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Friday, August 29th

8/29/2025

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Periods 1 & 3
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Image Transfer & Workflow
2. About Bridge
3. Proofing
​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, Proofing


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Quizlets, Quiz Thursday
2. Breakout
3. Making Sprites (wall, ball, bat & barrier)
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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Thursday, August 28th

8/28/2025

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Periods 1 & 3
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Image Properties
2. Demo: Starting the Ill Dog
3. Tomorrow
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
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Demo: Vector Repair
3. Review Thumbnails & Rough
4. Review Setting up to Vector, Getting Rough In
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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Wednesday, August 27th

8/27/2025

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Periods 1 & 3
What are we learning today?
1. Copyright
2. File Types, WB, Selection Tools
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 5
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Rasters vs. Vectors (Part 2) From 9:55 on
2. Review Pixels, Resolution, Google
3. Discuss Finishing, Checking & Turning in the Vector
4. Discuss Importing the drawn Rough to the Computer
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)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Tuesday, August 26th

8/26/2025

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Periods 1 & 3
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
8. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Adjusting Color Temperature, Combining Photos, Resizing


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Rasters vs. Vectors Part 1 (through 9:55)
2. Review checking the Ill Dog & Turning it in, Pixels, Resolution, Google
3. Vectrix
4. Demo: Setting Up an Ai File
5. Demo: Vectoring the Inner Ear (Second Video)
6. 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
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Monday, August 25th

8/25/2025

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Periods 1 & 3
​What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Smartphones Vs. Cameras
2. Review Pixels, Resolution, Portraits, Google, Bar, Select
3. Demo: Making a Selection a Cutout
4. 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
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Smartphones vs. Cameras


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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Friday, August 22nd

8/22/2025

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Periods 1 & 3
​What are we learning today?
1. Review Pixels Resolution, Portraits, Camera Use, Google
2. Demo: Making a Selection (if Ps works) or Logo Design
3. Demo: Making a Selection a Cutout (if Ps works) or Sketching Thumbnails
4. Slides: Portraits
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 Cutout, Portraits


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Adobe
2. Slides: Game Basics
3. Demo: Starting the Illustrator 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
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Game Basics
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Thursday, August 21st

8/21/2025

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Periods 1 & 3
What are we learning today?
1. Review
3. First Project
4. Pixels
5. Resolution
6. Finding an Image on Google
7. Slides: Before You Shoot
8. Using the Camera & Cards
9. Importing Pictures
10. 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
11. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Portraits, Before You Shoot, Importing Photos


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Adobe
2. Slides: Game Basics
3. Demo: Starting the Illustrator 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
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Game Basics
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Wednesday, August 20th

8/20/2025

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Periods 1 & 3
What are we learning today?
1. Laptops, Care & Insurance
2. Website, Blog, Schoology
3. Pre Test
5. First Project
6. Pixels
7. Resolution
8. Finding an Image on Google
​7. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Setup
     - Log in to Adobe
     - Setup Schoology
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
8. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Laptop Insurance, Course Syllabus


Period 5

What are we learning today?
1. Laptops, Care & Insurance
2. Website, Blog, Schoology
3.  Course Syllabus
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Setup
     - Log in to Adobe
     - Setup Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Laptop Insurance, Course Syllabus
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Welcome Back!

8/19/2025

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Welcome to the High School
1. Find your Homeroom (7:40)
2. Welcome & Announcements (8:00) Room 418

3. School Photos - Old Cafe & Health Screenings - Annex Gym (9:20)
4. Class Meeting - Auditorium (9:50)
5. Safe 2 Say Training Auditorium (10:20)
6. Back to HR/Health Screenings - Annex Gym (10:50)
7. Guidance Meeting - Main Gym (11:30)
8. Lunch -
Cafe & Commons (12:00)
9. Back to HR/Health Screenings - Annex Gym (2:10)
10. Fire Drill and Dismissal (2:35) 
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    Period 1             8:55
    Homeroom       9:22
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