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Today's question: Have you included groups and components in your teen center? What did you make?
 * Date || Activities ||
 * Wednesday January 13 2010 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Demonstrations: A. We will review animating and exporting projects. B. Ms. Romney will demonstrate how to send files within the SmartSync system.

YOUR TEEN CENTER SHOULD BE POSTED ON YOUR WIKI AND SENT TO MS. ROMNEY BY THE END OF CLASS.

2. Worktime || No first up. Get right to work on your project
 * Tuesday January 12 2010 || FIRST UP:

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO WORK ON YOUR TEEN CENTER.

AGENDA: 1. Independent Worktime: Teen Centers 2. Share Out: Be prepared to show your work to the rest of the class. || Today's question: No first up today. Get right to work on your project.
 * Monday January 11 2010 || FIRST UP:

THE DEADLINE FOR THE TEEN CENTER HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO END OF CLASS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 11TH.

AGENDA: 1. Independent Worktime: Teen Centers 2. Share Out: Be prepared to show your work to the rest of the class. || Today's question: What small objects and details have you or do you plan to include in your design?
 * Friday January 8 2010 || FIRST UP:

THE DEADLINE FOR THE TEEN CENTER HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO END OF CLASS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 11TH.

AGENDA: 1. Independent Worktime: Teen Centers 2. Share Out: Be prepared to show your work to the rest of the class. || Today's question: What do you have to do to complete your teen center?
 * Thursday January 7 2010 || FIRST UP:

TEEN CENTERS ARE DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 8th.

AGENDA: 1. Independent Worktime: Teen Centers 2. Share Out: Be prepared to show your work to the rest of the class. || No first up today. Short class. TEEN CENTERS ARE DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 8TH.
 * Wednesday January 6 2010 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Independent Worktime: Teen Centers 2. Share Out: Be prepared to show your work to the rest of the class. ||
 * Tuesday January 5 2010 || WELCOME BACK! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

FIRST UP: Today's question: Did you make a new year's resolution? If yes, what is it? If no, why not?

AGENDA: 1. Discussion: We missed a few classes before the holidays because of the snowstorm. Let's take a few minutes to catch up and find out how everyone is doing on their projects. 2. Independent worktime: Teen Centers 3. Share out: Be prepared to show your work to the rest of the class. || Today's question: How did you make your building into a two-story building?
 * Friday December 18 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: Independent Worktime: YOUR DESIGN FOR THE TEEN CENTER IS DUE ON DECEMBER 22ND!!! || Today's question: We made a list of things that you may want to include in your teen center. Which ones have you chosen?
 * Thursday December 17 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Final Project Review: We will review the final project requirements together. 2. Demonstration: Creating a two-story building. We will ask students to share their tips and tricks. 3. Independent Worktime 4. Share Out || Today's question: What are the four requirements for your final project? You can find the answer on the SketchUp Project Guidelines Page.
 * Wednesday December 16 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Final Project Review: We will discuss the final project requirements together. 2. Demonstration: Ms. Romney will demonstrate how to import a Google Earth snapshot into Sketchup. 3. Independent Worktime 4. Share Out || If you have not made a new page for your first ups, please do it today. Give it the title "December First Ups". Create a new table for your questions and answers. Today's question: Have you finished the writing assignment for today? If not, please print it out and write it for homework tonight.
 * Tuesday December 15 || FIRST UP:
 * Please prepare your sketchup project #4 for display. We will be taking a gallery walk with the smart board.***

AGENDA: 1. Gallery Walk: Amazing Student Projects 2. Presentation: SketchUp Final Project: Create a Teen Center for the Neighborhood Ms. Romney will show students her example center placed in Google Earth. 3. Teen Center Brainstorm: What sort of things would you like to have in a teen center? Let's come up with a list together. 4. Individual Worktime 5. Share Out || If you have not made a new page for your first ups, please do it today. Give it the title "December First Ups". Create a new table for your questions and answers. Today's questions (2) : What do you have to do to finish the inside of your house? Have you created the bed, the closet, and the dresser yourself?
 * Monday December 14 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: This class will be split into two parts: 1. Independent Worktime: You may use the first 45 minutes of class today to finish the interior of your house.

2. Writing Assignment: Please download the following questions about the projects that you have created with SketchUp so far. Write your answers in the document and print out a copy for Ms. Romney by the end of class today.

|| If you have not made a new page for your first ups, please do it today. Give it the title "December First Ups". Create a new table for your questions and answers. Today's question: When you want to import an image into your project, what are the two different options that you can use?
 * Friday December 11 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Independent Worktime: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO WORK ON ASSIGNMENT #4, THE INTERIOR OF A ROOM. Please be sure to look at the Sketchup project guidelines page to view the requirements. Make sure that you have uploaded it to your wiki as a JPG and as an AVI file- this project must be animated!! 2. Gallery Walk: People have been creating amazing stuff. Let's take a look. || If you have not made a new page for your first ups, please do it today. Give it the title "December First Ups". Create a new table for your questions and answers. Today's question: What are the three objects that you must make yourself for Assignment #4? You may want to take a look at the Sketchup Project Guidelines page.
 * Thursday December 10 || FIRST UP:

1. Demonstration: Importing photos as textures. 2. Independent Worktime: ASSIGNMENT #4, INTERIOR, MUST BE COMPLETED BY TOMORROW, FRIDAY DECEMBER 11. 3. Gallery Walk || No first up. Get right to work on your SketchUp project.
 * Wednesday December 9 || FIRST UP:

1. Demonstration Review: Animating and Exporting your SketchUp project. 2. Independent Worktime: ALL STUDENTS SHOULD BE WORKING ON THEIR INTERIORS. 3. Gallery Walk || If you have not made a new page for your first ups, please do it today. Give it the title "December First Ups". Create a new table for your questions and andswers. Today's question: If you want to make multiple copies of an object and still be able to change some of them, should you make a group or a component?
 * Tuesday December 8 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA:

1. Independent Worktime. Ms. Romney will assist students as needed.

2. Gallery Walk: Be prepared to show your work to the rest of the class. || If you have not made a new page for your first ups, please do it today. Give it the title "December First Ups". Create a new table for your questions and answers. Today's question: How many groups and components should you have in your drawing for assignment #3?
 * Friday December 4 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Demonstration: The Follow Me Tool. Students will demonstrate how to use this tool to create round 3D shapes. 2. Demonstration Review: Animating your Sketchup project.

2. Review of requirements for assignments #3 and #4. 3. Independent Worktime. || If you have not made a new page for your first ups, please do it today. Give it the title "December First Ups". Create a new table for your questions and answers. Today's question: What can you make with the follow-me tool?
 * Thursday December 3 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA:

1. Demonstration Review: Animating your Sketchup project.

2. Review of requirements for assignments #3 and #4. 3. Independent Worktime. ASSIGNMENTS #1,2,AND 3 SHOULD BE FINISHED AND POSTED ON WIKISPACES BY THE END OF CLASS TODAY. 4. Gallery Walk || If you have not made a new page for your first ups, please do it today. Give it the title "December First Ups". Create a new table for your questions and answers. Your question for today: How many video guides should you have completed up to this point?
 * Wednesday December 2 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: Independent worktime. If you have not received your progress report, please see Ms. Romney.

Here are our video guides once again:

[|SketchupVideoGuide#4.doc] [|SketchupVideoGuide#3.doc] [|SketchupVideoGuide#2.doc] || Please make a new page for your first ups. Give it the title "December First Ups". Create a new table for your questions and answers. Here's your first question for December: What is the name of the tool you can use if you want to make an object turn around and face the other way?
 * Tuesday December 1 || FIRST UP:

6. Gallery Walk
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 * Monday November 30 || WELCOME BACK!

FIRST UP: Please fill out your progress check worksheet and return to Ms. Romney.

AGENDA: 1. Review of assignments #2 and #3. 2. Independent Worktime. 3. If you are finished with your house and with the groups and components assignments, please watch video #4 and complete the video guide. 4. Students who are ready to move on to Assignment #4 will meet with Ms. Romney individually. 5. Gallery Walk: Let's see what everybody has created! || Please tell me: Which of the following video guides do you still need to complete: Sketchup Video Guide #1, #2, #3, #4? Which of the following Sketchup Projects do you need to complete: #1- Basic Shapes, #2- House, #3-Groups and Components, #4-Interior? !!!BE SURE TO UPLOAD THEM TO YOUR WIKI ON YOUR 3D DRAWING PAGE!!!
 * Tuesday November 24 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Independent worktime:

a. Video Guides: Each of you are working on a different assignment. Please ask me for help if you need it.

Here are the video guides once more:

[|SketchupVideoGuide#4.doc] [|SketchupVideoGuide#3.doc] [|SketchupVideoGuide#2.doc] [|SketchupVideoGuide.doc]

b. Assignments: Please see the Sketchup Project Guidelines to your left. If you are ready to begin assignment #4, please see me.

2. Gallery Walk!! || Please tell me: What is the difference between a component and a group?
 * Monday November 23 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Demonstration: Animating your sketchup projects 2. Review of Assignments 1, 2, 3: please be sure to watch the "rotate" and "components" videos 3. Introduction to Assignment #4: follow me (Ms Romney will meet with students who have finished the first three assignments) 4. Worktime 5. Please reserve the last ten minutes of class for a gallery walk. You are making amazing stuff! Let's admire each other's work! ||
 * Friday November 20 || I will not be in today.

Your substitute will give you your assignment for today.

Please clean up after yourselves.

thanks Ms. Romney || Please tell me: How many items are on the list of requirements for assignment #2? You can find out by looking at the Sketchup Project Guidelines page to your left.
 * Thursday November 19 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Demonstration: animating your sketchup project

2. Introduction to assignment #3: components

3. Video + Video Guide: Please watch the "rotate" and the "components" videos (You can find them inside the folder titled Sketchup Toolbar Videos on your desktop) and fill out this video guide: [|SketchupVideoGuide#3.doc] When you have finished the guide, please print it for me and save it to your wiki.

3. Independent Worktime

4. Gallery Walk: please be prepared to show your work to the rest of the class. || Please tell me: What did you think about your neighborhood tour yesterday? How did you feel about mapping one thing? What did you notice?
 * Wednesday November 18 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Discussion: our neighborhood walk. 2. Worktime: Sketchup Please finish assignments #1 and #2 and upload them to your wiki. || Please tell me: How many shapes should you have created for our first sketchup assignment? What tools should you have used to create them?
 * Tuesday November 17 || Neighborhood Walk: We will be touring and mapping the neighborhood today. ||
 * Monday November 16 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Discussion: Scents and the City 2. Videos: Selection Tool, Eraser, and Scale. You will be divided into 3 groups. Watch ONE of these videos and fill out your video guide. We will circulate around the room and learn about the other two tools from our fellow students. [|SketchupVideoGuide#2.doc] 3. Demonstration: Create a new project page for SketchUp. Rename your old project page to read: Photoshop Projects. 4. Review of Assignment #1, Description of Assignment #2 (Please visit the Sketchup Guidelines page to your left) 5. Independent Worktime 6. Gallery Walk || Please visit this webpage: [|smell-map] You can use the nose to move around the map and read about each neighborhood. In your blog, please tell me: What are five of the smells that you can find in the West Village (#9)?
 * Friday November 13 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Discussion: Scents and the City 2. Demonstration Video: Creating a basic house. Components, Shadows. 3. Worktime 4. Gallery Walk || What are the names of the three most basic tools that you need to learn how to use in Sketchup?
 * Thursday November 12 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. Video guide: If you haven't finished watching and writing about the first three sketchup videos, you must finish today. 2. Demonstrations: a. Opening Sketchup and creating a new file. b. Opening the large tool set. c. Using the freehand drawing tool. d. Painting a surface. e. Exporting an image f. Saving a project

3. Worktime- Basic Sketchup Shapes Assignment. Your first project should include the following: a. At least __four__ 3D forms, one of which has been created with the freehand drawing tool. b. All shapes should have cutouts in them. c. All shapes should be painted. d. Export your image as a .jpg (select 2D image) e. Save your project as a sketchup model (.skp) f. Upload your picture file to your project page on your wiki.

Here is an example: || Take another look at the memory maps we made yesterday (they are on the wall) and tell me five things that you see in most of the maps and five things that can only be found in one or two of them.
 * Tuesday November 10 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA:

1. Presentation and Discussion: What is a map? (If you missed class, you can look at the presentation here)

2. Google 3D introduction

3. Google 3D Sketchup: Please watch the introductory videos #1, 2, and 3 (they are in a folder on your desktop titled "Sketchup Videos"). Open the following document and answer the questions as you watch. Please print out your answers AND post them on your wiki. [|SketchupVideoGuide.doc]

4. When you have completed the video guide, please explore Sketchup. Make some basic shapes and cut them out. ||
 * Monday November 9 || WELCOME TO QUARTER TWO!

FIRST UP: On your first up page in your wiki, please tell me: "What do you see in this picture? What is it a picture of?" IDK is not an acceptable answer. Use your imagination!

AGENDA: 1. Presentation and Discussion : Maps. What are they supposed to show? What kind of stuff usually ends up on a map?

2. Memory Maps: Using the paper and pencils provided by Ms. Romney, draw one of the following subjects FROM MEMORY: a. Your way from home to school b. The places that you walk to in the neighborhood of BFA c. Places that you walk to in your own neighborhood

Here is an example:

We will present our maps to everyone in small groups and discuss them. What is similar? What is different?

3. Introduction to our new project: Creating Better Cities with Google Sketchup || Please put your magazine cover on display in preparation for Ms. Romney to come around and assess your work.
 * Thursday November 5 || FIRST UP:

AGENDA: 1. You should be finished with your magazine cover. Please download the following document and answer the questions about your magazine. [|magazine cover reflection.doc]

2. If you are finished with both your magazine cover and your reflection, please meet with Ms. Romney to discuss your progress report and decide what work you need to make up.

FIRST QUARTER GRADES CLOSE ON FRIDAY.

3. Individual Worktime ||
 * Tuesday November 3 || HURRAY! WE CAN ACCESS WIKISPACES AGAIN! HURRAY!

FIRST UP: No First Up today. Get right to work on your magazine covers.

AGENDA:

1. Today is the last day to finish your magazine cover. Ms. Romney will be circulating to help as needed. If you don't finish during class, remember to come after school!

2. Please upload the .psd and a .jpg of your magazine to your projects page.

3. If you have finished your magazine cover, please download the following: Written Assignment: Magazine Cover Reflection. Please write about your own magazine cover using this template: [|magazine cover reflection.doc] When you have finished writing, please print out your reflection AND save it to your documents page on your wiki.

4. Progress Check: Please check to see that you have completed all of the assignments for Quarter 1. We will use Thursday and Friday as make up days. ||
 * Thursday October 22 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 5: Advertising

FIRST UP: Please tell me two articles that are going to appear on your magazine cover.

AGENDA: 1.Most students have not finished their magazine cover analysis or their magazine cover brainstorm. Please do not begin working on your magazine cover until you have completed both of the above assignments. 2. Review: magazine cover examples. We will look at two magazines together and discuss the questions. 3. Worktime: Please begin creating your magazine cover. 4. Share Out ||
 * Wednesday October 21 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 5: Advertising

FIRST UP: I know that these things can change because we just began brainstorming, but tell me: What is the name of your magazine? Who is the target reader of your magazine?

AGENDA: 1.Written Assignment: Magazine Cover. Choose one of the covers from the Magazine Cover Examples page (to the left) and use this template to answer questions about the magazine cover:

2. Project Review: Magazine Covers 3. Worktime 4. Share Out ||
 * Tuesday October 20 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 5: Advertising

FIRST UP: Take a look at these two magazine covers. Tell me 5 things that are similar and 5 that are different about these images. Think about the design of the magazine, the content, and the audience. AGENDA: 1. Discussion: Magazine Covers. 2. Introduction to our next assignment: Creating your own magazine cover. We will look at examples and read about the assignment. 3. Magazine Cover Brainstorm: Use the provided worksheet to come up with ideas for your cover. 4. Worktime: Begin creating your magazine cover. 5. Summary: Q & A about the assignment. ||
 * Monday October 19 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: Self-Portraits

FIRST UP: Please tell me what you need to finish to meet standards on the self-portrait assignment in this class. The following work must be completed with good craftsmanship in order to meet standards: 1. Rotoscoped Self-Portrait: You should have three different versions, all saved as jpegs and psds and uploaded to your projects page on your wiki. 2. Reflection: Your reflection should be saved to your wiki AND printed out for Ms. Romney

AGENDA: 1. Worktime: Today is the last day to work on this project. If you have not finished, you will have to come to coach class. See below for the requirements: 1. Rotoscoped Self-Portrait a. You should have three different versions, all saved as jpegs and psds and uploaded to your projects page on your wiki. b.Please save your images at 8" wide by 6" tall and 150 pixels resolution/inch (see the photo for Tuesday October 13) 2. Reflection a. Please download the document below and save it to your folder. You may type your answers directly into the document. b. Save it and upload it to your reflections page on your wiki. c. Print out a copy and give it to Ms. Romney ||
 * Tuesday October 13 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: Self-Portraits

FIRST UP: Please prepare your self-portraits for display for our gallery walk. Choose your favorite version, open it in Photoshop, and make the image as large as possible.

AGENDA: 1. Gallery Walk: Choose two student's work that you would like to comment on using the provided gallery walk prompts. 2. Wikispaces: Please save your images as .jpgs and upload both the .jpgs and the .psd documents to your projects page. go to image>image size and set the width to 8 inches and the resolution to 150 pixels/inches. See below: Upload both the jpegs and the psds to your projects page. I CANNOT ASSESS YOUR PROJECT IF IT IS NOT ON YOUR WIKISPACE.

2. Reflection: Please download this file: [|rotoscopeportraitreflection.doc] Please follow the instructions at the top of the page. When you have finished writing your reflection, please print it and upload it to your reflection page. ||
 * Monday October 12 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: Self-Portraits

FIRST UP: No first up today. Please get right to work on your project.

AGENDA: 1. Progress tracker/ Howls: It's that time again! How do you think you are doing? 2.Worktime: Ms. Romney will circulate and help students who need it. 3. Gallery Walk: Please put your self-portrait on display so that everyone can see it. We will circulate and discuss the images. ||
 * Friday October 9 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: Self-Portraits

FIRST UP: What do you still have to do to finish your self-portrait? What do you plan to accomplish before you leave class today?

AGENDA: 1. Progress tracker/ Howls: It's that time again! How do you think you are doing? 2.Worktime: Ms. Romney will circulate and help students who need it. 3. Gallery Walk: Please put your self-portrait on display so that everyone can see it. We will circulate and discuss the images. ||
 * Thursday October 8 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: Self-Portraits

FIRST UP: Yesterday, we looked at paintings created by Kehinde Wiley (see below). I showed them to you so that you might begin thinking about how you are going to design the backgrounds for your self-portraits. What colors do you think you are going to use for your background? What sort of pattern are you going to create?

AGENDA: 1. Progress tracker/ Howls: It's that time again! How do you think you are doing? 2.Worktime: Ms. Romney will circulate and help students who need it. 3. Gallery Walk: Please put your self-portrait on display so that everyone can see it. We will circulate and discuss the images. ||
 * Wednesday October 7 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: Self-Portraits

FIRST UP: Take a look at this photo. This is an image by Kehinde Wiley 1. Please describe what you see. 2. What sort of feeling or mood do you get from this image? 3. How do you think the artist created it?



Agenda: 1. We will take look at the work of Kehinde Wiley 2. Demonstration: using the pen tool, the eyedropper, and the paintbrush to trace hair, skin, clothes 3. Worktime 4. Gallery Walk: Be prepared to share your work with the rest of the class. ||
 * Monday October 5 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: Self-Portraits

FIRST UP: What are the names of the three tools that we have been using to draw over our photographs?

Agenda: 1. Demonstration: noses, mouths, and hair 2. Worktime 3. Gallery Walk/ Share Out ||
 * Friday October 2 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: Self-Portraits

FIRST UP: Take a look at this still from the movie "Through a Scanner Darkly". How did the filmmakers make this animation?

Agenda: 1. Demonstration: the pen tool, the eyedropper, layers (animation of layers) 2. Worktime 3. Gallery Walk/ Share Out ||
 * Thursday October 1 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: Self-Portraits

FIRST UP: Please describe the steps you need to take to make a clipping mask of a word. (hint: it is in the video!)

Agenda: 1. Review/Gallery Walk: Clipping Masks Please put your name or word that you have created using the clipping mask tool on your desktop. We are going to walk around and take a look at them. 2. Video: "Through a Scanner Darkly" 3. Rotoscope Examples 4.Demonstration: the pen tool 5. Photo Session 6. Worktime 7. Share Out ||
 * Tuesday September 29 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: The Language of Persuasion

FIRST UP: "What Photoshop tools could the artist have used to create this image?

Agenda:

1. Debrief from yesterday: what did everyone do? 2. demonstration: clipping masks 3. Worktime: create a clipping mask of your name. Please see video for instructions. 4. Ms. Romney will be conducting one-to-one meetings with students. 5. Gallery Walk ||
 * Thursday September 24 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: The Language of Persuasion

FIRST UP: "1. Please name one brand name thing that you own or would like to own. 2. List some positive things that people might think about you if you had it or wore it. 3. List some negative things that people might think about you if you had it or wore it. 4. Why do you think people would think those things about you?"

Agenda:

A. Video- Frontline: the Merchants of Cool We will watch the video and complete the accompanying video guide.

B. Discussion- What did you learn from the video?

C. Worktime: Photoshop Please go to the project guidelines page and look at the requirements for project #2. Have you created all four images and uploaded them to your wiki?

D. Share Out || September 23 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 3: The Language of Persuasion
 * Wednesday

FIRST UP: "Please list and DEFINE three types of ways that advertisers may try to persuade a person to buy their products. Give examples. (You may need to revisit the definitions posted around the room)"

Agenda:

A. Photoshop Demonstration: 1. Create a new folder on the desktop. All of your work should go into this folder. 2. Saving files in Photoshop- different image file types

B. Worktime If you haven't finished the first exercise (cutting out the cat and the mouse and pasting them on the winter scene), please do that first. Then, your assignment is to: 1. Choose at least three photos to work with 2. Cut the images from their original photos and paste them on your new background. Use the magic wand or the magnetic lasso. 3. Add drawing and text. 4. Save as a .jpg and upload the image to your documents page on your wikispace. Ms. Romney will circulate and help as needed.

C. Share Out: Gallery Walk ||
 * Tuesday, September 22 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 2: Deconstruction

FIRST UP: "How do you decide what to wear when you aren't at school? Do you look at magazines or videos or talk to your friends? How would you describe your style?"

Agenda:

A. Time to track our Progress! Take the time to mark where you are so far on our learning targets and on the HOWLS.

B. Reading: The Language of Persuasion We will learn about different ways that advertisers try to convince us to buy their products.

C. Photoshop Demonstration: 1. Create a new folder on the desktop. All of your work should go into this folder. 2. Saving files in Photoshop- different image file types

D. Worktime If you haven't finished the first exercise (cutting out the cat and the mouse and pasting them on the winter scene), please do that first. Then, your assignment is to: 1. Choose at least three photos to work with 2. Cut the images from their original photos and paste them on your new background. Use the magic wand or the magnetic lasso. 3. Add drawing and text. 4. Save as a .jpg and upload the image to your documents page on your wikispace.


 * ARE YOU UP TO DATE? CHECK YOUR WORK WITH THE PROJECT GUIDELINES PAGE*

E. Gallery Walk Please leave your images up on your desktop. We will take the last five minutes of class to walk around and view your hard work. ||
 * || Media Criticism and Creation Part 2: Deconstruction

FIRST UP: "Why is it a good idea to use layers in Photoshop?"

Agenda:

A. Take a look at this ad. We will deconstruct it together:

B. Review: Be prepared to come up and show your classmates what you know! We will review how to create new layers, arrange them, delete them, and save an image.

C. We will look at examples of different types of collages made with Photoshop.

D. Ms. Romney will demonstrate two new tools: the magic wand and the magnetic lasso. She will also demonstrate how to change image sizes.

E. Worktime: Collage Practice 1. Find the Photoshop Extras page on this wiki. 2. Download the three images to your my pictures folder on your desktop- the cat, the mouse, and the snow scene. 3. Open the "winterwonderland" image in Photoshop. Use your window controls to make the image window fit the photo. Leave it up, but don't change it now. 4. Open the "mouse" image in Photoshop. Use the magic wand to remove the background. 5. Paste the mouse into the winterwonderland image. 6. Open the "cat" image in Photoshop. Use the magnetic lasso to select the cat. 7. Paste the cat into the winterwonderland image. 8. Use the text tool to write something on the image. 9. Flatten the image: go to layer> flatten image. 10. Save the image as a jpeg and upload it to your wiki. Congratulations!

Want to know more about each tool? visit this wiki to learn what each tool can do:

[|photoshop tools wiki]



F. Gallery Walk: Please put your photos up on your desktop. We will take the last few minutes of class to walk around and see what everyone else has done. ||
 * Friday September 18 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 2: Deconstruction

FIRST UP: Look at this ad. What is the "text"? What is the "subtext"? Please answer the following questions about this ad on your REFLECTION page. Copy the photo to your page as well. This is going to be a long first up!

1. What do you see? Describe everything you see in the ad: words, images, colors, etc. 2. Who made this ad? Why? 3. Who is their target audience (who do they want to look at this ad)? 4. What can you infer about the boy and the girl? (How do you interpret the meaning of this image?) 5. What part of the story is not being told?

Agenda:

A. Review: Photoshop Basics We will use the smartboard to review how to open an image, draw on it, and save it to my documents. Please be prepared to come up and show us your expertise!

B. Demonstration Ms. Romney will demonstrate how to create new layers, rearrange them, and delete them. She will also demonstrate some VERY useful shortcuts.

You can also review layers by watching the video entitled "Intro to Layers" on your desktop.

C. Worktime: Create your own layered images. 1. You may use the images in our stock photo files 2. Create an image that includes text and drawing on at least three different layers. 3. Save it to my documents: go to file> save as> my documents> select the .jpg format > give the file a unique name >save. 4. Upload your file to your documents page on your wiki.

Want to know more about each tool? visit this wiki to learn what each tool can do:

[|photoshop tools wiki]



D. Gallery Walk: Please put your photos up on your desktop. We will take the last few minutes of class to walk around and see what everyone else has done. ||
 * Thursday September 17 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 2: Deconstruction

FIRST UP: Can you remember? What is the difference between "text" and "subtext"? Don't write "I don't know"! Ask your neighbor!

Agenda:

1. Self-Assessment: Social Media. How do you feel about your learning so far in this class? Chart your progress. I will add my notes and return them to you on Friday.

A. Review: "text" and "subtext": Take a look at this ad. What is the "text"? What is the "subtext"? Let's deconstruct this ad together: 1. What do you see? Describe everything you see in the ad: images and text. 2. Who made this ad? What are they trying to sell? 3. What other things could this ad be saying?

B. Photoshop Interface Tour: Please fill out your Photoshop vocabulary sheet as we go through the interface.

C. Demonstration: How to view the tutorials on your desktop. (Sorry, for this week, the tutorials will not be posted on the class page. You can find them on your desktop.)

D. Worktime:

Photoshop Exercise #1 (Please watch the Introduction to Photoshop video on your desktop) 1. Find the folder "Stock Photos" on your desktop. 2. Look through the photos to find one that you want to work with. 3. Open the photo in Photoshop. 4. Use the text tool to write on your photograph. 5. Use the pencil or the paintbrush tool to draw on your photograph. 6. Save the picture as a .JPG file 7. Upload the JPG to your documents page on your wiki.

If you have finished Exercise #1, you can do the following exercise:

Photoshop Exercise #2 (please watch the Intro to Layers video on your desktop) 1. Choose a different photo from the "Stock Photos" folder on your desktop. 2. Open the photo in Photoshop. 3. Create two new layers: one that has a drawing on it, and one that has text. 4. Save the file as a PSD (photoshop) file 5. Upload the PSD file to your wiki.

E. Share Out We will take a short gallery walk to see what people have been doing. Found any special tricks? Now's your time to show off!

Thank you! ||
 * Tuesday September 15 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 1: What is beauty?

FIRST UP: Yesterday, we looked at many different quotes about beauty on thinkexist.com. Which one was your favorite? Why?

Agenda:

1. Self-Assessment: Social Media. How do you feel about your learning so far in this class? Chart your progress. I will add my notes and return them to you on Wednesday.

A. Take a look at this ad. What is this ad telling us? B. Reading: Text and Subtext C. Discussion: We will revisit this ad and discuss: What is the text? What is the subtext?

D. Videos: Dove Beauty Advertisements We will compare two videos from Dove. We will deconstruct them (take them apart) during discussion.

E. Writing: Deconstructing Media Choose one of the Dove videos to write about. Using the provided questions, please type an essay in Microsoft Word. When you are finished, please print out one copy for Ms. Romney AND upload the document to your documents page on your wiki.

F. Photoshop Tour We will tour the Photoshop Interface together

G. Explore Time You can use the rest of class time to play with Photoshop. ||
 * Monday September 14 || Media Criticism and Creation Part 1: What is beauty?

FIRST UP: Please describe something you saw or did over the weekend that was beautiful. Why was it beautiful?

Agenda:

1. Self-Assessment: Social Media. How do you feel about your learning so far in this class? Chart your progress. I will add my notes and return them to you on Wednesday.

A. We will look at a variety of photographs and discuss beauty. What do you find beautiful? Are there different kinds of beauty?

B. Demonstration: Inspiration software to open up Inspiration, go to start> programs> inspiration.

C. Working in pairs, we will create mind maps using Inspiration software. Please create 20 different bubbles that end this sentence: "Beauty is...."

D. Please visit the website [|thinkexist.com] to look for quotes from famous people that you can add to your map. Be sure to credit the author.

E. Save your mind map to your computer- we will work with it tomorrow!

F. Introduction to Photoshop: Ms. Romney will project Photoshop on the overhead and describe the interface. Students will fill out the accompanying worksheet.

G. Students will explore Photoshop independently.

H. Q & A ||
 * Friday September 11 || How will we communicate with each other? Part 7: Growing Up Online

FIRST UP: No first up today.

Agenda:

A. Video- Frontline: Growing Up Online We will watch the final three sections of this documentary and discuss them.

B. What issue do you think is the most important?

C. Group Work: Public Service Announcements Students will work in groups of three to create posters about one of the above issues.

D. Presentation/Gallery Walk: Public Service Announcements Each member of each group will be responsible for presenting their posters to one of three audiences. We will have a gallery walk.

E. De-brief: Q & A about the gallery walk experience. || FIRST UP: How is a profile- an online space- similar to and different from other parts of the world that are your own, like your bedroom, school locker, or diary?
 * Thursday September 10 || How will we communicate with each other? Part 6: Growing Up Online

Agenda:

A. Video- Frontline: Growing Up Online We will watch three sections of this documentary and discuss them.

B. Quickwrite: On the reflection page of your wiki, please respond to the following question:
 * We have talked about internet safety every day for the past week. We have discussed the following topics: passwords, constant texting, spreading rumors, nude photos, prying into other people's pages, online bullying, and online fighting. Which do you think is the most important? Why? Give examples and support your opinion.

C. Group Work: Public Service Announcements Students will work in groups of three to create posters about one of the above issues.

D. Presentation/Gallery Walk: Public Service Announcements Each member of each group will be responsible for presenting their posters to one of three audiences. We will have a gallery walk.

E. De-brief: Q & A about the gallery walk experience. ||
 * Wednesday September 9 || How will we communicate with each other? Part 5: Wikispaces

First Up Question: (Be sure to answer this question on YOUR first up page): How often are you online? What percentage of the time do you think you spend: Doing homework? Chatting with friends? Updating your profile? Playing games? Surfing/Looking up stuff you're interested in? Downloading?

Agenda: WORKTIME. Today is the last day that we will set up our wikispaces in class. Please take a look at the Project Guidelines page to see what you need to complete in order to meet standards on your basic wikispace set up project. ||
 * Tuesday September 8 || How will we communicate with each other? Part 4: Cyberbullying, Wikispaces

First Up Question (Be sure to answer this question on YOUR first up page): Have you ever been in the situation where texting went from sweet to annoying or possibly overwhelming? How did you handle it?

Agenda:

A. Videos: Text Me, Whatever Hollywood We will watch two short videos about texting and discuss

B. Demonstration: How to Add to a discussion for a page

C. That's not Cool discussion board: Please visit the page "That's Not Cool" and add your comments to one of three topics- Constant Messaging, Privacy Problems, or Rumors.

D. Demonstration: Wikispaces. Project Guidelines: Please check the Project Guidelines page to see what your personal wikispace should include up to this point.
 * How to read a string of computer instructions (what does > mean?)*

Task Checklist: 1. Change your domain name: all domains should begin with bfatech(yourname). -go to your wiki > manage wiki > domain name > change domain name 2. Change msromney from a "member" to an "organizer" - go to your wiki > manage wiki > members > actions > make organizer 3. Editing Tables / adding and removing rows from tables - go to your first up page > click on your table > click on the little table icon found on the right side of your table > click on row > add or remove row 4. The Editor Bar -On your home page, create a link to our class wiki. If you are in the first block class, create a link to bfatechnology1.wikispaces.com. If you are in the fourth block, create a link to bfatechnology3.wikispaces.com. -Add photos (appropriate for school) to your home page.

E. Worktime F. Share Out ||
 * Monday August 31 || Let's get to know each other!

1. Questions for the Teacher 2. All About You Survey 3. Syllabus Review 4. Homework: Parent signatures on syllabus ||
 * Tuesday September 1 || How will we communicate with each other? Part 1: Social Networking

Syllabus forms due today 1.Reading activity: Your Online Image a. Three Circles b. small group activity: Scenario Analysis c. Scenario skits/improv Presentations 2. Video- Wikis in plain English: media type="custom" key="4292319" ||
 * Wednesday September 2 || How will we communicate with each other? Part 2: Social Networking

Please return your signed syllabus if you have not done so already 1. Computer Assignment and Orientation 2. Technology Survey- Please click on the link below: [|tech survey] 3.. Introduction to Wikispaces- username and password distribution ||
 * Thursday September 3 || Let's try this again!

Please return your signed syllabus if you have not done so already

First Up Question: 1. How many passwords do you have? 2. What do you use them for? 3. How do you remember them? 4. Do other people know your password?

Agenda: 1. Technology Survey- Please click on the link below:

2. Demonstration: Wikispaces Task 1: please sign in to wikispaces using your provided username and password. Change your password: go to:myaccount>about you>change password Task 2: Create a new wiki for yourself: go to:create new wiki 1. name your wiki: bfa(yourfirstname)blog 2. change permissions to protected 3. choose K-12 education as your blog type Task 3: Personalize your wiki:go to: manage wiki>settings>look and feel 1. change your theme 2. select your colors Task 4: Create a new page for your first up entries: go to:new page 1. name your page "First Ups" (don't worry about tags) 2. Create a 2 column, 30 row table for your page. 3. Title the left column "date" 4. Title the right column "questions" Thank you! 5. Worktime 6. Share Out || Friday September 4 || How will we communicate with each other? Part 3: Social Networking

First Up Question: 1. Can you remember what we learned yesterday? a. What do you have to do to create a new wiki? Where? b. Where do you have to go if you want to change the way your wiki looks?

Agenda:

1. How Strong is Your Password Quiz 2. Reading: Managing Your Password 3. Demonstration: Wikispaces 4. Worktime: Task 1- Create the following new pages for YOUR wiki: Projects Reflections Documents Task 2- Invite a New User Go to manage wiki> members Scroll down to "invite" and invite msromney THIS STEP IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR YOUR WORK.

Task 3: Getting Tricky with Wikis Choose at least two tricks to personalize your wiki.

Task 4: Reflection On your "Reflections" page, please answer the following questions: 1. what do you like about Wikispaces so far? 2. Is there anything that you wish that you could change about it? 3. How do you feel about your understanding of the following tasks: a. creating a new wiki b. creating a new page c. adding users d. changing your password e. communicating by email f. using the editor bar g. entering information on a new page h. changing the appearance of the page 4. Do you feel that you might need extra help to get your wikispace page up and running? ||