Proj #5 - Activities for Mon, Oct 30

1. Include a link to your Web Album in your blog.
2. Include captions under your photos in Web Albums indicating the sources of each photo (Creative Commons, scanned, or taken yourself).
   
3. Complete the project by 5:00 PM.

Proj #5 - Activities for Fri, Oct 27

1. Review MYP terminology in Evaluate rubric
2. Continue work on project.

HW: Work on other DF sections as needed.

Proj #5 - Activities for Wed, Oct 25

1. Review MYP terminology in Plan and Create rubric
2. Discuss what needs to be in a DF entry and what is not needed.
3. Work on Design section of DF.
4. Discuss Creative Commons.
5. How does it work?
6. Do you need to cite?
7. Take photos as needed.
8. Work on project

HW:

1. Complete the Design section of your DF.
2. Work on other DF sections as needed.

Proj #5 - Activities for Mon, Oct 23

1. Review everyone’s project.
2. Discuss scanning. Resolution for printing and for the web.
3. Review basic adjustments in Picasa
4. Straighten
5. Crop
6. Adjust Color
7. Adjust Contrast
8. Sharpen
9. Discuss the use of the scanner.
10. Scan
11. Crop
12. Save in Common
13. Move to your home directory.
14. Review project specs.
15. All photos on one topic.
16. Make sure photos are available in Creative Commons.
17. Review MYP terminology in Investigate and Design rubric

HW:

1. Complete the Investigate section of your DF.
2. Scan your photo.

Proj #5 - Activities for Fri, Oct 20

1. Discuss results of Project #4.
2. Why were some articles removed or heavily edited?
3. Is Wikipedia a useful and reliable source of information?
4. Describe the basics of using the digital cameras.
5. Turning on and off.
6. Leave the memory cards in.
7. Taking the photos—composition, flash, focus, orientation. Use the viewfinder, not the LCD.
8. Take photos in class for 5-10 minutes.
9. Download photos to your directory. Use the Wizard to delete after downloading and save in your home directory.
10. Import photos into Picasa.
11. Edit photos using Auto Contrast, Crop, Effects (BxW and Sharpen).
12. Export final photos to Picasa Web Albums
13. Publish one photo to your blog in the Investigate section of your design folder.

HW:

1. Bring in photos to scan on Monday.
2. Continue work on the design folder.

Proj #5 - Project Description

Digital Graphics Project — #5

Create a library of graphics using Picasa Web Albums. Your library should have at least one scanned photo, two photos from a legal online source such as Creative Commons, and two photos that you have taken yourself. Edit the photos using Picasa so that they are all 4” x 6”. At least two should be in color and two in black-and-white. All of the photos should be on one particular topic.

Document your work in your blog, and upload your photos to your blog. Keep a design folder for this project in your blog. Each post should have “Project #5” and the section of the design folder in the title to make it easy to identify (e.g. Project #5 Investigate). Proper spelling and clear writing style are important. Your blog should have five posts for the design folder (one each for investigate, design, plan, create, and evaluate). Refer to the MYP descriptors to understand what is expected in each section. The project will be evaluated based on the MYP technology rubric.

The project is due on October 30.

Proj #5 - Activities for Mon, Oct 16

Project #5

1. Describe the project
2. Research Picasa. Learn to use the basic editing features: Crop, convert to black-and-white, Sharpen, adjust contrast and color
3. Research Picasa Web Albums.

HW:

1. Decide on the subject for your project and put it in your blog.
2. Complete the “Plan” section of your Design Folder.

Proj #4 - Activities for Wed, Oct 11

1. Complete project.
2. Use proper formatting for your wiki entry.
3. In your Evaluation be sure to review your Plan and compare to what actually happened.
4. In your blog include the link to your wiki entry.

Proj #4 - Activities for Mon, Oct 9

1. Continue working on project.
2. Review drafts with me before posting.
3. Work on Design Folder

Proj #4 - Activities for Fri, Oct 6

1. Try out the sandbox in Wikipedia.
2. Read the article on the Wikipedia sandbox at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox.
3. Continue working on project.
4. Continue working on your Design Folder

HW: Continue working on project according to your plan.

Proj #4 - Activities for Wed, Oct 4

1. Everyone should have an account on some wiki by the end of class.
2. Review what Wikipedia is and is not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not and discuss.
3. Complete first draft of your article during class. This should be written as an MS Word document.
4. Continue working on project.
5. Continue working on your Design Folder

HW: Continue working on project according to your plan.

Proj #4 - Activities for Mon, Oct 2

1. Review everyone’s topics.
2. If the topic has not been selected, then work to develop one and make a blog entry.
3. Discuss Plan section of design folder and work on blog entry to lay out a day-by-day plan
4. Review each student’s plan before continuing.
5. Continue with project according to plan.
6. Review evaluations on project #3.

HW: Continue working on project according to your plan