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VisCom Skills

• DRAFT OF VisCom Skills 1/11/2005
  • Teaching and Learning Foundations
    • Discover your own Multiple Intelligence learning style
      • Read about Howard Gardner's research
        • http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligences.htm
      • Take a Multiple Intelligence quiz and post results to your Blog
        • http://www.careerccc.org/products/cp_99_e/section1/quiz.cfm
    • Learn through interactive arts exercises
      • Investigate Diane and Eric Jensen's brain research
        • http://www.jlcbrain.com/main.html
      • Blog your own list of 10 rhyming lines for better memory
        • Read the Memorizing Techniques article
          • http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Mind_Matters/lane56.htm
    • Investigate Robert Fritz's Path of Least Resistance creation theory
      • http://www.robertfritz.com/
    • Use reflective, analytical, procedural writing in your Blog
      • Blog self evaluation regularly
        • Use writing class writing standards
          • http://chs.osd.wednet.edu/academics/departments/artstech/comtech/evaluation/fwritingrubric
      • Read and blog your personal reflection on the meaning of this quote: "Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man." - Francis Bacon
      • Read this article and blog response: "Re-Energize Your Brain" by Kevin Eikenberry
        • http://ezinearticles.com/Re-Energize-Your-Brain&id=33707
    • Develop understanding through class discussion
      • Participate in class discussion regularly
      • Blog regularly about class discussions
    • Develop skills and understanding through small group activities
      • Participate in group activities
      • Blog reflective writing about group activities
  • Project Management Foundations
    • Investigate Total Quality Learning process in school and business
      • http://www.langfordlearning.com
    • Investigate Learning Mastery model in our classroom
      • http://turnbows.net/~sleduc/lm
    • Investigate David Allen's The Getting Things Done Natural Planning Model
      • http://www.davidco.com/
      • http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/08/getting-started-with-getting-things-done/
      • Blog the five steps of the Natural Planning Model f
        • 1. Defining purpose and principles
        • 2. Outcome visioning
        • 3. Brainstorming
        • 4. Organizing
        • 5. Identifying next actions
  • Visual Communications Foundations
    • Identify the names of the eight type of Thinking Maps and their uses
      • http://chs.osd.wednet.edu/inStyleion/technology/tm
        • Bridge Map
        • Multi-Flow Map
        • Double Bubble Map
        • Tree Map
        • Brace Map
        • Flow Map
        • Bubble Map
        • Circle Map
    • View Edward Tufte's Visual Communications examples
      • http://www.edwardtufte.com
    • Identify Standards for all areas of study
      • Visit the Web Consortium
        • http://www.w3.org
      • Review Adobe Photoshop
        • http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/overview.html
      • Review Adobe Illustrator
        • http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/overview.html
      • Photogrfaphy
        • Professional Photographers of America
          • http://www.ppa.com
        • Digital Photography Standards and Practices Project
          • http://www.digitalphotographystandards.com
      • Writing
        • http://chs.osd.wednet.edu/academics/departments/artstech/comtech/evaluation/writingrubric
  • Create a Mind Map about a logo for yourself
    • Include elements of personal life
    • Include samples of media designs or logos you enjoy
  • Learn about Web Publishing
    • Learn Web Standards
      • Visit the Web Consortium
        • http://www.w3.org
      • Write HTML
        • Read Introduction to HTML
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp
        • Understand HTML Elements
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_elements.asp
        • Use Basic HTML Tags
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_primary.asp
        • Understand HTML Text Formaftting
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_formatting.asp
        • Understand HTML Character Entities
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_entities.asp
        • Use HTML Links
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp
        • Do not use HTML Frames
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_frames.asp
        • Use HTML Tables
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp
        • Use HTML Lists
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_lists.asp
        • Understand HTML Forms and Input
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp
        • Use HTML Images
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_images.asp
        • Do not use HTML Backgrounds
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_backgrounds.asp
        • Understand HTML Colors
          • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.asp
        • Understand HTML Color Values
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colorsfull.asp
      • Understand HTML Color Names
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp
      • Review HTML 4.01 Quick List
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_quick.asp
      • Do not use HTML Layout with tables
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_layout.asp
      • Do not use deprecated HTML Fonts tag
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_fonts.asp
      • Understand why to use HTML 4.0
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_whyusehtml4.asp
      • Use HTML Style tag
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_styles.asp
      • Use the HTML Head tag
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_head.asp
      • Use HTML Meta tags
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_meta.asp
      • Use HTML Uniform Resource Locators (URL's)
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_url.asp
      • Understand fHTML Scripts tags
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_scripts.asp
      • Understand HTML 4.0 Standard Attributes
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_standardattributes.asp
      • Understand HTML 4.0 Event Attributes
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_eventattributes.asp
      • Understand HTML URL-encoding Reference
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_urlencode.asp
      • Understand HTML Webserver details
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_webserver.asp
      • Take HTML Quiz
        • http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_quiz.asp
      • Post quiz results in GenTECH Blog
    • Write XHTML
    • Validate XHTML
      • http://validator.w3.org
    • Style with CSS
    • Validate CSS
      • http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator
    • Create basicf portfolio with XHTML
      • Use the html tag
      • Use head tag
      • Use meta tag
      • Use title tag
      • Use link tag
      • Use script tag
      • Use body tag
      • Use headers or headlines tags
      • Use paragraph tag
      • Use list tags
      • Use line item
      • Create a link
      • Place images
      • Create custom classes
      • Use span to apply CSS
      • Use division tag
    • Style basic portfolio with CSS
      • http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_reference.asp
      • Style background
      • Style border
      • Use classification
      • Use dimension
      • Style font
      • Style list
      • Use margin
      • Style an outline
      • Use padding
      • Use position
      • Style tables
      • Style text
      • Use pseudo-classes
      • Use pseudo-elements
    • Web Graphics
      • Blog about differences between Bitmap vs. Vector Graphics
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/aboutgraphics/a/bitmapvector.htm
  • Create a Logo in Illustrator
    • Create with graphical sense
    • Save as favicon for web site
      • PLACE FAVICON SITE HERE
  • Design a Business Card
    • Include:
      • Digital student photo
      • Graphic Logo
      • One font type
      • Student name
      • Learning style(s)
      • Parent / guardian name
      • Parent / guardian email address
      • Parent / guardian phone number
  • History of Media
    • Write a 500 word report on one of the Visual Communications themes below:
      • Identify significant discoveries, developments, and inventions in the history of media.
      • Describe the chronology of the development and popularization of media.
      • Document the significance of early documentary media and its social, political, and scientific impact.
      • Identify the historically important figures and sponsoring individuals and agencies.
      • Distinguish between various movements, styles, and trends in the history of media.
      • Identify the work of major arts of the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • Build Portfolio Template
    • Look and Feel
    • Color Combination
  • Self Portrait
    • Take a digital self portrait in the studio
    • Save a copy in your account on the Student Servfer
  • Learning about Desktop Publishing (DTP) Basics
    • Read Principles of Design (About.com)
      • http://desktoppub.about.com/od/designprinciples/l/aa_pod1.htm
      • Blog the Principles of Design
        • Balance
        • Proximity / Unity
        • Alignment
        • Repetition / Consistency
        • Contrast
        • White Space
      • Blog how would improve the graphic in assignment two
        • http://desktoppub.about.com/od/designprinciples/l/aa_podtest.htm
    • Read and blog define the elements of Balance
      • http://desktoppub.about.com/od/designprinciples/l/aa_balance.htm
      • symmetrical
      • asymmetrical
      • radial
    • Look for and blog about examples of balanced symmetry
      • How many examples of perfect or near perfect symmetry can you find
      • How is the symmetry achieved — is it through mirror images, identical placement, or with pieces that are very similar in look and feel
    • Try these examples of symmetry
      • Look for sections of symmetrical design within larger layouts such as a graphic, a logo.
      • Fold a few pieces in half vertically and horfizontally to look for symmetrical balance.
    • Define Color Theory
  • Learn Digital Image Manipulation (Photoshop)
    • Abode Photoshop Basics Outline
      • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps5out.htm
    • Reset Photoshop Tools Settings
      • http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/photoshop/ht/trashprefs.htm
    • Lesson 1: Navigating the Workspace
      • Work with The Menu Bar
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps501a.htm
      • Understand The Status Bar
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps501b.htm
      • Work with The Toolbox
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps501c.htm
      • Work with The Palettes
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps501d.htm
      • Review Lesson 1
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps501rev.htm
      • Take Lesson 1 Quiz
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps501quiz1.htm
    • Lesson 2: Working with Docufments
      • Navigator Palette and Hand Tool
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502a.htm
      • New View & Duplicate
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502b.htm
      • Image Size & Resolution
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502c.htm
      • Image Size Dialog Box
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502d.htm
      • Image Size Exercise for Version 6.x
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502x6.htm
      • Canvas Size
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502e.htm
      • Crop Tool
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502f.htm
      • Cropping Practice
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502fx5.htm
      • Crop Tool Practice for Version 6 only
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502fx6.htm
      • History Palette
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502g.htm
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      • Saving Images
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502h.htm
      • Review Lesson 2
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502rev.htm
      • Lesson 2 Assignment
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps502work.htm
    • Lesson 3: Image Modes & Color Selection
      • Color Primer
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps503a.htm
        • Define in Blog:
          • RGB
          • CMYK
          • Out of Gamut
          • Web Safe Palette
          • Hexadecimal Color
      • The Color Picker
        • http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps503b.htm
  • Learn Basics Photo Techniques
    • Camera Operations
      • Understand Camera Lenses Operations
        • Know how to Focus a Lens
          • http://photography.about.com/od/basics/a/bpfocussing.htm
        • Understand Lens Aperture Function
          • http://photography.about.com/od/basics/a/bpaperture.htm
        • Know Types of Lenses
          • Know Wide Angle
            • http://photography.about.com/od/basics/a/bpwideangle.htm
          • Know Telephoto
            • http://photography.about.com/od/basics/a/bptelephoto.htm
      • Understand Exposure
        • Understand how to measure exposure
          • http://photography.about.com/od/basics/a/bpexposuremet.htm
        • Understand how to use manual exposure
          • http://photography.about.com/od/basics/a/bpmanualexp.htm
        • Understand how to use auto exposure
          • http://photography.about.com/od/basics/a/bpautoexp.htm
        • Understand programmed exposure
          • http://photography.about.com/library/glossary/bldef_progra.htm
        • Understand aperture priority
          • http://photography.about.com/library/glossary/bldef_aperp.htm
        • Understand shutter priority
          • http://photography.about.com/library/glossary/bldef_shutp.htm
      • Understand Camera Operations
        • Can load film into camera
        • Can use light meter
        • Can advance film
        • Can take picture
      • Understand shutterspeed
        • http://photography.about.com/od/basics/a/bpshutterspeed.htm
      • Understand film speed
        • Understand ISO and ASA film rating
    • Pin Hole Cameras
  • Learn Advanced Photo Techniques
    • Use composition rules in image creation
    • Use contrast filters in the darkroom
    • Use dodging and burning techniques
    • Use bracketing
    • Document all settings from camera and darkroom
• Understand programmed exposure
  • http://photography.about.com/library/glossary/bldef_progra.htm
• Understand aperture priority
  • http://photography.about.com/library/glossary/bldef_aperp.htm
• Understand shutter priority f

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