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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

As the school year is winding down, the students are completing their personal Digital Portfolios and putting together a class (Popit Design Studios) Digital Portfolio. You can find all the Digital Portfolios by clicking on the "Portfolios" link.

Thank you and have a great summer!!!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Congratulations to Miss Kari Howe! 1st Skills USA, Video Production Development Team. Kari has qualified for Nationals in June, Kansas City, KS.

Media Producer class is it's final stages of finishing up projects, finalizing resumes, preparing for interviews, and completing their professional digital portfolios! It is almost GRADUATION time!

"The Big Picture Film Festival" 1st Annual, produced by Kari Howe. Location: Circle Cinema 10 South Lewis Avenue May 14, 2012 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome!

Great Job!! Keep up the excellent work :-) __

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Tomorrow is Friday and we will have our "Status Meeting" beginning at 10:15 a.m. Please be sure to have your Status Reports filled out on the projects you have worked on this week, as well as your Invoices for each job you have billed. The invoice is something new we are implementing this week, please be sure to ask questions if you have any trouble filling them out. **Great News!!!!!** Kari was able to get Circle Cinema as the venue for the Film Festival :-) Congratulations and way to go, Kari!!!!! This means that things are about to hectic with the final planning stages of the Film Festival and Kari may need some help. Please help her out in anyway you can. For those of you who have been "slow" with work, this would be your time to help out your teammate complete her project successfully. For the rest of you, keep up the hard work. TGIF!!!

Mrs. Bell

Friday, March, 26, 2012

As we wrap up the week for Spring Break, I want to say that overall we had a good week. Enjoy some well deserved downtime this week! I will send out our MMM agenda over the next weekend, be looking for that in your email.

See you in a week. Mrs. Bell

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Great job on the SWOT today! Everyone worked on something today, great job! Tomorrow we will continue our Personal Selling and Communication unit. I will be taking Ashley and Kari to Fox 23 for their "Business Meeting". We will leave about 9:00 a.m. and return before class is over. Mrs. Piper will be available if you guys need anything. Everyone has something to work on :-)

Have a great afternoon!

Tuesday, March 6th

I will be out of the office today for BPA. Be sure you have yourbillable hours in your calendar. Mrs. Piper will be by to check on you guys if you need anything. Have a great day and I will see you tomorrow.

Friday, March 2nd - Mrs. Bell

TGIF! You guys have had a great week. We will meet today at 10:15 for our Status Update meeting. Just be prepared to update everyone on what you are currently working on, what you completed this week, and looking into next week, what is coming up for you. Monday, we will have our meeting. Josh - be ready to take on your new role as President. You will need an inspirational quote or story to wrap up the meeting. I will send you the "new business" by the end of day so you will be prepared to go over it in the meeting. Casey - you will be taking attendance, and covering unfinished business. I will send you a list by end of day as well. Also Casey, will you come up with an activity, ice breaker, get to know you.........something that we can do Monday. (similar to the "Logo" design we did last time) Ashley - you will go over minutes from last meeting and ask for needs of the team.

If you guys needs anything let me know. Have a great day/weekend :-)

Wednesday, February 29th - Mrs. Bell

GREAT Job today!!!!! Everyone was productive and stayed busy. Everyone had at least $30.00 of "Billable Hours" today. We are almost done with the Time Management section of curriculum. Tomorrow we will have a demonstration, "The Pickle Jar Theory" to wrap it up. Casey is done with her Storyboard, awesome! Have a great rest of the LEAP DAY and I will see you bright and early in the morning.

Tuesday, February 28th - Mrs. Bell

Good job today guys! We will continue to work on our Billable Hours and keeping up with time and money over this week. I know it is a new concept for you and we will grasp hold soon :-) Everyone turned in their Random Acts of Kindness and their Client List (except for Ashley). Good job! Tomorrow we will continue with Time Management and work on projects. Have a great evening and see you tomorrow.

Monday, February 27, 2012 - Mrs. Bell

Great job today. Monday morning meeting went well. Ashley - thank you for getting the notes sent out promptly :-) You will see a "Meeting Notes" tab on the Wiki so you can find the notes from our Monday meetings if you misplace them. We had a share drive problem today. Mrs. Piper said to reboot your computer (it may take more than once) however, it will come back up. Sometimes over the weekend there are updates sent and the share drives appears to disappear. Just be sure to reboot your computer until it becomes available. Random Acts of Kindness and Mentor List are due tomorrow, on Wiki. Ashley will have clients in the classroom tomorrow - please be prepared. As we discussed in the meeting this morning, I need a hard copy update on your current projects with contact information. Please have this ready to turn in by 9:00 a.m. If you have any questions, please see me. Brittany - Thank you for also bringing donuts this morning :-) Tomorrow we will continue discussing Time Management and look at your paper calendars and "Billable Hours". See you tomorrow!

February 23, 2012 - Mrs. Bell Today we continued with Time Management. We took a look at our long term and short tem goals. We completed our personal goal setting activity. We learned that it is truly helpful to write down our long term/short term goals in order for us to see where our priorities are/should be. We also discussed Prioritization. We filled out a "To-Do" List and set priorities for those tasks. The plan is to write down our "to-do's" and prioritize them for the next week. This will give us the ability to see where we are spending our time and if we are completed those tasks that are most important. We also discussed how to stay organized by using technology. We have decided to use both our Google Calendar and the class Wiki Space in order to stay connected with one another and those outside the class. Tomorrow is our Friday Meeting from 10:15 am to 10:45 am. We are going to talk about the different types of meetings that businesses use. We will discuss how to prepare for our Monday Morning Meeting. We will also update the team on current/new projects and upcoming deadlines. I will also discuss our weekly grading system, beginning next week. On a personal note: I would like to say, I know this has been somewhat of an "interesting" week. Anytime team dynamics change, there is a period of adjustment for each team member and as a whole. We definitely have many things to accomplish before the end of the year and still many projects to complete. I am excited about growing as a team and getting to know one another and your individual talents. "Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress, Working together is success" - Henry Ford

February 22, 2012 - Mrs. Bell

Today we covered Time Management and discovered areas where you are working effectively and where you could use some improvement. Everyone should have posted their results on the Class Wiki under the "Time Management" page. Today here is what everyone worked on: Kari - continued working on Film Festival Josh - Started on revamping a new Logo Design for "Cake My Day" Gabe - continued working on 3D phone booth for Casey Brittany - spoke with mentor about Job Shadow dates. Help me with setting up calendars for tomorrow. Talk about new project for Football Calendar - checking on price and possibilities Casey - reached stopping point for storyboard and delivered to client. Set up Job Shadow with "Blue House Media" for April 5th (subject to change)

Tomorrow: Continue "Time Management" and discuss Goal Setting, Procrastination, Google Calendar, Personal Calendar/Billable Hours for projects.

February 21, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston Good Morning, Hope everyone enjoyed their 3 day weekend and came ready to start the day offi right. Today we welcome a new member of the Team, Mrs. Bell, She has the same authority as the CEO's and will stay in close communication with us. She will be a great asset to the team so please welcome her with open arms and open minds. i will come in this morning to visith with her and check on everyone's progress, DEADLINES ARE FAST APPROACHING

February 16, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston Today is a friday you, please remember we do not have school tomorrow or Monday so have a great 4 day weekend. I will be out of the office today but I believe each of you have plenty to do. Ashley is out sick again today but I believe you should have received an email from me with regard to your request so please plan accordingly. Josh and Gabe please make sure Mr. Jopson knows the website is up and ready for review. Kari I sent you the email with the entry fee information if you did not get it please get with Mrs. Piper. I will be checking my emails throughout the day so if you need anything please feel free to email or send me a text.

February 15, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston I received an email from Ashley and she is still sick, so this is going on day 3 without the proposal, What are you going to do? I will be in at 8:00 am to find out your plans, look at your calendars, find out if you have contacted your mentors, have you completed the assignments of sitting in on a business meeting, have you done your act of kindness, where are you at with your clients....lots of informaton you will need to provide to me and Mrs. Piper so please have it ready. I will be checking your wikis to see if you have posted any of this information before meeting with you. You might ask yourself this question, "What have I accomplished these last 3 days and I have been productive even though one of or key team members has been out sick?

February 14, 2012 Mrs. Pinkston Happy Valetines Day!!!!! I will be by your offices this morning to see how yesterday went, please be ready to fill me in. Gabe and Josh please have the website ready to upload before you leave today. Don't forget I need the minutes of each meeting sent to me so I my get them posted. Make sure all pages have been updated with your client and mentor information.

February 13, 2012 Mrs. Pinkston We had a lot of excitement on Friday and definitely alot to think about and discuss. Please present any and all your thoughts with Mrs. Piper today. I will be out of the office today and Thursday. Remember we do not have school on friday (17th). Please update your client list and mentor list after your discussions today. Don't forget I need the minutes from our last two meetings...just email them to me. Stay warm and stay safe and I will see you on Tuesday.

February 10, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston It's friday and you have had alot to get accomplished before today meeting at 10:00 a.m. make sure you bring to the meeting your planner/schudule/organizer, be ready to discuss your clients as well as your mentors. For the mentors you should have at least had your initial contact with them.

Please make sure you have skype on.

February 9, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston Hope everyone had a productive day yesterday, Josh and Gabe, Mr. Jopson said you got alot of information and pictures so getting the website up and running should not be a problem. If you need help with anything please do not hesitate to ask. I would like to see the website go live by Monday, please let me now if this is a realistic time frame.

I have updated all the pages with your information, resume, portfolio, client list, mentoring information, please check these pages out and if anything is missing please get the info to me ASAP my deadline is tomorrow( remember this is everything that was due last week)

Just to let you know I was very impressed when i looked in your office today, very nice and clean with a few exceptions-Casey your work area needs a little attention.

Keep up the good work, use your PM quick reference guide, use your planners and work hard on your time management skills.

February 8, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston I will be out of the office today but remember from our meeting on Monday what is due today. Electronic Resume-if you turned it in it is located under the Resume Link Portfolio-What I have is located under the Portfolio Link Collage posters contact 3 clients -provide contact name, company and what service you will provide mentoring (continued learning) possible places that can provide learning opportunities for you to advance your skills, provide specifics on what you want to learn and business/people that can provide the training-If you do not have the business/people then you must send what you want to learn in order for us to help you find resources. Discussion questions-not sure why some of you chose not to complete this aspect of the project everyone should have some form of planner they are using to keep track of their projects, appointments, meetings and to do lists.

Deadline for Act of Kindness and observing a meeting is February 28, 2012.


 * Josh and Gabe will go to the BA Campus today, Mrs. Walton will take them and pick them up. Gabe and Josh please be at the front desk at 7:50 a.m. -She will pick you up at 10:15. Mr. Jopson is expecting you-please take the laptop provided so you can work on the website while you are there. You will also need to take a camera, please check and make sure it is in the bag with the computer if not there is one on my desk in my room. Don't forget the flash drive with the website on it.**


 * February 7, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston**


 * Random Act of Kindness information [[file:Random Acts of Kindness.docx]]**


 * What a great meeting we had yesterday morning. I hope everyone understood their tasks and assignments for the week, if you are unclear as to any information please ask. The notes of the meeting will be posted on the home page today, thank you Casey for taking notes yesterday and thank you Brittany for keeping us track with the time.**
 * As you get your clients/projects I am asking your opinion on how you would like to document your process and progress. Do you want to create your own wikis or would you rather keep it on this wiki and we will create a project for each client? Talk together as a team first thing this morning and let me know, which will work best for all of you.**
 * Gabe and Josh I am trying to get someone to take you this morning to the BA Campus, Gabe you can take my laptop which has dreamweaver on it so you can actually create and edit any webpages Mr. Jopson needs. Make sure you have the whole folder of the website to take with you if you need a flash drive let me know. I am going to try and have you guys over there by 8:30, if this does not work out I will try for tomorrow, so please plan accordingly.**


 * All posters are printed from yesterday, please come and get them**


 * February 6, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston**
 * After reviewing the information you turned in on Friday, we have several things to discuss.**


 * Agenda for the Meeting this morning (February 6, 2012) 8:00am - 9:00 am**


 * Priorities**
 * PM Quick Reference Guide**
 * Resumes**
 * Portfolios**
 * Clients**
 * mentoring (continued Learning)**
 * collage**
 * Meeting observations**
 * Act of Kindness**
 * Planners/schedules/calendars**


 * Other business**


 * February 3, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston**


 * we are trying a new online video/chat it is called oovoo so please make sure you call in to tpinkston
 * Brittany your project pics are in the shared drive**


 * Today is the deadline for many of the projects you were given on monday to complete, by 10:15 a.m. I will be in the office to view the plan your had for the week, see your completed projects and view the documentation if your plan changed such as an extension. be prepared, there has been no guess work it what has been asked of you to do this week and you have had every opportunity to ask for clerification on any project you were unclear about.**
 * you will get the guidelines today for the additional 2 activities you have been asked to do.**


 * February 2, 2012**
 * I know you all of been working hard and I will be adding a few more things to your plan. Remember what all is due tomorrow, If we need to review your plan be come and see me. Casey will not be here today because of a dentist appointment.**
 * 2 things you need to add to your to do list is**


 * Sit in on a organization/business meeting**
 * Do a random act of kindness**


 * This 2 items must be completed by February 28, 2012. I will give you all the guidelines and specifics later today.**
 * Keep up the good work and remember to utilize the project management quick reference to make sure you have everything covered.**


 * February 1, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston**
 * Great Job on the room, I appreciate you cleaning the office and work areas. I have looked at everyone's plan for the week but Josh's, so Josh I need to see your's first thing this morning. By the end of the day you should be able to tell if you are on track, if you are great, if not find out why. Please make sure you understand each phase of the project management quick reference guide as this is what you will following once your outside projects are secured. If you have questions or concerns with your tasks for this week, please ask. Josh and Gabe I am in contact with Mr. Jopson to see if tomorrow or friday morning is ok to come visit his class, I will let you know.**


 * January 29, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston**
 * Everyone should have gotten started on their new assigned tasked, which there are many. Please refer to the interoffice memo below if you cannot remember. Since these tasks are all individual you will have no excuses for non completion. Please remember we neer plan to fail but failing to plan will play a big part of the project and how successful it will be.**


 * One other note, I stopped by the office on my way out yesterday....not very happy with the untidy, messy work areas and the waste of 71 pieces of paper. If this matter is not taken care of you may be spending money to reimburse the company for supplies wasted and cleaning crew to come in, so please make sure the office area is kept neat and clean at the end of each day. A suggestion might be to take turns making sure the office area is clean.**


 * January 28, 2012**
 * What a great job everyone did on the Oreo cookie structure and working on the film festival. Josh we sure hope you feel better and will be back on Monday...we missed you. Monday is a new day and another phase for popit design so be ready to think outside the box, problem solve, communicate, work as a team, be a leader and most of all work hard and manage your time.**
 * I have uploaded this video I made just for you guys, hope you like it**
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 * INTEROFFICE MEMO ATTACHED FOR NEXT PHASE [[file:Media Producersmemo.docx]]**


 * January 26, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston**
 * Today was a good day other than Josh is still sick, Hope he can join us tomorrow. You have gotten a good start on planning the Film Festival and Mrs. Piper added some great input, Kari remember touse the Project Management Quick Reference guide so all bases are covered.**


 * Our Project Manger for today was Ashley, Everyone did a good job of coming together and figureing out how to get Ed from one side of the island to the other. Very interesting conversation once the project was over on information that could have been taken in several different way, remember to always get clarification, don't assume anything.**


 * I have posted 5 discussion questions on each project, so please make sure you go the the discussion board and fill out your answers to the questions.**


 * Tomorrow we will finish up with Team Building and Leadership-We may have to celebrate.**


 * January 25, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston**
 * I know today was a challenge but you guys came through with flying colors. We missed you Josh. Tomorrow will be Ashley's turn to be Project Manager, but before we start our activity Mrs. Piper will come in and visit with you guys about the film festival, Kari I know you have gotten a good start on this project but this is a good time for your plan to be looked over with "fresh eyes" to see if something has been missed or overlooked.**


 * Team don't forget each of you have to produce a poster size collage of pictures of the project you managed. These will hang in the room, The deadline if February 3.**


 * As soon as I finalize your projects for next week I will get them to you.**
 * I will have the discussions posted for you to respond to by Friday**


 * January 24, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston**
 * What an awesome job the team did yesterday, sorry you had to miss it Josh. Today Casey will be the project managaer. Before we get started on this activity please take care of all Elite products so they can be ready to deliver. Josh and Gabe, I have forward a message from Mr. Jopson, please take care of this today. I am working on getting the last two activities on the wiki, as soon as I do I will let you know so you can join in the discussion.**


 * Seeing great Progress toward project management, keep it up.**


 * January 23, 2012**
 * Good Job today guys!!! Sorry your container did not protect the fragile product. But you have another opportunity to work together tomorrow. Gabe will be the project manager. You will be doing construction so I hope you are ready to sweat and have calloused hands.**


 * Elite Project complete all but burning DVDs **
 * Magaine covers are all put up**
 * Complete pages to sessions 1 and 2 in your Everyday Leadership book**
 * Complete Discussion from BLT and Friends all 8 questions.**


 * January 22, 2012**
 * The teambuilding on Friday went great, sorry Kari and Ashley you had to miss the fun. I will post pics on the problem sovling page along with the actually activities**


 * Tomorrow we will do more team building but not before we close the Elite Project. I have gone over the flyer, field trip handout, and brochure and have found somethings that need to be corrected I have attached a pdf that points out what needs to be fixed. [[file:corrections.pdf]]You have until 8:15 am to have all corrections made and be ready to send to print. The other issue is the posters, all posters should be ready to go as well,. Any other loose ends I don't know about should be taken care of by 8:15 am if you need help let me know. Remember we will provide a Data DVD with all files as well as a DVD of the Video. The CD Covers need to be ready to print as well. We will send anything that needs to be printed to Kinkos, by submitting on line and I will go pick them up. As a team you need to decide whether to deliver everything to the client Tuesday or let a team member deliver it Monday afternoon.**

Each Project Manager will make a collage of pictures of the project you managed. Once they have been approved by the CEO you can print a poster size to hang in the office--All collages must be completed and put up in the office by February 1, 2012.
 * Final Note on Magazine Cover Posters-All of them must be in the poster frames before the end of class January 23, 2012**
 * Once the Elite Project is closed everything needs to be uploaded to the media producer account and provide the CEO with the link so it can be added to the wiki.**
 * Josh and Gabe you need to call Mr. Jobson about the webpage.**

January 23, 2012 between 8:15 am and 8:30 am we will close out the Elite project with a "Lesson's Learned Review" of the project so please be ready to participate and join in all the discussion. Please be thinking about the following questions (these are just a few things we will be discussing): What was done well? What should be improved? What else did we learn? By 9:00 a.m. or before (depending on your time management to get all the above completed) we will begin our teambuilding activity: The Lucky Team Member that will lead this Project is Kari Howe. Kari please make sure you have a copy of the Project Management Reference Guide as well as make sure you are familiar with the process. You will use the paper on the door to write the plan you and the team members came up with.

January 19, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston Everyone did a good job on the Character Traits of Leaders and Brittany has created a great poster to put up in the classroom as a reminder (image of the poster under Everyday Leadership page)

Great Job today with your activity about disabilities and communication, please click on the BLT and Friends link at the left and make sure you take part in the discussions by answering the questions (instructions are toward the bottom of the page along with pics)

In my observations throughout the week here are a few suggestions: you are a team, pick up the slack and don't wait for someone else to do it, this goes right along with, when you/team have been asked to do something don't just do what has your name on it, take some initiative, help others. Examples of this would be- keep your office area and work area clean throughout the day instead of trying to clean when your work day is over-I know the saying "you make a mess, clean it up" but helping out and seeing things that need to be done and doing them without being asked. Today all Magazine Cover posters should have been in the frames and if each one would have taken a job of either cutting out the black paper, cutting the posters, or mounting the posters instead of "individualizing" I believe this would have been accomplished. Good habits like this is what will set you apart from your coworkers so practice them now.

FYI for tomorrow-Because of the absence of 2 of your team members mini projects will be assigned.

January 18, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston Update Everyone has participated in the recruiting efforts and has done a great job. Each time you have presented you have improved and the level of your self-confidence has grown. As the CEO I want you to know that I have seen a difference in your actions and attitude and it has not gone unnoticed. I also appreciate your professional dress (side note-please give yourself some kind of reminder when you need to dress professional so you don't forget).

Your first Leadership activity went very well and the client was please-Make sure you click on the Marshmallow Tower page and answer the questions, this is all part

of your evaluation(can be completed as a group)*pictures are attached

Tomorrow, January 19, we will go over Chapters 1 and 2 of the Everyday Leadership book and complete the sections that are for the group, please make sure all parts

are completed but the group sections, you will also be evaluated on your completion of these activities as well.

All Magazine covers must be fixed, printed and put in the poster frames. For the discussion about the posters please go to the "At The Newsstand"page and start a

discussion thread typing in the information you are to share about your posters(this is located on the activity sheet, can't find it don't hesitate to ask) This is all part of

evaluations, please complete so we understand you and your magazine cover-Remember to work effectively as a team you need to know your team members.

We will also need to discuss the closing of the Elite project and make sure everything was delivered to the client

Josh will be the next Project Manager,his position and the activity he will manage starts between 9-9:15 am

January 13, 2012-Mrs. Pinkston

Everyone did a great job in their presentations, we still have one more on the Lemley campus, we will let you know the day and time also Gabe, Brittany and Ashley will be making a presentation to the afternoon classes on the Riverside campus as well, this date is being discussed so we will let you know as soon as it is set.

We are starting a new project and it is called Everyday Leadership to find out your activities and what you need to do please click on the "Everyday Leadership: tab at the left. This is where you will find all the information. We will also start having some online discussions after various activities. Remember the Everyday Leadership book is yours so...highlight what is important to you as you read through it, make sure you answer all the questions and complete each section-no wrong answers this is all about you.

Welcome to the PopIt Design Studios wiki for the year 2012-this is the place for all communication and project information to be located. Remember communication is one of the keys to the success of any project.

As a team your first order of business will be "Looking in the rearview mirror" reflection session. We had a great session today and now each team member will complete their own reflection by answering the questions on the attached file. Please type and submit via email to all instructors teresa.piper@tulsatech.edu; teresa.pinkston@tulsatech.edu; kenneth.mayfield@tulsatech.edu

The self reflection is due January 10, 2012

Deadline for Recruiting Presentation - TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012 BY 10:45 A.M. Notes: The purpose of this presentation is to briefly familiarize potential students and to describe the benefits and requirements of the Media Producer Program. Your presentation needs to be designed to sell and to generate enthusiasm about “what’s in it for the individual”. Key messages are as follows: Who we are. Is the Media Producer program for you? What’s in it for you?” The opportunities and benefits of being in the program Requirements to get in the media producer program Call to action; where to go/call for more information

Recruiting Wednesday, Janauary 11, 2012-tv production and 3d animation-Riverside campus Thursday, January 12, 2012-digital media, web design and broadcast sound-Riverside campus Friday, January 13, 2012-D20/20 media producer room 8:20-8:30-Riverside campus Tuesday, January 17, 2012-Adv Design-Lemley campus

Everyday Leadership Friday, January 13, 2012 After D20/20 presentation-