WEEK 8 - DAY 5

WEEK 8 - DAY 5

QUIZ TODAY - TOPIC is Measuring Barriers to Decision Making

Once you have completed the quiz, create and publish the following blog post to your blog:

POST 8: During week 8 I learned how to use the following tools and ribbons:

• in MS Word - crop shape tool (continued)
• in MS Word - picture style ribbon (continued)
• in MS Word - INSERT - Smart Art - Process(various)

On this post create 2 labels: Week 8, MSWord

Due TODAY:

Please upload the following assignments from this week, in .PDF format into the Google Drive into your shared with me folder:

• Career Collage
• Play Collage
• Decision Making Collage

WEEK 8 - DAY 4

WEEK 8 - DAY 4

Activity 3 - Goals Collage:

The next collage you will be working on will be titled “pathway to achieving your career goals”. You need to identify the steps to take to reach your career goal, should be at least 5 steps. You may need to go to the following site to research career training needed to achieve your goal:

Click here to view Career Cruising link

USERNAME: hamiltonc

PASSWORD: 15980

Step 1: Earn a Bachelor's Degree in Marine Biology or Biology

Duration: 4 years Cost: $80,000.00

Step 2: Complete a Master's Degree Program in Marine Biology

Duration: 2 years Cost: may get a stipend

Step 3: Volunteer for marine programs to earn experience in the field

Duration: 1 year Cost: living and travel expenses

Step 4: Get an entry level job

Duration: 6 months to find work

Step 5: May have to re-locate to East or West coast.

Once you establish your 5 step process you will use the MSWord – Smart Art – Process – tool to represent your pathways to achieving your career goals.

A sample of the assignment will be handed out during class.

TOMORROW's QUIZ: You will be given a hands-on assignment based on the creative and reflective quiz you did last Friday. You will be using your critical thinking and analytical skills to problem solve barriers to decision making.

WEEK 8 - DAY 3

WEEK 8 - DAY 3

Team building day - please report to the computer room for 12:30.

WEEK 8 - DAY 2

WEEK 8 - DAY 2

Today is a catch up day, you should be working on your career and play collage, save your file in .PDF format and upload to the Google drive.

WEEK 8 - DAY 1

WEEK 8 - DAY 1

You are going to duplicate the career collage, but instead of a WORK theme you are going to use PLAY as your theme. You will use the travel themed image you modified in Photoshop as your centre image and the 5 surrounding images should match any 5 of the following criteria:

• HOBBIES and/or INTERESTS:
• FOOD and DRINK:
• BUILDING AND MONUMENTS:
• NATURAL BEAUTY:
• FASHION and SHOPPING:
• CULTURE:
• HISTORY:

As with the last activity you are going to make use of the PICTURE STYLES and CROP TO SHAPE features of MS Word to complete this activity. The instructions for these features of MS Word were a handout in the previous career collage assignment.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES: If you would like to make use of the overlapped look of the images on the sample page, you will need to use the BRING TO FRONT or SEND TO BACK feature. You can access this feature in MSWord by right clicking the mouse when you have selected the image.

A sample of the activity will be given as a handout in class today.

WEEK 7 - DAY 5

WEEK 7 - DAY 5

Today you will be doing a decision making quiz in class, this is a reflective and creative exercise.

Once you have completed the quiz, create and publish the following blog post to your blog:

POST 7: During week 7 I learned how to use the following tools and ribbons:

• in Photoshop - HEALING TOOL
• in Photoshop - LASSO TOOL
• in Photoshop - TEXT TOOL
• in MS Word - crop shape tool
• in MS Word - picture style ribbon

On this post create 3 labels: Week 7 - Photoshop - MSWord

Due today:

Please upload the following to your Google drive shared folder:

Photoshop career focus image in .JPG format.

WEEK 7 - DAY 4

WEEK 7 - DAY 4

Pathway Project – Decision Making Process

To introduce this project we will be listening to a Dr. Seuss classic to get some perspective on the planning and decision making process.

Click here to watch and listen to "Oh, The Places You'll Go!"

In this whimsical rhyme the good doctor covers all the components of decision making:

• Goal setting (making good decisions, finding the right path)
• Making a plan to realize those goals (steps necessary to put plan into action)
• Road block and set backs along the way(how to deal with these)

Our next project will be covering the steps above, with the addition of:

• analysis and deconstruction our goals (reasons why we make the goals we do)

ACTIVITY 1:

STEP 1: Reflecting on your career image, create a list of 5 reasons why you want to pursuit your selected career, include the following:

• your ideal work environment
• a passion or interest
• a natural ability you possess
• a skill you would like to develop or learn
• your desire to work in a group or on your own

STEP 2: Once you have established these 5 points, select 5 images from the Internet that visually represent each point, 1 image per point.

For example: Marine Biology

• Ideal work environment: outside moving around
• Passion: Love being near the water
• Interested: the diversity of living things
• Natural Abilities: very analytically minded
• Skill to Develop: find the research fascinating
• Group or Individual: individual or small group

Tomorrows Quiz: You will be given a creative exercise to complete, it will be guided exercise and you can't study for it. This exercise will be used for next weeks activities that requires some pre-thought.

WEEK 7 - DAY 3

WEEK 7 - DAY 3

Today will be a work period to complete your Photoshop career modification images.

You will be using the 2 Photoshop images to complete a 5 page project.

WEEK 7 - DAY 2

WEEK 7 - DAY 2

You will be continuing to modify your career image and add yourself into the modified image.

There will be a demonstration in class on using the POLYGONAL LASSO and TEXT tools.

WEEK 7 - DAY 1

WEEK 7 - DAY 1

Career Day

Use the Getty images or Google images find a career that you are interested in pursuing. The image should have a simple background with one person in the image. Save the image to the PICTURE library on your computer. Take a photo of you standing in the same position as the person in your photo but against a white background. Download the image to your PICTURE library.

Today you will be using the following tools to manipulate your image in Photoshop:

• ZOOM
• MOVE
• CLONE STAMP
• HEALING

Refer to the class handout for details, a demonstration will be given in class detailing the steps involved in using the HEALING TOOL.

WEEK 6 - DAY 4

WEEK 6 - DAY 4

In lieu of the quiz today you will be required to update your blog with the following post, using the appropriate HTML tags on the post.

POST 6: During week 6 I learned how to:

• open a Photoshop image
• convert a background for a JPG file into a Photoshop layer
• copy a layer
• use the following tools:
  • MOVE
  • ERASE
  • ZOOM
  • CLONE STAMP
• move/copy a layer from one file into another file

On this post create 2 labels: Week 6 - Photoshop

After you finish creating your post, complete your Photoshop travel image, save it in .JPG format, them upload it to your shared Google Drive folder.

WEEK 6 - DAY 3

WEEK 6 - DAY 3

Today you will be merging your travel image with your photograph of yourself.

STEP 1:

• Open yesterday’s “Travel Theme” Photoshop file, you should have 2 layers, one original, one with the person removed.
• Open the photograph you took duplicating the stance of the person you removed from your “Travel” image.

Today you will be using the following tools to manipulate your image in Photoshop:

• ZOOM
• MOVE
• ERASE and ERASE BACKGROUND

Refer to the class handout for details, a demonstration will be given in class detailing the steps involved in merging your images.

QUIZ substitution: Tomorrow, in lieu of a quiz, you will be given a task to complete in your blog.

WEEK 6 - DAY 2

WEEK 6 DAY 2

A young Dutch university student faked a holiday to South East, she included Facebook pics of her being waved off at the airport by her family to kick off her fake-journey. Only, in reality, she promptly returned to Amsterdam via train--to flood her social media with 42 days of Photoshop-tastic pictures of her seeming to snorkel, travel in traditional Thai tuk-tuks, visit Buddhist temples, and sample "authentic" cuisine. Except all of the shots were taken in her own swimming pool or at venues around Amsterdam--and then, of course, altered with magical computer skills.

Click here to view faked vacation

ACTIVITY 1:

Use the Getty images or Google images find a vacation destination that you are interested in visiting. The image should have a simple background with one person in the image. Save the image to the PICTURE library on your computer. Take a photo of you standing in the same position as the person in your photo but against a white background. Download the image to your PICTURE library.

Go to the following website: http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-photoshop-elements-8/ (or google Adobe TV Photoshop Elements 8)

Select GS 11 - Tour the full Edit Interface - watch video (4.56 min) Select GS 12 - Using Tools - watch video (8:14 min)

Write out at least 6 tools that were mentioned in the video and list what they are used for.

WEEK 6 - DAY 1

WEEK 6 - DAY 1

Today you are going to modify your blog to include LABELS, these allow you to easily categorize your posts.

ACTIVITY 1:

Using the handout provided in class, modifying your blog's template to utilize the "Labels" feature.

ACTIVITY 2:

Once you have modified your blog layout to include LABELS, you will be adding the following posts to your blog, use the appropriate HTML tags on your posts:

POST 1: During week 1 I learned how to:

• create a Google Document, make a table, create a flowchart.
• create a Google Spreadsheet.
• create a Google Presentation.
• I demonstrated these skills by creating 3 separate images, one for each app, and included appropriate text in each document.

On this post create 2 labels: Week 1 - Google Apps

POST 2: During week 2 I learned how to:

• Create a blog
• Post to a blog
• Use HTML tags: table, list, paragraph
• I demonstrated these skills by creating a blog, posted to the blog and created simple HTML code to format my text as needed.

On this post create 3 labels: Week 2 - Blogs - HTML

POST 3: During week 3 I learned how to:

• recreate a professional photograph
• identify the 5 principals of photographic composition.
• I demonstrated these skills by selecting professional photographs and recreating these photographs using class mates and myself as models.

On this post create 2 labels: Week 3 - Photographs

POST 4: During week 4 I learned how to:

• identify colour theory on the colour wheel
• identify 6 colour schemes
• the principles of RGB colour images on the computer screen
• I demonstrated these skills by creating a Google document that displayed the colour wheel with descriptive text surrounding the wheel. I also included images of colour schemes and RBG colour theory.

On this post create 2 labels: Week 4 - Colour Theory

POST 5: During week 5 I learned how to:

• Use MS Movie Maker
• Differences between .mp4 and .wlmp format movie files
• I demonstrated these skills by creating a movie using the photographs I recreated in week 3 - 4.

On this post create 2 labels: Week 5 - Movie Maker

WEEK 5 - DAY 5

WEEK 5 - DAY 5

DUE TODAY:

Movie Maker movie uploaded to your Google Drive shared folder in the following format:

• .mp4 format
• and .wlmp format

Your "teacher" Google Document with image and learning style description.

No quiz today.

WEEK 5 - DAY 4

WEEK 5 - DAY 4

Your Movie Maker movie should be complete and ready to be uploaded to the Google Drive, you will need to submit to your shared folder your movie in 2 formats:

• .mp4 format
• and .wlmp format

You also need to submit at least one teacher photo you took yesterday, it should be saved in your folder and included in a Google document. In the 'teacher' Google document, you need to include your photo, and some descriptive text about their teaching style or approach in the classroom. If this is not one of your teachers ask a classmate what they think.

Tomorrow:

NO QUIZ

Your interim reports are due tomorrow, this will provide you with your current mark in the class and allow you to catch-up on any work missed.

Next week:

We will we working on Photoshop, to prepare for this unit, please give a some thought as to what your career goals will be.

WEEK 5 - DAY 3

WEEK 5 - DAY 3

Today you will be putting your final touches on your video, you need to check the following:

• the timing of your video, can the audience read the text in the allotted time
• make certain your colour scheme is consistent throughout your movie
• you should have 7 images and at least 7 title frames
• check your transitions

NEW TASK: Students who have completed their movie will be taking images of the 5 other Continuing Education teachers. You will be given sample images to emulate, each student will be assigned a teacher in class.

WEEK 5 - DAY 2

WEEK 5 - DAY 2

After a short lesson on Movie Maker you will continue working on the last 2 scenes of your movie:

• THINKING: image that represents your mental capacity for learning, is it being challenged, are you confident with your abilities
• GROUP THINKING: include an image from the TGJ40 shared folder taken during the team building activity

So far you should have 6 scenes (a scene must include at least one image and one title slide):

• Opening Scene
• Introduce yourself and your learning goals
• CHANGE: how are you feeling about your re-entry to school life change
• PLACE: finding a quiet place to study
• TIME: your image that best describes your ability to re-organizing life to fit into academic life + description frame
• SOCIAL: your image that represents how you feel about being part of a classroom and school environment + description frame

WEEK 5 - DAY 1

WEEK 5 - DAY 1

After a short lesson on Movie Maker you will continue working on the next 2 scenes of your movie, incorporating your images from last week, you will include an introduction frame then your image:

• TIME: your image that best describes your ability to re-organizing life to fit into academic life + description frame
• SOCIAL: your image that represents how you feel about being part of a classroom and school environment + description frame

From last week you should have 4 scenes (a scene must include at least one image and one title slide):

• Opening Scene
• Introduce yourself and your learning goals
• CHANGE: how are you feeling about your re-entry to school life change
• PLACE: finding a quiet place to study

WEEK 4 - DAY 5

WEEK 4 - DAY 5

The quiz today will be written in class, on paper, closed book, it is a multiple choice, short answer, true/false quiz. You need to study the colour wheel, colour schemes, as well as, the logos that were covered during the CBC - Under the Influence - How Colours make us buy, radio broadcast. You will need to understand the logo colours and how they influence our decisions to buy products.

After the quiz you will continue working on the next 2 scenes of your movie, incorporating your images from last week, you will include an introduction frame then your image:

• CHANGE: how are you feeling about your re-entry to school life change
• PLACE: finding a quiet place to study

WEEK 4 - DAY 4

WEEK 4 - DAY 4

Using the MS Movie Maker software you will begin composing your title and introduction scene for your "back to school" movie, an in class demonstration will be given.

The handout for the Movie Maker interface will assist you with learning the basic software interface:

• menu bar
• timeline
• storyboard
• content pane
• preview monitor
• animation menu
• visual effects menu

WEEK 4 - DAY 3

WEEK 4 - DAY 3

... continue with yesterday's radio broadcast of colour and advertising.

Complete yesterday's activity.

Based on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday lesson, you will be selecting a colour scheme or single colour for each 'scene' in your up-coming movie production. The scenes for your movie are based on the photos you took last week, they are:

• Title Scene
• Introducing yourself Scene - include educational goals
• Time for School Scene - include description, no time to play, busy studying
• Place to Study Scene - include description
• Coping with Change Scene - include description
• Social Setting Scene - include description
• Thinking Scene - include description on your mental capacity for learning

You will need to give some thought as to whether you want to use different single colours for each slide or use an overall colour scheme for your entire production.

ACTIVITY 1: In your WEEK 4 Google document on colour, include what colour schemes or individual colours you plan on using for your movie.