Goals: Keep drinking my juice every now and then, and try not to talk to loud because of my throat.
Today went pretty smooth. The morning with the freshman didn't seem as hectic as it usually is which is probably because we were talking about Photoshop and they seemed interested. For the spring showcase, they all have their groups together but not all of them have a solid idea just yet on what they want to do. They might need a few more examples or maybe just to set aside about half an hour in a little circle so that they are away from their computers (since a lot them are constantly being distracted by internet games during worktime) to brainstorm with their groups on possible project ideas.
The Photoshop session went pretty well. I think the students had fun with editing their photos and were really interested in some of the FX they could use and also with my Sin City Effect lesson that i decided to show them just to give them another idea to incorporate into their photos. They seemed to be excited about getting started on their BTWs as well and they have a lot of options to choose from. I like how AJ had the students come into a little oval kind of group to talk about their ideas so far on what they wanted to do for their BTW projects because the "monitors off" technique isn't always fully effective with every student. So I'm definitely going to start using that with the freshman. And I guess I didnt really go through with my goal becasue at the end of the sessions my voice actually got a little worse so I was really trying not to talk too loud or much at all.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
2/14 Freshmen & Photoshop Sessions
My Goals for today were to not rush through the material. And I did a good job of not doing that.
Freshmen Morning Class:
Most of the students only had a little bit left for their Dreamweaver BTW except for Gavin's group, so after everyone got through their external style sheet, they pretty much had to wait until Gavin's group finished because they were so far behind. They mainly were just on facebook or myspace or games while Tony and I helped Gavin's group finish, but I didint really like that and I wanted them to have something to work on but I had completely forgot about the ITA Spring shpwcase handout so I didnt think to hand that out to them and have them work on that until Gavin's group finished.
I dont think any of them finished the road test but I dont really see that as a problem anymore after AJ explained that if they dont pass the road test it's because they havent been putting forth enough effort for the unit in order for them to know the program on that high of a level. But I think the photoshop Introduction went pretty well; they seemed pretty interested in it.
Photoshop:
This session I really felt went great. My Powerpint for compositing and the pen tool were very effective and engaging and they seemed really interesting in what I was showing them. I'm happy to say that even though I felt there was a lot that needed to be covered in this session, I didnt feel the need to rush like before--and that really showed because the students didnt feel as confused as they seemed to be last session. The only thing is, is that becasue I took my time the fix your photo challenge wasnt covered so they didnt get to work on that and we kind of ran out of time for the pen tool. So for next session I'l probably just start with a quick little review of the pen tool and illustrating in photoshop and then let them finally get to work with the photos they took, ince they've been itching to do that ever since they first took them.
Freshmen Morning Class:
Most of the students only had a little bit left for their Dreamweaver BTW except for Gavin's group, so after everyone got through their external style sheet, they pretty much had to wait until Gavin's group finished because they were so far behind. They mainly were just on facebook or myspace or games while Tony and I helped Gavin's group finish, but I didint really like that and I wanted them to have something to work on but I had completely forgot about the ITA Spring shpwcase handout so I didnt think to hand that out to them and have them work on that until Gavin's group finished.
I dont think any of them finished the road test but I dont really see that as a problem anymore after AJ explained that if they dont pass the road test it's because they havent been putting forth enough effort for the unit in order for them to know the program on that high of a level. But I think the photoshop Introduction went pretty well; they seemed pretty interested in it.
Photoshop:
This session I really felt went great. My Powerpint for compositing and the pen tool were very effective and engaging and they seemed really interesting in what I was showing them. I'm happy to say that even though I felt there was a lot that needed to be covered in this session, I didnt feel the need to rush like before--and that really showed because the students didnt feel as confused as they seemed to be last session. The only thing is, is that becasue I took my time the fix your photo challenge wasnt covered so they didnt get to work on that and we kind of ran out of time for the pen tool. So for next session I'l probably just start with a quick little review of the pen tool and illustrating in photoshop and then let them finally get to work with the photos they took, ince they've been itching to do that ever since they first took them.
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