the day the useless tutor tries to seem useful (Part I)
Date: 30 Jan 2010
Time: 9.30 am
Mission: To conduct a small part and a larger part of the Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator (PSAI) workshop
Well, I am the useless tutor among all the CS3216 tutors after all. So when it is time to show that I'm remotely useful, why not jump on it right?
Truth to be told, I've never conducted a workshop on design or the 2 PSAI software. And yet I am suppose to show that I know something, or can conduct the workshop well to prove that I have some use!
But here's my reflection:
Fundamentals Component
What I think I did well
- materials is sufficiently simplified (I think)
- slides is ok-lah-quite-clear quality (I think)
What I think I could improve upon
- Delivery. Stop talking like a secondary school teacher!
- Vector and Raster. Somehow felt that I didn't explain well enough.
Photoshop Component
What I think I did well
- none
What I think I should have anticipated
- 800 x 600 projector resolution
Really screws up how I conduct classes, as I can't show what is likely to be on their screen due to the reduced screen resolution
What I think I should have done better
- Time management
Severely underestimated the time required.
- Photo-editing
should have put more priority on web stuff, then photo-editing.
- Delivery
have to kick that secondary school teacher tone.
What I wanted to do also, but didn't do due to poor time management (in order of priority)
- more on marquee selection tool
- more on magic wand
- more on brushes and stamp tool
- more on lasso selection
- more on layers and folders manipulation
- more on masking and non-destructive editing
- more on splicing
- Vector polishing, how to make your vector graphics from AI more boomsz on PS
As Prof Ben always say, teaching have to always keep improving one. But I think I seriously short-changed the people who attended the PS component with my poor time management, especially when there are so many programmers who are keen to learn a bit of photoshop to help their designers. Thinking of ways to not waste this desire.
Time: 9.30 am
Mission: To conduct a small part and a larger part of the Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator (PSAI) workshop
Well, I am the useless tutor among all the CS3216 tutors after all. So when it is time to show that I'm remotely useful, why not jump on it right?
Truth to be told, I've never conducted a workshop on design or the 2 PSAI software. And yet I am suppose to show that I know something, or can conduct the workshop well to prove that I have some use!
But here's my reflection:
Fundamentals Component
What I think I did well
- materials is sufficiently simplified (I think)
- slides is ok-lah-quite-clear quality (I think)
What I think I could improve upon
- Delivery. Stop talking like a secondary school teacher!
- Vector and Raster. Somehow felt that I didn't explain well enough.
Photoshop Component
What I think I did well
- none
What I think I should have anticipated
- 800 x 600 projector resolution
Really screws up how I conduct classes, as I can't show what is likely to be on their screen due to the reduced screen resolution
What I think I should have done better
- Time management
Severely underestimated the time required.
- Photo-editing
should have put more priority on web stuff, then photo-editing.
- Delivery
have to kick that secondary school teacher tone.
What I wanted to do also, but didn't do due to poor time management (in order of priority)
- more on marquee selection tool
- more on magic wand
- more on brushes and stamp tool
- more on lasso selection
- more on layers and folders manipulation
- more on masking and non-destructive editing
- more on splicing
- Vector polishing, how to make your vector graphics from AI more boomsz on PS
As Prof Ben always say, teaching have to always keep improving one. But I think I seriously short-changed the people who attended the PS component with my poor time management, especially when there are so many programmers who are keen to learn a bit of photoshop to help their designers. Thinking of ways to not waste this desire.
Labels: reflections
posted by mr luo at
08:43
8 Comments:
O RLY? Personally I liked the way you described how PS deals with graphics as opposed to Illustrator (the one where you said splattering paint on transparency). If this had been a few years earlier, that would have saved me hours of frustration between the two programs.
i don't think photo editing was useless. i spent more time reading tutorials to learn all that stuff compared to what you covered. so i think you did it better.
and I guess I agree with cedric, the analogy of transparency was pretty good.
have to kick that secondary school teacher tone
I must agree with it, but I don't think you HAVE to kick it, after all thats what you're going to become right?
i don't think photo editing was useless. i spent more time reading tutorials to learn all that stuff compared to what you covered. so i think you did it better.
Haha this time and age, use video cast liao lor!
and I guess I agree with cedric, the analogy of transparency was pretty good.
Thanks. If I knew so many didn't know about layers, I would have actually brought real transparencies to demo. I hate talking in air and asking people to imagine, but glad it worked for you and Cedric.
I must agree with it, but I don't think you HAVE to kick it, after all thats what you're going to become right?
True, but it is not nice when I present or share with fellow teachers if I talk like this. My Honours classmates find that secondary school teacher tone a good thing, as they say it commands their attention and engagement. But I don't want to sound disrespectful, so gotta learn to code-switch. :P
why teacher, btw?
As in why share with fellow teachers or why be a teacher?
why be a teacher. lol sorry. i got lazy of typing long long stuff.
short answer: I have no idea.
long answer: will write a blog post about it when the time comes.
Seems like you'll be a teacher too?
NO lol. I would die young if I do so. One year of it was enough. I dont have that kind of energy.
i think its a great job. i think we really need good teachers. i seen a LOT of do-just-enough teachers, and it really just doesnt quite cut it.
it takes passion, belief and strength to do-more-than-just-enough. too bad my passion doesnt lie in it.
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