Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Layout and Quick Reads

Hey Class!!!!

Work on your own the next three days. Complete your quick reads and your Autobiography Layout.

Layout Project.

Write one paragraph (or more) about who you are.  Set it in on the side of your practice page.

Add your dominant photo.

Quick Reads-  Get  your photo requests to Gunnar or Amy ASAP.  

These should be done by Monday.


Also:  Elementary photos today for Gunnar, Amy and Mallory.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

TOO MUCH TUESDAY

Today we will discuss Design and Layout.

Start by looking through the past two yearbooks and the layout gallery on Yearbook Avenue.

I will speak today about LAYOUT and show a powerpoint.

We will discuss how to mock up designs.

Then you will have a little ASSIGNMENT.

IF you never finished your ROUGH DRAFT of your QUICK READ, DO SO!

Monday, November 22, 2010

Monday Nov 22 Quick Read Sharing

Reminder that quick reads should be completed on practice pages today.  We will start by sharing them.

Then we will draw for Academic Pages.

Finally, you can revise your quick reads as needed.

Also-- if you signed up to photograph elementary kids, I'd like you to make a visit through the elementary with a camera before Thanksgiving break.  We will discuss how to shoot kids today as well.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Logo Loco

Here it is guys....




Here are some others that I worked up the other day.  But I agree that the scribed N is a much better look...  Though we may use the other in the book somewhere as well.





Thursday, November 18, 2010

Quick Reads

You should have your data entered into a Google Doc at the start of class today.   

If you are doing a chart with percents (I know Mike is doing this with the super power thing) you will work with Mr. Bollman to make the percents work out.

If you have a list of a whole bunch of random responses, partner up and go through them.  Work on picking the best 5-10 answers.  Tierney and I can add input as well.  

Lastly, we will have a project the last ten minutes of class.  We will review affective captioning.

Happy Quick Reading 

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

What a Wednesday


Enter your raw data into GOOGLE DOCS.
BE SURE YOU ARE ASKING A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENTS.
DON'T SETTLE FOR BORING ANSERS
SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO ASK "WHY?"

Friday, November 12, 2010

Yearbooooook

Who has 1st and/or 2nd period open Monday morning?

We will discuss this first thing today in class.




Second project-

Writing Prompt-

When children, Halloween is about Trick-or-Treating, the costumes and the candy.  But as elementary years give way to the teens, All Hallows Eve changes.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Well, It's Wednesday

Mack- Can you contact Campion Sign today and confirm they got our info for the banner?  And see when we can pick it up?

Tierney- circle the quick read you want each person to work on.  Then we will meet with Bob about the cover design.

Mallory- Meet with me about photos.

Mike and Cully- Create a wanted poster- "WANTED:  Your photos for the YEARBOOK"
Create tear-off tabs with our new email address on it.

Kaylee and Chaz- Create a poster- "GET SPOOKY!  Send us your HAUNTED HALLWAY AND HALLOWEEN DANCE PHOTOS
Create tear-off tabs with our new email address on it.

DeLaney and Justin- Work on the September spread (all about football games).  Write and rewrite the COPY.  Wrap it up, and put a bow on it.

Kyle- Operation PIZZA.  Talk to me.

Kelsi-  You will create a FORM in GOOGLEDOCS asking the following questions-
Name-
Do you like to work with little kids?
What hours do you have study hall?
Would you rather-
     a. shoot photos of little kids
     b.  ask little tikes questions
     c.  work with the elementary book layout
     d.  elementary book sales and promotions

Zach- Back to School Basics Finished and looking AWESOME

Amy, Corey, and Gunnar- Play Photo workshop
Grab the past two yearbooks from the closet.
Find the play spreads from the past.  Look at the photos.

Next- I will meet with you and discuss techniques and camera settings to get GREAT photos of the play.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Terrific Tuesday

Open a GOOGLE DOC-

Write up what quick read YOU want to create over the next two weeks.
You must write down THREE options.
Use your handout from yesterday for inspiration.
Write coherently so your editor can understand what you are aiming at.

Quick Read Proposal
Name
Date

Idea One:
Title:
Short Description:
Mock Example:


Idea Two:
Title:
Short Description:
Mock Example:



Idea Three:
Title:
Short Description:
Mock Example:





Print a copy and submit to Tierney by the end of TODAY's class.

Friday, November 5, 2010

TGIF

Make sure your writing projects are DONE by the end of the day and either in the YEARBOOK 2011 folder or on the YearbookAvenue site.  Tell DeLaney so she can edit the work.

TODAY- LECTURE ON EFFECTIVE YEARBOOK WRITING



Mack- Display Case Update
New Email Address  

warhawkyearbook@gmail.com


People can send images here.




You will work on a poster that I have. 













We won 4th place yearbook in the state of Iowa for class A.  We also received a whole bucket load of awards including the following.  



Academics Design
Honorable Mention
p. 70-71
Alex
Malone
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Academics Photo
2nd Place
p. 71
Sue
Kubli
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Academics Writing
2nd Place
p. 71
Alex
Malone
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Chronological Spread
Honorable Mention
p. 4-53
Staff,
Sue Kubli
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Closing Spread
3rd Place

Sue
Kubli
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Feature Writing
Honorable Mention
p. 20
Abby
Owens
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Infographic
Honorable Mention
p. 31
Jordan
Drost
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Organizations/Performance Design
Honorable Mention
p. 72-73
Tierney
DeWitt
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Organizations/Performance Writing
2nd Place
p. 24
Tierney
DeWitt
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
People Design
2nd Place
p. 87
Staff, 
Sue Kubli
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Reader Services
3rd Place

Staff

North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Sports Design
3rd Place
p. 42-43
Staff

North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Sports Writing
2nd Place
p. 28
Jesse
Phillips
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Student Life Design
Honorable Mention
p. 40-41
Mallory DeJong
Tierney DeWitt
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon
Theme Concept
Honorable Mention

Sue
Kubli
North Mahaska HS
New Sharon







Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Computer Games at School

From the Announcements


Computer Games at School 
Students should NOT be playing games on the computer during the school day. If all your work is complete, game playing will be allowed the last 10 minutes of a study hall period. The MRC computers cannot be used for computer games at anytime during the school day because of students taking college online courses. Student's who are playing games on the computer that are NOT instructor approved and/or are before the last 10 minutes of the class period will forfeit internet privilege for a 1 month period. If internet use is required for a class you may want to give serious thought to computer game playing before the acceptable time.




Projects for TODAY
Hand in Halloween Question Worksheet to Mr. Bollman at the start of class.


I will give a quick talk about Tilts and then we will get assignments for the next week.  


Mack-  Make a list of the two top levels of sponsors.  Make it on a google doc and drop it in the shared folder.  We will need to add two businesses to the list.  Ask me in class which ones.


Tierney- Sort through the Halloween answers and pick the best (include a range of grades).  
Plan a content module using inspiration from a print source.  Build the layout online.  We will show the rest of the class this project on Thursday. 


Mallory- Sorting and uploading photos.  You will also work with some people on their projects.


DeLaney- Finish looking over items in the Yearbook Drop Folder on Google Docs and then meet with me so we can talk about your status.


Justin- You and I need to get together and set up your accounts.  

Monday, November 1, 2010

Nov. 1st

We will have  a powerpoint slideshow and discuss CONTENT MODULES AND DESIGN today in class.