Friday, November 11, 2011

CMOD6001 COM1 Class

Group X gave a presentation on Digital Pollution

Group Y was missing a team member. I asked them if they were prepared to go ahead without the missing student, but they were not.

CMOD6001 Papers received to date

These screenshots show what papers had been submitted up to 0906 this morning



Thursday, November 10, 2011

SOFT7001 Class 24

We looked at sprites

Slides: http://atlantis.cit.ie/interaction/notes1/PDFs/css-sprites-11.pdf

I went to each student for an update on the project.  Some still have to decide what they are doing. Some were workng on stuff for other classes.

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Class

Group V was not in a position to present. One student was in  hospoital and another was at a SU meeting.

Group U was not in a position to present. Only one student was present and he was not prepared to give a presentation.

Group T was not in a position to present. Only one student was present and he was not prepared to give a presentation.

Group J was not in a position to give a presentation. One student was missing and they remaining student were not prepared to give a presentation.

Group Q gave a presentation on RFID & Privacy

CMOD6001 DNET/DCOM Class

Group CE gave a presentation on Photojournalism in the Digital Age (only 1 student in)

Group NA gave a presentation on Gold Farming

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

CMOD6001 Paper feedback

If you submitted your paper before this evening, there is some feedback waiting for you at turnitin.com

It's a pity more students haven't availed of my offer of feedback. Most of the papers I've seen will be much improved second time out.

CMOD6001 DNET/DCOM Lab

I  had to insist that a student go seek medical attention, and sent another with him. Both returned within the hour, looking much better.

Group CD gave a presentation on Geolocation

Group CA gave a presentation on Cloud Computing

Group NB gave a presentation on Net Neutrality

CMOD6001 DWEB1 Class

Group WO gave a presentation on RFID and Privacy

Group WN gave a presentation on Open Source Software

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Class

Group Q was not in a position to present today

Group J was not in a position to present today

Group I gave a presentation on Geolocation

Group S gave a presentation on Cloud Computing

Group R gave a presentation on Photo Editing

Students who were missing today should contact Colin with an explanation. Whatever the reason get in touch with me, and try me. Not contacting me is the only wrong course of action.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

SOFT7001 Class

I completely forgot to go to class. Sorry

CMOD6001 COM1 Class

Group E gave a presentation on Gold Farming

Group F gave a presentation on Prediction Markets

Group Z gave a presentation on Open Source Software

CMOD6001 COM1 Lab

Group B gave a presentation on Virtualization

Group W gave a presentation on Is TV Dead?

CMOD6001 DWEB1 Lab A

Group WP did not show

Group WL presented

Group WM presented

Monday, November 7, 2011

SOFT7001 Class 22

We discussed the assignment. Students need not spend time worrying about content.  Dummy text can be used for the body of web pages, but the menus and structure must make sense.

I met with students individually to discuss their project plans.

K: games site
S: still thinking about it. might do 2 sites
T: still thinking and experimenting
CP: fan site
CM: sports shop
P: online shop
E: food site
O: planed restaurant site. But I advised against it. Need something about 20 pages


In response to a question  I announced that students need only worry about Firefox and Safari.

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Lab

Groups H & G presented.

Group J was unable to give me slides. 1 person was missing from the group.

Group U gave me slides on time. 1 (to 3) person(s) missing from Group U

Group I was unable to give me slides.

Any student who was scheduled to be in class but was missing should contact Colin to provide an explanation.

Any group that spans across both lab groups should advise me of this.

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM No Presentations on Tuesday

There are no presentations schedules for Tuesday

CMOD6001 DWEB1 Lab B

Group WD delivered its presentation on Prediction Markets

Group WB will present on Friday

I was disappointed at the level of noise in the classroom and that students did not show their fellow students to courtesy of giving them their full attention

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Presentations

We'll muddle though as best we can this week. I appreciate that some students might be a bit upset and not feel like work.

If groups are available to present, I'll be really grateful to them for doing their presentations. Otherwise we could be at them a long time. I don't expect to be able to stick to the schedule.

But we'll manage

Mind yourselves and each other

CMOD6001 COM Lab B

Groups C and D gave their presentations.

Thank you to Group E for submitting your presentation on time. We didn't get time for you to go today.

Group F will lose a small number of marks for not being ready today and for delaying us.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

CMOD6001 Presentation Preparations

I came in this morning to figure out how to connect my laptop up to the projectors. Some rooms have been acting up lately.

B219
Switch doesn't work
Use PC

B269

Works fine
Only one way to connect up
Can't go wrong

B187

Use chair to reach projector
Bring cable to box on top of PC


C170
Works like you'd expect
Connect laptop to computer socket
Set switch to laptop


Everything will go more smoothly on the day if students let me know in advance if they are using their laptop or mine. All the slides should be sent to me in advance of the presentations. I can take most common formats. If you are using my laptop send a PDF too just to be extra safe.

I have drawn up a schedule for the presentations but I've decided not to share that with students since it would give them the impression that they do not need to be ready on the first day. I plan to do three presentations per class. But I might do four. And if a group doesn't show, another will use its slot.

Just so there's no confusion, the presentations may also take place during the lab classes. And let me re-state that all students must attend their (timetabled) classmates' presentations. If you present on the first day you must still attend all the other presentations.