- Make sure you're logged into Google apps.
- Open your portfolio from last year (Blogger / Google Site / Weebly).
- If you don't have one, go to Blogger, Weebly, or Google Sites through your Google Apps dashboard to set one up.
Agenda:
- If you were confused or lost last year in class or not even here, Go do a "design basics" project to get started:
- Programming Basics (Game Design / Programming)
- Visual Design Basics (Graphic / Fashion / Publishing / Concept art)
- Technical Drawing Basics (Sustainable Design / Concept Art / Interior Design)
- Game design basics (Game design)
- If you were a pro last year and you're ready to pursue an independent study, Work on a project from the list below or request one from your own highly-motivated technology-obsessed heart:
- Graphic design
- Game design
- Coding & Programming
- Fashion Design
- Sustainable design
- Interior design
- Video & Multimedia Design
- Digital Illustration and Concept art
- Lost? "What should I be doing right now???"
- You may need to sign up for some stuff depending on what you are doing. Always look for a "sign in with Google" button or use your Google Apps email address during sign up.
- Objectives:
- [14] You will familiarize yourself with a host of online applications for productivity and creativity.
- [15] You will plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
- [16] You will select and use computer applications effectively and productively.
- [17] You will apply existing knowledge to create original works to complete a project.
- [22] You will observe social norms established in online environments for the good of the community in your digital communications (Netiquette).
- [5] You will use observations of examples of effective and ineffective design to develop strategies to improve communication, sustainability, and useability.