Preschool Project

The sample book is in the mid stages of creation. I am up to four pages and a cover. It is just rough for now, I will make it pretty in the end. Julia is working on some story stuff and we will get the outline ready for Aron to work on a website soon.

Preschool Project: New Roles

With our problems now settled, we have set new goals. We are going to push forth in making the template for a really successful book, each of us sort of taking our original pieces of the project and blending them, like we would have if we had original trial material.

Christi will be creating sample dialogue, the calendar, and corresponding materials. She will also format the book and be responsible for the final outcome of the project.

Julia will still be responsible for pictures and their format in the book. She will also work with creating some possible scenarios/ story lines and maybe some games or projects for the group and child to do together.

Aron will work on creating a website format with title and template for future projects, as well as slide show and video capabilities and a spot for project team members to blog about their experiences.

All group members will work together to help each other finish their objectives.

All objectives will be complete and ready for review by Thursday, May 29th.

On The Road Again

So, we hit our roadblock and this is where we are at.

We don't have another child at so short a notice, so we are going to format the book and set project guidelines. We will leave space for pictures and include sample dialogue.

Preschool Project: Roadblock

We lost Ms. Seckar. I am trying to go back to plan A and use Quentin Spurlock, but it is such short notice. My new plan, if we cannot use Quentin, is to create a sample book and project format with guidelines and sample forms/ calendar/ outline that people can use in Mr. Bjerke's classes in the future.

We'll see.

Preschool Project- On It's Way

So, Julia talked to Ms. Seckar yesterday, and she said yes. We will be using her five year old child, and name and further details will be added at a later time.

I am going to email Ms. Seckar the information (including tentative schedule and rough outline) to get things rolling this week.

Yay!

Preschool Project- getting started

Julia is really slow. She still hasn't talked to Ms. Seckar, but she will do so today (or I will beat her up). We are confident though that she will say yes, so I feel comfortable making a tentative calendar for the completion of the project.


It goes as follows:

Saturday, April 26 - (morning) 1st meeting with child (and parent)
talk/ overview, picture

skip a weekend for prom

Saturday, May 10 - (morning) 2nd meeting, start formulating story,
draw a timeline, child pictures
Saturday, May 17 - (morning) final meeting before book presentation,
re-enacting stories, final stories/ memories
Saturday, May 31 - (morning) book presentation/ explanation with child

so you know (and i remember)

"I'd rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong"

march 24

my 19th birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

today i made up for old blogs and did flash lesson 4.

Teks: 3c, use graphic software to create and modify images.

march 19

My group for the Preschool Project will include:

Christi C as Primary Member: Responsible for talking and interacting with the child, gathering information and compiling book. I will also do a final essay (thesis-style) and journaling throughout the process. I will be in charge of compiling the final project.

Aron C-B as Videographer: Responsible for recording (taking video) of sessions with the child, editing content for final project, adding to journals of primary member any observations he may have from the experience. He will help with final product and in charge of posting to the website. He will do a short essay at the close of project that compiles his experiences and what he has learned through the process.

Julia T as Recorder: Responsible for taking still images during sessions and activities. Will also record what happened during the sessions and compile a report (like minutes) of each that can be used later to create the book and final project. Will help with the book and write a short essay at the close of project that compiles her experiences and what she has learned through the process.

march 18

today i worked on the outline for my semester project.

included here:

Preschool Project

1. Meet with parent to explain project/ ideas and work out a schedule/ compromises.

Answer any questions the parent might have.

2. Meet with the child. Play a game/ get to know him or her, while he/ she is getting

comfortable, explain sort-of what you are doing.

3. 1^st Meeting with Child:

(take pictures, document, record)

-Get to know better

-Ask leading questions about what happened in the last year of their life. Try to get a chronological order- look at the good and bad/ lessons learned etc.

-How did they feel?

- Draw pictures/ color- Allow the child to illustrate their feelings

4. 2^nd Meeting with Child:

(Pictures, document, record)

-Talk about last meeting

-Act out some of the events, role-play

-Organize the events, add any details

-Talk to the child about what you are going to do next time (field trip)

5. 3^rd Meeting with Child:

(documentation)

-Go to different locations to “re-enact” the events

-Pick the best pictures (with the Child), the ones that the child responds to the

best and begin to formulate an unifying theme- creating a sort of scrapbook

6. Create the book (according to Bjerke’s plan).

7. Review it with the Child (also according to Bjerke’s plan).

8. Create a final summary/ thesis type essay and make an interactive (web-ready) copy of

the book. Post to website with student’s journal or the process and steps.

march 17

today I worked on my trends in technology essay. i did it on --- theatre. imagine that.

teks:

11 and 12

march 7

today, i honestly probably didn't do anything, i may even have left early, or just talked to bjerke the whole class period. if i did that, i learned a lot of stuff and worked on a project, and if not, whatever. i am also going to make up fake Teks so that this blog counts.

Teks: 2E- use computer technology to record, analyze or exchange information.

march 6

flash lesson 4

i would never want to get a crap-tastic birthday card like this.....

teks: 3c- use graphic software to create and modify images.

march 5

Today I spent most of the day on project rungay, critiquing project runway fashions because i am a big dorky loser. duh.

I love Project RunGay and TLo, and I am pretty sure you would to. Their runway blog is www.projectrungay.blogspot.com , and it has a link to their TLo blog.

Teks: 2E

tuesday march 4

finished flash lesson 3.

this was pretty simple, just boring. since we are sharing flash books, i think i skipped the part of the lesson where we were supposed to turn the thumbnails pictures blue.

make more flash books!!!

teks: 3c " Use graphic software to create and modify images

monday - march 3

today i started lesson three, but i don't want to import it yet because i am afraid to change anything about what i am working on, as i do not want to have to do it again. it was the European Holiday dvd menu screen. The buttons are weird.

teks: 3c " Use graphic software to create and modify images;

friday!!!!!!!

flash lesson 2

for this lesson, i created the water glass, and added the stroke and fill. my computer was not working well, so i started over a few times and finally switched to a different computer to work on this lesson. i used motion tweens to make the water bubbles and stars (fizzies).




teks:
3c " Use graphic software to create and modify images;"

Thursday 28

Flash Lesson 1:
This was pretty easy if you just follwed the directions, but thank God! for the locking layers capability, otherwise i would have been screwed.



teks:
(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;
Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

wednesday 27

New Project Runway Tonight!!!

I have only one thing left to do on lesson 1, so i am going to wait and post it tomorrow. today i did the first lesson of flash, working with key frames and motion tweens.

teks:
(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;
Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

tuesday 26

i was called to the office today to give a statement - no teks

friday

i started on adobe flash- but i didn't get anywhere to post it on my blog - i was playing around with tools and stuff.

my teks:
(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;
Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

4th Six Weeks Exam

For My 4th Six Weeks Exam:

Illustrator Image:
I turned the "No News to Report" evening news image into a news screen. I added information about current news with the type tool in a new text box. I used the rectangle and fill tools to create a screen for the text. With the move tool I removed the text that would contradict my statement from the bottom of the image. I also used various selection techniques and (shift - click) to move and group the images of the reporter from the center of the image to the side. I also edited the colors and the amount of fill (gray scale).

PhotoShop Image:
The original work for this lesson was to crop and rotate this image, then to sharpen the details (by transformation - sharpen - details) and brighten and change the flower colors. To change this image, I first did "adjustments - auto color". I then replaced some on the yellow colors with the rectangular marquee tool and "adjustments - replace color", after removing the red color cast. To get the really unnatural and vibrant colors played around with the tonal range. To get all the very distinct differences, I severely adjusted the contrast.

for my six weeks exam

illustrator lesson two - reorganizing/ decorating flowers : move tool

photoshop lesson four - salads made easy : cutting and resizing images, inversing colors

flash - lesson 1?

tuesday

my mommy picked me up today!!!!

so, on teks or flash....

friday 2.15

i worked today in the theatre instead of on flash.

thanks mr. bjerke!!!

valentines

PHOTOSHOP COMPLETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stupid flowers lesson (not like i dont think all of these are stupid- unless i want to do it)

part b of lesson 11 photoshop

this lesson included resizing images, and layering them over a mosaic background with text. it also included inversing the colors in the flower museum image.

teks:::

(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;
Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

dos : trese

today i was absent - because i was making up a physics test

february 11

today i updated all of my blogs with the new blog requirements, which basically meant adding a description of my work to all of my photoshop lessons. it was rather boring. i also started the next photoshop lesson.

THE TEKS: 150 WORDS

i know i am doing a lot of tag clouds. i dont know why. i didnt want to do photoshop today.

able academic achieve acquire activities adoption affect aide applications apply appropriate area assessment associated available behavior best better binary bio-related budget business career change characteristics classify codes company complete computer computer-aided computer-related conceptual control correctly costs create deadlines decision-making describe design develop different discrimination discuss effects employers emulate equality equipment evaluate evolves expected explain factors field finish gain general goals group guidelines habits handle harassment hazardous identify images importance improve influence information innovative interest investigates items knowledge laws lead leaders learn locate machines maintain maintenance manage manuals marketing master materials meet model modern network numbers obsolete operation perform plan prepare presentations problems procedures processes produce products programs project proper properly properties quality regulations related relevant requirements research resources roles rules safety satisfaction schedules select services share simulate skills society software solutions solve standards start strategy student systems team teamwork technical techniques technology tests understand used variety various wastes work world

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Big Love- Charles Mee

accept against agreed along around away bad being bella body boy brides brother business cake care children comes constantine couldn country course cousins dance deal deep different dinner don door dress earth eleanor else enters everyone everything eyes family father feel fifty finally floor force full getting gifts girls giuliano gives goes going greece groom ground guys hands happen head hear house human isn italy joins judge kill leave leo life likes lives ll looking love lydia man marriage married matter maybe mind moment mother music myself night nikos nothing oed oh olympia others people person piece piero plates play promise re really saying seems silence simultaneously sisters someone something sometimes son sorry sort speak splat stage stand starts stay stop taken takes talk thank themselves things think throwing thyona tomato turns uncle understand until ve wants water wedding whole woman women words work world wrong yelling yes young yourself

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The Imaginary Invalid (LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE) - Moliere

--argan according against ah alas ang angelique anything arg argan arm asked atque away bachelierus bad bel believe beline bene ber beralde better body brother care certainly chair child children chorus cle cleante clyster coming convent corpore cum darling daughter days de dead dear death dia diafoirus die dignus diseases docto doctor done enough est et ever everything eyes father feel fellow fleurant four francs gentleman girl head hear heart heaven himself husband ill impertinent indeed item jade leave life lou louison love lungs madam man marriage marry match matter means moment mr myself nature non nostro nothing oh order ought papa people pleasant please poor pur purgon qui quite ready reason remedies respondere says scene seen sees send servant shall si since sir something son soon sous speak sweet takes ten things think thomas toi toinette told trouble true twenty vivat whom wife wish woman world yes young yourself

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feb 6

PHoToSHoP: LeSSoN NuMBeR TeN

is an ugly cell phone box. mine looks like:

i hated this lesson. I was given the black box, the box text unformatted, the box background and the cellphone image. I creates layers and transformed the text to wrap around the box that way.
i added the weird splash in the back to add interest, but it is still really ugly.

teks:
(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;
Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

feb 5

yippee!!!!!

photoshop lesson 9

i got bored. so i quit early.
i formatted the text, made the white shape and punched out the star hole to show the background. I also cut the spaceship out of a different background.

teks:
(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;
Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

feb. 1

today i did lesson 8. it was:

I made the label by putting the text onto it. I also had to create the OLIO symbol by cutting the letters out of the olive background we were given.

my teks are 3(C)

jan 31

um, today i did lesson 7.

i sharpened, cropped and adjusted some of the color on the images. I also took out the red eye in the mother and son/ desert picture.

my teks were:
(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;
Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images

jan 30

i was absent, but this is what i did to make up for it

lesson 6 p shop
I had to add my own name and use the paper cut technique to do the purple borders. I had to cut the buddha statue out of a different picture and lay it over the pther images. I also had to cut the middle image into the garden image.

my teks are 3c. like always.

1 29

today, i did photoshop lesson 5, or re-did, after i erased it yesterday. it looks like this:

i added the texture to the paper on the right, added the gradient texture to the whole background, resized the letter and placed the shell and picture.

my teks were:

(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;
Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

1 28

so today, i almost completely finished photoshop lesson 5, and then i erased it. i was trying to save it and i pressed no instead of cancel. i am not doing well.

also, i DO NOT get along with student teachers, at all.

teks: (C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;	Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

january 25

photoshop lesson 4 complete! success!!!

I cut the vegetables out of their original backgrounds, resized and turned them, then placed them on the cutting board. I also made 2 copies of the "salads" logo and changed their colors (to their inverse colors- they were pink and purple).

yay!!! i actually sort of enjoyed this lesson, and i completed to lesson 4 in photoshop and this is my 14th blog of the new semester, therefore I have met all my requirements for the first 3 weeks. balled.

teks:
(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;
Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

teks really haven't chanhged much in a while....

january 24

photoshop lesson 3: retouching and refinishing

i retouched the photos. it included taking out wrinkles, covering up rock blemishes and using the magic eraser to fix the yukumi picture.

teks:
(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images; Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

january 23

today, mostly we waited to get on our computers because you were working on them, and then we had a good ole' time watching asbestos and bomb public service announcements.
these types of movies have made things safer (joking) and technology has helped that.

teks:

(12) The student describes how and why computer technology evolves. The student is expected to:
(A) Describe how changes in computer technology affect business and industry;	Explain the way technology changes have impacted the work place.
(B) Describe how the development and use of computer technology are influenced by past events;	Explain the historical factors that lead to the development of computer technology

january 22

today i made up all of my missed blogs and joined Austin Albin's CaringBridge site. He is doing really well. Today is his 16th birthday. They started the warming process this morning to bring him up to normal temp. and he should be awake by tonight, or maybe tomorrow. Anyway it is a really good sign.

We are all hoping for the best and it looks like he is pulling out of it.

John sits next to me. Everyday he looks at mexican. chinese, and black jokes. Today he went to white jokes and they were all censored by aisd.....

teks:
(A) Apply computer technology to individual or community problems; Be able to use the technological information the student has acquired to solve outside problems.

1.21

so, mr bjerke counted incorrectly and said that we needed to have 14 blog posts, when really we only needed 13 because we had a monday off. anyhow, i will have 14 posts, as i am writing this one for the monday that we missed.

today, i babysat children for six hours and only made $20.

i am writing this on thursday, and bjerke is absent. his sub sucks. a lot. like one of the worst subs ever.

teks:
none
but,
(A) Describe the importance of codes, laws, standards, or regulations; Be able to explain the importance of rules or guidelines put in place, such as codes, laws, standards, or regulations

these are what i did with the kids, nt technology wise like they are referring to.

january 18

so, i am not here because i am working on the fashion show that is now dedicated to austin albin and his family. all of the proceeds are being donated to him so that the family can pay hospital bills and whatever else they need as they are taking time off to be at the hospital.
everyone please come. he needs absolutely all the support he can possibly get at this time.

teks:
community problems and
(D) Describe the factors that encourage the evolution of technology.
Describe what has helped technology evolve over the years

"Need" has helped technology evolve over the years.

1.17

today i did photoshop lesson 2.
I had to change the colors, sharpen the details and crop the photo.
I also had to turn it straight (it was uncropped and sideways).

1.16

I looked at blogs today. There were a lot of cool design blogs, especially one about using everyday objects, like scissors and turning them into really beautiful, functional jewelery.

teks:
(A) Apply computer technology to individual or community problems; Be able to use the technological information the student has acquired to solve outside problems.

1.15

today i did my make-up blog for yesterday and finished last friday's blog. i also finished and submitted my DePaul application! i didnt do any photoshop.

teks:

(11) The student describes the intended and unintended effects of technological solutions. The student is expected to:
(A) Use an assessment strategy to determine the risks and benefits of technological developments in computer technology;	Use skills to asses the pros and cons of development in the technological field
(B) Describe how technology has affected individuals, societies, cultures, economies, and environments;	Be able to explain the effect upon modern life and society due to technology

1.14

i was absent today! i played typing games because my sister was practicing for her typing test and i wanted to show her that i was better than her. i am. and i am awesome. and humble.

so, i did not do anything in photoshop. i dont think that i will be doing a lot in photoshop for a while because i only have to get up to chapter 4 finished by next friday and i have already done chapter one. so, i am set to work on college stuff during this class.

my teks are:
(B) Apply continuous quality improvement techniques to computer activities. Be able to perform constant quality improvement techniques to current activities.

1.11

i finished photoshop lesson 1.

first, coins: i darkened all but the gold coin.




then, Beach CleanUp: i wrote"monday is beach clean up day", then turned it purple


finally, weird clip art tie dude: i decorated his tie. it was orange, but for some reason when i exported it, it turned blue. i guess it had something to do with the different color processes.
i was absent on 1/14- monday. so i did nothing. actually, my sister had to do a typing wpm test for a job application, so i also did that and played a typing game called bubbles...

teks:

(3) The student uses computer applications to facilitate the design and development of products or services. The student is expected to:
(A) Develop or improve a product or system that meets specified objectives;	Create or change for the better a preexisting product or network to meet a set of preset goals.
(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images;	Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

1.10

stupid lemon gift certificate crap. it is almost correct except that the stuff is moved over in the wrong positions. i hated it though, so i won't worry about fixing it.

teks: the same ones for all of illustrator:

(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images; Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.

1.8

today, i did not work on illustrator or start flash because i was teaching all the new kids how to do everything to get set up to start this class. it was simple. i got all eight points for the day- i now have a question as to how points are working/ what they do. i have not seen any fruition on that subject.

teks:

(18) The student describes the importance of teamwork, leadership, integrity, honesty, work habits, and organizational skills. The student is expected to:
(A) Describe how teams function;	Describe how groups work well
(B) Use teamwork to solve problems;	Learn to use group work to solve issues
(C) Distinguish between the roles of team leaders and team members;	Learn to identify the difference between those who lead a group and those who work within the group.
(D) Identify characteristics of good leaders;	Learn which characteristic are best for a good leader
(E) Identify employers' expectations and appropriate work habits;	Learn what an employer expects in their company and what is considered appropriate behavior within the company.

i dont know if any of that counts, but i was a willing leader

1.9

i did not get to post a picture today. i worked on illustrator lesson 11, citrus bath soap whatever giftcard thing. i didnt finish. i got the tin made and started on the lemons texture stuff.

teks were:
(C) Use graphic software to create and modify images; Use media, such as photos and animation, editing software to change and create images.