Who Am I?

Who Am I

Project Overview

This project is designed to introduce you to the iWorks suite of programs, data management and the OS operating systems. Students will create a Keynote presentation about themselves and their history. Students will then present their keynote in front of the class.

Grading

Grades will be based on how well students manage their data, their physical Keynote presentation and their presentation in front of the class. Rubric coming soon.

Slides

• Name: Use different fonts to create a slide with only you name
• Neighborhood: A slide that contains the name of your neighborhood and at least one image from your neighborhood
• Middle school: A slide devoted to your middle school, with a combination of images and logos

Choose 3 of the following

• Music Page: Combination of images and words
• Friends page: Combination of images and words
• Hobby Page: Combination of images and words
• Shoe Page: Combination of images and words
• Video Game: Combination of images and words
• Book Page: Combination of images and words
• Family Page: Combination of images and words
• My future Car: Combination of images and words
• Career Page: Combination of images and words
• Travel Page: Combination of images and words

Expectations for project

Students will be expected to;

looking for Image quality

understanding mage searches

Using server accounts

Create files ctrl + click

Save files to multiple folders

Use their Inspector toolbars

Use transitions

Add boarders or Stroke

Use of different fonts

Use of transitions

basic elements of design

Benchmarks

Friday August 27th first 3 slides finished

Friday September 3rd 6 slides due Presentations begin the following Monda

Welcome to CAT class of 2014!

Class Syllabus

Paul Ferraris

pferraris@es-cat.org

Office hours are at lunch

Course Overview:

Digital Media Studies is a one-year course of study that provides students with a first-rate introduction to media literacy and digital media production. We will be studying different types of media in order to understand how their products are constructed and how they impact our lives. We will be using our understanding of how the mass media creates, distributes and exhibits its products to inform the production of our own digital media texts. Students will gain visual, verbal and written analytical skills and will become critical media practitioners.

Semester Coursework Outline:

Unit Outline:

* Indicates an ESGP artifact.

Unit 1 (quarter 1) Mac 101

Essential Questions: How do I work this thing? How do manage data? Who am I?

Major Assessment: Keynote presentation and Saved and edited work

Projects: “Who am I” Keynote

Content: Keynote presentation, data management, The Digital Archive, Using Gmail, Web Navigation

Leadership Skills: Critical Thinking, Complete projects effectively

Unit 2 (quarter 2) Color, elements of design, photography, photo manipulation

Essential Questions: Who AM I? How can light provoke emotion? How can we control the light?

Major Assessment: Portraits, *Silhouette collage

Projects: Sneaker project, Portraits, Silhouette collage

Content: Photoshop, color and design, digital photography, photographic lighting

Leadership Skills: Critically Thinking, communicating effectively and

persuasively, Complete Projects Effectively

Unit 3 (quarter 3) Architecture/ Intro to video

Essential Questions: How do we design our dream home without crushing others dreams?

Major Assessment: CADD Chair design, *3D CAD architectural design and video presentation of design

Content: Architecture and design, Google Sketchup, Using Ratio in design

Leadership Skills: Collaborate productively

Unit 4 (quarter 4)

Essential Questions: Resistance or complicity: Is one more powerful than the

other in a moment of conflict? How can people maintain power / control over their lives even

when they feel powerless? How has literature impacted society’s response to conflict

throughout history?

Major Assessment: Cultural circle, Literary analysis of 2 texts*

Project: Universe of Obligation exhibition

Content: Night, essays, poetry

Leadership Skills: Thinking critically, communicate effectively and persuasively, Collaborate productively

In addition to CAT expectations I expect students to:

Be Creative

Be present

Help your classmates

Be respectful of the hardware

Don’t even think about eating or drinking anywhere near the computers

Have fun

Reflections

Each project and student will be required to keep an online blog or journal, and a paper back-up in their file, reflecting on their theoretical learning and the development of their practical productions. Journals will be reviewed and discussed in class.

What you can expect from me

I have been teaching at CAT for the past 4 years, before CAT I taught 7th grade Language Arts and Social studies for six years. In addition to teaching I am a professional photographer and my photos have appeared in magazines and books worldwide including the UK, New Zealand, Mexico, Costa Rica, USA and France. You can expect me to have exciting and fun projects to do in class every day.