- Put your headphones on.
- Watch Design Power tip 3: The Power of Empty Space
- Be Awesome for the Sub.
- Classes with a great report get +300 XP
- Classes with any negative comments get nothing and students named in comments will take damage.
- Finish your Presentation from the first day of class, remembering:
- Design Power Tip 1: Keep it simple
- Design Power tip 2: Supersize it!
- Design Power tip 3: The Power of Empty Space
- SHOW don't tell!!!!
- Finish with Create your first Design in Photoshop (Follow Along and do what they do!)
- The files are zipped. YOU MUST UNZIP THEM TO USE THEM!!!
- Check out Illustrator!
- Finish Intro to Illustrator (Follow Along and do what they do!)
- The files are zipped. YOU MUST UNZIP THEM TO USE THEM!!!
- Watch this to understand when to use what - Or - watch my video Raster vs. Vector... or both if you're really cool...
Complete these exercises for Classcraft XP. Sigh in and save your finished work.
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Design Power Tip 1: Keep it simple
- Getting Started
- Design Power tip 2: Supersize it!
- Design Power tip 3: The Power of Empty Space
- Design Power tip 4: Design on a Square Grid
- [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.