Wednesday, 8 May 2013

9m4 - Cover period 3

LO: To enhance our understanding of the course requirement so that we meet the criteria required.

Starter: Each of you will be given a copy of the progress tracker. Use the key at the bottom of the page to help you. Write your name on the sheet!!

Task: 
1. Complete ALL missing work and tick it off on your sheet as you do it. Any Ps mean that there is either part of the work missing or incomplete or requires feedback and action taken to be completed.

2. If you believe you have ticked EVERYTHING off the progress tracker, you can continue with your backgrounds. (640 x 480)

3. If you complete this, start to mind map ideas for your characters.

Plenary: Ensure you have ticked your sheet when work is completed AND linked up to your web page.
Hand your sheets in.

10m2 Cover - Period 2

LO: To extend our understanding of the requirements of our flyers.

Starter: Complete the bitmap v vector paragraphs for all 5 of your design logs. Comment on the types of image, the quality, what size it is needed, how realistic it needs to be and how professional.

Task: Re-read this and make sure you are aware of the criteria required.

Task: In your booklet, complete your flyer hand drawn design. You need to add on your shop front and packaging. Your sketches can be rough!
You MUST include colour and have feedback as well as suggested improvements.

Once you have done this, you can begin creating it on computer using Adobe Indesign. Use the Internet to help you find tutorials if you are stuck. (It is  more advanced version of Publisher) 

Plenary: Update your ongoing plans and write a blog post about the work you have done over the last few weeks. 

Homework: If your photo montage or photo montage design log is not complete, this needs to be done in clinic. There is no more lesson time on this.
Write in your planner that it MUST be COMPLETED by Friday 17th May else DTs will be set.

10B - Biz cover Period 1

Starter: Using your plans, make a note of all the sections you still need to gather research on.

Task: Continue to research for your controlled assessment. Make sure you update your bibliography as you go.
Complete the methodology questions that we looked at last lesson in your blue booklets.

Plenary: Update the table at the bottom of page 27 stating what work you and your group members did this lesson.

ALL PLANS SHOULD BE HANDED IN AT THE END OF THE LESSON SO I CAN CHECK THEM BEFORE YOU START WRITING UP.
Anyone without a plan needs to bring it to me on Friday at break at the staff room. Failure to do so will result in an after school DT.

Thursday, 25 April 2013

8x1 Developing our Flash skills.

LO: To continue develop our Flash animation skills so that we feel more confident in creating our animated stories.

Starter: Recap last lesson for those who were away. What did we do? Show what you made.

Main:
You are going to continue developing your Flash using the tutorials on the Wildern ICT web page.
Scroll down to the tutorials and start with 1. Flash Basics in you were not here last week.

If you were, complete the button tutorial then try 2. animating with a symbol.
If you get stuck re-read the tutorial, then ask the people around you before you ask me for help.

I will be going through it with you!


Plenary:
What new keywords have we learnt this lesson?
Show us what you have achieved.

Homework:
Comment on this blog post answering the following questions:
When would Flash be used in the "real world"?
Why is it used instead of other software?

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Monday, 15 April 2013

8x1 Flash Basics

LO: To develop a basic understanding of Flash tools so we can start our animations

Starter:
It's Magical Trevor!!

Main:
You are going to have a go a some basic Flash using the tutorials on the Wildern ICT web page.
Scroll down to the tutorials and start with 1. Flash Basics.

If you get stuck re-read the tutorial, then ask the people around you before you ask me for help.

I will be going through it with you!

Plenary:
What key words have we learnt from Flash?
What do they mean/what does the tool do?

10m2/10p4 Introduction to Photoshop

LO: To develop our skills in Adobe Photoshop so that we can create our packaging designs.

Starter:
Link up your improved design logs. I will be coming round to look at them.

Main:
You are going to start designing your packaging design in Photoshop.
I will go through the basics but use the video on the Wildern ICT page if you get stuck.
In particular look at the collage video clip.

Remember you will need to show how you created your design step by step as well as have a draft and final version.
You may want to do your design log as you make it.

Plenary:
Write a blog post of the skills you have learnt today.
Update your ongoing plan.

See me for a parents' evening appointment.