1.28.10 - Reinroducing

Warm - Up (10 min)
1. P.O.T.D.
2. Q.O.T.D.: What project(s) is this Text to Image project most similar to? Describe what is similar about the projects you have done in the past (in this class or outside of this class). What Photoshop techniques or art techniques have you used before? Be specific.

3. Drag your images & citations folder to the desktop.

Part 1 - The Timeline (5 min)
Special schedule next week has pushed everything back a week.

Part 2 - Adding images to your canvas (20 min)
With an image saved to your desktop follow these easy steps

http://blip.tv/file/3143948

1. Right-click to open image in Photoshop
2. Duplicate the layer (layer > duplicate)
3. Mute the bottom layer
4. Cut out any back ground (magic wand > delete)
5. Select the entire image (select > all)
6. Copy
7. Click to your canvas
8. Paste

Part 3 - Resizing an image using Free Transform (10 min)
Follow these steps to resize any image you have on your canvas.

http://blip.tv/file/3144003

1. Select the layer that the image is on
2. press CMMD + T.
3. Drag the corner blocks to change the scale. (TIP: hold down SHIFT so your image doesn't get to skinny or fat!)
4. Press ENTER when done adjusting.

Part 4 - Work Time (60 min)
Use this time to complete your rough draft.

Save for web & devices

Save as JPG

Set width to 600

It’s OK if it doesn't look perfect, it’s a ROUGH draft!

SAVE FOR WEB & DEVICES AND POST TO YOUR BLOG BY THE END OF THE DAY.

1.26.10 - Rough Draft Due

Warm-Up (10 min)
P.O.T.D.
Q.O.T.D.

How many images did you download last class? Think abut the content of these images and respond to the following questions: How many will be background images? How many will be foreground images?


Part 1 - Flow Chart (5 min)

Part 2 - The Rubric (10 min)
It's always good to know what you will be graded on.

Part 3 - Setting Up your Photoshop Canvas Tutorial (15 min)
Set up your canvas. This is where all of your images and quotes will go.


Open Adobe PhotoShop
File > New
Title: “YOUR NAME TEXT TO IMAGE”
Preset: “US PAPER”
Choose portrait or landscape (8.5 in x 11 in OR 11in x 8.5 in)
Press OK!


Part 4 - Use your images + quotes to create a ROUGH draft (60 min)
remove backgrounds, combine images and add quotes to create your first rough draft. It’s OK if it doesn't look perfect, it’s a ROUGH draft!


SAVE FOR WEB & DEVICES AND POST TO YOUR BLOG BY THE END OF THE DAY.

1.22 - Finding Images

Warm-Up (10 min)

P.O.T.D.

Q.O.T.D.:

Open your article (for your server, or copy from your blog on to a pages document) the highlighted article you downloaded from last class.

Part 1 - Project Flowchart (5 min)

Look at the flowchart to see where we are going on our next step and where we’ll go after that.

Part 2 - Citing an Image (30 min)

Use Purdue University’s MLA style guide as your guide to citing your electronic imges:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

1. Look for an image together.

2. Download the full size image

3. Collect the following information on your citations document you created last class (if you don’t have one, open pages and start one!).

Here are the necessary elements of a citation (according to Purdue, stuff inside the parenthesis are my own):

1. Provide the artist's name, (if no name given, give website name)

2. the work of art italicized, (if name is not known, provide whatever shows up when viewing the full size image, for instance (in bold):
http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/jan2010/8/0/leogane-haiti-pic-dm-ian-vogler-745564000.jpg)

3. the date of creation, (the date the work/photo was created, or, the date of the article the images was embedded in if no date is apparent).

4. the institution and city where the work is housed. (leave blank if you are citing a photo - which you probably are!)

5. Follow this...with the name of the Website in italics,

the medium of publication, (Web)

and the date of access. (the date you downloaded it, TODAY!)

Here is an example of what that will look like for this image (typing in haiti earthquake in the GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH):

And here is the citation:

Ward, Victoria. Untitled. 2010. http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/jan2010/8/0/leogane-haiti-pic-dm-ian-vogler-745564000.jpg. Web. 22 Jan, 2010.

I used the following information:

Last Name, First Name. Title. Date of creation. URL of image. Medium of retrieval. Date of access.

Post this photo with the citation to your blog for credit.

Part 2 - Use the article from last class to find images. (55 min)

Last class you downloaded an article and highlighted important passages (quotes and sensory details) from it. Use those highlighted terms as your search terms (or change them for better results) to find AT LEAST 10 high quality images and citations (that is budgeting about 5 min per image and citation).

This is an individual task, so, unless you are a new student or you are helping a new student, there should NOT be much conversation in the class.

SAVE YOUR 10 IMAGES AND CITATIONS IN YOUR TEXT TO IMAGE FOLDER AND TO YOUR STUDENT SERVER. IF YOU ARE A NEW STUDENT I HAVE GIVEN THE TEACHER YOUR STUDENT SERVER USERNAMES AND PASSWORDS. ASK A VETERAN STUDENT TO HELP YOU LOG-IN.

IF, FOR SOME REASON, YOU CANNOT ACCESS YOUR SERVER, SAVE TO A FLASH DRIVE, A FRIENDS SERVER, OR POST TO YOUR BLOG. NO EXCUSES ON THIS ONE!

1.20.10 - Text To Image Intro

Warm-Up (15min)
P.O.T.D.
Q.O.T.D.: What have you heard about Haiti? What is your first reaction to this kind of news? How does this news effect you? What is one thing you can do today to help?

Vocbulary:

Part 1 - Intro to your project (20 min)
Introduction to text to image project
read aloud 1 page with class.

Part 2 - MLA citations how to(20 min)
how to cite and article and an image
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
post an image with citation.
post an article with citation.
title “How to Cite Electronic Sources”

Part 3 - Finding & Highlighting an Article (40 min)
Use google news search to find an article on Haiti

1.12.10 - The End of the Beginning

Warm-Up: Survey (30min)
Please answer the following questions and send to me in an email. You don't have to copy the questions but please number your responses.

my email address is: morgan@envisionacademy.org

1. What did you enjoy most about DMA this semester?
2. What did you dislike the most?
3. What were the expectations that you had for this class? Did it live up to those expectations?
4. What is the most important thing you learned in this class?
5. What is something that you did or learned that wasn’t important?
6. What are you good at in DMA?
7. What could you improve on?
8. What could your teacher improve on?
9. What do you wish this class did more of?
10. What do you wish this class did less of?
11. Do you find this class harder or easier than other classes? What makes it that way?
12. Were there any assignments that were difficult for you? What about the assignment made it difficult?
13. What do you think of blogging? Is it something that you would consider doing outside of class?
14. What do you think of computerized testing? Is it easier or harder than paper based? Why?
15. Did you turn in any late work this year? Why did you turn it in late? Please be specific.
16. What is something that you would like to see in future DMA classes?
17. What is something that you would like to see removed from future DMA classes?
18. Do you think you are more skilled on a computer than when you started this class? Why do do you think that is?
19. Please write any other comments you have here.

Part 2 - Announcement (5 min)
No work accepted after Tuesday. Furthermore, the only thing that can be handed in at this point is your final project and its reflection. If you have not exported your final exam yet please do so NOW.

Moreover, I am not planning on waiting for people to show up after school so if you need some help please make an appointment.

Part 3 - the portfolio (45 min)
We are DMA so we should be able to help those actors and painters upload and submit their work. All of your projects should go into the online portfolio, whether or not you wish to use them for your BGP!

GO TO:
http://www.envisionschools.org/portfolios/password.php

distribute usernames + passwords

1. log-in
2. change password to something that you already use or is easy to remember
3. Add profile photo (your photo of the day, or similar professional image)
4. create a new artifact (name: Top 5 Technologies Prezi, Sanburg-Jacobs M., Express Creatively, 2009)
5. Write a one sentence description of the project ( e.g. "A zooming presentation of the top five most influential technologies in my file.")
6. Copy and paste second draft of reflection to reflection box.
7. Attach a link to your prezi to this artifact

Use any remaining time to study or complete missing assignments. See you at success day!

1.8.10 Study to Win

Warm Up - 10 min

POTD
QOTD: How much time are you dedicating to studying for your finals? When are you going to study? Where are you going to study? How long can you study before you need a break? What are some things that distract you from studying? What are some of your study methods and techniques?

Share out study techniques - 5min


Study Groups - 15 min
Form 5 groups of 4-5
Each group gets 1 sheet of questions. Download here:

BDMA%20NOTES.pages
Groups uses the 15 min to obtain the correct answers.

Presentations - 5 x 5 min 25 min
One representative will present the correct answers to the group
Record each groups answers

Drop a copy of your study sheet in my drop box. Name it “YOUR NAME_TEST ANSWERS”

Work Check In - 20 min
Complete work from your assignment list to earn the highest possible grade. Any work turned in after Monday January 11th will not be accepted!

Jeopardy! 35 min

A DMA version of the classic. Always a fun way to regurgitate material.

1.6.10 - The List

Warm up - 10min

P.O.T.D.
Q.O.T.D.: Have you ever been behind in your classwork? What have you had to do to make up assignments (e.g. stay after school, ask for help, stay up all night)? How did that work out (i.e. did you get the grade you wanted)?

Assignment Checklist - 30min

Evaluate your work for the quarter.
Download the following checklist and use it to evaluate your own performance this quarter:

BDMA%20Assignment%20Checklist.pages

-How many assignments did you complete (out of the 15 listed)? Based on this what do you think your grade will be?

Copy and paste this checklist to your blog as "assignment checklist" when complete. Use any remaining time to study or complete assignments.

1.5.10

Warm Up - 10min

POTD
QOTD:
Have you ever taken a final exam B4? What study strategies did you use? Were they effective? Who taught you how to study? Do you feel uneasy about tests? Why do you think that is?

Downloads of the day:
- Favorite Magazine or Book Cover (for review, optional if you already did one)
- a barcode

Part 1: Final Exam Update - 10 min
- Distribute Test Questions Study Guide
Format
part 1 - multiple choice (all questions may be on test)
part 2 - project based (prezi + photoshop & illustrator)

Part 2: Prezi Review 20 min
- Logging in
- Creating New
Zooming in/out
Place
Media
Text
Frame
Line
Path
Screenshot

TASK:
Create a basic prezi that incorporates the following:
text
frames
lines
media/image
a path

TAKE A SCREENSHOT (CMMD + SHIFT + 4) AND POST TO YOUR BLOG

Part 3: Complete Magazine/Book Cover or review/study for test - 60 min

Last week was: Too strict with the Magazine cover. The whole finding fonts part and trying to match up the pixels was way too intense.

Instead:

---------REMOVING BACKGROUND------------

Use photoshop to remove the background from your cover model (yourself). Export the image as a gif to preserve transparency. (review for test)

- take a picture of yourself in photo booth
- drag your image to the desktop and close photo booth
- open image of yourself in photoshop
- in your toolbox double click the hand tool
- make a duplicate layer

- in your layers window mute the bottom layer (turn off the eye)
- (optional step: go to Image>adjustments>Levels and adjust your lighting)
- from your toolbox select the magic wand tool or quick selection tool
- with your magic wand or QST click on the background of your image, if you want more of your background to be selected, INCREASE the - - TOLERANCE, or use the quick selection tool and short bursts to select more of the background
- delete your entire background, you should see the checkered background representing transparency.
- (optional step: in your toolbox use the crop tool to remove some of the extra space around your portrait.)
- Time to save. Go to File>Save for Web & Devices
- Change to GIF and SAVE to your desktop (DO NOT CLOSE PHOTOSHOP, just minimize it)
you can now drag your saved image into your Illustrator document at any time!

------------------------OPEN YOUR MAGAZINE COVER IN ILLUSTRATOR--------------------

Before you add that image to illustrator let’s first open your mag cover in illustrator and set up some guides.

- drag your mouse from the side and top ruler to create a new guide line (blue line)
- drag these above, below and to the side of any text that you see on your magazine cover

---------( OPTIONAL ADD A BACKGROUND COLOR)----------

- from your toolbox choose the rectangle tool (m)

- choose a fill color

- draw a rectangle that covers your entire background

-------------------------FONTS AND TEXT---------------------------

Look at the fonts used on the original cover. What colors, sizes and how many different styles of font were used? Use the same or similar styles on your cover. You can choose to use real headlines from current events, or fake one that you just made up!

-----------------FINAL TOUCHES-----------------

- add your bar code
- add the Price, issue and date