Monday, December 21

Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Making the Front of the Card (First Video)
2. Introduce Calendar Project
3. Kahoot!
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Global Levels
     - Open an image in which the entire image is a bit dark or light
     - Use a levels adjustment to fix the light or darkness
     - Save & upload the before & after version to Schoology
    Global Hue & Saturation
     - Open an image in which the entire image is a bit dull
     - Use a Hue & Saturation layer to boost the color
     - Save & upload the before & after version to Schoology
    Blur Overlay
     - Open a photo and apply the blur overlay to it
     - Turn in before & after on Schoology
    Straightening a Crooked Photo
     - Open a photo that is crooked, use ruler tool to start straightening it
     - Turn in before & after on Schoology
    Lens Blur for Depth
     - Open a photo that has a lot of depth and add blur as shown in the video
     - Turn in before & after on Schoology
    Folded Card
     - Research card designs
     - Draw four thumbnails for the inside of the card
     - Layout the card in InDesign
     - Take photos for the alphabet
     - Crop and resize the photos accordingly
     - Add type to the inside of the card
     - Create artwork for the cover in Photoshop
     - Place the Photoshop file into InDesign doc
     - Export the card as a PDF
     - Upload the PDF to Schoology
5. Cleanup
6. Review/What’s Next


Periods 4
What are we learning today?
1. Intro to Our Last Project...
2. Requirements & Grading
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Ad Critique
     - Find a full page ad from print (this can be a Google search)
     - Look through the Principles of Design & jot down ideas of how your ad uses them
     - Experiment with Screencast-O-Matic
     - Make a video explaining how your ad uses the POD’s
         - Must address each of the 6 principles
         - Discuss WHY you feel as you do
         - Video should be at least 45 seconds long (not including silence!)
         - Feel free to include how you would improve the ad
   CD Jacket
     - Choose a band/artist and album
     - Brainstorm ideas for graphics & photos
     - Draw thumbnails for the cover, back, inside & spine
     - Layout the CD framework in InDesign
     - Print the layout & draw rough into it
     - Vector image(s)
     - Take your photo of the product
         - Simple background & strong lighting
         - Try different angles & take extra shots
     - Make a practice selection
     - Make a selection of your photo
     - Compose your type in InDesign
     - Add graphics & photo to InDesign file
     - Export the file as a Print PDF & upload it to Schoology
4. Cleanup
5. Review/What’s Next


Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Intro to Our Last Project...
2. Requirements & Grading
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Ad Critique
     - Find a full page ad from print (this can be a Google search)
     - Look through the Principles of Design & jot down ideas of how your ad uses them
     - Experiment with Screencast-O-Matic
     - Make a video explaining how your ad uses the POD’s
         - Must address each of the 6 principles
         - Discuss WHY you feel as you do
         - Video should be at least 45 seconds long (not including silence!)
         - Feel free to include how you would improve the ad
   CD Jacket
     - Choose a band/artist and album
     - Brainstorm ideas for graphics & photos
     - Draw thumbnails for the cover, back, inside & spine
     - Layout the CD framework in InDesign
     - Print the layout & draw rough into it
     - Vector image(s)
     - Take your photo of the product
         - Simple background & strong lighting
         - Try different angles & take extra shots
     - Make a practice selection
     - Make a selection of your photo
     - Compose your type in InDesign
     - Add graphics & photo to InDesign file
     - Export the file as a Print PDF & upload it to Schoology
4. Cleanup
5. Review/What’s Next