COMP6032 Class 02.2

We began looking at cognitivism.

We watched the Basketball video.

COMP8035 Class 02.1

I asked students to decide on a topic for the research paper and to

• write a short introduction to the topic
• find 5 sources on the topic
• read the sources
• briefly summarise each source

Students may chose similar topics and the paper may evolve and become more focused over time. A starting point is all that is require for today.

I asked student to read The Promise of Augmented Reality from this week's Economist. It's an excellent example of a report on an emerging technology.

COMP6032 Lab 02A

I showed students how to increase the size of an image of an icon without having it get too blurry by using the correct interpolation setting in Photoshop.

Students continued with the Photoshop tools presentation exercise.

Some students who missed las week's lab had a bit of catching up to do.

COM6032 Class 02.1

We continued our look at behaviourist theories of learning. That took longer than I thought.

We will move on to cognitivism in the next class.

Intellectual Property Law

COMP8035 Week 01 Tutorial

I gave feedback based on the blog posts I had seen before class. The ones I saw were fine although some students needed to make some minor adjustments.

We decided on IEEE format for references.  Users of MS Word should figure out how to make the most of the built-in in referencing tools.

The tutorial classes will be optional for students (not for me), but it is a good chance to get feedback on progress and get help with individual issues.

COMP6032 Lab 01.B

I introduced students to Photoshop.

I asked students to get to grips with layers and how they work.

We looked at how to do a screen capture. I asked students to begin work on a PowerPoint presentation that explains what each of the Tools in the Photoshop Tools Palette does.

COMP6032 Class 01.2

We looked at Behavourism (Pavlov & Skinner mostly)

We watched a video about rats.
https://archive.org/details/Motivati1948

COMP8035 Week 01 Lab

I spoke about the assessment for the module.

I spoke a bit about using quality sources for research and gave out a list of journals available at CIT that I thought might be useful.

I asked students to

• select two topics
• find five articles about each one
• write a blog post listing them
• write a short comment on each topic
• write a short note on each paper

and e-mail me the URL for the blog


We watched Black Mirror: Nosedive and spoke a bit about ratings culture. That would be an interesting topic to research.

The deadline for these tasks is 1800 on Friday 

COMP6032 Lab 01.A

I introduced students to Photoshop.

I asked students to get to grips with layers and how they work.

We looked at how to do a screen capture. I asked students to begin work on a PowerPoint presentation that explains what each of the Tools in the Photoshop Tools Palette does.

COMP6032 Class 01.1

I introduced myself to the class and spoke a bit about the module and the assessments.

The class requested a change of timetable for Group B labs. CIT should be able to accommodate that. I'll get back to you as soon as I know.

Labs will go ahead this week.

SOFT6013 Week 13

We had an in-class exam at CSM.

SOFT6002 WEEK 12

Seven students turned up and worked on their group assignment.

COMP7004 CyberEthics Class 12.3

Nobody turned up

COMP7004 CyberEthics Class 12.2

Nobody turned up

COMP7002 A.UI Class 12.2

We had a surprisingly productive tutorial session

COMP7004 CyberEthics Class 12.1

Nobody turned up to class

COM7002 Class 12.1

We looked at the two ways to do animation using JavaFX.

We discussed how one might make Space Invaders or Angry Birds using this technique. Pong would be easy.

COMP7002 Week 12 Lab A

Students worked on the assignment. Those I spoke to are wrapping up now.

If you have ay difficulties between now and the deadline come track me down and I'll see what I can do for you.

COMP7002 A.UI WEEK 11 Lab B

Students worked on the project