4/16/15

DO NOW:
Finish any missing work

OBJECTIVES:
NOCTI REVIEW
APPLIED MATH

Description: 
We had Math and we continued the Car worksheet and did more problems relating to that. I also continued to work on my WordPress.org website and finished it. I handed in the rubric and also the planning in to Mr. D.

4/13/15

DO NOW:

Reply to this post with your favorite part of Spring Break (upload pictures if you have them) and then return to a desk.

OBJECTIVES:

Get 4th MP assignemnt
Complete any missing work (This is final week of 3rd Marking Period)
Review Wordpress
Add content to WordPress

Description:
Added an icon to tab. We talked about what we were doing for the rest of the week regarding wordpress. Started to add pictures. Trying to add a slide show to my make-up page

4/1/15

DO NOW:

Show me all your graded assignments for the marking period - Grade book has been erased.

OBJECTIVES:

Review Wordpress.org skills
Plan pages for Wordperss.org site
Applied English

Description:
I worked and made a plan for my WordPress site. I added video, slideshows and some more pages to the site. We also had English today. We discussed the field trip in May and also did a test on typing.com.

3/31/15

DO NOW:

Finish any missing projects (Teacher Websites, Travel Website)

OBJECTIVES:

Guest Speaker - Adam Binder - Creative Click Media
Wordpress.org customization

Description:
We had a guest speaker talk about and help us set up our WordPress.org accounts. We took a mini test on what we learned about WordPress.org and it's components. The guest speaker showed us how to edit your main page and add pages. He also taught us how to put in images and Logos.

3/30/15

DO NOW:
Study for Quiz (DO NOT GO ON COMPUTERS)

OBJECTIVES:
Create WordPress.org account
Applied MAth

Description:
We set up our WordPress.org account and also took a quiz of coding and web design. We have math and it's about budgeting on buying a home and things of that nature.

3/27/15

DO NOW:
Finish/Submit Travel Websites

OBJECTIVES:
Dreamweaver/HTML Quiz Review
Introduction to Wordpress

Description:
We continued thw Wordpress worksheet and also we created a blog on WordPress and posted something. Did a review on Dreamweaver.

3/26/15

DO NOW:
Finish Travel Website (Don't forget to hand-in rubric and copy files to the shared folder)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Travel Website Presentations
2. Introduction to Wordpress

Went over what WordPress was and some of teh terms involving it. We presented some of the Websites and went over the requirements of it and what could have been better.

DO NOW:
Vote on DVC Shirt Design on Google+

OBJECTIVES:
Submit Travel Website
Project Reflection - (Type the following)

1. List and describe as many tools/palettes/procedures as you can remember about using Dreamweaver & Photoshop to make a website.
2. Based on what we have learned so far, rate skill on a scale of 1-10 and explain why.

Applied English - Biography Presentations

Description:
I edited my CAP Logo and I handed in the project reflection sheet to Mr. D. Then we had English and more kids presented their projects.

3/24/15

DO NOW:
Print "Travel Website Requirements" from the Shared Folder (not google drive". Have a classmate look at your site, circle missing items, initial and turn-in to me.

OBJECTIVES:
Email link and Interactive Form in Dreamweaver
CSS

Description:
I continued to work on and finish making my website. I also graded someone else's progress in theirs. I organized some of the information a bit more using table.
I fixed one of the slide shows and I learned how to put an email link and us CSS on DreamWeaver.

3/23/15

• Do Now: Find at least 5 images that might relate to your travel site

OBJECTIVES:

• 1.       Create a slideshow using Adobe Photoshop (Animated GIF)
  2.       Insert Video into a webpage using HTML
  3.       Create an email link

        Description:
      Made slide shows for my website on Photoshop. I made a slide show for each page to show interest. I changed the color of the background to orange and added some information to some of the pages.

         

3/20/15

DO NOW:
Type and print the answers to the following:
What is a slice in Photoshop? Why is it created?
What is a layer effect? Give an example.

OBJECTIVES:
Insert "Rollover Images" in Dreamweaver
Create slideshow (Animated GIF) in Photoshop
Applied Math

Description:
We worked on our links, by adding them into dreamweaver. I tested it out in Chrome and it seemed to wor. There was a few bugs but I was able to fix it. We also discussed the Do Now and I got some pictures for the slide show that we're doing later on. We are alos going to discuss college funds and money in math today.

3/19/15

DO NOW:
Help revise a logo by doing two things:
Add to the following logo the text "Community Art Project" or "CAP" and
Add a graphic that will reflect sculpture or art

OBJECTIVES:
Make graphical navigation bar in Photoshop/Insert into Dreamweaver

Make a slideshow in Photoshop/Insert into Dreamweaver

Desription:

We worked on a Logo design for DownTown TomsRiver's CAP and submitted to a folder in google docs. We also worked on our navigation tabs and made them into buttons. We used the slice tools to on photoshop to help create the buttons and saved the two different colors into two foldering on the image folder. 

3/17/15

DO NOW:
Open Dreamweaver and be prepared to show me what you added to your pages yesterday.

OBJECTIVES:
Discuss "Sensitivity" lesson
Create graphical navigation bar
Applied English

Description:
I worked a bit on my website. Edited a few pages by listing out the outline of what I am planning to do to each page. I also edited my header logo so that the navigation was attached to it. I did this in photoshop. We also went over the sensitivity worksheet that we did yesterday.

3/17/15

We did a worksheet on judging people based on their appearances and how bad it is.

3/16/15

         

           Do Now: Get your grade report and finish any missing assignments

           

     OBJECTIVES

1.       Finish Web Banner in Photoshop

2.       Make a navigation bar using Adobe Photoshop

3.       Create table based layout for travel website

4.       Place Header  Image using HTML

5.       Place navigation bar images using HTML

6.       Attend college presentation

Description:

We had a guest speaker on a college in California. It was very informative and interesting. After that, we worked on Dream Weaver and added the web banner to the website and to other pages. We discussed a bit about how coding works and how Dream Weaver works.

2/26/15

 
DO NOW:
What did you learn from career research yesterday? Talk to a classmate about it.

OBJECTIVES:
Website Pricing
Teacher Website Progress


Description:

3/12/15

1. Find a piece of paper and write down as many tags as you can remember and describe what they do.
2. Continue working on your English Powerpoint if not finished.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Creating a table-based layout using HTML
2. Applied Math

Description:

We had a guest speaker for Math and he talked about budgeting and other bank topics. I also got caught up from what I missed yesterday. It was basically doing links with coding and today we were doing coding involving columns and such.

3/13/15

DO NOW:
Get a piece of drawing paper and make 3 thumbnail sketches of a header image/logo for your Travel Website. They should each include the name, a graphic, indicate colors and font style.

OBJECTIVES:
Create a logo for travel website
Set-Up table based layout for Travel Website

Description:

I sketched out and chose an idea to a banner for my travel website. Then I began to make the banner on photoshop and I also used some pictures from google images.

3/10/15

DO NOW:
How do you think we should start the planning for a "Travel Website" design. Reply to this post.

OBJECTIVES:
Travel Website Planning
Insert links, images and background color using HTML

Description:

Most of the travel sites I saw have pictures of the places that would be interesting to travel to, the pricing or at least some examples, some sales to get the viewer interested, navigation and different tabs to choose from if you need to be specific. There are also too many links to different pages.

We discussed how we should design the website and also on some other codes to help design the background and text coloring.

3/9/15

Do Now: Think about your experiences creating the teacher websites. Type 2-3 paragraphs explaining what you would do differently if you could start again? What have you learned from the project either from a technical point of view or in communication skills that you can apply to future projects. Share your writing with OCVTSDVC@gmail.com

OBJECTIVES:

1.       Teacher Website Reflection

2.       Teacher Website Presentations

3.       Net Neutrality Discussion

4.       Intro to HTML coding

Description:

Wrote up Do Now in google Docs and shared to OCTVS. We also went over coding and did a worksheet and a little practice on coding.

3/4/15

What I did today.....

Today I worked on my Biography Slide Show. I got a lot done. I finished most of the slides and just need to add some pictures to a few.

3/3/15

          

    Do Now: 

1.      Open “Net Neutrality” form on Google+. Answer the questions to complete and submit form.

Objectives:

2.     Learn about current internet issues

3.     Finish Teacher Websites

4.     Get Teacher feedback on websites

5.     Submit Teacher website rubric (with teacher evaluation)

6.     Applied English

        Description:

         

         I recieved back the evaluation form from the nurse and my partner corrected the things that needed to be corrected. For our do now we read over some information on the FCC. We had English today

3/2/15

DO NOW:
Continue working on Teacher Website

OBJECTIVES:

1. Finish adding content
2. Get teacher evaluation
3. Submit Rubric

Description: I finished up my stickers and printed them out and gave the Nurse the evaluation sheet. Hopefully she will fill it out by tomorrow.

2/27/15

DO NOW:
Download AND Print "ClientEvaluation.doc" AND "Teacher Website Requireemnts.PDF"

OBJECTIVES:
Finish Teacher Website
Applied Math

Description:
Me and my partner showed our client her website. We gave her the evaluation sheet and we also edited some mistakes that she pointed out to us. Then we had financial literacy in Math.

2/25/15

DO NOW:
Get your feedback from the critique yesterday from me. With your partner, type 3-5 paragraphs (introduction, support, conclusion) discussing your reaction to the praise, polish and questions. If you did not receive feedback, discuss what you learned from the critique about other groups' sites and how you will apply it to your design.

OBJECTIVES:
Website Progress
Applied English


Description:
Me and my partner wrote up our paragraphs for our do now and explained what we learned from our critiques and what not. In English, we did a worksheet on what jobs we would want and did some research on what some of the requirements were, salary and so on. 

2/24/15

DO NOW:
Think about how you think this Teacher Website should be graded. Reply to this blog with your answer.

OBJECTIVES:
Complete 2 pages of Teacher Website
Class Critique


Description:
Answered the question for the do now. Finished up adding some pictures and re-doing the set up of the Forms page on the Nurse's website. Did a class critique for our website projects and submitted them in an Evaluation form.

2/23/15

DO NOW:
Finish your Math worksheet from Friday (Life Choices)
Check you "Permission settings" or talk to me to see if your site is shared with me.

OBJECTIVES:
Learn how to use different gadgets in Google Sites
Continue Teacher Sites: Have ALL pages made, content done on at least 1


Desciption:
I worked on and added more information to the Nurses Website. We got our grade reports today too. We also learned how to use different gadgets on Google sites like slideshows and calenders.

2/20/15

       

DO NOW:

1. Print-out Google Website Rubric if you have not already and fill-in vocab from Google Drive
2. Download a "Teacher Website Planning" sheet. Fill-in all the details for what the site will contain even if the teacher did not give you all of them.

OBJECTIVES:

Create pages and select theme for teacher's websites
Add text/images?
Applied Math

Desription

Added a few pictures to the website and asked the Nurse if she finished making the forms to help me create her website. She wasn't finished but she said that she'll finish them later today. I downloaded possible pictures for the website. Then we had math.

2/19/15

DO NOW:
Study for Internet Quiz

OBJECTIVES:
Determine what information should be on websites
Get teacher class assignments
Meet teachers/get information?


Description:
We took a Quiz on The World Wide Web and Coloring aswell as HTML. We also discussed about how to approach people when making their websites. We were then assigned are teachers and started to get information for that site. I picked the OCTVS Nurse with Tony.

2/18/15

DO NOW: 

Take a copy of quiz review

OBJECTIVES

Google Portfolio Submission

Applied English

Teacher Websites

        Description: 

             Worked on my stickers and downloaded all of my projects onto a Flash drive. Did a review sheet for an upcoming quiz. Doing a assignment on serio types in English.

2/12/15

   

Do  Now:
Think about if you were a web designer and wanted to get people you know to hire you.
Type an email message to them which would not only explain what you could provide for them but also why they should want you to create their website.

Objectives:

1. Submit Website for Grade
2. Present Website for review/Discuss what makes a good website
3. Get assignment for OCVTS websites

Description:

Handed in rubric for Website project. Criticed other students projects. Wrote e-mail to future employeers who want someone to create them a wibsite.

2/11/15

Do Now:

•           Get an introduction to coding by visiting http://code.org/learn and choose a tutorial. 
•        Spend at least 20 minutes. When done, type a minimum of 5 sentences in a Google Doc describing what you did and what value it had in learning computer programming. 
•       Share the doc to OCVTSDVC@GMAIL.COM when done.

Objectives:

AM:

•       Continue working on Blender Logo. 
•      Post a screenshot (Find the p"print screen buttonon your keyboard and then press "control + v" to paste it into your blog
•        Finish welcome, work samples and resume page of google Site. 
•      Post the URL to your website on YOUR blog if it is not on my websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/designvisualcommunications/student-websites
•       Applied English

PM:

2.      Finish welcome, work samples, contact and resume page of google Site

3.      Applied English

        Description:

         Watched a video about Block Coding and did a few activities on the computer with it by using different block codes to make characters moving. Did an activity on Typing.com.