EDIT Studio Extended Studio Briefing September 23, 2004

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EDIT Studio Extended Studio BriefingSeptember
23, 2004

• Fall, 2005

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Agenda

• Eat some pizza sign-in
• General announcements questions
• EDIT 6210 Comprehensive Exam Schedule
• 30-second 6190-2 reports
• 30-second 6200 reports
• 3-minute 6210 reports
• Advice on giving desk crits
• Critique time (later)

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Studio Awards

• Blue Sock Award
• Firmness
• Commodity
• Delight
• Allen Bullock Service to the Studio Award

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EDIT 6210 Comprehensive Exam Schedule

• Brief review of the purpose of the Comprehensive
  Exam
• Procedures
• 30 minute f2f exam with two examiners
• Faculty member doctoral student
• Candidate selects reading for initial
  discussion/QA
• QA rest of meeting
• Learning theory, Instructional design,
  educational media basically anything goes
• Pass
• Not yet pass
• 1. Second 30-minute exam
• 2. 15-page paper

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Brief Reports

• 30-second reports 6190-2, 6200
• 5-minute 6210 reports

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Studio Suggestion Box

• Link on Calendar

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Advice on Giving Desk Crits

• Some guiding questions
• What are the strengths of the product?
• What are the weaknesses or areas that could be
  improved?
• What suggestions can you offer to address the
  weaknesses and/or make the product even better
  than before?

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Critique Time

• You must give at least 4 desk crits during the
  semester
• Refer to p. 34 of the handbook for guidelines
• Warm fuzzies dont count learn how to be
  critical without being negative (a very important
  skill in the real world!)
• Keep a copy of the desk crits you give you will
  need to document these at the end of the semester
  to receive credit
• There is no number of desk crits you must
  receive, but it is to your advantage to solicit
  as many as you can as your project unfolds

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Rediscovering Gaming

• High Tech, Low Tech, and Everything In-Between

Lloyd Rieber
David Noah
Ikseon Choi