October
31,
2010
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john D. from los angeles, CA
Photoshop is a great tool but, adding Illutstrator to the mix will really cover all the bases. Photoshop is for photo editing/manipulation, while Illustrator is for drawing and doing more "hand-work". The difference between Photoshop and Illustrator is that photoshop uses pixels (the dots that make a printed image) while illustrator uses vectors ( equations), what this means, is that in illustrator you can take a shape or a drawing you made and enlarge it as big as you want without any distortion unlike photoshop where if you enlarge something too much, you will start to see the blown-up pixels.
Ideally you would have both. illustrator for drawing and photoshop for photo editing. Both sofware are compatible ( you can use open the same file on both programs! The new version of Illustrator has some amazing new features such as the ability to illustrate everything in perspective, and it also has a tool to convert flat objects into 3D ones. SO COOL!!!
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October
25,
2010
By:
kathy m. from kalamazoo, MI
My video computer art class students work in teams to come up with a final video around the concept of 'A Curious Mind', which was a topic that was suggested by a former student teacher of mine. The point of the project is to have each group decide on a concept which is currently unprovable / unsolvable that they would like to try and create a video around. Topics such as 'is there intelligent life in outer space', 'how was Stonehenge built', 'are dreams doorways into other realities', 'is there life after death', are a few that these groups have tried to portray in their videos (which typically run about 3-4 minutes). The students need to come to an agreement about their idea, decide how they want to go about presenting it as a video, storyboard the steps indicating the types of shots they will be using (the shooting of the video is primarily done in school), use of effects that will be incorporated (we use iMovie HD), as well as use of stills, sound track and text. To be successful, the videos need to successfully pose the group's premise in regards to the question being addressed and make the film visually interesting to watch (as well as appropriate to the audience and setting - a caveat that I find necessary to have them be mindful of on a regular basis). We have had some pretty interesting results over the past years.
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October
25,
2010
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sudha s. from Bryn Mawr, PA
What a great idea! How easy is that, with the border and them inserting pics? Sometimes technology in the classroom is a little behind the times. I would love to know more!
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October
25,
2010
By:
Elizabeth R. from South Saint Paul, MN
There were probably several soda bottlers in your area back in the "old days". We have about a dozen in a 50 mile radius and there were some cool designs back in the 30's , 40's and 50's. Checkout your local museum and consult some senior citizen about their pop memories and perhaps you can do a compare/contrast of old/new pop logos
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October
22,
2010
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James I. from St Paul, MN
I have created a website to guide my graphic design class.
We use a program called GIMP. it is a freeware program that emulates photoshop pretty closely. The nice thing is that students go home and can use it for free.
Feel free to use this website or share it with your students.
It shows how to download the program and use it from the beginning.
opengraphics.weebly.com
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October
22,
2010
By:
James I. from St Paul, MN
I would check out State Farm Insurance or Allstate Insurance as they often fund service learning programs and offer grants to have high school students come teach your students about the issues you mention, like drinking and driving. The high school students could interview the students about those social ads and ask them why they think the way they do about the social ad.
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October
17,
2010
By:
Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY
I am going to have to do this Doodle for Google by myself I can't get any help oh well. I think it will be a good thing to help kids understand that only six entries will be forwarded, that's kind of real life competition....wish me luck!
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October
17,
2010
By:
Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY
If you are planning to teach a lesson on logo design this article is a great resource.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/weekinreview/31marsh.html?src=twt&twt;=nytimes
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October
17,
2010
By:
Geoff B. from Brookfield, CT
This sounds like a wonderful lesson.
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October
17,
2010
By:
C. Ezekiel O. from Muskegon Heights, MI
Mid-term exams, parent / teacher conferences, grading policy, amended grades, failing students. These are the perennial issues that plague the little time given to us for prep. Has anyone had the initiative to design a post to display the hours of availability [amongst other variables] that would offer the invasion of prep to a lesser degree. If you are affected by such a scenario then please correspond with possible resolutions.
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