Once Upon a Chromakey
BP 2009
Starring
Summer 2009 Class
And
World Famous
Barb Ericson
One fine July day in HoTLANTA, Pam the Programmer
returned from her Beach vacation in order to attend Ms.
Ericson’s Beginning Programming Teacher Workshop! She
was bummed to not be relaxing but threw her hands up in
the salty air and said, let’s give this class try!
As Pam fought the glorious Atlanta traffic and found her
way to parking…she realized that there was a big hole in
the garage! She found the Area 6 lot, got her ticket and
with a bit of vacation still in her step, headed towards
class. And, there, to her wondering eyes what should
appear? The world famous Barb Ericson!
Day 1 proved interesting as we quickly found out that Chris
in another world than the rest of us. He knew his robots
and Python and what he doesn’t know, he goes and learns
faster than the speed of light!
Poor Rosemary tried to escape, but
alas, once you are in, you are going
to learn all about Beginning
Programming. She quickly figured
out how to make a Robot sing and
move towards the enemy, oops, her
partner. Maybe instead of trying to
move a wall all by herself, she can
use a Robot to help!
During our lessons on how to manipulate images in
Python, Rosemary learned all about mirroring an image
as well as fixing a broken roof in Greece. Marlena
passed the word around about the easy way to get your
roof fixed!
Before, you knew it,
Barb forced her class
to test out indentation
using US!! Ria was
psyched as she hoped
to throw a few of us in
the air…
By the time we got through JES and trying to make
collages, many of us felt like we going around in
circles…even Carla!
Carla had the right idea!
Before we completely feel
like we spacing out, head
for the hotel and Atlanta
highways! After all,
coming up the next day
was putting ourselves in
new places – even ones
we really want to be! We
also were going to SEE
sound!?!?
As class ended on
Friday, and we all
started worrying about
getting lesson plans
ready and done for the
wonderful young ladies
and gentlemen that
will be streaming (like
video) through our
doors in a few short
weeks, Karuna decided
the beach is a far
better place to be than
a padded classroom,
er…greenscreen room
!
So, fearless, world
class leader, Dr.
Ericson, we thank you
and hope your trip
back to the moon (isn’t
that where your kids
and husband are???) is
pleasant! We look
forward to seeing you
in a workshop near us
in the fall!
Thanks so much!