WED/THU: Photoshop IV

Learning Target(s):

• I can add skills to my Photoshop toolkit and continue to practice the skills already learned

Announcement(s):

• BRING HEADPHONES EVERY DAY FROM NOW ON

Agenda : [100]

• Warm-up: typing.com [10]
• TCB: Powerschool, Kindle Classroom, more typing [10]
• Your world is Photoshopped... [15 with discussion]
• You can't be her/him and you can't have him/her... (they don't exist)
• Photoshop [65+ Next Lesson]
• Graphic Design Basics 
• WORKFILE FOR THESE LESSONS [10]
• Open a file (0:20); Create a layer (0:42); Layer properties (2:35); Add and arrange layers (2:59)
• Make a selection (0:33); Add a layer mask (1:16); Paint on a mask (2:02); Add a gradient (3:40)
• Add text (0:12); Use Typekit (1:11); Create Layer Styles (3:19)
• Create shapes (0:21); Place an Illustrator file (2:16); Group layers (3:25)

TUE: Photoshop 4 and first BENCHMARK

Learning Target(s)

• We can learn the BREADTH of things Photoshop is useful for
• We can finish editing our first picture and turn it in for a skills assessment

Announcements 

• Want to perform at EA's First Friday Winter TALENT Showcase near Jack London Square THIS Friday December 2nd, 2016, 7PM-9PM?
• Chalaca Annexo,  428 3rd st Oakland CA, 
• Do you have any talents that you want to share with our broader community and help raise funds for the school? Can you Sing? Dance? Rap? 
• Please let Ms. Wells know as soon as possible (email her RIGHT NOW - jamil@envisionacademy.org - and CC john@envisionacademy.org) if you want to participate in the winter talent showcase. 
• Invite your friends and family - all ages are welcome and all proceeds go to Envision Academy!
• Tickets available from Miss Lucy
• The end of the 1st semester is upon us. 
• The semester ends December 16th. 
• Its in your responsibility to make sure that you are in good academic standing.  

Agenda [60]

• Typing.com [10]
• Completing and Submitting (uploading) Norway.PSD and NorwayChanged.JPG (50)
• Lesson Videos are HERE 
• New Skills: Sharpen (0:10); Save with new name (2:50); Photoshop with Lightroom and mobile apps (4:14)
• REOPEN & Redo until it looks right
• Reopening a smart object
• Don't forget to save and close so that you don't get confused.
• watch the CROP
• Make sure your photo "looks right" - delete layers and do it AGAIN if you need to following this checklist:
• Image is slightly cropped and straightened
• Colors are boosted and mask is used to tone down anything that looks unnatural
• Cows and poles and red boat have been spot healed on a correctly named layer 
• Barn Roof has been patched on a correctly named layer (or something else has been patched if you cropped too far to begin with)
• Layers are contained inside a "smart object"
• Smart object has a Tilt-shift Filter applied to it
• B/W adjustment layer shoud bethere but NOT Visible so that I can assess the other work
• TURN OFF ANY ADJUSTMENT LAYERS THAT HIDE YOUR OTHER WORK BEFORE EXPORTING AND SUBMITTING
• When exporting Norway.PSD as a JPG make sure to change the name of the JPG to NorwayChanged.JPG
• Upload both the finished Norway.PSD and the exported NorwayChanged.JPG to the Google Classroom Assignment

MON: Photoshop 3 (redux)

Learning Target(s)

• We can learn the BREADTH of things Photoshop is useful for
• We can begin to learn Photoshop by continuing to edit our first picture

Announcements 

• Want to perform at EA's First Friday Winter TALENT Showcase near Jack London Square THIS Friday December 2nd, 2016, 7PM-9PM?
• Chalaca Annexo,  428 3rd st Oakland CA, 
• Do you have any talents that you want to share with our broader community and help raise funds for the school? Can you Sing? Dance? Rap? 
• Please let Ms. Wells know as soon as possible (email her RIGHT NOW - jamil@envisionacademy.org - and CC john@envisionacademy.org) if you want to participate in the winter talent showcase. 
• Invite your friends and family - all ages are welcome and all proceeds go to Envision Academy!
• Tickets available from Miss Lucy
• The end of the 1st semester is upon us. 
• The semester ends December 16th. 
• Its in your responsibility to make sure that you are in good academic standing.  

Agenda [65]

• Typing.com [10]
• Editing Your First Photoshop Picture [55 + Next Class]
• Continuing to edit your first picture! 
• Spot Healing Brush tool (00:53); Patch tool (3:00)
• Smart Filters (0:16); Tilt-Shift Blur filter (0:57); Black and white (02:26); Color tint (02:56)
• Sharpen (0:10); Save (2:50); Photoshop with Lightroom and mobile apps (4:14)

TUE: Photoshop 3

Learning Target(s)

• We can learn the BREADTH of things Photoshop is useful for
• We can begin to learn Photoshop by continuing to edit our first picture

Announcements 

• The end of the 1st semester is upon us. 
• The semester ends December 16th. 
• Its in your responsibility to make sure that you are in good academic standing.  

Agenda [60]

• Typing.com [10]
• Dreaming in Photoshop [10]
• The Flying Pirate Ship: Photoshop Timelapse [05:49]
• Secret Place: Photoshop Timelapse [03:42]
• Editing Your First Photoshop Picture [40 + Next Class]
• Continuing to edit your first picture! 
• Spot Healing Brush tool (00:53); Patch tool (3:00)
• Smart Filters (0:16); Tilt-Shift Blur filter (0:57); Black and white (02:26); Color tint (02:56)
• Sharpen (0:10); Save (2:50); Photoshop with Lightroom and mobile apps (4:14)

MON: Photoshop 2

Learning Target(s)

• We can learn the BREADTH of things Photoshop is useful for
• We can begin to learn Photoshop by editing our first picture

Announcements 

• The end of the 1st semester is upon us. 
• The semester ends December 16th. 
• Its in your responsibility to make sure that you are in good academic standing.  

Agenda [60]

• Typing.com [15]
• Editing Your First Photoshop Picture [45 + Next Class]
• Continuing to edit your first picture! 
• Brightness/Contrast (0:18); Hue/Saturation (1:20); Edit an adjustment (04:19)
• Spot Healing Brush tool (00:53); Patch tool (3:00)
• Smart Filters (0:16); Tilt-Shift Blur filter (0:57); Black and white (02:26); Color tint (02:56)
• Sharpen (0:10); Save (2:50); Photoshop with Lightroom and mobile apps (4:14)

FRI: Hella hEAlthy and Literate

You may do the entire lesson on your own: Move straight from your Typing Test to the Survey and then go straight to the Article so that you have ample time to write your article reflection.

Learning Target(s)

• I can analyze at least one article and use evidence to explain my conclusions

Announcements 

• John is out TODAY for Union negotiations (again, sorry)
• Behavior expectations: Keep your head down, do your work quietly, and stay out of trouble
• The end of the 1st semester is upon us. 
• The semester ends December 16th. 

Agenda [60]

• Typing.com 5-Minute TEST [07 +/-]
• How I did this week! SURVEY - CLICK HERE [05 +/-]
• The Articles: This is today's CREDIT [35 +/-]
• Choose ONE of the NINE articles below and read it completely
• After Reading the article go to your Google Classroom and open the assignment document named "Article Reflection: Hella hEAlthy - Critical Literacy"
• Answer all 5 questions.  Use evidence from the article (only) to make your case and convince me, your reader.

It’s ‘digital heroin’: How screens turn kids into psychotic junkies By Dr. Nicholas Kardaras	What San Francisco Says About America By THOMAS FULLER	The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism By Chris Hedges
I'm Not Male. I'm Not Female. Please Don't Ask Me About My Junk. And other helpful tips. Not from "him" or "her," but from "them."	In\: How your phone will soon control your entire house TECH RADAR	Fronting: We Need to Stop Living the ‘Fabulous and Broke’ Lifestyle She Matters: It’s time to put the “fake it till you make it” philosophy out to pasture.
Should we dismiss Colin Kaepernick’s cause because he doesn’t vote? By Kevin Lynch	Computer-brain interface helps locked-in patient communicate, albeit slowly Reuters	Edward Snowden: I shouldn't have recommended 'safely' voting for a third-party candidate Whistleblower says the election taught him 'political science is not science'
Complete at least one article above this line BEFORE you attempt Extra Credit
EXTRA CREDIT: IF you have completed one of the articles above (fully answered all questions) you may type until the end of the period -or- handle other business as detailed below -or- look at the charts and graphs to the right and write a thoughtful response to what it means.  Why is it instructive to look at data like the Price & Location of Housing in the Bay Area?  What does it mean for you, your family, your future? ADD your extra credit as a NEW Google Doc in the same Google classroom assignment as your primary article.		Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

Other Business [13 +/-]
• Do more typing.com lessons
• Check Powerschool & look at missing or poor grade assignments
• Discuss your grades with your teacher. Discuss the ways in which you can earn better grades. Email them and find out specifically what you need to do. Remember that you fix your grade by doing the work that is assigned - not by asking for extra credit. Offer to REDO an assignment that has a poor grade.  Turn in the work that is marked M or "0". Only AFTER you have done all your work can you ask for extra credit.
• Log-In to Kindle classroom if you need to
• Write a quick review and get an off campus lunch!
• All requested books have been purchased.  Didn't get yours?  Send a message from the website.
• Finished a book?  Download or request a new one!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

WED/THU: Your First Photoshop Picture

Learning Target(s)

• We can learn the BREADTH of things Photoshop is useful for
• We can begin to learn Photoshop by editing our first picture

Announcements 

• John is out Friday for Union negotiations (again, sorry)
• You will have a typing/reading/writing day
• The end of the 1st semester is upon us. 
• The semester ends December 16th. 
• Its in your responsibility to make sure that you are in good academic standing.  
• Honor Roll Community Meeting 11/17/16
• Honoring students who have excelled academically. 
• Mistakes happen - check your progress report if you think you should have been recognized and were not - we will make it right.

Agenda [100]

• Typing.com [15]
• Other Business [10]
• Check Powerschool & look at missing or poor grade assignments
• Discuss your grades with your teacher. Discuss the ways in which you can earn better grades. Email them and find out specifically what you need to do. Remember that you fix your grade by doing the work that is assigned - not by asking for extra credit. Offer to REDO an assignment that has a poor grade.  Turn in the work that is marked M or "0". Only AFTER you have done all your work can you ask for extra credit.
• Log-In to Kindle classroom if you need to
• Write a quick review and get an off campus lunch!
• All requested books have been purchased.  Didn't get yours?  Send a message from the website.
• Finished a book?  Download or request a new one!
• Editing Your First Photoshop Picture [75]
• The Icons (Cheat Sheet!) [10]
• Starting and Exploring the Program [05]
• Downloading and opening the work file [10]
• Editing your first picture! [50+ Next Class]
• A Rapid fire first look at a few of the tools by using them!
• Open a file (0:41); Crop (0:57); Straighten (2:04), Save (2:50)
• Brightness/Contrast (0:18); Hue/Saturation (1:20); Edit an adjustment (04:19)
• Spot Healing Brush tool (00:53); Patch tool (3:00)
• Smart Filters (0:16); Tilt-Shift Blur filter (0:57); Black and white (02:26); Color tint (02:56)
• Sharpen (0:10); Save (2:50); Photoshop with Lightroom and mobile apps (4:14)

TUE: Introduction to Photoshop [Clean Computers & New Seats]

Learning Target(s)

• We can learn the BREADTH of things Photoshop is useful for

Announcements 

• The end of the 1st semester is upon us. 
• The semester ends December 16th. 
• Its in your responsibility to make sure that you are in good academic standing.  
• Here are a few tips for making sure your academic performance comes as no surprise: 
1. Access your grades on power school. Be aware of how you are performing ( or not performing) at any given time.
2.  Discuss your grades with your teacher. Discuss the ways in which you can earn better grades. Find out specifically what you need to do. 
3.  Handle your academic business. Need to study for a test? Get those notes from a peer? Do it. Avoid procrastination. 
4.  Attend office hours. You have numerous opportunities throughout the school year to complete assignments, get feedback and support - take advantage!
• Honor Roll Community Meeting 11/17/16
• Honoring students who have excelled academically. 
• Categories: 
• High Honor Roll: 3.5+ 
• Honor Roll : 3.0+ 
• Growth Award: 2.7+
• During our honor roll community meeting recipients from each category will be called up to receive an award and a raffle ticket. At the end of community meeting a prize will be raffled. 
• Recipients please be prepared to take an picture once all awards are received in your advisory. 
• Mistakes happen - check your progress report if you think you should have been recognized and were not - we will make it right.

Agenda [60]

• Typing.com [10]
• Organizing our old PERIOD Drive [10]
• Organize all of your files into your folder
• Move your folder to the "OLD" folder
• CREATE the OLD folder if necessary
• When you log out your period folder should only hold TWO things
• The Movies folder
• The OLD folder
• New Seats [10]
• Grab your stuff
• Push in your chair
• Quietly wait right outside and listen for your name
• Back wall gets called first
• I will be redistributing and numbering the keyboards soon - do not get attached to your keyboard.
• Introduction to Photoshop [30+/-]
• The Video tutorials and how we will use them [05]
• What is Photoshop CC? [10]
• The Icons (Cheat Sheet!) [10]
• Starting and Exploring the Program [05]

MON:Facing The Future [a Hella hEAlthy Lesson]

Announcement(s)*: 

Because of the events last week we are taking a pause today for a 

Hella hEAlthy lesson about EMPATHY

called...

Warmup:

NOTE: Your UserName must be 

school appropriate 
and you must use your school email 
to receive CREDIT or to be eligible 

for the Grand PRIZE

Go to: http://www.facethefuture.org/ 

and click the SIGN UP link

Choose CREATE NEW PLAYER

Fill out the TOP Part 

(Don't waste time on an Avitar)

Click the BLUE Sign Up button

While you are waiting for everyone to Sign Up 

Click the orangish VIEW GRAPH button

and explore the idea clouds 

by hovering over their centers

Do NOT watch the video - we will do that together in just a moment. Take this time to explore the ideas before we begin playing  

The "Game":

• The scenario
• The Cards and Comments #EAOakland
  
• The Dashboard 
• "Super Interesting"
• Your Position
• Tending Words
• Trending Tags
• You "Win" by engaging
• Student with the highest score by game closing (bedtime) tonight earns a real restaurant meal with John
  
• *The LAB will be open after school for you to Play
• *All grades are in for Why Am I Keynotes.
• If you feel you deserve a different grade in any category (Behavior, Emotion, Artistry, or Technical)
• Look at the project documents and justify the grade you WANT with evidence from your Keynote using the project requirements as your guide
• Schedule a time to present your evidence and your revised grade to John

WED/THU: TYPE; WATCH; TYPE

          1:TYPE

          2:AUDIENCE

          3:TYPE

Learning Target(s)

• We can analyze a performance and offer an honest critique

Agenda [100]

• Typing.com
• Sophomore Monologues
• We type until we are called for then we
• Quietly go up to the Theater 
• Listen to Ms. Mac for instructions
• Your CREDIT comes from
• your behavior as an audience member (attentive)
• the depth of your questions (sincere)
• YOU will do Monologues next year so go to learn; take mental notes of what you liked and what you didn't; ask questions to figure out what made it 'good' or 'bad'; decide what kind of experience YOU would like to have when YOU do it. Plan accordingly to achieve your goal over the next year.
• Typing.com

TUE: Presentations [ & the Election ]

Learning Target(s)

• We can use a CRITIQUE process to analyze and assess our work

Announcements

• Kids who want to be "Permanent" Library kids should email John and we'll see what we can do.
• SLG meets TODAY
• November 8th, Lunchtime, Ms. Ingrid's Room
• Field Trip this THURSDAY
• Wed/Thu we will meet in the lab for attendance, drop our stuff, and go to the Theater for "Monologues"
• Your CREDIT comes from
• your behavior as an audience member (attentive)
• the depth of your questions (sincere)
• YOU will do Monologues next year so go to learn; take mental notes of what you liked and what you didn't; ask questions to figure out what made it 'good' or 'bad'; decide what kind of experience YOU would like to have when YOU do it. Plan accordingly to achieve your goal over the next year.
• Thu Class will go with the SUB while John take the Student Leadership Group to their field trip

Agenda [60]

• FINISHING The "Why Am I" Presentations [15+/-]
• My Academic "Week" [05]
• The Propositions [30+/-]
• Go here: ballotpedia.org/California
• Choose ONE issue from the list that looks like this: 
  
• Read the page, looking for the OVERVIEW section, and decide how you are going to VOTE
• Make sure you have a REASON for your choice
• Make sure you can cite EVIDENCE to support your reason
• Go here: My VOTE! and fill out the 'ballot'
• Then join the conversation or head over to typing.com
• Typing.com [10]

MON: Presentations [ & the Week Ahead ]

Learning Target(s)

• We can use a CRITIQUE process to analyze and assess our work

Announcements

• Kids who want to be "Permanent" Library kids should email John and we'll see what we can do.
• SLG meets THIS Tuesday
• November 8th, Lunchtime, Ms. Ingrid's Room
• Field Trip this THURSDAY
• Wed/Thu we will meet in the lab for attendance, drop our stuff, and go to the Theater for "Monologues"
• Your CREDIT comes from
• your behavior as an audience member (attentive)
• the depth of your questions (sincere)
• YOU will do Monologues next year so go to learn; take mental notes of what you liked and what you didn't; ask questions to figure out what made it 'good' or 'bad'; decide what kind of experience YOU would like to have when YOU do it. Plan accordingly to achieve your goal over the next year.
• Thu Class will go with the SUB while John take the Student Leadership Group to their field trip

Agenda [65]

• The "Why Am I" Presentations [65]
• Movie Seating Expectations
• Make sure you can see
• You can get comfortable but you must remain in a chair
• No snacks or drinks, as usual
• Critique Expectations
• When giving: be kind, be specific, be helpful
• When receiving: be open, be honest, be grateful
• We will go in order, starting from "M"
• Some have already been graded and do not need to go
• You may NOT pass, if called up you must present
• If you don't have your cards you can reprint your script or read from a phone/google docs

FRI: Presentations

Learning Target(s)

• We can use a CRITIQUE process to analyze and assess our work

Announcements 

• John's Advisory needs to have homework done by Lunchtime per our agreement: Spread the word
• Kids who want to be "Permanent" Library kids should talk to John
• SLG meets Next Tuesday
• November 8th, Lunchtime, Ms. Ingrid's Room
• Field Trip 1 week from THURSDAY
• LUNCH LAB is now closed to Freshmen

Agenda [60]

• The "Why Am I" Presentations [60]
• Movie Seating Expectations
• Make sure you can see
• You can get comfortable but you must remain in a chair
• No snacks or drinks, as usual
• Critique Expectations
• When giving: be kind, be specific, be helpful
• When receiving: be open, be honest, be grateful
• We will go in order, starting from "M"
• Some have already been graded and do not need to go
• You may NOT pass, if called up you must present
• If you don't have your cards you can reprint your script or read from a phone/google docs

WED/THU: Presentations [and back to normal]

Learning Target(s)

• We can use a CRITIQUE process to analyze and assess our work

Announcements 

• Library visit this Thursday during advisory
• If you haven't been before you may signup in advance with John
• SLG meets Next Tuesday
• November 8th, Lunchtime, Ms. Ingrid's Room
• Field Trip 1 week from THURSDAY
• LUNCH LAB is now closed to Freshmen

Agenda [100]

• Typing.com [10]
• My Academic "Week" [05]
• The "Why Am I" Presentations [85]
• Movie Seating Expectations
• Make sure you can see
• You can get comfortable but you must remain in a chair
• No snacks or drinks, as usual
• Critique Expectations
• When giving: be kind, be specific, be helpful
• When receiving: be open, be honest, be grateful
• We will go in order, starting from "M"
• Some have already been graded and do not need to go
• You may NOT pass, if called up you must present
• If you don't have your cards you can reprint your script or read from a phone/google docs