New Projects

Period 1 - Computer Applications

• Students will create a revised schedule/calendar of school events with Pages that will show holidays, test dates, student events, and other important information. They will use sound priciples of design, and will make the files availible in PDF and DOC format, testing for errors.
  
• They will then design a lunch Menu with Pages that will thematically represent dinning on campus
  
• They finally will do a Keynote presentation on what they would change organizationally about the school's bell schedule to improve it, make better use of the time, and keep the student body happy. At the same time, they must provide a solution in preventing fights, truancy, and tardiness. They will tackle issues of whether or not to have an open campus during lunch, etc.

Periods 2 & 3 - Web Design

• Students will create a simple web site using iWeb with previous work done by students in the first and second semester. They will show a page for the Comic Strip project, and the Recruitment Committee logo.
  
• Students will then submit a AppleWorks color palette, topographic map & outline in preparation for a website on their favorite figure(s) or hobby/sport etc. They will then use GoLive to build this site in its entireity with a home page, bio, gallery, FAQs, etc.
• Finally, students will get into groups of four, and do an audio or video podcast on the subject of their choosing. This must be capped at 15 minutes in length, and edited in GarageBand, or iMovieHD, and again, put together with iWeb.
  

Periods 4 & 6 - Graphic Arts

• Students will do three different assignments using mainly Photoshop, but also Illustrator and Painter. They will bring their own personal images, or what will be provided by me for "Photo Painting", which will be followed by "Photo Repair & Restoration", and finally "Trace Drawing, and Colorize".
• Students will bring in their personal images, organize and label them in iPhoto and create an album, book, and a planned slideshow. Then they will import those images into iMovieHD and create a "Ken Burns" presentation for DVD or VHS.
  
• Students will pair up and do a Keynote presentation on their favorite style/genre of art of any medium, with a few names and/or mini-profiles of artists of that style.

These projects should take us to the end of the semester with plenty of work to do, and then some. Remember, classes do your work diligently, and Fridays, minimum days, etc. will become fun days.

Make Up Work

Super Bowl write up
Find a Super Bowl commercial on the internet via Google, and write a paragraph (3 to 5 sentences) on whether or not that commercial influenced you to buy that product. Also, determine whether or not that commercial was even about that product.

MySpace write up
Find an article on any reputable news site about the the controversial online community myspace.com. Write a paragraph summary about the article, leave a web link to the article, and comment if you yourself, or have ever known someone to have been stalked by somebody they met through MySpace. Also, do you leave any personally identifiable information on your profile, i.e. "where you hang out", "what school you got to", not just address or phone number.

E-Locker from Home or Library
From anywhere on campus, or from home take a screen shot of your desktop and upload it to your E-locker. Then download it here and show me. Remember, press the PrintScreen button (sometimes abbreviated as "PrtScr") and paste in MS Word, or MS Paint, save, then upload your account at http://locker.pusd.org . You can also check this previous post.

iLife'06 & iWork'06 Essay
Write an 8 paragraph essay summarizing:

• iTunes
• GarageBand
• iPhoto
• iMovie HD
• iDVD
• iWeb
• Keynote
• Pages

Just remember, at the end of each paragraph, include a sentence stating an equivalent Windows program for the same purpose as those mentioned in the list.

Practice Logos
The tutorials for the practice logos may be found at:
http://www.bertmonroy.com/tutorials/text/25_metalLogo.htm
http://www.swedesignz.com/photoshop/logo
http://biorust.com/index.php?page=tutorial_detail&tutid=28
http://www.biorust.com/index.php?page=tutorial_detail&tutid=19
There are few exceptions to their instructions, so use common sense and ask me, when applying them to your Sparkles Logo & 3 Squares Logo. Remember both of these Logos count as one grade.

Recruitment Committee Logo
Refer to the previous post for their mission statement. Remember the deadline has already past for this project, but turn it in for partial credit.

Remember your grades can be viewed on campus at this site:
Rojos Server