School of Creative Media Orientation Week 2010

School of Creative MediaOrientation Week 2010

Dr Linda C. H. LAI(Director of Teaching & Learning)

24 August 2010

What is Orientation Week?

• Week-long, academic orientation: FORMAL teaching and learning activity Setting directions and first taste of SCM life-style

• 1st week of Semester A (30 Aug – 3 Sept)

What is Orientation Week?

• For ALL undergraduate programmesBACM, BADMB, BScCM, AAMET, Foundation Year Study

• OBTL initiative (Outcomes Based Teaching & Learning)

purposes ← → outcomes

What is Orientation Week?• Divided into Groups• Each group with students from different programmes• Led by 3 year two / three students• Work together / play together / create experience

Independence Vs Inter-dependence

Objectives of Orientation Week• For an intense experience of the diversity and variety

resources of SCM & CityU

• To encounter & experience ‘creativity’ in different angles

• To encounter yourselves from different angles

• To start thinking about learning / teaching / curriculum philosophies so as to build a broader vision of life

Intended Learning Outcomes• Express and build up own identity through different resources...

...e.g overseas exchange program, internship, scholarships, and other existing funds at CityU

… beginning with creating one's portfolio on a SCM students on-line platform

• identify resources within SCM for academic and own creative purpose…

...meeting Production Centre & IT team, discovering faculty expertise and talents

• identify resources within CityU to enhance one's academic and career prospects…

• gain basic understanding of the curriculum of one's degree programmes and principles of structure

• work in a team for artistic creation and build up good relationship with fellows

• understand the new undergraduate system and General Education

Intended Learning Outcomes

Who are involved in O-week?

• Over 50 Year 2 and 3 students as group leaders, programming, execution . . .

• Programme and Studio Leaders • 13 Teaching Staff members holding special

workshop sessions

What's in the week-long programme?

School-level Sessions+

Programme-level Activities +

Group Activities+

Hanging out, Being yourselves...

School-level sessions

(1) Study by the Rules(2) SCM Tales(3) Survival: IT Team + Production Centre(4) SCM Ahead(5) SCM Culture(6) Show Time

(5) SCM Culture

A Group Creation at the end of O-week

(6a-l) Show Time

Staff initiated sessions to share own expertise

Choose a minimum of 3 from the list

(6a) Drive Computer by Motion – Dr Fu Hongbo

(6b) How to Grow an Apple on Your Arm and Befriend a Pen and a Chair – Dr Linda Lai

(6c) Introduction to Game Design – Mr Yim Chun Pang

(6d) Inspection of Certain Possibilities to Re-arrange your Vision of Reality – Dr Olli Tapio Leino

(6a-l) Show Time

(6e) Gorilla Installation: Time, Space & Performance – Ms Koala Yip

(6f) Live Foley Performance – Dr Robert Jay Ellis-Geiger

(6g) Don’t Fear Art, Don’t Fear Electronics! Go Crazy with a 9V Battery – Mr Samson Young

(6h) Animation Showcase since Childhood – Prof Tamas Pal Waliczky

(6a-l) Show Time

(6i) The Rise of Video Game (1950-2010): Stone Age to Modern Time – Mr Dick Thung

(6j) A Role-play Game Beyond the Confines of a Room – Dr Hector Rodriguez

(6k) Visual Storytelling Workshop – Dr Louisa Wei

(6l) Fo Tan Studio Visit – Miss Phoebe Man & Mr Warren Leung

(6a-l) Show Time

Programme-level Activities

• Introduction to Curriculum (BA1, BAD1, BSc1, AA1, Foundaion1)

• Introduction to Academic Advising (BA2)

Group Activities

• Web Portfolio Making• Outing Activities• SCM Culture

Hanging out, being yourselves...

• Counter at SCM Area: news, lost and found, looking for someone, brief chats

• Small Exhibition in the garage area• SCM Blogging

Tasks to be completed

• Web Portfolio Set up• Outing Activities• (6a-l) Show Time: Choose at least 3• (5) SCM Culture

Production Centre Account!

• Account Activation when tasks are completed• Activation with FREE e-money (Details to be

announced on O-week Blog)

Useful info

• O-week Website• O-week Blog• O-week Show Time Registration Page• SCM Website• OBTL Website

For Enquiries

• Your Group Leaders• Chun 葉啟俊

[email protected] / 3442 9035

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