I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you once again. I really enjoyed the course this semester, and I hope you all did as well. This final post will include links to the live uploaded view of all of our web sites. Click on the links below: Joy Ashton Mackenzie Clawson […]
To turn in your final unit 4 projects, please be aware of these instructions: – Have your root folder on a flash drive. – BRING your flash drive to the individual conference. – Try your final web site in the IE preview mode before turning it in. Doing this will help you catch bugs with […]
Today’s agenda: – Turn in final versions of the unit 3 project. We’ll be downloading the projects from Prezi, but in case anybody is absent, there are instructions on how to download and save the project in the post, “Prezi Project Presentation Download Instructions” on our blog here. – Also due today is journal entry […]
To turn in your Prezi project: DUE IN CLASS ON TUESDAY APRIL 5th. Your task over the weekend: – Wrap up your projects. – Draft your next journal entry: Prompt: “How did this round of peer review go for you? Were the comments helpful in finishing up your project? Is there anything you’d change about […]
Here’s a list of good questions to keep in mind when viewing a peer’s project: Advertisement being analyzed (print ad or commercial): – Is it clear what advertisement is being analyzed? If so, how; if not, why not? – Is the ad referenced within the text? How effective is this? Balance of media and text? […]
The Unit 3 project centers more on balancing text and media as well as analyzing the contents of media examples. The whole project is worth 40 points, and I think it should be up to us all to decide how to distribute the weight of those 40 points. – What should the major content areas […]
On Tuesday (3.22), we decided on the schedule for the rest of our unit 3 project: – 3.24 (Thr): In-class work day. I’ll be checking in with students on their projects. – 3.29 (Tue): Technology review and unit project review (last minute details). – 3.31 (Thr): Peer Review day (musical chair style like last time). […]
Unit 3 focuses our attention to the world of advertising, which truly, truly fascinates me as a member of modern society, as an educator, and as a scholar. This first visual example showcases a fictional account of what is at the heart of advertising through the perspective of an insider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus mad men As a […]
Today’s agenda: – Peer review session will be conducted a bit differently this time around. In the style of musical chairs, we will switch computers and take a quick look at the projects in progress. In the “notes” section of the PowerPoint slides, provide some feedback or ask specific questions to get specific feedback. – […]
Here’s a good how to article for embeding videos from a web source in a PowerPoint slide. http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/9698.aspx For those of you trying this out, please create a tester slide that can be easily shared with me.