Here is my video explaining the concepts multimodality! Hope you like it!
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Blog #5 Entry
Exercise 1- Border Variations:
Exercise 2- Conveyance Exercise:
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Exercise 2- Conveyance Exercise:
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Friday, February 17, 2017
MMP Proposal
Multimedia Montage Project Proposal
Background:
Having done a lot of my graduate school work online, I know how valuable it can be for students to learn in a nontraditional setting. It forces students to work on their schedule and learn how to complete assignments without having a teacher as a watchdog. This is important for students to learn before they enter college when they become much more independent and responsible for getting their assignments done. For some, entering college is already a very overwhelming experience. Going from a traditional classroom to either a class that only meets twice a week or not at all can cause students to not do well in their courses. Helping students adjust to completing work online can help make this transition a little bit less stressful.
Purpose/Goals:
Helping students feel comfortable with online learning is one goal. Another will be to get them more comfortable with assignments that are not traditional papers, but instead learn how to use multimedia programs. There will also be a resource section for teachers to help them feel comfortable using multimedia themselves.
Rationale/Summary:
Online learning is becoming more and more prevalent as more universities offer students the option for various reasons. Online learning gives students flexibility to complete their work at their own pace. For some, the adjustment is simple, however, for others it can be a bit of a challenge especially coming straight out of high school where every class is structured. This project will also help educators who want to learn more about multimedia tools that they can use in the classroom. By becoming comfortable with different media tools, they can share that information with students as well. Teachers can become comfortable enough with the tools that they can pass along their learned information to students. Students can then create their own projects using the tools and gain experience of working online and submitting assignments online.
Audience:
The audience of this project is high school teachers and upperclassmen in high school. The goal of this project is to help students feel more comfortable entering college. Seniors and juniors should have some experience working with computers so they should be comfortable with getting onto the website. I hope to collect data from both students and teachers informing me if this website was useful for them. I would also want to ask students if this made them feel more comfortable with online learning.
Overview of Instructional Plan:
My learning objective is to help students with the transition from high school to college. I also hope that teachers can use the website as a resource to help their students with this process as well. I plan on using Adobe Spark to create a website that features instructional videos, photos, and reviews from other students and educators on different programs and methods of learning. By creating a community, it will also allow students to connect with one another and discuss what they are nervous about. For teachers, it will allow them to look over programs that have been used by other teachers and see what they like and would use again and what they recommend avoiding.
Technological Tools:
I plan on using Blogger to host the website. Blogger is a great place for creating various pages and supports multimedia very well. It is important to create a feeling of community where people can also talk to one another and Blogger allows for comments sections where can people interact and ask questions. I will also use Adobe Spark to create graphics for the site that will help people visualize the concepts. Students will be able to learn about these programs and then go and try them out for themselves. Teachers can then set up a drop box or some other way for students to submit their online assignments like they would in an online class I would also set up a Wikispaces so teachers can get a clear look at how much students understand and contributed. . I would also include screencasts for some of the programs to help first time users navigate through the different program options.
Learned Theories/ Principles:
I will try to keep my project simple and easy to follow. I will keep everything organized so that there is no cause for confusion on my end. Allowing students and teachers to communicate will also help by allowing them to ask each other questions and gain knowledge from their personal experience. This can be extremely helpful for students and/or teachers who are a bit apprehensive about online learning. These exchanges are using collaborative skills which is also very important to understanding online learning. With teachers and students from different backgrounds and subjects, this will promote cross-curriculum skills.
Timeline:
Now-2/28: conduct research through online surveys on how high school teachers are currently incorporating online learning in their classrooms and how students are responding to it
3/1-3/10: create the website and start adding graphics and videos while completing the first project update
3/11-4/6: record additional screencasts and implement a social feature so teachers and students can communicate with one another
4/7: receive peer feedback to better my project
4/8-4/23: after receiving peer feedback, work on finishing up everything and completing the project
Background:
Having done a lot of my graduate school work online, I know how valuable it can be for students to learn in a nontraditional setting. It forces students to work on their schedule and learn how to complete assignments without having a teacher as a watchdog. This is important for students to learn before they enter college when they become much more independent and responsible for getting their assignments done. For some, entering college is already a very overwhelming experience. Going from a traditional classroom to either a class that only meets twice a week or not at all can cause students to not do well in their courses. Helping students adjust to completing work online can help make this transition a little bit less stressful.
Purpose/Goals:
Helping students feel comfortable with online learning is one goal. Another will be to get them more comfortable with assignments that are not traditional papers, but instead learn how to use multimedia programs. There will also be a resource section for teachers to help them feel comfortable using multimedia themselves.
Rationale/Summary:
Online learning is becoming more and more prevalent as more universities offer students the option for various reasons. Online learning gives students flexibility to complete their work at their own pace. For some, the adjustment is simple, however, for others it can be a bit of a challenge especially coming straight out of high school where every class is structured. This project will also help educators who want to learn more about multimedia tools that they can use in the classroom. By becoming comfortable with different media tools, they can share that information with students as well. Teachers can become comfortable enough with the tools that they can pass along their learned information to students. Students can then create their own projects using the tools and gain experience of working online and submitting assignments online.
Audience:
The audience of this project is high school teachers and upperclassmen in high school. The goal of this project is to help students feel more comfortable entering college. Seniors and juniors should have some experience working with computers so they should be comfortable with getting onto the website. I hope to collect data from both students and teachers informing me if this website was useful for them. I would also want to ask students if this made them feel more comfortable with online learning.
Overview of Instructional Plan:
My learning objective is to help students with the transition from high school to college. I also hope that teachers can use the website as a resource to help their students with this process as well. I plan on using Adobe Spark to create a website that features instructional videos, photos, and reviews from other students and educators on different programs and methods of learning. By creating a community, it will also allow students to connect with one another and discuss what they are nervous about. For teachers, it will allow them to look over programs that have been used by other teachers and see what they like and would use again and what they recommend avoiding.
Technological Tools:
I plan on using Blogger to host the website. Blogger is a great place for creating various pages and supports multimedia very well. It is important to create a feeling of community where people can also talk to one another and Blogger allows for comments sections where can people interact and ask questions. I will also use Adobe Spark to create graphics for the site that will help people visualize the concepts. Students will be able to learn about these programs and then go and try them out for themselves. Teachers can then set up a drop box or some other way for students to submit their online assignments like they would in an online class I would also set up a Wikispaces so teachers can get a clear look at how much students understand and contributed. . I would also include screencasts for some of the programs to help first time users navigate through the different program options.
Learned Theories/ Principles:
I will try to keep my project simple and easy to follow. I will keep everything organized so that there is no cause for confusion on my end. Allowing students and teachers to communicate will also help by allowing them to ask each other questions and gain knowledge from their personal experience. This can be extremely helpful for students and/or teachers who are a bit apprehensive about online learning. These exchanges are using collaborative skills which is also very important to understanding online learning. With teachers and students from different backgrounds and subjects, this will promote cross-curriculum skills.
Timeline:
Now-2/28: conduct research through online surveys on how high school teachers are currently incorporating online learning in their classrooms and how students are responding to it
3/1-3/10: create the website and start adding graphics and videos while completing the first project update
3/11-4/6: record additional screencasts and implement a social feature so teachers and students can communicate with one another
4/7: receive peer feedback to better my project
4/8-4/23: after receiving peer feedback, work on finishing up everything and completing the project
Friday, February 10, 2017
MDMC Screencasts
Hi everyone! Here are my screencast for the Mixed Digital Media Critique. Enjoy!
Audio Screencast: Podomatic
Still Media Screencast: Photoshop Express
Moving Media Screencast: Animoto
Blog Entry #4
Word Portraits Exercise:
Shape Workshop-
I was a little confused by the wording of this exercise, however, I think I did it right. I tried using different Vector software programs, however, I ended up using Vectorizer.io instead. It was a pretty simple and effective way to make vectors!
Friday, February 3, 2017
Mini Art School #1
Here is my first exercise!
Loosened Alignment Exercise
Loosened Alignment Exercise
It is a screenshot so it should be 8x10! Try to visualize it like that!
For my second exercise I chose to review a past work and review it using this week's lessons. Last semester I created an ePortfolio as a way to showcase my talents to potential employers on the internet. Here is what it looks like before:
After reading through this week's readings, I believe I can improve the site by changing some of the fonts. I would start by bolding my name as that is where I want readers' eyes to go first. I also chose to change the tan background color. It does not grab your attention. I chose a bit of a brighter color. Here is the updated version:
Discussion Post #2
The design of a message can sometimes be equally as important as the message itself. As Kiernan discusses many "non graphic designers" make the mistake of trying to put too much in one space instead of embracing the white space. I could definitely understand why novices would make this mistake. It is sometimes hard to decide what is the most important elements so we just say put it all on! However, this can get confusing as people may not know where to direct their focus and pay attention more to the complicated design.
As a teacher it also sounds like a smart idea to stay away from decorative fonts. Students need to be able to read the content in order to understand it. Having them spend more time trying to see what each letter is and getting distracted means they are spending less time focusing on the material. Same reason why the fonts should be appropriately sized so that all students can see. Grouping images and accompanying text would also make it easier for students to understand. Having to go find the accompanying information about a picture wastes unnecessary time.
Blog Entry #3
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| Photo Credit: Twitter |
For this blog entry, I chose to explore the website, TheRinger.com. The Ringer is a media website created by former "Any Given Wednesday with Bills Simmons" host Bill Simmons and covers everything about sports, pop culture, and technology.
Navigation
The site is very easy to navigate. The site abides by Webdesigner Depot's first rule by not having a horizontal scroll bar. Visitors to the site can only scroll vertically which is perfect for the site's layout as it continues to show more content as users scroll down.
Color
The header of the site has a monochromatic theme of green. The background for the header is grass while the top menu and authors' profile pictures are in a bright highlighter green. Graphics accompanying the articles are very saturated and eye-catching. The graphics really pop out against the white background.
Readability
The site is very easy to read. The chosen fonts are non-decorative and clear to make out. There are ads in the articles, however, they are not distracting and do not take away from readability.
Audience
The Ringer makes its intended audience very clear. The site is meant to appeal to a younger generation who are interested in pop culture, sports, and technology. The site's creator Bill Simmons brings his own audience as a former sports analyst. The graphics used are clearly intended for a younger audience, but the great content also draws a more mature audience.
Typography
The sites use proper fonts and font sizes. The article titles are bold and easy to distinguish. The context is written at a proper size for the intended audience. Both the title and the body are in the same font family. The letter are all evenly spaced and do not distract from the words.
Layout
The site does its best to fill up any dead space without looking cluttered. The site follows a pattern for its content that is easy to navigate and visually appealing. The articles that are trending right now receive more space on the page compared to other articles. The site uses little to no borders on most of its graphics.
Emphasis
The site does a really good job of emphasizing articles that are currently in the news. Currently, The Ringer is pushing its Super Bowl content as it is this weekend and many people are talking about it. The site does not have one focal point, but many focal points. All of the graphics are very eye-catching and any one of them can be considered a focal point. The more recent articles are emphasized by their placement at the top of the site.
Balance
The site displays an off balanced layout. Some rows have just one article, while other rows can have as many as three articles. Some of the graphics used with these articles dominate other graphics in the same row.
Image
The images on The Ringer are one of the best parts of the site. They are bold, colorful, and immediately grab your attention. All of the images are different from one another making them stand out even more. The images definitely help bring interest to articles and support the site's appeal to a younger crowd. Within the articles, the pictures used support the article and make it better.
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