In just three weeks, I’ll be done with one of my hardest semesters of college. I’m almost finished with the hell of 17 credit hours that translates to 7 courses including a graduate level teaching class and an honors seminar. The semester has been reasonable thus far since most of my classes have been project based, instead of having weekly reading quizzes or routine homework assignments. The only problem with this format is that they all have final projects due at the end of the semester! 

I’m of the persuasion that tasks are more manageable in lists so what better place than a blog post! Besides, I need to see if my new MySpace Crosspost plugin is working.

  1. GameZombie.tv redesign (T436)
    1. When the new site launches, I’ll write a really detailed blog post about everything we’ve done since that’s what the webteam’s entire grade is going to be based upon. We have lots of great backend written, but now we just need to put it all together on the frontend.
  2. Flash site (T361)
    1. I’ve chosen to redesign the pitiful Yogis.com for this open-ended assignment. Best case scenario- I pitch the new site to Yogi’s for some free food and drink :)
  3. Password Reminder System (I430)
    1. Designing and implementing what happens when you click “Forgot Password?” I’m hoping to use the CakePHP framework to speed through the development. If anyone has any tips, I’d love to hear them!
  4. Viral Video (I310)
    1. Sounds simple enough. Teams of students who’ve studied new media theory for a semester should be able to produce a video that shows a thorough understanding of the new media and viral video concepts. The kicker/motivator - ”Any group whose video receives 1million views will receive an automatic A+”. I still need to find a group :(
  5. Pedagogy Paper (B599)
    1. I have to design a unit to teach for a course giving rationale for the planning. I’m doing my unit on CSS so the content is easy but the higher level pedagogy stuff will be a challenge.
  6. Honors Seminar Paper (H498)
    1. A simple 5 page paper discussing one of the seminars we heard this semester. I hate writing papers like this. It’s nothing more than a glorified book report on some talk given months ago. I’m hoping Dr. Raquel Hill will lend me some notes on her Electronic Voting System research.

After all of these are due, I have a physics final on the last day of finals week. There are some small homework assignments also due in the next couple weeks, and I’m sure I’ll have to grade assignments and tests for A110.

Better get to bed so I can get back to Bloomington tomorrow to start on all of this. I want to get a good handle on it all so I can put some time into planning for our annual Christmas party and secret santa!

Good night.