Planning for next year...

Well it may seem odd that here I am not even through this year and already I am deeply wrapped in the next, but that is the way of life when your entire program is based on electives.

Late last fall, I was part of a group of teachers who visited all four of our county middle schools and had the opportunity to talk, for about 20 minutes, to the entire eighth grade class at each school.  I spent all of my time talking about the three courses which lack prerequisites and are therefore open to Freshmen. Those three are photography, Intro to Graphic Communications (GRAPHCOMM) and Flash Game Design.

At that time, I had them fill out a card ) and gave them the opportunity to fill in a check box if they wanted more information about any of the classes, and am happy to report that well over a hundred students requested additional information. I am currently putting the finishing touches on a brochure to be given to them before they register for next year and hope to have that finished, perhaps by tomorrow. In my next post, I'll report on how that turned out.

On the class front, paper prototyping is finishing up. About half the teams are finished and we are ready to move on through the curriculum and start building games. I think everyone is happy with that prospect.
I know I am.