toby@r2.cs.man.ac.uk (08/16/89)
DO YOU TEACH COMPUTER GRAPHICS? DO YOU NEED HELP? Announcement of Computer Graphics Teaching Aids Meeting and Interactive CD demo. Please read on! A working group is collecting materials to help people teach computer graphics. The aim is to create a common base of high-quality support materials for the use of computer graphics teachers. The types of support materials include o Viewgraphs (OHPs) o 35mm slides o Videos o Films o Printed notes o Software for graphics programming (e.g. mini-GKS) o Interactive courseware and cover such topics as o Graphics algorithms, e.g. Bresenham, area fill, clipping o 3-D transformations and viewing o Hidden surface removal o Illumination models o User interface design o Graphics standards A one-day meeting will be help on Thursday 28 September at Middlesex Polytechnic, Bounds Green, London, at which there will be - demonstrations of materials currently used by CG teachers (NB please bring along examples of your own materials) - a demonstration by PHILIPS of their new CDI (interactive compact disc) system (one of the issues which the group is examining is the feasibility of CDI as a medium for interactive courseware and on-line lecturing aids for CG) PLEASE HELP US TO HELP YOU Thank you. Please fill in the following form and return it by EMAIL or POST by Friday 15 September to Toby Howard Computer Science Department, University of Manchester, Lecturer Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K. janet: toby@uk.ac.man.cs.p1 internet: toby%p1.cs.man.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk earn/bitnet: toby%uk.ac.man.cs.p1@UKACRL uucp: ...!ukc!mup1!toby voice: +44 61-275-6274 --------------------- Name: Address: Email: I use the following teaching aids (please indicate!): ( ) Viewgraphs (OHPs) ( ) 35mm slides ( ) Videos ( ) Films ( ) Printed notes ( ) Software for graphics programming (e.g. mini-GKS) ( ) Interactive courseware ( ) I am prepared to exchange materials with fellow teachers ( ) I wish to attend the workshop on 28 September 1989 ( ) I cannot attend the workshop but wish to help in the collection of materials -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toby Howard Computer Science Department, University of Manchester, Lecturer Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K. janet: toby@uk.ac.man.cs.p1 internet: toby%p1.cs.man.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk earn/bitnet: toby%uk.ac.man.cs.p1@UKACRL uucp: ...!ukc!mup1!toby voice: +44 61-275-6274 --------------------------------------------------------------------------