Graphic Design and Illustration

The students will be working on Adobe Illustrator Lesson 8 “Working with Layers”.  In Lesson 8, the students will learn to work with the Layers panel; create, rearrange, and lock layers and sublayers; move objects between layers; locate objects in the Layers panel; copy and paste objects and their layers from one file to another; merge layers into a single layer; apply a drop shadow to a layer; make a layer clipping mask; apply an appearance attribute to objects and layers; and isolate content in a layer.

The students will be introduced to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator

TEKS – 1A-B, 2A-G, 3, 4, 5, 6A-B, 7A-D, 8A-E, 9A-E, 10, 11A-H

Activity – The students will be working on Adobe Illustrator Lesson 8 “Working with Layers”.  In Lesson 8, the students will learn to work with the Layers panel; create, rearrange, and lock layers and sublayers; move objects between layers; locate objects in the Layers panel; copy and paste objects and their layers from one file to another; merge layers into a single layer; apply a drop shadow to a layer; make a layer clipping mask; apply an appearance attribute to objects and layers; and isolate content in a layer.

Materials – Atomic Learning, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator

Evaluation –  Adobe Illustrator Lesson 8 Projects

Digital and Interactive Media

The students will be working on Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 8 ” Working with Images”. In Lesson 8, they will learn to insert an image, use Bridge to import Photoshop files, use Photoshop Smart Objects, and copy and paste an image from Photoshop.

The students will be introduced to Adobe Dreamweaver.

TEKS – 1A-I, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-D, 8A-B, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-C, 12A-B, 13A-D

Activity – The students will be working on Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 8 ” Working with Images”. In Lesson 8, they will learn to insert an image, use Bridge to import Photoshop files, use Photoshop Smart Objects, and copy and paste an image from Photoshop.

.Materials – Adobe Dreamweaver and the Internet

Evaluation –  Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 8 Projects

The students will be working on Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 7 ” Working with Text, Lists, and Tables”. In Lesson 7, they will learn to enter heading and paragraph text, insert text from another source, create bulleted lists, create indented text, insert and modify tables, spell check your website, and search and replace text.

The students will be introduced to Adobe Dreamweaver.

TEKS – 1A-I, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-D, 8A-B, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-C, 12A-B, 13A-D

Activity – The students will be working on Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 7 ” Working with Text, Lists, and Tables”. In Lesson 7, they will learn to enter heading and paragraph text, insert text from another source, create bulleted lists, create indented text, insert and modify tables, spell check your website, and search and replace text.

.Materials – Adobe Dreamweaver and the Internet

Evaluation –  Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 7 Projects

Digital and Interactive Media

The students will be working on Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 6 ” Working with Templates”. In Lesson 6, they will learn to create a Dreamweaver template; insert editable regions; produce child pages, update templates and child pages; create, insert, and update library items; and create, insert, and update server-side includes.

The students will be introduced to Adobe Dreamweaver.

TEKS – 1A-I, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-D, 8A-B, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-C, 12A-B, 13A-D

Activity – The students will be working on Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 6 ” Working with Templates”. In Lesson 6, they will learn to create a Dreamweaver template; insert editable regions; produce child pages, update templates and child pages; create, insert, and update library items; and create, insert, and update server-side includes.

.Materials – Adobe Dreamweaver and the Internet

Evaluation –  Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 6 Projects

Digital and Interactive Media

The students will be working on Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 2 “HTML Basics”. They will learn to write HTML code by hand, understand HTML syntax, insert code elements, format text, add HTML structure, and create HTML with Dreamweaver. The students will also be working on Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 3 “CSS Basics”. They will learn CSS terms and terminology, the difference between HTML and CSS formatting, how CSS can format objects and new features and capabilities of CSS3.

The students will be introduced to Adobe Dreamweaver.

TEKS – 1A-I, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-D, 8A-B, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-C, 12A-B, 13A-D

Activity – The students will be working on Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 2 “HTML Basics”. They will learn to write HTML code by hand, understand HTML syntax, insert code elements, format text, add HTML structure, and create HTML with Dreamweaver. The students will also be working on Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 3 “CSS Basics”. They will learn CSS terms and terminology, the difference between HTML and CSS formatting, how CSS can format objects and new features and capabilities of CSS3.

Materials – Adobe Dreamweaver and the Internet

Evaluation –  Adobe Dreamweaver Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 Projects

Digital and Interactive Media

The students will begin Unit 5: Trends in Digital and Online Media. In Finding a Career that is Right for You, the students will describe the three career pathways in digital media: creative, business, and technical; explain what type of schooling is necessary for the three digital media careers; and justify the importance of and rationale for a school being accredited. They also will complete Find Your Dream Job and Figure Out How to Land It Project, Quiz 2, and Unit 5 Test.

TEKS – 1A-I, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-D, 8A-B, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-C, 12A-B, 13A-D

Activity – The students will begin Unit 5: Trends in Digital and Online Media. In Finding a Career that is Right for You, the students will describe the three career pathways in digital media: creative, business, and technical; explain what type of schooling is necessary for the three digital media careers; and justify the importance of and rationale for a school being accredited. They also will complete Find Your Dream Job and Figure Out How to Land It Project, Quiz 2, and Unit 5 Test.

Materials – Odysseyware, Internet, Google Docs, Blogs, Commercial Camera Equipment

Evaluation – Find Your Dream Job and Figure Out How to Land It Project, Quiz 2, and Unit 5 Test

Digital and Interactive Media

The students will begin Unit 5: Trends in Digital and Online Media. In Finding a Career that is Right for You, the students will describe the three career pathways in digital media: creative, business, and technical; explain what type of schooling is necessary for the three digital media careers; and justify the importance of and rationale for a school being accredited. They also will complete Find Your Dream Job and Figure Out How to Land It Project, Quiz 2, and Unit 5 Test.

TEKS – 1A-I, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-D, 8A-B, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-C, 12A-B, 13A-D

Activity – The students will begin Unit 5: Trends in Digital and Online Media. In Finding a Career that is Right for You, the students will describe the three career pathways in digital media: creative, business, and technical; explain what type of schooling is necessary for the three digital media careers; and justify the importance of and rationale for a school being accredited. They also will complete Find Your Dream Job and Figure Out How to Land It Project, Quiz 2, and Unit 5 Test.

Materials – Odysseyware, Internet, Google Docs, Blogs, Commercial Camera Equipment

Evaluation – Find Your Dream Job and Figure Out How to Land It Project, Quiz 2, and Unit 5 Test

Digital and Interactive Media

The students will begin Unit 5: Trends in Digital and Online Media. In Chapter 2 (Digital Media in Advertising), the students will compare and contrast the different types of mobile marketing, define and explain the advantages of mobile websites, discuss some considerations when designing a mobile web page, define and explain the advantages of Apps, and discuss some considerations when designing an App.

TEKS – 1A-I, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-D, 8A-B, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-C, 12A-B, 13A-D

Activity – In Chapter 2 (Digital Media in Advertising), the students will compare and contrast the different types of mobile marketing, define and explain the advantages of mobile websites, discuss some considerations when designing a mobile web page, define and explain the advantages of Apps, and discuss some considerations when designing an App.

Materials – Odysseyware, Internet, Google Docs, Blogs, Commercial Camera Equipment

Evaluation – Chapter 2 Quizzes

Digital and Interactive Media

The students will begin Unit 5: Trends in Digital and Online Media. In Chapter 1 (Best Practices of Digital Advertisement and Promotion), the students will describe the role digital media plays in globalization, discuss some advantages and disadvantages of globalization, explain the limitations of doing business on the web, determine the value of using digital media in a small businesses, describe some methods to keep information safe on the web, and discuss careers related to digital media. In Chapter 2 (Digital Media in Advertising), the students will compare and contrast the different types of mobile marketing, define and explain the advantages of mobile websites, discuss some considerations when designing a mobile web page, define and explain the advantages of Apps, and discuss some considerations when designing an App.

TEKS – 1A-I, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-D, 8A-B, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-C, 12A-B, 13A-D

Activity – The students will begin Unit 5: Trends in Digital and Online Media. In Chapter 1 (Best Practices of Digital Advertisement and Promotion), the students will describe the role digital media plays in globalization, discuss some advantages and disadvantages of globalization, explain the limitations of doing business on the web, determine the value of using digital media in a small businesses, describe some methods to keep information safe on the web, and discuss careers related to digital media. In Chapter 2 (Digital Media in Advertising), the students will compare and contrast the different types of mobile marketing, define and explain the advantages of mobile websites, discuss some considerations when designing a mobile web page, define and explain the advantages of Apps, and discuss some considerations when designing an App.

Materials – Odysseyware, Internet, Google Docs, Blogs, Commercial Camera Equipment

Evaluation – Chapter 1 Project – Going Global, Chapter 1 Quizzes, Chapter 2 Quizzes

Digital and Interactive Media

The students will begin Unit 4: Gaming, Simulations, Websites, and Apps. In Chapter 1 (Gaming and Simulations), the students will describe the different types of video games, explain something of the history and future of video games, describe the video game market, discuss career opportunities in the gaming industry, develop a plan to make yourself more competitive when applying to a college program related to video game production, give examples of some unexpected uses of video games, define simulations and modeling, cite examples of how simulations and modeling are used, describe the advantages of using simulations, discuss some careers related to creating simulations and models, describe the process to develop a video game or simulation, develop a game design document, discuss some potential careers related to the development of video games and simulations, identify some challenges that the gaming industry will face in the future, and discuss some important considerations when choosing a career in the gaming industry.

TEKS – 1A-I, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-D, 8A-B, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-C, 12A-B, 13A-D

Activity – The students will begin Unit 4: Gaming, Simulations, Websites, and Apps. In Chapter 1 (Gaming and Simulations), the students will describe the different types of video games, explain something of the history and future of video games, describe the video game market, discuss career opportunities in the gaming industry, develop a plan to make yourself more competitive when applying to a college program related to video game production, give examples of some unexpected uses of video games, define simulations and modeling, cite examples of how simulations and modeling are used, describe the advantages of using simulations, discuss some careers related to creating simulations and models, describe the process to develop a video game or simulation, develop a game design document, discuss some potential careers related to the development of video games and simulations, identify some challenges that the gaming industry will face in the future, and discuss some important considerations when choosing a career in the gaming industry.

Materials – Odysseyware, Internet, Google Docs, Blogs, Commercial Camera Equipment

Evaluation – Chapter 1 Project – The Game Designer’s Presentation, Chapter 1 Project – New Games 101, and Chapter 1 Quiz – Gaming and Simulations