Intro to Graphics and Design: January 2011 Archives

Sem 2 | Week 4 | Jan 24 - 28

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MON
EQ: What steps does a graphic designer take to design a page layout, from concept to final output?

demo: Adobe InDesign tutorial


TUES
discuss Typography: Type Layout

demo: Adobe InDesign tutorial
 
homework: none
 

WED
demo: Adobe InDesign

discuss Creative Process [Research, Brainstorm, Sketch, Execute, Critique]
Milton Glaser interview transcript
 
homework: none
 
THU
review Creative Process
 
discuss visual organization [eye movement, optical center, z pattern, visual hierarchy]
 
homework: none

FRI

http://www.keytrain.com

work on blog assignments 

homework: none

Sem 2 | Week 3 | Jan 17-21

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MON
[Martin Luther King, Jr.  DAY]


TUES
continue working on Assignmnet #1 ... due @ end
 
homework: none
 

WED
demo: save jpeg and upload to blog
 
EQ:  Why is important to understand the ethical and moral implications that effect graphic designers?
 
Classwork Copyright and Ethics
 
homework: none
 
THU
complete Classwork
 
watch interview with Shepard Fairey
 
discuss plagarism vs appropriation
  
homework: none

FRI

EQ: How do interpersonal and employability skills effect both your everyday life and your future?

login into KeyTrain and discuss expectations

http://www.keytrain.com

work on blog assignments 

homework: none

Sem 2 | Week 2 | Jan 10-14

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Crazy week of snow and ice .... Hope you enjoyed your extra days off! :) 
 

SEM 2 | Week 1 | Jan 3 - 7

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MON
[Holiday Break]


TUES
[Teacher Workday]


WED
discuss expectations for Semester 2

objective: Learn how to set up and maintain blogs; post entries and upload files as a journal of knowledge; utilize blogs as a digital portfolio.

set up individual student blogs
 
homework: none


THU
continue setting up student blogs
 
Assignment #1 All In a Day's Work 
objective: Apply knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator techniques and Principles of Design to illustrate the idiom of your choice.
 
homework: none


FRI
continue working on Assignment #1
 
homework: none

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