Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Class Evaulation - Nevin Wylie
For my grade I think I deserve an A. I think all of my assignments turned out pretty well. I thought my papers were written well and I think my PowerPoint was pretty good. I thought my group and I did a really good job during the midterm, so I got a good grade than. And lastly the final I thought we did a really good job. We had a good presentation and from your reaction I think you agree. I did a lot of hard work for my group and I think I deserve a pretty good grade. And lastly with attendance ive been hear every day. Due to the way the class was constructed it was really impossible to miss a day in this class. One week and you would be screwed, because your group members count on you every week.
Allen widner Class evaluation
The first project (not the fake one) that we did in class was an interesting one. To make an attack add against two presidential canidates. Already I felt that this project was really going to work well with my personality. I love dry sarcastic humor, and that’s pretty much attack ads in my opinion. I loved coming up with the ideas for the attack ads, and I worked really hard completing one of them on my own. I specifically requested of my group to do the McCain attack ad on my own because I had a clear vision of what it was going to look like and I knew I could do it faster on my own then trying to go through several different people.
The only slider that caught me off guard during this project was the marketing paper that we had to do alongside it. I was so distracted with getting my video just right, that when midterm came, I completely forgot about the project. I later handed it in late however. The midterm was a success for the group and a success for me as well. I learned that contact was extremely important to keep things on the ball and I learned what it meant to be relied on.
The final project in this class would be my main lesson. Becoming a project manager was definitely an increase in work and responsibility from the midterm project. Not only did I have to make sure that my work got done, I had to make sure that three other people where getting their work done. Luckily, I had a really good team, and I believe that we all really worked well together. I had a specific version, and more or less I saw it come to life. I am extremely proud of the work we accomplished in the final project and I really felt how it was like to lead a team. There was one point in the Mac lab in the main building where we where having a meeting. I was going over what we had for the project and what I expected out of everyone in the coming days and how to do it. It was during this meeting that a random person that I didn’t know turned and said to us, “I wish I had someone like him in my groups”. That of course made me feel good, but it was also an indicator that we were really doing things right. I was also able to get the earring paper done in time along with this project.
In the end, I had two very successful team projects, and I handed it all of the assignments. With one assignment being handed in late, I truly believe that I deserve at least an A-. I worked hard in the class and I showed up for perfect attendance. That’s something ive never done with any other class. I enjoyed this, but im also glad it’s now over. Now on to life.
Class Evaluation -Ivan Cazares
For my evaluation of the class, I feel that it was a great learning experience. Coming into the class in the beginning, I already knew that it was going to be tough because I had Pinto in a previous occasion. The one thing I can say about class is that although the work it tough, and the lessons are often blunt and to the point, they are absolutely necessary. I think this class was by far one of the best I’ve taken. I really do feel this way because I came out learning so much. Not only did I learn how to work in a group setting with other creative individuals, but I learned more how projects in real life work. This class was tremendous in helping me with being able to present myself in front of other people and showcase my talents. It also showed me that when you work with other people, communication is absolutely vital in making sure everything goes well.
Jobs all have deadlines and often have you work with other people you may or may not know or get along with. I think that by having this class and doing the projects that I did, that I learned how to implement myself further in those kinds of situations.
I feel that overall I deserve and A for the class, simply because I worked exceedingly hard on making sure I didn’t fail any of the teams I was on and made sure that my work not only fulfill the requirements of the group and the class, but also that when I presented my work to the class, that I could be comfortable in showing that it was my great work that was being displayed to the class.
Not only that, but I think that I deserve an A because of the quality of work I was producing. Creating the overall look for a project and corporate Identity is one of the best things a graphic designer can have in a portfolio. The class taught me a lot about working with others, but it also taught me to do my best work, because in the real world, no one expects anything less from you. I think that given the situation, I displayed that.
