Week 4: Make Belief Comix

This week, you will create a digital comic strip re-telling your favorite story from childhood (or now if you didn't like any stories as a child).

To complete this project, you will use the following link:  Make Belief Comix

This is a free service that allows you to be creative, have fun, and share ideas with friends.

Requirements:

1. Choose a story to retell (must be approved by me)
2. Cut your story down enough so it can fit on 12 comic panels.
3. Go to Make Belief Comix, following the link above.
4. Choose either the three or four panel template at the bottom right of the screen.
5. Create your comic strip panel by panel.
6. When you complete one set of panels, take a screen shot and paste it into photoshop (You will be combining all of your panels to make the final project.
7. Repeat the steps until you have 12 panels that tell the story you chose.

8. Your final project MUST have a title at the top left of the photoshop document and your name at the top right (just above the first set of panels. It MUST include 12 panels.

9. Save it as a jpg and post to your blog.
10. Have fun.

Lab 4: Embedding videos on your blog

Your blog can be used for more than sharing your thoughts, views, or your projects. You can also embed videos to play on demand on your blog very easily. This lab will consist of you creating an Elf Yourself video and then embedding (not simply posting a link) to your blog.  Below is an example of a properly embedded video.

Requirements for this project:
1. Choose how many people you want in your video and secure pictures of them.
2. Go to http://host-d.oddcast.com/elfyourself2012/home.php
3. Choose Upload Photo (since we do not have webcams on these computers and you can't create your movie live).
4. Fit the faces of your people as best as possible and make sure you add them all before creating the video. 5. Once you have created your video you must embed it in your blog.
6. On the Elf Yourself website, click the purple link next to Share for Free (this gives you the code necessary to place the video on your blog). Hit OK to copy.
7. Log into blogger, make a new post, and make sure you click on the HTML tab at the top of the post.
8. Paste the link onto your blog.
9. Publish your post.

2nd Tri Lab 3: Subway Art in Publisher

We are going to step away from Photoshop in this project and have you explore around in Microsoft Publisher. We are going to create Subway Art like the project shown above.

The example shows a Subway Art collage for the Fall. Yours can focus on one of two subjects: Winter or Digital Media class (this class for those of you that don't know where you are).

Requirements:

1. Choose your topic and brainstorm a list of 15 - 20 words that describe your topic. (check with me before moving on)
2. Open Microsoft Publisher
3. Open a blank publication
4. Create a text box for your first  word (click INSERT, Text box) -- Make the text box the size you want.
5. Choose a font, size, and color (Format, Colors)
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the rest of your words (You must use a different font for each word)

**You may want to use dafont.com to find better fonts than offered by your computer.**

7. Save as a jpg and post to your blog.

2nd Tri Week 3: Holiday Cards

This week is also a good time to create Holiday cards for your family. If you would like to complete this project, follow these basic guidelines:

1. 9 x 5, 300 ppi

2. Make sure your colors do not clash or make the font difficult to read.

3. Choose pictures that make your family look great.

4. Have fun.

2nd Tri Week 3: Course Description Cover

Course Description Cover - Revisited

Last year, we had a contest to design the new cover for the Course Description Handbook for ERHS. The winner was Sam Gemalsky with the cover shown above.

The challenge this year is that the entire Course Description Handbook is being recreated and will be re-oriented in Portrait format.

We need a new cover that stays true to the design of last year's book, takes into account your own creativity, and would look good in mass production.

Please follow these guidelines when creating this cover.

1. On paper, design your new idea

2. Open a Photoshop document - 8 x 10.

3. Create your design using PhotoShop

4. Your Project MUST:

    a. Use the ER Logo below:

    b. Incorporate some kind of border

    c. Say "Eaton Rapids High School" and Course Description Handbook"

    d. Save as jpg. Post to your blog.

2nd Tri Week 2: CD Covers

This week you will create 3 CD covers from your favorite band. The three covers must meet the following criteria: 

-Each cover must be 4.5 x 4.5 300 ppi

–One must be from their first album (you may have to research—wikipedia will list all albums)

–One must be from their current (or most recent) album

–One must be from a future album that you name and create

**You have to completely change the actual covers, but need to incorporate ONE aspect that you like from the original in your design

Post them all to your blog by Friday.

2nd Tri Lab 2: Finding Interactive Lessons/Tutorials

In this lab, you will use 3 interactive websites to find lessons, websites, or tutorials that could help you better understand the subject.

 Make sure during this lab that you follow the directions posted and for each interactive site you choose, you answer the 5 questions posted to you in the assignment.

 To complete this lab, click on this link and follow ALL directions:

  http://www.21things4students.net/21/interactive-learning/q2-thinkfinity-investigations/