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First Time Instructor Diaries – Part 6
by Dennis Rivard on November 24, 2009
The final day of class, unlike all other days, started off as a disaster. I arrived early as usual and got all the supplies for class out of the cupboards. The last thing I reached for was the pad of (…)
First Time Instructor Diaries – Part 5
by Dennis Rivard on October 27, 2009
The fifth class was pretty standard as most of the students were trying to finish up their comics. I told them they would still have time next class to work on them if they needed to and then they would (…)
First Time Instructor Diaries – Part 4
by Dennis Rivard on October 18, 2009
Class has officially moved past the halfway point and everything has been going as smooth as expected. For the fourth week, I was expecting to have just another day of taking it easy and letting the kids color their comics. (…)
First Time Instructor Diaries – Part 3
by Dennis Rivard on October 8, 2009
One of the students in my class is working on a comic featuring superhero superstar Wonder Man. Not the one from Marvel Comics, a different one. I have had a previous engagement with this character before. I worked with the (…)
First Time Instructor Diaries – Part 2
by Dennis Rivard on September 29, 2009
After seeing how smoothly the first class went, I was pretty confident in how the second one was going to go. The plan was pretty simple; have them present what their stories are so far, let them finish their storyboards, (…)
First Time Instructor Diaries – Part 1
by Dennis Rivard on September 23, 2009
When the idea of teaching a comic trip illustration class to kids was brought to my attention, my first though how easy art teachers have it. You just tell the kids what to do and then play on the computer (…)