01-18+to+01-21

=January 18 to January 21, 2011=

Objectives for the week:
TA.6-8.2D Develop strategies for capturing digital files while conserving memory and retaining image quality. TA.6-8.5A Identify, create, and use files in various formats such as bitmapped/vector graphics. TA.6-8.8D Use technology in self-directed activities by sharing products for defined audiences. --Understand the concept of the narrative. --Use photography to create a narrative photo story.

Photo Story Gallery Day.

 * Take 15 minutes to finish your show.
 * Spend 30 minutes in class discussing work.
 * Be prepared to answer the following questions:
 * Why did you choose the photos you did for your show?
 * Which is your best photo and why do you think so?
 * Which of the 5 tips for better photography are displayed in your work?
 * What would you change?
 * <span style="color: #2727aa; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pick one assignment from another class that you could replace with a photo story. Why?

<span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Thursday January 20, 2011
<span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Check the board for the Photo Story Themes and Messages.
 * <span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Digital Photography Workday
 * <span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Hands on Picture editing.
 * <span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Use MS Office Picture mananger to edit, correct, adjust, and crop.
 * <span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Remember to work on copies of your original pictures.
 * <span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">USE Photo Story 3 to create a GREAT slideshow.
 * <span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Remember photo-narrative is storytelling with pictures.
 * <span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Ues photos to tell about our school.
 * <span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">At the end of class be ready to show me your favorite picture from you folder.
 * <span style="color: #8835e3; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Tomorrow is Photo Gallery Day.

<span style="color: #008068; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday January 19, 2011
<span style="color: #008068; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Digital imaging, narrative storytelling, sequencing.

<span style="color: #008068; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Creating a photo story--the photograph as narrative.

 * <span style="color: #008068; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">You are to begin to gather your own photos to create a "Welcome to Gregory-Lincoln" slideshow.
 * <span style="color: #008068; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Take cameras out and spend time taking photographs around campus.
 * <span style="color: #008068; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Remember tips for better photography.
 * <span style="color: #008068; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Remember the rules.
 * <span style="color: #008068; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Take 10 to 20 images around the campus.
 * <span style="color: #008068; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Come back to class and import them images to your photos folder.
 * <span style="color: #008068; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Spend time exploring the images and creating a sequence using PhotoStory 3.

<span style="color: #7a0b7a; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">﻿Tuesday January 18, 2011

 * <span style="color: #7a0b7a; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Take a moment and find a quick definition of the word Narrative.
 * <span style="color: #7a0b7a; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Discuss your findings
 * <span style="color: #7a0b7a; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Check and update any photo software on your machines.
 * <span style="color: #7a0b7a; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Discuss the week's assignment, a photo story project.
 * <span style="color: #7a0b7a; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Begin taking, downloading, reviewing and editing photos for a school slideshow.