- Put your headphones on.
- Watch Design Power tip 3: The Power of Empty Space
Agenda:
Design Application
- Finish Beginning Graphic Design in Photoshop
- Use the videos to learn Photoshop
- Follow Along and do what they do!
- NO, REALLY! DO IT!!
- Design Power tip 2: Supersize it!
- Design Power tip 3: The Power of Empty Space
- Design Power tip 4: Design on a Square Grid
- Check out Illustrator!
- What can I do with it???
- How do I open it??
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Intro to Illustrator (Follow Along and do what they do!)
- Follow these directions to learn how to unzip files if you forgot.
Teacher Guided
- Classcraft Setup
Objectives:
- [1] You will learn & apply problem solving skills related to computer, application and network problems (FLEXIBILITY & ADAPTABILITY).
- [2] You will use online resources, such as the agenda, wiki, and videos, to guide & initiate your work (INITIATIVE AND SELF-DIRECTION).
- [3] Your work will remain focused on the tasks at hand and try to solve your own problems with the online resources and your seat partner (PRODUCTIVITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY).
- [5] You will use observations of examples of effective and ineffective design to develop strategies to improve communication, sustainability, and useability.
- [6] You will use the relationship between color, typography, layout, and tone to design for a specific audience and purpose.
- [7] You will employ good typography and color theory to design for impact and readability.
- [8] You will create and deliver an effective presentation, using Show & Tell techniques, such as the Pecha Kucha method.
- [19] You will use Creative Commons Search to find images, music, and more to modify adapt and build upon in your project. You will know how to apply a creative commons license to your own work (this is necessary if you use resources that are licensed "share alike")
- [20] You will familiarize yourself with the workings of copyright and how they apply to what you post online.