Interactive Gaming 2009

What happens if it snows? Well, you can head on over to our website which will be updated daily at 0730. Keep it locked!

All you do is go to http://www.confetti-ict.com/ and click on ‘news’ or the tab on the right hand side ‘snow status’ under latest news . . .

.... We start at 9am!

Enjoy - and don't forget that tickets for Xmas are on sale now!

Hey Allz - I wanted to introduce you to our brilliant Library at Confetti. This year it's bigger and better than before with a real good slecetion of Games related titles. What I've done for you is compile a list of books that you can take out of Confetti right away! The only drawback is that you have to be a member first, so I'm going to attach a private link for you to downbload and complete a library application form. You can bring it back to me completed and signed in the next session! Please feel free to use the LRC to print off the application....




And here's the super link for the library application.

I have to say that by 4.30pm last night I was completely exasperated!
Never before have I worked with 44 people who have/have not any grasp of PowerPoint presentations, handing work in BEFORE deadlines or saving hard copiers or printing work out.

Now, I hope that I took on 44 people who were technologically savvy (after all you are hoping to work in a technological world) so, with that in mind, I hope that you can redress the balance, dust yourselves off from this most embarrassing of situations and crack on!

If you can't get through your induction assignment, what hope do we have of getting your through your National Diploma?

When you received an assignment:

a) READ IT!
b) Start working on it immediately, even if it's writing an intro paragraph
c) Breakdown the assignment into readable chunks
d) Attempt the hard stuff first (that way you have loads of time to get help or take notes in lessons)
e) Read the assignment again

When you are close to completion, do this:

a) READ THE ASSIGNMENT AGAIN!
b) Show it to a skills tutor for spellings, grammar and punctuation help
c) Read your work to a family member or friend

When you are about to hand in your work to EST (or me):

a) READ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES VERY CAREFULLY
b) Read the submission guidelines again
c) Hand the work in BEFORE the deadline (as opposed to 3.59pm on a Friday)

Please, please, please DO NOT:

a) Email your work to me unless I have specifically requested it
b) Pester me about how to hand in work
c) Pester EST about handing in work
d) Spend precious time on the day of the deadline working on your assignment/procrastinating about your assignment or other
e) Hand work in after the deadline

Get in the habit of being professional at all times and you will leave Confetti with an exemplary record. Frankly it is tiresome for any teacher looking after 44 students to be constantly bombarded with mindless requests and endless emails about how to hand in work.

I'm trying very hard to treat you all as adults because that's what you are, so let's turn the page and start again from Monday, yes?

You'll get your mark in due course and work will not be discussed prior to that!

Hey!

Your first sesh was an intro to what we'll be doing over the next 12 weeks. Simply put Creative Media Industries work together seamlessly to create art, commerce and something intrinsically personal to you, them and us.

See below for Monday's presentation, reminding you of what we did:

Wow! What a day! I was in at 8 this morning, I've got a ton of marking to do. At around 10am I went down to our learning resources centre in the basement to get some quiet time and before I knew it, it was like 3pm! Gosh!

A really warm welcome from us at Confetti to you guys joining us (hopefully) in September. To get you started, here's our latest newsletter for the GS9 intake - have a look and see what you think?