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Standards:
The digital graphics/animation teacher has the knowledge and skills needed to teach the Foundations, Information Acquisition, Work in Solving Problems, Communication strands of the Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in digital graphics/animation, in addition to the content described in Technology Applications Standards I-V. Reflection: At first I thought I would never make it through this class, let alone TATC. I thought that I was in way over my head and miraculously I survived!! Not only did I survive, I found a subject that I love doing and can not wait to teach. I loved using my Adobe programs to create the projects both in digital graphics and animation. Both of these TA subjects were completely new to me and learning their concepts at first was a little challenging. Getting to know the software, Adobe Photoshop was the biggest challenge that I had. Getting acquainted with the tools was the hardest part. I have learned so many new things like how important file size, and file types are, how to work with layers, how to manipulate text, and how to edit and touch up photographs. I didn't know that editing photographs was that easy. This class definitely changed the way I look at photographic images that I see on TV or in magazines. I am now more confident in myself for learning these new concepts and techniques as well as a more confident computer teacher. I have already incorporated some of the concepts and techniques in my current classes. I know that there is still plenty of learning that can occur and I am ready to take that challenge. I want to learn the most that I can in this area so that I can be a successful teacher in this TA subject.
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Indicators: Descriptors: Creating animation using animation software, applies the elements and principles of page design, manipulating and editing graphics and text, access information from the Internet, acquire information in electronic formats, identify the task in a project and use appropriate tools, use of collaboration and participation with teacher and partner, analyze graphic designs, use basic principles of proportion, balance and unity, use of repetition and use scripting language to create animation. Title: Just for Fun! Source: It was created using Adobe LiveMotion and with the help of my Vision IT teacher Rachel Newman. Description: I created this header in the Vision IT program. My partner and I had to create a web page in the four days that we were in this class. This animation was used as the header for that web page. Not only did I use this header in Vision IT, but I also used it to show to students in my classes what all I learned this summer and get them interested in digital graphics for the next year. I wanted something that would stand out and grab the students' attention and get them interested in digital graphics. Rationale: By creating this digital graphic and animation, I was successfully able to capture the interest of the Sanger High School students. By using the spinning basketball and the cartoon character, I hit a point of interest in several of my students. This started their minds in gear of thinking of all the things that they could create and learn in digital graphics. And that was my main objective, to get their attention and get them interested. I especially love this artifact because it is the very first animation that I have ever done. I created it using the Adobe LiveMotion animation software. I downloaded the little cartoon character from the Internet that my partner had found. I used this cartoon character because it applied to the overall theme of our web page. I downloaded the basketball off the Internet as well and edited it using Adobe Photoshop. Implications for future: I wish that I would have known more about GoLive than I did when I created this header. I feel that now that I know more about digital graphics and animation that I could create a much more complex animation, but that is not the point. This artifact represents the first animation that I have ever created. It shows where I was and how much that I learned throughout the Vision IT class. I carried this learning over to TATC and continued to learn digital graphics and animation. I will use this artifact as an example in my future digital graphics classes as a stepping stone to greater projects. Reviewers Comments: "I really enjoyed the animation. The creators did good work!" Indicators: Descriptors: Applies Elements and Principles of page design, uses keyboard standards, models respect for manipulating and editing graphics and text, identifies the task in a project and uses appropriate tools, use electronic productivity tools, uses typography appropriately, applies type measurement, uses type techniques, use styles sheet, identifies color mixing theories, uses photo editing software and photo editing techniques, use of the Internet to obtain information, demonstrates appropriate use of digital imaging, includes the fundamental concepts of graphic design, uses basic principles of proportion, emphasis and balance, use of repetition, collaborate with colleagues through electronic communication to problem solve and use proximity and alignment to create visual connections. Title: Digital Graphics Magazine Covers! Source: This artifact was created using Adobe Photoshop, GIF Construction, which is animation software, and the Internet. Description: For this assignment I created a digital graphics unit lesson plan. Our first task was to find a topic that we would like to build an entire lesson around. Over a course of three weeks we created the entire site which had to include: teacher lecture notes, vocabulary listings, step by step instruction sheets, useful links (if any), animation(s), a credits page and an example of the overall product. I then had to create a web site to display the entire unit lesson plan. All pages had to be clearly linked to each other and all documents had to be provided as a downloadable, universally accessible format. I chose to recreate a magazine cover for my unit lesson. The students would choose a magazine of their choice that they would like to put their face or body on. I did one as an example and I used a fitness magazine called SHAPE, since I am into fitness and sports. Using Adobe Photoshop I recreated the cover using several tools and features like: layers, crop, emboss, text tool, contrast, brightness, gradient, blur tool, filters, eraser, lassos, image crop, image size, rotation, bevel tool, layer styles, feathering, zoom tool, scale, font size, font color, and font type, and flattening layers. I used a digital camera to take a picture of myself in the same position as the lady on the cover. I then edited the picture using Photoshop and added it to the magazine cover. I created the barcode in Adobe Photoshop as well and added it in the proper place. Lastly after several days of working on this project I flattened the layers into one layer and saved the file. Rationale: I chose to include this magazine cover as one of my artifacts because of it complexity and detail. I think that it is a great example of using every principle and element of Digital Graphics. To complete this assignment I had to use a lot of tools, which are all listed above in the description of the assignment. The time and effort that I spent creating this project can not be measured. It took me three weeks to complete the overall unit lesson and I am very proud of it. I now have an example that I can use in my class when I have my students create their own magazine covers. The students always appreciate examples to look at before they actually have to create their own, I know I sure did! Implications for future: I am definitely going to use this assignment in my classroom if I ever get to teach a Digital Graphics class. By creating my own magazine cover, I really learned a lot about Adobe Photoshop. I was forced to learn buttons and tools that I never knew were there. I think that this lesson really shows students how easy it is to edit and touch up things on magazines, especially people! In today's world everything is portrayed as "perfect" particularly models and people that young men/women look up to. By doing this assignment, I think that it shows them just how easy it is to make everything and everyone look "perfect" and that to me is important for young men/women. If we can show them that everything they see is not real, then maybe it would cut down on some of the problems that these young kids face. Reviewers Comments: Good job. I think I will use that lesson. I liked it a lot and it could go with marketing and advertising as well. |
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