Assignments


 * Aug. 29- Sept. 7 Learning to Blog**
 * **For directions on how to create your blog, go to my "Learning how to blog" page.**


 * Sept. 8-9 Creating a Voki**
 * Use the website @http://www.voki.com/create.php
 * Create your voki and save him or her to your flashdrive


 * Sept. 10 - 21** Webinar on **Creating a wiki** using **Wikispaces**
 * Creating a wiki
 * Who invented the first wiki?(Video)
 * Inventor of the first wiki....his life story
 * Students create a wiki of themselves as a student at McCaskey
 * Students each select a teacher from MIT and create a teacher wiki for them. This will be an ongoing assignment all year.
 * Look at some of the very creative and exceptional examples of teacher wikis
 * 8 ways teachers can use Wikis
 * Great link on tutorials in wikispaces

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 * Sept. 28- Oct. 9 Lessons on creating a Glogster**
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 * Directions for creating a edu.Glogster in a Powerpoint [[file:Glogster_Drections.ppsx]]
 * If you can't open the Powerpoint, you can go to my Glogster tutorial pageand view another tutorial.
 * You can also go another website to view another tutorial Glogster
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 * Now that you learned how to create a Glogster, you will create your own Glogster
 * After creating your own Glogster, create a Glogster for your teacher wiki. Your teacher will be impressed and happy to see something new added to their wiki!!!
 * Great teacher glogs
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 * Oct. 12- Nov. 6** Create an **online portfolio in Dreamweaver**
 * Go to Advanced Dreamweaver to find assignments for Ad**vanced Dreamweaver**
 * Go to **Creating pdf files **for a tutorial on how to change your files to a pdf for your online portfolio Now that you reviewed how to create a website using Dreamweaver and how to create pdf files, create a website of your projects,including a resume, cover letter and synopsis about themselves.
 * Create an **Online Portfolio**that you could send to colleges or employers.
 * Home page which **introduces your purpose**for this online portfolio
 * Page with your **cover letter**
 * Page with your **resume**
 * Page that **showcases your projects**
 * [[file:Portfolio site.doc]][[file:Portfolio Rubric.docx]]
 * Uploading your Website


 * Nov. 9- Nov. 25** Lessons on **Adobe Flash, software that creates animation**
 * Learning Flash: Look in the Flash page for my lessons


 * Dec. 1 - Dec. 15 Learning Illustrator**


 * Learning Goal: To learn the difference between a vector and raster graphic.**
 * What is the difference between a ** vector **and ** raster graphic **
 * Read pgs. 56 and 57 (**Desktop Publishing with Digital Graphics**)
 * Show example in Photoshop with **2 shapes/rasterize** the one
 * Read pgs. 198-200 to look at raster images

Scale:
 * Lessons** from **Desktop Publishing with Digtal Graphics Book**
 * Learning goal:T**o learn how to use Illustrator to create drawings, logos, and web banners utilizing the many tools, including the pen tool.

What is ** Illustrator **? Read pgs. 292-294 > >> >> >> >>
 * Learning the **toolbar. pgs. 295-300** (2 circles and a star)
 * Learning goal: To learn what the tools are in the toolabox and what they are use for.
 * Creating a 3D sphere
 * Create a **pacman. pgs. 301-302**
 * **Learning goal**: To practice using the drawing tools to create a pacman.
 * Create a **crayon box. pgs. 303-310**
 * **Learning goal**: To use the drawing and text tools, learn how to use the direct selection tool, duplicate an image and work with the color and swatches palettes
 * Making an **eyeball. pgs. 311-316**
 * **Learning goal:** To learn to work with the gradient palette, group items and use the transparency palette.
 * Creating a **flag.** **pgs.317-323**
 * **Learning goal:** To learn how to use the blending options to create duplicate shapes or to morph from one shape into another and to distort an image using the Make with Mesh tool under the Envelope Distort, adding a drop shadow for an effect.
 * Creating a **lightbulb. pgs.324-329**
 * **Learning goal:** To learn how to create a shape with text inside by using the Pathfinder palette, use drop shadow, create a text path, and use the gradient tool, envelope distort and drop shadow.


 * Practicing what you have learned: **
 * **Prepare an Illustration for Publication. pg. 331**
 * **Learning goal:** To independently create an illustration used in an **advertisement for an arts and crafts magazine**.
 * Use your crayon box and the following tools:
 * Gradients
 * Warped text
 * Text path
 * Transparency for a reflection
 * Drop shadow
 * Requirements:
 * Start with a 81/2 by 11 portrait size for a magazine ad
 * Use your crayon box
 * Create at least 2 sketches
 * Add 2 more crayons to the front row and add a back row, all in different colors. Add effects such as reflections and shadows.
 * Add a new label with warped text reading "Now More Colors"
 * Print this with your name


 * Using the Pen Tool **


 * Learning goal: To learn how to use the scanner to import a sketch, to create a trace in illustrator and then use the Pen Tool to create a duplicate. To change a raster into a vector graphic.**
 * **Website** with lessons Using the pen tool
 * **Cartoon creation directions**
 * **Find a photo of a cartoon.**
 * **Bring it into Illustrator using Place**
 * **Change the opacity to 50%**
 * **Create a new layer**
 * **Use the pen tool to outline the cartoon, fill should be off and should be black.**
 * **Fill in the areas with color.**
 * **Print out your cartoon which is now a vector graphic.**

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 * Create a text on **lab safety** and use it for a **poster** with in imported jpg **pgs. 350-357**
 * **Learning goal:** To learn how to apply a Live Trace to convert a raster graphic to a vector graphic. To learn how to create 3 dimensional text.
 * Using **Live Paint**
 * Give demo using a shape and the instructions
 * Using Live Trace and then coloring in with Live Paint
 * Find a **photo of a car**, use live trace in black and white and use Live Paint to color it in to match the car


 * Project: Computer Fair Logo**
 * Learning goal:**To use Illustrator to create a logos for the PA computer fair..
 * Create a **logo for the computer fair .**
 * **Look at last year's logo.**
 * **Read pg. 71 in Desktop Publishing Book.**
 * **Create a sketch of your logo for next year's PA computer fair.**
 * **Scan it and use the pen tool to create the logo.**


 * Creating a 3D Product **
 * Learning Goal: ** To learn how to create a 3D model for a product with a logo, to use traccking for the space between characters, use Expand to save the grouping, and add symbols to the label with a map.


 * Create a **label with a logo for a beverage on a can pgs. 359-373**


 * Project: Web banner and Home page in Dreamweaver**
 * Learning goal:** To use Illustrator to create a logo and web banner,
 * Directions for web banner


 * Dec. 23** **Learning Photoshop CS4** and **differences** from Photoshop Elements
 * Learning Photoshop CS4: Look in the Photoshop CS4 pagefor the lessons
 * Free tutorialsfor Photoshop CS4
 * watermarks
 * Tutorial on Masking (print form) [[file:Photoshop Clipping Masks Essentials.docx]] or link to tutorial on masking


 * Page on links to photoshop tidbits


 * Creating Animations


 * Assignment on Typographic Portraits and Cartooning




 * Jan. 4- Jan. 29** **Learning Adobe Fireworks CS4**
 * Learning Fireworks CS4: Look in the Fireworks CS4 page for my lessons


 * Feb. 1-3** **Learning Photo Web Gallery**
 * Students learned how to take photos and put them into a gallery in Photoshop CS4
 * [[file:Creating a Web photo Gallery using Photoshop CS4.docx]]for creating the gallary
 * This album was put into a Powerpoint or a website in Dreamweaver, but did not look very professional and was not possible to edit.


 * Feb. 4- 9** **Learning Adobe Bridge** and **embedding** the **Gallery** into Dreamweaver
 * Learning Adobe Bridge: Look in the Bridge pagefor the lessons
 * Students create a college website in Dreamweaver(simple 2 page site)
 * Students embed the gallery into Dreamweaver ...looks very professional compared to Photo Web


 * Feb. 16-March 4**
 * Students will work on projects for the **computer fair**on March 4
 * Projects include advertising posters for the fair, Flash that used graphics to depict a song, Dreamweaver websites, and a tutorial showing how to create a cartoon-like character using Photoshop CS4.


 * March 8- April 5 Learning In-Design**
 * Students learned the difference between sans vs. sans serif.
 * Learning this desktop publishing software uses many of the same tools that Photoshop CS4 has because it is an Adobe product. Look in my **InDesign** page for the lessons.


 * April 8-April 20 Learning Prezi**
 * This is a presentation tool, much like Powerpoint, but is online and is free.
 * Students will use the tutorial and create a Prezi presentation . Look on my Prezi page for the tutorial and assignments.


 * April 26-May 6 What is CSS in Dreamweaver?**
 * Look on my **Dreamweaver CSS **page for directions
 * Students will use my directions and their Introduction to Web Design book to learn about websites and forms.
 * They will create a website showing CSS and diferrent forms