Our Finals will be a Presentation

Today is Wednesday May 21, 2014 and we are only six days away from the end of school, Thursday May 29, 2014.

Our finals will be sharing our research about careers.

Reply to this blog post  to schedule when you will present to the class.  Do include what class you are in:  1p,  2p  or  5p.

Each student will share one written encouragement (Congratulations you did it!), something learned from the presentation( I did not know ...), and or constructive feedback (Slow down and take your time talking, remember to use your resources.)

A good oral presentation with digital media should include:

Blog presentation on screen.  Access to research material.

In a Clear Voice share:

1. Name
2. Research Paper Title
3. Job Description
4. Most interesting thing learned in research ( Task 2 Career Aptitude test or about the work)
5. Why you want to pursue this career.

A presenter may have up to 5 minutes.  Minimum is one minute.

How to convert youtube video into mp3 for multimedia use AND converting PPT into Video

1.  Find video with music good for your project created in Power Point or other media editing application.
2.  Copy the .url
3.  Create tab or window for www.youtube-mp3.org
4.  Paste the .url in the window for Covert Video
5.  Convert and download the resulting work.

Once you have finished Slideshow>Practice Timings.
Save>Save and Send>Create a Video>CHANGE Computer & HD Displays to Internet and DVD.

Create video.   Upload to blog AND send by email to ryssdesoto@gmail.com.

Research paper resources AND INSTRUCTIONS

Monday May 5, 2014
Wrapping up our research papers.  This is the week of grace because of this, that, and the other.
If you are stuck,  Respond to these questions and you will home free.
What is the job/work?
Where would you perform this work?
What qualities do you have or can develop to pursue this career?
What education do you need for this career?
Why do you want to do this work for a career?

Post to your blog AND send to email as an email attachment:     ryssdesoto@gmail.com

Monday April 28, 2014

Good morning everyone!

As we head into the end of the year, we want to wrap up this research paper!

I expect everyone to have completed by Tuesday and write out THREE pages on a career you are interested in pursuing.  Discuss how your college choices (school, major) will help you achieve a career with the various demands and particularities of your interest.

I would like to see the last of the three pages of typewritten work to contain why you are interested in that particular career: what life events and experiences have shaped your interests.

For example:   I began my pursuit of photography when, during a photography class at Sam Rayburn High School, I saw my photograph develop in a tray of Dektol developer. Poof, under the red safelight, I witnessed "scientific magic" the chemical interactions causing an image to materialize on an otherwise black sheet of paper.

No cover page wanted.  Page 4 should list your sources of your paper research.

Wednesday April 16, 2014
As we begin to write our papers, it will be good to review what a proper paper looks like.
Thanks to Ms. Sasser for this outline.  Extra points to student group who will create audio track
for this video.  Rappers are welcome.

Tuesday April 15, 2014
 A few updates:
Once you get to task 4 and complete the Q and As, start on your research paper.
Not asking for topics of interest number 2 or 3.  I expect two pages from everyone
by the end of the week.  If class as A WHOLE makes progress, we will have a photography day.
Prepare to work on your HOW TO on Thursday.

Tuesday April 8, 2014
Today we used Google to enlarge our search for information about careers for
our research paper.  Using simple search terms such as "careers" in our subject of interest
resulted in LOTS of websites. 


A basic skill is to identify the source of the website to insure good information.
So avoid the for profit schools.  Do work with sites associated with professional organizations;
member organizations; government institutions; professions with an education component to their website; and personal "testimonials" about their experience in finding work in a certain field or
work that is best suited to their talents, personal interests or moral convictions.
Monday April 9, 2014.    Library research day.  All students should have created a blog post Titled:
Draft research paper.  Here put the record of your research links, notes and outline.

Wednesday April, 9, 2014
Another day in the classroom, time sharing the computers.

Thursday April 10, 2014
Back to the library computer lab, everyone should have their new post Titled:
Draft research paper.   Here put the record of your research links, notes and outline.

Everyone should have blog post and have completed 
TASK 2:TAKE THE CAREER CLUSTER SURVEY, with the results either posted in Draft Research Paper as screen shot of your results or typed if you cannot upload the screenshot.

State your subject for your research paper.

YouTube Video: Researching in 90 seconds


The above video reviews basic research resources and formatting details.


Pause the video to read the lists of materials.






Website with videos on careers.


This can be a starting point to research careers.
I would like to have an important value to all these research papers to identifying
and exploring the relationship between visual literacy (understanding photography, audio, video)
and the broad career clusters listed below.


Legal-crime scene investigators to court room.
Media-broadcast and publishing.
Art-exhibit and art work presentations.
Science- NASA and medicine.
Military-DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.






This is additional information from Ms. Robinson.  Use this material to help you
make a topic selection.   Everyone should be able to copy and paste this information to your
own "work in progress" blog post.

TASK 1: Explore Careers

http://careerexplorer.unl.edu/home.php?p=

Complete the career explorer activity on the website below. Which career path best fits your personality, skills and interests? What was your final decision? Take a screenshot, save, attach and turn in.

TASK 2: Take the Career Cluster Survey

Identify the Career Cluster(s) that best fits your personality, skills and interests by completing the Self-Assessment at: http://www.educationplanner.org/students/career-planning/find-careers/career-clusters.shtml

• Answer all questions by clicking on the boxes that apply
• Then click the arrow on the red apple in the lower right hand corner of the page
• You will be given a list of the 5 top results that would be best suited for you
• Screen clip your results, copy and paste them here:

Task 3: Career Cluster video

View the career cluster video of your top choice (S). Cite the video information below to use in your final presentation.

http://www.careeronestop.org/Videos/CareerandClusterVideos/career-and-cluster-videos.aspx

Video Name(s):

Video Link:

Citation Information:

TASK 4: Research your Career Cluster

Visit the CareerShip site at http://mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/index.cfm and search by Career Cluster (using results from your survey above). Locate three possible careers within your cluster, including details about career descriptions, tasks, interests, education, knowledge, skills, and etc.

Category	Career 1	Career 2	Career 3
Career Description
Tasks
Interests
Education
Knowledge
Skills
Other:___________

The impact of a photograph and video.

image-of-palestinian-refugees-in-damascus
 This is link to one of the most recent article about the starving population in the city of
 Syria is starving Palestinian refugees in Damascus's Yarmouk.


http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/11/u-n-denies-altering-image-of-palestinian-refugees-in-damascus/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0


Students are required to search three online reports about the photograph and video of the Palestinian refugees living in Yarmouk neighborhood in Damascus Syria.

Students need to create a blog post with the online reports, photograph and video, and
 1. their impact on public opinion,
2.  the reporting of the civil war overall and
3.  the students reaction to viewing the reports, photograph, and video.

Students blog post is due Monday March 31, 2014 at the end of class.  Links to student blogs
must posted in the comments of this blog.

How to Convert Power Point slideshow into a Video

 Good morning everyone!

We are working away completing our projects. 

Here is a video to explore  Power Point, in this case video.

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2010/17

 

These are the steps to convert your Power Point project into video.

1.  When you have your text, photos, video and any animations in order:       Slideshow>Rehearse timings>Save
        Length from one minute to three minutes long.

 

2. To make video output

File>Save and Send>Create Video>change from Computer and HD Displays to Internet and DVD setting

At bottom right is button CREATE VIDEO

 

3.  Name video and save on your computer. 

4.  Post this video file to a new blog  post.  make sure all members of working group are named.

5.  Share this blog post url as a comment to my blog "How To" assignment.

6.  All group members must create a post on their blog with the url to the finished piece on members blog with video.

 

“How To” multimedia project assignment.

DUE DATE: March 12, 2014

Assignment details posted March 6, 2014

“How To” multimedia project.

The goal of this assignment is to animate your “How To” written assignment.

The expectation is the use of Venn diagrams and the blank storyboard form and handwriting the first draft or “brainstorming” session to develop the Big Goal, sequence steps and  conclusion.

The written work should be typed and already posted to a group members blog.

1. You can build your digital media project in Power Point, Movie Maker or Animoto.  Other construction platforms will be considered on a case by case basis.
   
2. Three title cards: project name, project members and music and other credits or thank yous.
   
3. Length: between one minute to three minutes.
   
4. Post as a reply to this post the url to your work as posted to your blog.

"How to" Assignment

Removed from the list of portfolio "bag of tricks", this will be our last assignment for this quarter.

“How to”

Group project work

Written material Due:  Wednesday March 5, 2014 (Turn in handwritten drafts and post to blog.)

Project material Due: Wednesday March 12, 2014 (Turn in completed work via blog.) 
A separate grade will be given for classroom presentations that will start Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

Quick write a “How to” process.  Describe and illustrate the Big Goals and the little goals to meet the Big Goal. (Demonstrate and document with words, and photographs/video).  Groups may use clip art from the Internet if appropriate.

Written material:  Use storyboard or Venn diagrams to describe the process. Identify Start.  Identify End.
                                     List components needed to start and finish process.  List between 8 and 12 steps.
                                    The final step can be the description of the finished product or comment of final
                                    actions/reactions.  Example:  “Add frosting and the cake is done” or
                                    “We sat down and ate the cake”.

Examples:  How to bake a cake; how to write a research paper; how to check out a college or university; how to make a date; etc.

TIPS:  Better to have too many photos than not enough.  Build this project in Power Point; Movie Maker on laptops; or Animoto.com ( 30-second chapters, up to six.) Make sure you have names of all project participants on work.

Good morning folks!

I am sick today, so use this day to work on your portfolio.

We have a shortage of computers in the classroom.  Those with USB thumb drives may go to the library if the schedule at the library permits.  Permission slips are in the container on the teacher’s desk with the rulers.

1p, 2p, 5p Principals class.  Students will be working on their portfolio.  They have a list of images needed.  They are to label and post to their blog sites.  

Announce to class:  I believe no one has done any of the “how to” set of images.

That part of the portfolio will now be done in small groups and will no longer be part of the current assignment.

Encourage the sub teacher to call me to get access to work on my computer.


See everyone Tuesday.  Get to work!

2nd Video Animoto

2nd Video Animoto




This is video created on the web site www.animoto.com




30 seconds long, until I upgrade the account.

Video about camera obscuras and the history of photography

This is a nice video narrative about the camera obscura.  However, I believe the Greeks
discovered the first camera obscuras.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaGUL8B-BrE&feature=youtu.be

My Life as a Middle School English Teacher: Sixteen-Word Poetry

This is a teacher who is using blogger. 




My Life as a Middle School English Teacher: Sixteen-Word Poetry

50 Word Mini Story

Some how, I did not post this information that was on the board for over a week.
Pick one and answer.  Post to your blog.




EXERCISES:    Who Are You?
. Write a 50 word mini story Handout guidelines. (30 minutes.)
a  How did you get to where you are today?
b.  What would you like for others to know about you?
c. What are your hopes, desires, and dreams for the future?
d.  How can you help a little brother or sister learn from
 your mistakes?
e. Create a list (10 items each) I A M - Interests, Activities and Memories-


This work is already due.


Mr. Ben

Assignment: Portfolio Photography "Bag of Tricks"

Assignment: Portfolio Photography "Bag of Tricks"

This assignment could be done between seventeen to twenty two photographs.

 

Someone would have to be very good to do this work well with less images.

 

Labeling is important to insure to both you, others and myself you understand

 

the different aspects toward the mastery of craft in camera operation.

 

Some images may carry several values-for example, one image may represent

 

Overall and High Angle photographs.  This is a  thinking and doing exercise.

 

DEADLINE: Friday Feb. 21, 2014.  All images with caption/labels posted to your blog.

 

Labeling and or captioning is VERY important, so we both know what the image represents to the following material.

 

Here is a listing of  the images via grouping or purpose; the number of images expected and a brief description of the image purpose in context of learning composition.

 

1.  Overall, medium and close up.  Try for images from the same location or event.

 

Three photos: A sense of place, a "conversation" distance, and a detail image.

 

2. Macro lens: if you got one, show me your closest shot of something.

 

3. High angle and low angle.  Two images.  "bird's eye view, ant eye view".  One could combine an overall image with a high angle view, if it is a very nice photo.

 

4. Patterns, repetitions and lines.  One VERY GOOD image or three images created through the camera lens and camera position;  line work usually means catching something on the edge of the image and have it move through the composition.

 

Remember the rules of thirds in the world, fore ground, middle ground (focus) and background.  Lines move through these grounds.

 

5. Silhouette.  Think of the rule of thirds in the world.  Five stops of light "volume" between the focus area or middle ground and the background.  This could also be applied to the fore ground to frame the middle ground.

 

6.Comparison/ contrast.  Two photos showing change.  Usually best done with an image of the same subject matter, but showing some change. (Day and night, before and after.)

 

7.Environmental Portrait.  Usually eye contact with the photographer and a "telling" photo-we learn something about the subject through props, clothing and background.

 

8.Observational detail.  A "telling" detail.  Maybe a macro lens image could have both of these values if it thoughtful.

 

9. "How to" pictures.  At least three images up to eight images- show us how something is done or how something works.

 

These three images represent an understanding of light and camera stability and movement:

 

10.  Freeze action (fast shutter);
11.   Blur (slow shutter, camera still and subject moving); and
12.  Panning (slow shutter, camera moving with moving subject.)

These last two images can be accomplished with cameras with shutter and F-stop controls.

 

 Maximum and minimum depth of field.  Two images.  Works best when the only difference between the two images is ONLY the change in F-stops and shutter speeds.

Assignment: Selfies

Assignment: SELF-PORTRAIT/LIGHT/FEELINGS-EMOTIONS

 

 

Assignment: Selfies 

 

DEADLINE:  Friday Feb. 21, 2014.  All images with caption/labels posted to your blog.

 

 

 

         In this assignment can be done between one and three images.

 

The Self-Portrait, can not only be photos taken by yourself or directing the camera operator but observational details of yourself; reflections and shadows we create can communicate who we are inside as well as outside.

 

using Light in a dramatic manner, with composition and content to convey Feeling/Emotion. you will demonstrate your ability to successfully create an image that gives the impression of feelings and emotions. What elements  of the human experience and the physical appearance can communicate human emotion such as love, hate, confusion, determination’ happiness, sorrow, sadness, beauty, fear and hope.

 

Thoughtful consideration could create an image that fulfills the requirements of being a self-portrait, has a dramatic use of light; and convey the human condition, captures an expression of human emotion  and or evokes an emotional response in the viewer.

 

 Images and captions should be labeled as self-portrait; discuss the quality or aspect of light; the intended emotion and or feeling.

    Remember that the intent of the photograph is to give a sense of feeling or moods.  These moods are, of course, interpretive, and will only be understood within the context of your image. If it isn't in the image, it won't be seen by a viewer of that image.

    This is also an exercise in using the title and the caption to work in companionship with the image.  Title and text are most effective in helping the viewer appreciate what they are seeing in the image.

    Create an blog post titled: Selfies.

 

Trying to seeeveryone's posts and blogs.

Having a time seeing everyone's blog and exam answers.  I have only 26 adds to my blog.  I was expecting about 60 posts.  Working on a plan B to see everyone's exam answers.

If you have not created a blog and posted your answers by today, I will follow up next class and sort out why.

Mr. Ben

PERMISSION TO USE iDevices (iPhones, iTablets, etc) during school hours.

My Signature below acknowledges:

1.     My use of my digital device is for making photographs and videos for school use will comply with existing AUP rules and guidelines.

2.     My “Authorized to Use” ID badge must be visible when using my iDevice during school hours and after school related activities and events.

3.     I will seek the classroom teacher permission before using my iDevice.

4.     If asked by the classroom teacher, I will stop work, especially if the teacher deems the work is disrupting class.

5.     My iDevice will not be used for texting; internet surfing or other social media use (Facebook, Twitter; Instagram, etc.)

6.     My use of  my iDevice should not be disruptive to ongoing activity or draw unneeded attention to the process of making photographs or video.

7.     I understand infractions of these guidelines will revoke my privilege of using my iDevice during school hours.

 Date:

 Student Phone number

Student Signature                                                 Ben Tecumseh DeSoto                         713 705-1470  ryssdesoto@gmail.com
  desotob@tejanocenter.org
   Sponsoring Instructor

Parent Signature

Here we go folks, our first essay exam.

Name
Period
Date

Exam for Understanding Rights and Responsibilities of
Digital Photography and Video on campus
and citizen journalism

_1.              Describe the main purpose for using iDevices during school hours?

_2.             How is intent important in taking and publishing photographs and video?

_3.             Can intent be a legal defense for libel?

_4.             Explain how copyright laws protect a creator of work.
Go to http://www.copyrightkids.org/  and read Copyright Basics & FAQS to explain how “Fair Use” applies to education process.

_5.             Go to http://us.creativecommons.org/ .  Read About and Public Domain links and describe what you see and understand about this new concept about intellectual property. 

_6.             Why is it important to honestly label the time and place of photographs for publication?

_7.             What should someone use to label a photograph that has been altered by merging two or more images into one photograph or by extensive enhancement by filters and other means?

8.      Explain how making photograph portrait “selfies” fulfill or not fulfill the intent of Socrates when he said “An unexamined life is not worth living.”