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The first website I would definetly use to find information on certain programs. This informnation on these programs will also inspire where and when to use the programs in my classroom. Here is an example of a page of information that shows you how to use a feature on First Flex 4 http://blogs.adobe.com/educationleaders/. I would use this in my classroom for students to do student based learning, the kids would use the website to help them learn programs that we would use for a project. In the second website, I would use the online tutorials to learn how to use macs so the student are able to turn in their work through online e-mail. These tutorials would be more for me so I could teach them how to turn in their work digitally. Here is a link to the tutorials I would use to help me organize classroom assignments and learn how to have students turn in their work. I would especially use the "managing classroom workflow" tutorial http://www.apple.com/education/teachers-professors/online-tutorials.html. The third website I found the most useful. I liked the "project learning" tab because I was able to see opinions of other teachers and also find project ideas. This can inspire me when making up at curriculum. I could also use the blog for help and advice from other teachers. Here is the link to the blog and some project ideas http://www.edutopia.org/start-pyramid

The photoshop CS3 videos were very intersting, and I learned a lot about photoshop. I had no idea how much you can do on the program. It was especially intersting to see how precisely you can edit your photos. The video that was the most helpful was correcting lighting with camera raw, becuase you can adjust the saturation and color of your photos. The layering video was also very helpful because I learned how to layer different images and arrange them the way I want to as well as add effects to make it look however I want. The presenters were very good and explaining the tools, especially the man presenting the layering video, however some of them talked very fast and I could barely follow them at some parts

resume project

This project was frustrating yet very useful. Not only did I learn about resumes but I got comfortable with Indesign, which was difficult at first, but I learned a lot of useful tools to make resumes. When using Microsoft word, I was comfortable with the program, but it doesn't have the paragraph or character style tools, which I learned are very helpful, because I don't have to waste time indenting, changing the font and font size for all the different letters and paragraphs. I was also able to add color and cool effects, which I wished I learned before when making resumes.

I felt I learned a lot in this project. I had no previous experience with illustrator, so the thought of creating a logo was scary at first. From the videos, professor and experiementation with the program I was able to learn a lot about how to use illustrator, more than I thought I would. It was also a good excercise in following directions and explaining things, because I had to watch the videos, sometimes twice to follow the directions of how to use the tools. Illustrator was very frustrating at first but was easier as I went on. I also didnt have a lot of experience with graphic design, but making the logo was easier than I thought.

This elements and principals project was definetly challanging, especially to find compositions that described proportion and variety, since there were so many options. However, I thought it was a good excercise in applying these elements and principals in actual artwork rather than just learning about them. Photobucket wasnt that hard to use, simply because I have used it many times before. However, they changed the format, which I had to get used to. Also, I had to get aquanted with editing the photos and getting them onto the computer and then into a slideshow

I think the most useful video was the scaling, skewing and rotating objects video. I definetly learned the most from this video, because I never knew that I could change the size of something so easily in my artwork. I always just deleted the object and re-made it until it worked within the canvas. Being able to size an object in relation to something else and to size and object so exactly would allow me to be able to solve more problems, more quickly in my composition. I thought the presenters were ok, however they were going over the information very quickly, so I had to keep rewinding the video to understand what they meant. I also think they could have used different lanquage for a less computer-literate audience. However, they spoke very clearly and explained the concepts well despite how quickly they were explaining it.