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Friday, January 31st

1/31/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Logo Thumbnails & Rough
2. Discuss Importing the Drawing
3. Slides: Rasters vs. Vectors Part 1
4. Next Week's Photos
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
 
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Rasters vs. Vectors


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Quizlet
2. Slides: Rasters Vs. Vectors Part 2
3. Demo: Vector Repair
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Vector
     - Find an image to vector
     - Get it approved
     - Create a new Ai file & place the image
     - Lock layer 1, create a new layer
     - Vector the image piece by piece
     - Color each piece with the eyedropper tool
     - Save & upload the Ai file to Schoology
   Button
     - Layout the button template in Ai
     - Add a background to the button
     - Make a path & float the text on it
     - Copy, paste & scale vector to fit the button template
     - Add finishing touches & copy & paste one or two more buttons
     - Print the file
     - Use the punch or scissors to cutout the button
     - Assemble the button with the button maker
     - Upload digital file to Schoology as a PDF (File>Save As, change type)
     - Turn in button to bin on desk
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Review Sprite Sizes
2. Slides: Designing With Pixels Part 2
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Breakout
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
     - Program part 1 of Breakout
     - Make a Splash Screen for the logo
     - Make a Game Splash Screen
     - Program part 2 of Breakout
     - Test play the game for any bugs
     - Upload the game to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Thursday, January 30th

1/29/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Google, Pen Tool, Logo Design
2. Slides: Image Properties
3. Logo Thumbnails
4. Digitizing the Rough & Setting Up to Vector
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Image Properties


Period 4
​
What are we learning today?
1. Review Rescaling, Resizing, Res
2. Review Vector & Button
3. Slides: Rasters Vs. Vectors Part 1
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
​   Vector
     - Find an image to vector
     - Get it approved
     - Create a new Ai file & place the image
     - Lock layer 1, create a new layer
     - Vector the image piece by piece
     - Color each piece with the eyedropper tool
     - Save & upload the Ai file to Schoology
   Button
     - Layout the button template in Ai
     - Add a background to the button
     - Make a path & float the text on it
     - Copy, paste & scale vector to fit the button template
     - Add finishing touches & copy & paste one or two more buttons
     - Print the file
     - Use the punch or scissors to cutout the button
     - Assemble the button with the button maker
     - Upload digital file to Schoology as a PDF (File>Save As, change type)
     - Turn in button to bin on desk
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Rasters vs. Vectors


​Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Quiz
2. Slides: Designing With Pixels Part 1
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Breakout
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
     - Program part 1 of Breakout
     - Make a Splash Screen for the logo
     - Make a Game Splash Screen
     - Program part 2 of Breakout
     - Test play the game for any bugs
     - Upload the game to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Wednesday, January 29th

1/29/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Logo Design
2. Demo: Using the Pen Tool
3. Discuss Sketching Designs
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Review Pixels, Resolution, Google, Color
2. Review Using the Pen Tool
3. Slides: Image Properties
4. Next Up... Vector & Button
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot! Quiz Tomorrow
2. Review Sprite Sizes
3. Slides: Designing With Pixels
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Breakout
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
     - Program part 1 of Breakout
     - Make a Splash Screen for the logo
     - Make a Game Splash Screen
     - Program part 2 of Breakout
     - Test play the game for any bugs
     - Upload the game to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Designing with Pixels
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Tuesday, January 28th

1/28/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Copyright
2. Demo: Checking the Ill Dog
3. Demo: Starting the Practice Vector
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
  Color for Emphasis
     - Find a photo from your camera roll to use for the project
     - Install Google Drive on your phone
     - Log into the app with your account (School or Personal)
     - In the camera roll, select the photo & upload it to Drive
     - Log into Drive on you school laptop using the same account as earlier
     - Find the photo and select it on you laptop
     - Download the photo to your laptop
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Copyright


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Quiz
2. Personifying Due!
3. Pixels
4. Resolution
5. Demo: Starting the Practice Vector
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Personifying a Word
     - Choose a word from the list
     - Brainstorm ways that you exemplifying the words meaning
     - Draw four thumbnails of different ideas for your word
     - Develop the best thumbnail into a rough
     - Create your word with type & a simple graphic
     - Save the file a a PDF
     - Upload the PDF to Schoology
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


​Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot! Quiz Thursday
2. Breakout
3. Making Sprites
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Breakout
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
     - Program part 1 of Breakout
     - Make a Splash Screen for the logo
     - Make a Game Splash Screen
     - Program part 2 of Breakout
     - Test play the game for any bugs
     - Upload the game to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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MondaY, jANUARY 27TH

1/27/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Color For Emphasis
2. Demo: Starting the Ill Dog
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
  Color for Emphasis
     - Find a photo from your camera roll to use for the project
     - Install Google Drive on your phone
     - Log into the app with your account (School or Personal)
     - In the camera roll, select the photo & upload it to Drive
     - Log into Drive on you school laptop using the same account as earlier
     - Find the photo and select it on you laptop
     - Download the photo to your laptop
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot
2. Next Project... Illustrator Dog
3. Demo: Starting the Dog
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Personifying a Word
     - Choose a word from the list
     - Brainstorm ways that you exemplifying the words meaning
     - Draw four thumbnails of different ideas for your word
     - Develop the best thumbnail into a rough
     - Create your word with type & a simple graphic
     - Save the file a a PDF
     - Upload the PDF to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Vector Repair
2. Review Thumbnails & Rough
3. Review Setting up to Vector, Getting Rough In
4. Kahoot!
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Friday, January 24th

1/24/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Image Transfer & Workflow
2. About Bridge
3. Demo: Making a Proof Sheet
​4. Next Week’s Photos
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Color for Emphasis
     - Find a photo from your camera roll to use for the project
     - Install Google Drive on your phone
     - Log into the app with your account (School or Personal)
     - In the camera roll, select the photo & upload it to Drive
     - Log into Drive on you school laptop using the same account as earlier
     - Find the photo and select it on you laptop
     - Download the photo to your laptop
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Image Transfer & Workflow, Bridge


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot
2. Next Project... Illustrator Dog
3. Demo: Starting the Dog
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Typeface Search
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
   Personifying a Word
     - Choose a word from the list
     - Brainstorm ways that you exemplifying the words meaning
     - Draw four thumbnails of different ideas for your word
     - Develop the best thumbnail into a rough
     - Create your word with type & a simple graphic
     - Save the file a a PDF
     - Upload the PDF to Schoology
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Rubric, Syllabus


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot, Quizlet
2. Slides: Rasters vs. Vectors Part 2
3. Demo: Vector Repair
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
5. Review/What’s Next
 
Handouts: Rasters vs. Vectors
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Thursday, January 23rd

1/23/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Smartphones Vs. Cameras Part 3
2. Review Color Temp, Rescaling
3. Slides: Resizing
4. Uploading to Schoology
5. Next Up... Color for Emphasis
6. Importing Photos from a Phone
7. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Practice Selection
     - Find an image on Google and download it to your laptop
     - Open the image in Adobe Photoshop
     - Use each of the tools to practice making a selection
     - Covert the background to monochrome
     - Save & Upload the project to Schoology under Practice Selection Assignment
8. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Adjusting Color Temperature, Combining Photos, Resizing, Color for Emphasis


Period 4
What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Review Printing the Cover Page
3. Due Date for Search
4. Slides: Layout Sequence
5. Discuss Thumbnails & Rough
6. Demo: Making the Word in Illustrator
7. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Typeface Search
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
   Personifying a Word
     - Choose a word from the list
     - Brainstorm ways that you exemplifying the words meaning
     - Draw four thumbnails of different ideas for your word
     - Develop the best thumbnail into a rough
     - Create your word with type & a simple graphic
     - Save the file a a PDF
     - Upload the PDF to Schoology
8. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Layout Sequence


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Lesson: Copyright
2. Quizlet
3. Lesson: Logo Design
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Copyright
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Wednesday, January 22nd

1/22/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Smartphones Vs. Cameras Part 2
2. Kahoot
3. Color Temperature
4. Demo: Adjusting Color Temperature
5. Demo: Combining Photos
6. Slides: Resizing
7. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Practice Selection
     - Find an image on Google and download it to your laptop
     - Open the image in Adobe Photoshop
     - Use each of the tools to practice making a selection
     - Covert the background to monochrome
     - Save & Upload the project to Schoology under Practice Selection Assignment
8. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Adjusting Color Temperature, Combining Photos, Resizing


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Review Printing the Cover Page
3. Due Date for Search
4. Next Up... Personifying a Word
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Typeface Search
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
   Personifying a Word
     - Choose a word from the list
     - Brainstorm ways that you exemplifying the words meaning
     - Draw four thumbnails of different ideas for your word
     - Develop the best thumbnail into a rough
     - Create your word with type & a simple graphic
     - Save the file a a PDF
     - Upload the PDF to Schoology
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Rasters vs. Vectors
2. Review Vector Repair, Discuss Pieces
3. Logo Due Tuesday
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
5. Review/What’s Next

 
Handouts: Rasters vs. Vectors
0 Comments Thursday, August 29th8/29/2024
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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. File Types, WB, Selection Tools
2. Slides: Resizing
3. Demo: Resizing
4. Next Up... Color for Emphasis
5. Importing Photos from a Phone
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Color for Emphasis
     - Find a photo from your camera roll to use for the project
     - Install Google Drive on your phone
     - Log into the app with your account (School or Personal)
     - In the camera roll, select the photo & upload it to Drive
     - Log into Drive on you school laptop using the same account as earlier
     - Find the photo and select it on you laptop
     - Download the photo to your laptop
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Resizing, Color for Emphasis


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Review Tools from Yesterday
3. Demo: Illustrator Part 2
4. Printing the Cover Page
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Typeface Search
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
   Personifying a Word
     - Choose a word from the list
     - Brainstorm ways that you exemplifying the words meaning
     - Draw four thumbnails of different ideas for your word
     - Develop the best thumbnail into a rough
     - Create your word with type & a simple graphic
     - Save the file a a PDF
     - Upload the PDF to Schoology
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Image Properties
2. Demo: Vector Repair
3. Review Thumbnails & Rough
5. Review Setting up to Vector, Getting Rough In
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
7. Review/What’s Next


Handouts: Image Properties
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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Smartphones Vs. Cameras Part 2
2. Kahoot
3. Color Temperature
4. Demo: Adjusting Color Temperature
5. Demo: Combining Photos
6. Slides: Resizing
7. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Practice Selection
     - Find an image on Google and download it to your laptop
     - Open the image in Adobe Photoshop
     - Use each of the tools to practice making a selection
     - Covert the background to monochrome
     - Save & Upload the project to Schoology under Practice Selection Assignment
8. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Adjusting Color Temperature, Combining Photos, Resizing


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Review Tools from Yesterday
3. Demo: Illustrator Part 2
4. Printing the Cover Page
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Typeface Search
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
   Personifying a Word
     - Choose a word from the list
     - Brainstorm ways that you exemplifying the words meaning
     - Draw four thumbnails of different ideas for your word
     - Develop the best thumbnail into a rough
     - Create your word with type & a simple graphic
     - Save the file a a PDF
     - Upload the PDF to Schoology
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Lesson: Copyright
2. Review Pixels, Resolution, Google
3. Discuss Finishing, Checking & Turning in the Vector
4. Demo: Exporting the Logo for GameMaker Studio
5. Lesson: Logo Design
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Copyright
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Tuesday, January 21st

1/21/2025

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Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Smartphones Vs. Cameras
2. Review Pixels, Resolution, Portraits, Google, Bar, Select
3. Review Making a Selection
4. Demo: Making a Selection a Cutout
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Practice Selection
     - Find an image on Google and download it to your laptop
     - Open the image in Adobe Photoshop
     - Use each of the tools to practice making a selection
     - Covert the background to monochrome
     - Save & Upload the project to Schoology under Practice Selection Assignment
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Making a Selection, Making a Selection a Cutout, Smartphone vs. Camera


Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Making a Cover Page
2. Demo: Using Illustrator
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Typeface Search
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: How Do I Use Illustrator


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Review Pixels, Resolution, Google Images
2. Demo: Setting Up an Ai File
3. Demo: Vectoring the Inner Ear (Second Video)
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
9. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Friday, January 17th

1/17/2025

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Period 1
​
What are we learning today?
1. Review Pixels Resolution, Portraits, Camera Use, Google
2. Demo: Transferring Photos
3. Demo: Making a Selection
4. Demo: Making a Selection a Cutout
5. Slides: Portraits
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Practice Selection
     - Find an image on Google and download it to your laptop
     - Open the image in Adobe Photoshop
     - Use each of the tools to practice making a selection
     - Covert the background to monochrome
     - Save & Upload the project to Schoology under Practice Selection Assignment
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Making a Selection, Making a Cutout, Transferring Photos


​Period 4

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Things You Should Know...
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Typography Assignment
     - Download the starting file from TechGeek.Pro
     - Create your own text in Illustrator that matches the example
     - Save & upload the file to Schoology
   Typeface Search
     - Obtain and label four sheets of paper
         - 5 Roman, 5 Square (page 1)
         - 10 Sans Serif (page 2)
         - 10 Script (page 3)
         - 1 Text, 9 Novelty (page 4)
     - Cut out examples and glue them into the correct section
     - Print cover page
     - Staple all pages together
     - Turn in Search to bin
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Things You Should Know


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Review Game Basics & Ill Dog
2. Checking the Ill Dog & Turning it in
3. Pixels
4. Resolution
5. Demo: Google Images
6. Demo: Setting Up an Ai File
7. Demo: Vectoring the Inner Ear (Second Video)
8. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
9. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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