Sunday, February 22, 2015

Photo Editing





Assignment Title: Getting the Look I Want
Uses in the Classroom: Using copyright friendly photographs, students will modify photos to create web graphics for their web portfolios and websites. Students can use to reflect the project they are assigned to visually represent what they are trying to say.  For example, in the animated GIF above I chose to reflect my favorite comics as a kid.  I have gone to see every blockbuster move that has come out in theatres.  A connection that I can make with my students and also a good segue into using copyright friendly pictures reflect a point in an appropriate way.  Specifically in my Web Development class, students create three web graphics for a customer in the mid-term project.  One is where they are provided with a landscape image of grass and trees.  They have to find images to manipulate and use the tools in GIMP to create an advertising graphic image to be posted on the website. 
Issues to Consider: Time and equipment. Searching for copyright friendly pictures  may take a bit of time as well as positioning in the animated gif.    
Copyright: All photographs were taken from www.flickr.com

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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Infographics


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Assignment Title: Skills Employers Seek Infographic
Uses in the Classroom: Students will appraise their patterns of time management using habit 3 Putting First Things First and create an infographic reflecting their time in groups of one. This would be an excellent activity when teaching life skills to students where they can visualize their use of time. I teach a seminar class where we focus on career planning using the text "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens". This activity would show my students how they use their time to adjust for success. 
Issues to Consider: Play with different infographic sites to find the most user friendly.  Also ensure saving, embedding, or linking activity is/is not linked to registration and/or login.
Copyright: All images in the infographic are provided by easel.ly. Data for the infographic was provided by the article LinkedIn Study Reveals the Skills Employers (Really) Want
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Monday, February 9, 2015

Instructional Video




Assignment Title: Marketing 101:Marketing Concepts
Uses in the Classroom: 
Students will identify marketing concepts and illustrate their use by creating a poster examining a target market characteristics and using magazine, assemble a person using products they would use in groups of three.
Issues to Consider: Time to find copyright appropriate images and creating the videos for lessons.
Copyright: Haiku Deck was used to create the presentation.  Per their FAQ page all images used for background carry a Creative Commons License.

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Sunday, February 1, 2015

Digital Storytelling


Assignment Title: What Happened?
Uses in the Classroom: Using copyright friendly music and photographs students will create digital stories about their products they have chosen to market.  Students will also develop scripts for vocal narrations of their digital stories.
Issues to Consider: Time and equipment. Searching for copyright friendly pictures and music may take a bit of time as well as positioning music in movies.  
Copyright: 
All photographs used from www.pixabay.com
All music used from www.ccmixter.com




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