EDLD+5366+Digital+Graphics

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**I have really enjoyed this class on Digital Graphics. Before I started the class, I was excited about what I would learn. As I began the first week, this excitement and eagerness grew.** **In week 1, I learned about design principles. The four design principles are referred to as C.R.A.P. (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity). I practiced using these principles as I evaluated the Lisbon Hebrew Bible. I also learned about the different file formats for graphics. For my project, I used the JPEG format. This weeks project was to create a product that I could use as a teaching tool about the design principles. I created two products; poster/t-shirt for my husband’s band and a collage of mine son and his best friend Parker (our lab). I put both of these on my wiki and blog.** **Week 2, was interesting. The assignment consisted of me creating a logo that was descriptive of myself. First, I surveyed relatives, friends, and coworkers. The survey question was, “What three descriptive adjectives would you use to describe me?”. Applying the four design principles learned in week, I created a logo using my characteristic adjectives. I used Logo Creator to create my logo.** **Week 3, was my most exciting week. I spent many hours on different animations. The first animation took me two hours complete. Once I completed the first animation, the others were much easier and quicker to create. There were two programs suggested to use; Skyze and Scratch. I choose to use Scratch. One problem I had was to get my animation to work in my wiki and blog. At first I could only get it to show as a single graphic. I experimented with the different embedding codes to animate correctly in my wiki and blog.** **I took everything I’ve learned in this course to create week 4 assignment which was a newsletter. For the newsletter, I wanted to put together a product that I could use to help teach digital graphics. My whole newsletter evolved around this course, what I’ve learned, and the resources provided such as the 10 free photoshop alternatives. Hopefully others can use this information.** **I really enjoyed and learned a lot from this course that I will be able to use personally, at work, and share with others. For my yearbook class, I plan to create some lessons and activities based on this course. My students can use this information to create and publish the Middle School yearbook. I have included all of my assignments on my wiki and blog.**