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The digital graphics/animation teacher has the knowledge and skills needed to teach the Foundations, Information Acquisition, Work in Solving Problems, Communication strands of the Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in digital graphics/animation, in addition to the content described in Technology Applications Standards I-V.

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 Digital Graphics has been an area of interest for me and it is one of the subjects that I am currently teaching.  Since I am the only DG instructor in my district it was extremely helpful for me to talk with other instructors about the problems that are faced in the classroom and ways to improve the learning environment for my students.  I think that my students have benefited from my taking this course. I gained new insight into new projects that better allow the students to express their individuality.

Artifact #1-Elements of Design

Artifact #9- Fantasy Vacation/ Artifact #10- Collage / Artifact #11

Caption 8

Indicators: 7.38s, 8.2s, 8.7s, 8.9s, 8.17s, 8.18s, 8.19s, 8.33s, 8.35s, 8.41s, 8.47s, 9.15s, 9.1

Artifact #1- Elements of Design

Descriptors: The Principals and Elements of Design

Title: The Elements Of Design

Course: TATC 100 - Foundations

Date Created: August, 2002

Source: I used my own knowledge of the elements of Design to create the presentation.

Media: I used Swish and Adobe Photoshop 6 to complete this presentation.

Description: This is a Flash file or SWF that details the Elements of design. It provides examples and it is based on an interactive format.

Rationale: I used various input devices to create this presentation as well as my knowledge of basic animation. I had to utilize the Principals of design to create a layout that was pleasing to the eye. The main topic was the elements of design and I created examples of each.

Implications for future: I have already used this demonstration once in my class and I will be posting it on the web via this site. I hope that others could use it and therefore it could become an interactive tool.

Reviewers Comments

What an awesome way to show the elements of design. I like the Flash and think that it really reaches a leaner with its movement and its information. This type of "lecture" is what the students enjoy. Good job.

Review Name: Rachel Newman

Date Reviewed: September 20, 2002

Title: TATC Instructor

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Caption 9

Indicators: 7.38s, 8.2s, 8.4s, 8.5s, 8.6s 8.7s, 8.9s, 8.10s, 8.11s, 8.14sm 8.17s, 8.18s, 8.19s, 8.33s, 8.35s, 8.41s, 8.47s, 9.15s, 9.1

Artifact #9- Fantasy Vacation Lesson Plan

Descriptors: Digital Graphics, combining images, TEKS, perspecitive, lighting effects, shadows, and point of interest

Title: Fantasy Vacation

Course: Digital Graphics

Date Created: October 2002

Source: www.google.com/images

Media: I used Photoshop, Flash MX, Adobe Go Live, Microsoft Word, and Paperport scanner software.

Description: This site was created as a basic guideline for a DG lesson plan. It includes instructions, examples, rubrics for evaluation and links.

Rationale: I chose this assignment, because it combined so many of the TEKS and my students really enjoyed it. They loved making pictures that looked real and they amazed their friends with the printouts.

Implications for future: I will defiantly use this assignment again, because it really got the students interested in using Photoshop and combining images.

Reviewers Comments: I think this sounds like a really great lesson.  I really liked the student samples, I bet they had a lot of fun with this one.  It truly is amazing what Photoshop can do.

Review Name: John Hume

Date Reviewed: 7/01/03

Title: Producer/Writer

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Indicators: 7.38s, 8.2s, 8.4s, 8.5s, 8.6s 8.7s, 8.9s, 8.10s, 8.11s, 8.14sm 8.17s, 8.18s, 8.19s, 8.33s, 8.35s, 8.41s, 8.47s, 9.15s, 9.1, 9.10s

Artifact #10 - Collage

Descriptors: Combining images, layers, feathering, and fonts

Title: Personal Collage

Course: Foundations

Date Created: September 2002

Source: www.bombs.com, www.google.com/images/horses

Media: Adobe Photoshop

Description: The assignment was to create a collage by combining images to illustrate our personality and our perceptions of our lives. I created this collage to cover the way I was feeling at the time and show what some of my interests are. I liked the bombs, because I felt that my life just explodes sometimes. I of course added the horse pictures and a picture of one of my classes.

Rationale: I used the feather selection areas command to make soft edges around most of my images. I utilized many layers and then flattened my image to get a final effect. I utilized a circuit board background to give the image a technological feel.

Implications for future: I modified this into a lesson for my students and they really enjoyed it. They loved getting pictures off the internet and then combining them into a collage.

Reviewers Comments: I really liked the collage.  I think that it showed ordered ciaos in may ways, but the bombs were pretty amusing.  I think some of your students would have found it funny and they probably would not have guessed that about you.

Review Name: John Hume

Date Reviewed: 7/30/03

Title: Producer/Writer

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