Introduction to Studying Multimedia Authoring Systems is almost over…
Recently we received an email from our professor that we should write about if we have some complaints and suggestions about studying MULTIMA. Well, on my opinion I think the level of the program is quite elementary, but I can say that only on the base of the courses that I had till now. However I think it’s not easy to elaborate a study program for students who are coming from different schools, different environment, different countries and last but not least with different knowledge skills.
So maybe in the future it would be smart to think about demanding some pre-knowledge for entering a specific course, so the students can start at least with one level higher than now.
For this course Introduction to Studying Multimedia Authoring Systems I think it has good basics for introduction to MULTIMA and that is the point of it, right?! The only bad thing, that was also mention on some others blogs is, that for creation of student portfolio the Blogger is not too convenient. I think it’s more appropriate for writing kind of a “diary”… So as you can see I create here more a diary about my life and studies in Vaasa than actual portfolio. However I really like this blog now and I hope I will continue with writing…
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Project
Level: Intermediate
Period: Spring 2007
Credits: 5 ECTS credits
Study requirements: Other courses in Multimedia Authoring Systems Studies.
Objective: To apply the learned techniques and software in practice.
Course content: Each student conducts an individual multimedia project using the skills acquired during the programme. Students are encouraged to select their own subjects according to their study field. Instead of a multimedia presentation the project can consist of an extensive essay about the theoretical foundations of multi- and hypermedia from the point of view of their field of study.
Methods of study: Lectures 10 hours and independent studying
Completion of the course: An accepted project work
Literature: -
Language of instruction: English
Teachers: Olli Raatikainen and Olli Snellman
On 23rd of March we had a meeting for the Project. Honestly we didn’t get really a lot of information about what we need to do. However I understood something like that: first we need to form a team of students, than decide which multimedia tools we know the best or what kind of tools are we capable to use in our “project” or maybe what we want to learn more, and than choose the topic. The next step is to write an email to professor, so he will know what we are going to do. I think that’s it. So I’m in the group with Lea and Frank. We decided to make kind of documentary movie about Erasmus students in Vaasa. So this is our starting plan, now I just need to send an email to professor to inform him about our team project. I hope it will be okay.
That’s all for now about this course.
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Jenni's place
So I survive another magnificent weekend… first of all you should know that I have the best tutor ever – Jenni! She is also a tutor of Floriane and I think she also has three other students. Well anyway, she invited me and Lea and Floriane to spent two days at her home in Ylistaro (~50 kilometers from Vaasa to the southeast) – kind of a “girls weekend”. After the first real home made dinner since 2 months (you can imagine how good that feels), we had a chance to try snowmobile drive with her boyfriend. For all three this was a first experience with that and it was amazing. I surprised myself, because usually I’m scared of speed, but this time I was really brave, even our driver (Jenni’s boyfriend – I’m sorry but I don’t know his name) was surprised that we were enjoying so much – he had to drive really fast to satisfy us. Hehe. After we took a nice sauna at her mom’s house (someday I would like to have sauna at my house – it’s so relaxing) and started to taste our home made sangria… later we spent a really good night at Seinäjoki (~25 kilometers from Ylistaro) in the nightclub owned of the same person who has the Lux in Helsinki. Next day – shopping!!! An hour drive away is a really “cheap” shopping center (we are in Finland – nothing is cheap)… You can imagine what happens if four girls go for shopping… I think I don’t need to explain! And for great finale, Jenni’s mom did our haircuts… So now I have a little bit shorter hair and a new color (still dark blond)! Thank you Jenni!! You are the best!
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Helsinki...
I will try to gather all the collected memories from the capital of Finland. Like I said in the last post, we were six students traveling together. First by train from Vaasa to Helsinki (4,5 hours and 48€ for return ticket). We have booked the Stadion Hostel which is located right in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, for 16€/night. First night we shared the room with three Japanese students (because we were in the room for 12 persons) and the other two nights we were alone.
So that’s it about the hostel. First day we were too tired to go see any places, but we had enough strength to go out in the night – what I surprise?!. So we went to the hottest spot in Helsinki at the moment (at least the girl who was standing in the looooong entrancing line before us, was pretty sure about that), the Lux. And let me tell you, this is really amazing place for discotheque, I’m just sorry that I didn’t had my camera with me. However I immediately agreed with Finnsih girl from outside that Lux is the hottest and the best place to go out in Helsinki (of course you can imagine, that the price was suitable to the location).
Sunday – you remember one of my first posts from this blog – It was unbelievable? Well the Sunday in Helsinki was pretty much the same. We had had really luck with weather – sun with no clouds. We visited some of the fames spots in Helsinki, like Helsinki Cathedral, Senate Squere, Market Squere, Uspenski Orthodox Chatedral,…
Monday – we took a ferry to the beautiful island Suomenlinna. It was amazing – I never experience traveling with a ferry thru a see full of frozen ice rocks. And the island was just magnificent. So, what else, later we spent some time shopping (or more exactly just looking – at least I did)… After pasta carbonara and poker in hostel…
Last day – first we said goodbye to Nicola, because he went back home to France and the rest of us visited a special (underground) church - Temppeliaukio Church. After a long time searching for the right bus, we visited a Finland photography museum – it was also really nice with some good photos, but honestly I expected more.
So this was really short version of our trip in Helsinki. And here are some photos:
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Helsinki here we come!!
I just have time to write a note that we (Me, Lea, Floriana, Frank, Jean and Nicola) are going to Helsinki for 3 days. We will be back on Tuesday in the evening. So more impressions after…
Seeya
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Finished with Survival Finnish
So, yesterday I had my last lesson of Survival Finnish and finally I earned my first 2 ECTS points here in Vaasa. The lessons ended without any exam; just participation at classes. I still think that Finnish language is pretty hard and difficult; anyhow I know some words and phrases:
How are you? = Mitä kuuluu?
- Kiitos hyvää = I’m fine thank you.
Anteeksi. = Excuse me./Pardon./Sorry
Olen pahoillani. = I’m sorry.
My intention is not to have Finnish lection here... so I will stop now. To summary I learned some basic words and phrases in Finnish (months, days, numbers, some phrases for daily conversation, shopping, transport…).
However English will defiantly stay my first language here.
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Fish your Plumber - Superstereo
We waited for this Tuesday to come for quite I while… And finally it was here – a gig of Fish your Plumber in Superstereo…kind of Erasmus – Finnish rock group. What to say… they were great!!! Here are some photos that I took...Labels: My life in Vaasa
