#PROFESSOR

[semeia]

Daniel W. Fletcher ss25 navy pin stripe black scarf wide baggy dress pants shirt scarf

[oldmancopper]

Fall 2024 B Term

Still making adjustments - some students still see me at the enemy. What did you particularly LIKE about this course/lab?

I like working on a game project in a team and learn about the industry as a whole

I really liked the game development project. I liked that the content of the course was about the game development industry & process rather than specifically about game design techniques. I like that the course was oriented to help students understand what a future as a game developer could look like.

I love the continuous project format as well as the very interactive lecture style

it taught me about the real world experience

Nothing.

This course gave me a really good idea of how the IMGD industry works in all its intricacies. Prof. Y___ had years of industry experience to share, which was really valuable and gave his advice a lot of merit. Getting hands-on experience with completing a game on a time crunch was useful, too.

Group work both with a sustained group and with varying groups was really helpful.

It is evident that the professor is coming from experience in the field which made me confident in what I was learning to be relevant to the industry.

... wait? Nothing? with a period.

...the thicken plots. What did you particularly DISLIKE about this course/lab?

It seems like there's space for some additional content in this course - lectures often ended an hour early. I'd like to learn more things, so if there's space for more things in the course, I say put them in there. The group projects often had very uneven amounts of work done by each person - adding some sort of authorship points system could help with this, although it will probably always be an issue with the course.

not learning how to use the programs to create games

Prof. Y______ isn't always great at communicating effectively, especially in the descriptions of Canvas assignments (which tend to be overly wordy and have a lot of ambiguity).

A few times it was unclear what to do for specific assignments.

This course somehow was the most difficult class I have taken at ___ even though it is a 1000 level course. The professor is very inappropriate when it comes to bringing his personal thoughts and life into the class room; frankly I don't want to know when my professor was at the bar late the night before teaching me. Not only was he at Bars late, he would assign work after the due date had passed and expected students to somehow notice it and do it immediately. He expected us to teach ourselves many topics through youtube and his class depends on a software he doesn't even know how to use. He wouldn't give me constructive feedback on my class work, but would when I tell him I won't be in class. To get a full 100 on a assignment, you'd have to provide a Meme; frankly i have more important things to do then make a meme they he in specific likes. I think when the professor made this class, in his mind this class is the only one a student is taking at the time; not 2 others on top of this.

The course is entirely comprised of group work with 3 exceptions: the midterm, the final, and a single project of many. I can understand the benefits of group work, but what I experienced was a tripled to quadrupled work load than what the class is meant to afflict as not a single time did I work with someone I would be eager to work with again (there were two people who did the bare minimum of what would be expected and they were the best two people I worked with). In short, no one did any work forcing me to consistently cover for 2-3 other people at 11:00 pm before it is due. What compounded this was that I did not feel welcomed by the professor to express concerns about others in the class for "group work is gonna group work" as stated by the professor early on in the course accompanied by a meme that apathetically summed up the hell I was then going to be enduring for the next 6 weeks.

... the entire point of the course is group work... like... this is repeated over and over and over... Can you suggest anything that the instructor could do to improve the quality of teaching?

teach a little bit of unity

... you have a student whose one job is to teach you unity or help with any issues. 10 hours a week they are paid. Just to support you. In this class.

Care about what you are learning, encourage students, keep your personal life to yourself, know what you are teaching, and understand we have more than this one class going on in our lives.

One thing that could definitely be improved is keeping lectures on topic. They went off the rails frequently enough that I actually considered running a timer to track it one day. While I agree that Ronald Reagan was problematic for the US in many ways, I don't need to hear about it in an IMGD class

... if you are complaining about microtransactions and Unity's new business model... you do actually need to know how we got here. Critical thinking and analysis should be part of your own journey.

Please add some form of authorship to the assignments so it would be evident who did what work (and more importantly, who did no work)

I literally know no professor and no system that has ever solved this puzzle. How to grade group projects based on individual contributions without adding more work to the professors (who are already overloaded). Would you recommend this course?

No, this class was such a hassle that I dreaded going to class and scheduled more therapy sessions due to the anger and frustration from this class.

I would definitely not in its current state. I typically am friends with people who do the work for the class they signed up for (big whoop I know), but the environment of the class would lead to that commitment being exploited by everyone else in the class.

Like dudes, my students, you *know* how many times I told you this class is not required and how it was gonna go and what was to be expected? Anyways, still did my best to incorporate this feedback this term. We will see.

Yes, because this is my favorite course so far at __

Yes, it’s a great look into the industry you are working towards if you are in IMGD

yes because it helps with the outside world

As always, lessons learned and we move forward. Course Evaluations Masterpost

[afrotumble]

Professor "Lento" ft Speedy

[joelsoftcurls]

oh no its bringing back my professor kink

[bureaumantic]

first day of a new class and in the middle of the lecture the professor stopped and said "notice how i am skipping a lot of slides"

and i thought that was funny bc even though we connect the dots and extrapolate he meant "so pay attention to the lecture instead of studying too much useless stuff on your own" if you take the statement by itself its like he's saying

"ya. im skipping slides. what are you gonna do about it"

idk if i made any sense but i thought it was funny at first but now i'm typing this after lecture and it doesn't sound very funny but i've typed too much to throw away this post so im going to hit send now

[fantasma69]

Dell task

Red one blue tango

Blue tango red one

[anewdawnwithoutfear]

My partner dictated a post to me, it said:

I just realized now, embarrassingly late, that the main reason I was perplexed by the art, is the way I was depicted. We aren't married, but I was made to look as though we were, but, more importantly, he had my injury painted. I don't mind it, but Professor doesn't like it, and it's not as though I would have been bothered by being drawn with it covered, as happens in real life, if I am to be drawn at all.

I do not think we should pursue this topic further, but I am sharing its thoughts.

--The Professor

[hunter-husky]

December 2024 Gifts #25

"my fursona working out at a gym with Professor Hubert from Road Rovers" oh road rovers...

[mentalmente36]

Tive um dia de merda no trabalho...

Os meus alunos são muito mal educados.

Que geração horrível...cancelem-me.

I don't give a fuck. Dêem mas é educação aos vossos filhos e falem com eles em vez de lhes darem gadjets.

Fazê-los é fácil, o resto...os outros que os aturem.

Sou professor há 7 anos e nunca apanhei uma geração como esta. Nunca, mesmo.

Respondesse eu como eles nos respondem eu ficava negro.

Só quero adormecer, acordar amanhã e que o fim de semana não passe.

[princetonarchives]

George Macloskie joined Princeton's faculty in 1874, teaching natural history until his retirement in 1906. He was trained as a theologian, not a scientist, but nonetheless kept up with scientific research. In his writings and teaching, he emphasized the harmony between science and religion. The Princeton Press wrote of the new professor in 1875, "His opening lecture has left a happy impression of his public endeavors, and we are happy to add that in ordinary social life he is pleasing. Students we believe will find in him a friend and a helper."

George Macloskie. Historical Photograph Collection, Individuals Series (AC067), Box 87.

[todayscroll]

Howard University professor among victims in midair collision

A Howard University professor and former Miss Kansas contestant known for her bright smile and zest for life was among the victims in Wednesday’s midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines plane near Reagan National Airport. Kiah Duggins, 30, was named as a victim in the disaster by Howard University President Ben Vinson III, who called for privacy and respect for her…

[floatinghijabi]

1/30/25

just found out he’s married 💔 i’m happy for him but damn

[fantasma69]

Dell task

[anewdawnwithoutfear]

My partner's makeup speaks royalty, which is fascinating. I don't generally make note of such things, admittedly, but for today, it seems prudent.

--The Professor