Agenda: Friday, 4/29/16

• Did you remember to turn in edited photo (instructions are here)?
• Turn in your packets?
• Photoshop: Introduction to Compositing


• Guidelines
• Shoot from the same angles
• Use solid backgrounds
• Sketch out ideas
• Design
• Rule of Thirds
• Consistency of light and color
• Use guidelines
• Use foreground, middle ground, and background; overlappping.
• Techniques
• Selection
• Pixels: how it works
• Solid background wih contrast
• Quick selection brush
• Magic Wand
• Feathering
• Filters


•  Work on Extraordinary Circumstances Assignment
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• Probably Not Today:
• Review NTKs and what we have learned. Each group will take one of the following terms and explain it to the class using a visual.
1. Exposure
2. Selection
3. Layers
4. Contrast
5. Levels
6. Cropping and The Rule of Thirds
7. Saturation

Agenda: Thursday, 4/28/16

Did you remember to turn in edited photo (instructions are here)?

Turn in your packets?

Photoshop: Introduction to Compositing

• Guidelines
• Shoot from the same angles
• Use solid backgrounds
• Sketch out ideas
• Design
• Rule of Thirds
• Consistency of light and color
• Use guidelines
• Use foreground, middle ground, and background; overlappping.
• Techniques
• Selection
• Pixels: how it works
• Solid background wih contrast
• Quick selection brush
• Magic Wand
• Feathering
• Filters

 Work on Extraordinary Circumstances Assignment

Agenda: Wednesday, 4/27/16

• Beginning of class: turn in edited photo (instructions are here)
• Photo Observations
• Small group: look at the pictures in this document and answer the questions.
• Share out and discuss.
• Photoshop 
• Review NTKs and what we have learned. Each group will take one of the following terms and explain it to the class using a visual.
1. Exposure
2. Selection
3. Layers
4. Contrast
5. Levels
6. Cropping and The Rule of Thirds
7. Saturation
• Notes: Introduction to Compositing
• Guidelines
• Shoot from the same angles
• Use solid backgrounds
• Sketch out ideas
• Design
• Rule of Thirds
• Consistency of light and color
• Use guidelines
• Use foreground, middle ground, and background; overlappping.
• Techniques
• Selection
• Pixels: how it works
• Solid background wih contrast
• Quick selection brush
• Magic Wand
• Feathering
• Filters
• Extraordinary Circumstances Assignment

Agenda: 4/26/16

• Photoshop and photo editing
• composition
• cropping
• rule of thirds
• changing color and value
• levels/histograms
• contrast
• hue/saturation
• selection tools for selective edits
• Assignment: 
• try the different tools available to you
• take an okay photo and make it better. List the changes you made (hint: take screenshots at different stages)
• Packet time
• Reading Guides and chapters are available here.

Agenda: Monday, 4/25/16

• Discuss change in plans for the year.
• Due date for the current project=moved back (TBA)
• Regatta
• Photoshop and photo editing
• composition
• cropping
• rule of thirds
• changing color and value
• levels/histograms
• contrast
• hue/saturation
• selection tools for selective edits
• Other photo editors (in smaller groups)
• Chrome: Polarr (also available for iOs, Android, Mac (10.10 and up), and Windows 10 (Mac and Windows also have paid versions)
• Snapseed (iOs and Android)
• Assignment: 
• try the different tools available to you
• take an okay photo and make it better. List the changes you made (hint: take screenshots at different stages)
• Packet time
• Reading Guides and chapters are available here.

Agenda, Friday 4/21/16

Catch Up Day!

Work on your packets.
Reading guides and chapters are available here.

The three packets due today should be placed on Ms. Coop's desk.

If you are done with all 5 packets, you can get a head start on next week's packet (it's on Coop's desk)
OR you can play with Photoshop (because trying things is how we learn!)

Agenda, Thursday 4/21/16

Rock on! Finish being rock detectives.
Reading Guides and chapters are available here.


Good free photo editor for Chrome: Polarr (also available for iOs, Android, Mac (10.10 and up), and Windows 10 (Mac and Windows also have paid versions)

Intro to Photoshop

Agenda, Wednesday 4/20/16

• TODAY:
• How to turn in your photos
• Geologic time: relative age dating
• Extra copies available under "Projects" tab in "Earth Science Resources" folder

• HOMEWORK: 
• Reading Guides for chapters 3, 9, 10 due Friday 4/22
• Reading Guide for chapter 12 due Tuesday 4/26
• Textbook pages are available under the "Projects" tab in "Earth Science Resources" folder
• Extra copies of reading guides are available under the "Projects" tab in "Assignments" folder

• Tech Homework (due today):
• Take three pictures of the same subject using different exposure settings. Insert them into the slideshow provided for you in Google Classroom. Explain what specific changes in between each image.
• 2nd-3rd hour
• 4th-5th hour
• If you have a mobile device that you are using as a camera, download Snapseed (free)
• iOS
• Android
• Extra Credit: have a cool pic from today that shows off what can be done with a camera? Upload it to the "Cool Pics" assignment in Google Classroom
• Mobile Camera Apps
• Suggested apps for manual camera control:
• Android:
• Open Camera
• VSCO
• The stock photo app on LG phones has manual controls built in
• iOs
• VSCO
• tutorial
• The stock Apple photo app now has manual controls (links to tutorials here and here).

Agenda, Tuesday 3/19/16

• Earth Science
• Volcanoes 
• HOMEWORK: Reading Guides for chapters 3, 9, 10 due Friday 4/22
• Textbook pages are available under the "Projects" tab in "Earth Science Resources" folder
• Extra copies of reading guides are available under the "Projects" tab in "Assignments" folder

• Tech Homework (due tomorrow):
• Take three pictures of the same subject using different exposure settings. Insert them into the slideshow provided for you in Google Classroom. Explain what specific changes in between each image.
• 2nd-3rd hour
• 4th-5th hour
• If you have a mobile device that you are using as a camera, download Snapseed (free)
• iOS
• Android
• Extra Credit: have a cool pic from today that shows off what can be done with a camera? Upload it to the "Cool Pics" assignment in Google Classroom
• Mobile Camera Apps
• Suggested apps for manual camera control:
• Android:
• Open Camera
• VSCO
• The stock photo app on LG phones has manual controls built in
• iOs
• VSCO
• tutorial
• The stock Apple photo app now has manual controls (links to tutorials here and here).

Agenda: Monday, 4/18/16

• Intro to cameras part II
• Shutter speed, exposure compensation, and pre-focus
• Suggested apps for manual camera control:
• Android:
• Open Camera
• VSCO
• The stock photo app on LG phones has manual controls built in
• iOs
• VSCO
• tutorial
• The stock Apple photo app now has manual controls (links to tutorials here and here).
• Practice taking pictures
• Homework:
• Take three pictures of the same subject using different exposure settings. Insert them into the slideshow provided for you in Google Classroom. Explain what specific changes in between each image.
• 2nd-3rd hour
• 4th-5th hour
• If you have a mobile device that you are using as a camera, download Snapseed (free)
• iOS
• Android
• Extra Credit: have a cool pic from today that shows off what can be done with a camera? Upload it to the "Cool Pics" assignment in Google Classroom

Agenda: Friday, 4/15/16

• Earth Science quiz; use your notes!
• Intro to cameras: apertures

Agenda: Thursday 4/13/16

Entry Doc
Plate Tectonics
Maybe cameras

Agenda: Wednesday 4/13/16

PSAT

Rock Samples

Agenda: Tuesday 4/12/16

No School: SAT

Agenda: Monday 4/11/16

Intro to OzCoop's "Rock Star!" video project

Rock Cycle

Agenda: Friday 4/8/16

Science test corrections

Multichoice Test

Agenda: Thursday 3/7/16

Project Feedback
-what did you learn about group work?

Character Ed.

Groups

• Contracts? or something else...
• Project boards?
• How does the Internet work?

Makeup Points/conferences

For those who are failing Tech: here is a list of assignments and their resources.

Agenda Wednesday 4/6/16

Pre-ID for the PSAT.

Agenda: Tuesday 4/5/16

Earth Science Test

Agenda: Monday 4/4/16

Welcome back!

Check thy grades. Make passing happen.

Project wrap-up:

• Who did what? 
• Share one copy between the group, Ozias, and Coop
• Project reflection (in Classroom)
• How did your group function during this project? What went well? What would you do differently? What do you need help with?
• What was something(s) that you learned that you thought was valuable?
• Peer Evaluation
• 2nd/3rd hour
• 4th/5th hour

Test Review