphic visualization of the CSUMB campus in the future.
He was talking since post-modernism, creative expression is in the hands of the consumer, it no longer has to be filtered through the academic theorists
We are past the post modern period and are now in the Digital period.
That's why I love the field I'm in.
He went on to say things about how everything on the screen has potential to move.
He's a "motionographer", and he showed us examples of kinetic typography.
Then the network guy Michael Mochado, he had studied users experiences between blackboard and ilearn.
He has a bunch of free windows software. Great. He did suggest some websites that give good student discounts on software. I Need CS4.
So iTCD has 6 servers and on one of them we each get 600 megs of space!!!
We have the original Myspace Server! and itcdland.
Which one is my server?
He gave us the secret to success in school: come to class, do the work, don't drink too much!
1 more professor was coming in 10 minutes so Dr Tao filled in the time with lessons;
The ten words to success: "Read the assignment, do what it tells you to do."
iTCD is not a department, it's a School!
Our goal is to Enhance Communication and ... develop the technology.
Which reminds me of Dr Tao's first lecture and his ideas about invention and innovation, that's just the stuff I'm interested in.
I have several iPhone applications in planning. I'm always thinking of new ideas and inventions and trying to perceive the public need before it comes so I can strike it lucky.
So our local building 18 media learning Center faculty specialists are:
Pat Watson: Animation
Kevin Cahill: Web Design
Bobbi Long: Visual Design, Graphic Design
Susan: Interactive Design
There is a Masters of Instructional Systems Technology program,
a Master of Science in Management Info Technology program,
There used to be a High Tech Entrepreneur program
and they're planning a Doctorate program in Information Technology.
I like my Ole Bachelors in Information Technologies and Creative Design with a Visual Design emphasis and a minor in Animation. It has a nice ring to it.
And then came Dr. Satyan Narayanan.
He's a network specialist and he was apologetic that his slides looked bad but I thought they looked appropriate considering that hes from the technical side of computing.
He worked in wireless networking.
He stressed the need for cooperative communication between people in the work place and he referred us to a film on that topic.
He went on to tell us what a Four Year Degree is For.... "To prepare You For A Career"
Communication is the most important skill.
High expectations among teachers and students are the most important thing to an education.
So Blog on our individual learning pathways and the film.
I watched the film "What Skills Do I need to Get Hired?" when I got home, it's a series of interviews with highly placed corporate players and they all assert that communication is the most important thing in a job candidate.
The main message I got from the film was the emphasis on how important it is for us to develop good communication skills and the ability to play well with others.
In this day and age we need to develop excellent verbal and writing fluencies as well as our technical abilities. I'm beginning to get what iTCD means.
I'll go over my individualized learning pathway tomorrow and write about it then.
Goodnight,
Ethan Elias
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Career Drive
Super busy day today, I wore a suit, brought two folders of art, my print portfolio and some client proofs. I had a job interview with the University Advancement dept. for a Production Artist Specialist intern position. This is in the Alumni and Visitors building, the one with good landscaping. So right across the street from the media learning center, where I'm studying graphic design, is this production shop where graphic designers put out all the University's publications and websites.
It seems like a good fit for me, certainly within my field and convenient.
There is also a possibility of a TA position within the ITCD department for me!
I had a meeting with Sylvia Panetta where we discussed an old project that we're picking back up: she needs 10 posters designed for the corridor of her institute. I'm going to donate my time for this and it should help with my University relations in general.
I discussed the project with my professors and it sounds like I can get class credit for it as well a feather in my hat for my portfolio counting towards my capstone.
Oh and classes are going great, I have terrific teachers who I feel I can work well with, and the work required so far is well within my abilities.
Yay School,
I've hit the ground running and don't see myself slowing down.
It seems like a good fit for me, certainly within my field and convenient.
There is also a possibility of a TA position within the ITCD department for me!
I had a meeting with Sylvia Panetta where we discussed an old project that we're picking back up: she needs 10 posters designed for the corridor of her institute. I'm going to donate my time for this and it should help with my University relations in general.
I discussed the project with my professors and it sounds like I can get class credit for it as well a feather in my hat for my portfolio counting towards my capstone.
Oh and classes are going great, I have terrific teachers who I feel I can work well with, and the work required so far is well within my abilities.
Yay School,
I've hit the ground running and don't see myself slowing down.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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