The fascinating story of the famous teddy bear curtains

We had great fun making the film with group 3, and I hope everybody will enjoy watching it, too. Thanks, guys!

PS. There is another one coming, from group 1, but it needs some editing to be done. Unfortunately, it's really busy time now, so it must wait a bit. I'm sure you will enjoy it. :)

Childhood

I want to take you back to your childhood now, near the end of your college education: it has become a tradition of our blogging project for everyone to post their early pictures (kindergarten time is probably most interesting). Apart from the pictures, please give us a few sentences of commentary, either about the situation they were taken in or generally about how you remember that period in your life. I hope you're going to have some fun with this task. :)
As far as the technical side is concerned, you will probably need to scan your photos. Unfortunately our college scanner is useless now, as it is too old to run with those new machines. And the new one hasn't arrived yet. But if there is no other way, you can bring them to me in a signed envelope, and I will scan your pictures for you at home. Or you can use your friends or family members who have access to a scanner. Whichever way, I want to see childhood pictures of you all!
If you want to see me as a little girl, check out one of the earlier posts on this blog. :)

Recommendations

In our latest IT class we looked at various subscription services, such as Bloglines or iTunes. In connection with that, I have a new task for you:
Please think of ONE www site which you like and visit very often. There are THREE things I would expect of it:

• that it is in English
• that it is dynamic, which means it changes and offers new things on a more or less regular basis (it could be a blog, a podcast, a newspaper or TV channel site, an online video series with episodes published regularly - anything of that sort)
• that it does not promote violence towards anybody

I'm sure most of you can easily name at least one such website. If not, then try to find one. Your task is to place a link to it, describe it, and say why you like it or what makes it commendable to others.

As far as I'm concerned, I sometimes visit, and strongly recommend to those who (rightly) feel English is an endless learning curve, a site called "The Free Dictionary". It offers really challenging vocabulary tasks (hangman, matching, spelling bee or Scrabble) as well as different types of information, including "Quotation of the Day", "This Day in History" and so on. I visit the site quite often as it never fails to surprise me with something, at the same time allowing me to relax a bit between more "serious" tasks. It's just fun to do these puzzles and find out about new words and new facts. Give it a try! :)

Technological Revolution! :D

WHEW! HURRAY! WOW!
Finally, after years of frustration, we have brand-new, spick-and-span, sleek COMPUTERS in our lab!!! We deserve them, don't we? The frustration of applications freezing at the most inconvenient time, the pain of waiting for ages till the PC boots and starts doing what WE want it to... Well, it's all over now :)
There may be a few weeks of getting used to the new working environment, but it's usually quite easy to learn and accept things that bring changes for the better. I'm glad that the current group of students will have the opportunity to feel the difference. Next year students will not be able to appreciate it - after all, it's going to be just what everyone simply expects: a lab with normal, modern computers.
All this has inspired my first blogging task for you:
Please try to remember your first computer experiences. Was it your elder sister's computer? Or your friend's? Or was it at school? What did you do with it? Play simulation or strategy games? Chat? Copy music CDs? Use Paint to make pictures? Do homework? Who taught you to use it? How did you like it? Lots of questions pop up, so choose just a few.
Write a few sentences to share those memories with everybody. And then comment on what some of your friends have written. I'm really looking forward to reading these stories. :)

Madame Tutli Putli (Animating Madame Tutli-Putli)

There has been a lot of hype in our local news about this animation recently, as one of the authors was born in Poznań. Take a look, it's really incredible to see people so passionate about what they do. Then you can watch the whole film HERE :)

Natalie Merchant - Ophelia

I feel like sharing with you my newest discovery. A great voice.

Merry Christmas!

May Christmas bring you all lots of love, hope and good news. :)

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR - VOTE!

BIG EVENT!

Here is the news: Our college celebrates its 15th anniversary on Wednesday, 24th October :) I thought some of our graduates would like to use the occasion to come and see us and their friends. The official event starts at 10.00 in Collegium Minus (ul. Wieniawskiego 1) - in Mała Aula, where a few VIPs are to appear and important speeches are to be given. Later, at 5 pm. we have planned to meet at the college (room 317 and around ;), where the unofficial part of the celebration is to take place, including a new feature: the Freshman Welcome Event. If you have time and feel like renewing those GOOD memories - please come, bring with you as many colleagues as you can, and spend this time with us, in those friendly, though not yet painted, walls. You are all warmly welcome! :)