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I joined the animation group...

That's a great idea!

joeyman,
with high profile users like you and Paddle2See linking to this topic with your sig tags I'm sure it won't be long until things reach critical mass.

soccerisawsome wrote:

I really want to join a critique group but none of them really fit me. Doyou know of any other ones?

What are your interests?  What do you want to improve?

ashbyr1 wrote:

soccerisawsome wrote:

I really want to join a critique group but none of them really fit me. Doyou know of any other ones?

What are your interests?  What do you want to improve?

There isn't really anything in particular that I want to improve so I just want one that's just for any subject and just fairly good scratchers.

Last edited by soccerisawsome (2008-07-15 22:36:45)

I want to say again that I think this is a great idea, and, if done right, could be a valuable resource for our community.  Here are some tips...

For those hosting critique groups, here are some things to explain to help you manage your group members:

--What is the focus of your critique?
--How many people do you want involved (a few, anyone?)
--Who should submit projects? (beginners, artists, kids, etc)
--How are you going to support those that join your critique group?
------how will they know which projects they should critique?
------how will they know how often they are expected to critique?
------how will they know when their project will receive a critique?
------consider making frequent announcements in your gallery
------consider asking people to focus on a single project at a time, so one person can receive feedback from many...then move on to the next project
--How will you keep things organized/structured
------how are you going to keep track of your members?
------how are you going to keep your members focused?
-----consider creating a schedule (new project to critique every day? week?)
--Consider developing some guidelines such as:
------for each project you submit, offer critique to 5 other people's projects
------each person can submit 1 project for critique
------each member must commit to submitting a critique every day/week/month
------critiques should be submitted in project comments

For the project creator, it is helpful to explain some things up front when you are asking for a critique:

--What is your project about?
--What are you trying to achieve?
--Why is is worth achieving?
--How are you attempting to achieve this?

Yay! My critique group has 5 members! YAY!

Im going to have to close my Critique group no one is coming and plus i am in 2 of them

Cyclone103 wrote:

I would join a critique group, but I am already getting tons of feedback on all of my new projects.

Maybe you could host a group to mentor others and help improve the quality of feedback you are getting.

NoahB wrote:

Hi, I am new to Scratch.  When I click on Getting Started, the pdf files say there are some mistakes and the files do not load correctly.  How can I fix this problem?

NoahB, first of all, Welcome to Scratch! And also, if you have questions, please direct to the Troubleshooting or FAQ forums. I understand you're new to Scratch, so I'm just telling you. Thank you! 

joeyman wrote:

My critique group is till accepting members! We are ALWAYS accepting new members!

That's a great attitude.  If your group gets more than 10 or 12 people, you may want to consider splitting so that nobody gets overwhelmed or lost in the crowd.  Just something to keep an eye on for the future.  I'm going to close my group to new members for a while so we can focus on getting to know each other.

I made one: It's called "Scratcher's"

http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/24528

Its for people who think they are quite good at scratch.

Please join 

Last edited by Dan01 (2008-07-19 11:08:48)

I made my own critique group mainly focussed on feedback, the thing that all members like:

http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/24568