Monday, April 30 [Back]

  • Flash Project 1 was due Friday! Did you submit yours?
    • If not, you can submit today, but must turn in your late pass with storyboard and rubric to get credit.
    • When finished, send an email to jewert@gaggle.net with a link to your uploaded Flash file
    • Flash file should be uploaded to Internet (either Netfirms or 50webs)
  • Begin Flash Project 2, Flash image for Career portfolio
    • Click HERE for an example
    • Make sure your Flash file is the appropriate size for your Career Portfolio web site.
      Not sure what size? Open up the main graphic on your portfolio web site in Fireworks and note the pixel size. Graphic should have subtle animation and not be overwhelming.
    • NO audio
    • Follow graphic design principles; must include motion tweening and fading, NO CLIPART.
    • When finished, add SWF file to your Career Portfolio online; send Mrs. Ewert a link to your updated portfolio.
    • Career Flash file due at end of hour Wednesday
  • Complete Hour Report at end of hour; be detailed

Tuesday, May 1 [Back]

  • Continue working on Flash graphic for your Career Portfolio (see Monday's instructions for details)
  • Career Flash file due at end of hour Wednesday
  • Finished early?
    • Learn about Podcasting at About.com
    • Learn how to use Audacity for Podcasting
    • Get headset from teacher and record first Podcast in Audacity
      Display or print this dialogue and read with enthusiasm; create two separate recordings
  • Complete Hour Report at end of hour; be detailed

Wednesday, May 2 [Back]

  • Career flash file due at end of hour today; email jewert@gaggle.net a link to finished product
  • Begin or continue working on Podcasting (see Tuesday's instructions)
  • Learn to upload your podcast to your multimedia page on your Portfolio
  • Complete hour report at end of hour

Thursday, May 3 [Back]

  • Learn how to add music in Audacity to podcast files and export to MP3
  • Review how to add Podcast to a web page
  • Update Portfolio with following elements
    • Animated GIF (paragraph stating what you learned)
    • Flash commercial (paragraph stating what you learned)
    • Podcast (paragraph stating what you learned)
    • References (paragraph describing why you have a resources page; minimum of 10 resources overall on HTML, Web Design, Flash, Writing for the Web, Podcasting, etc.)
  • Need audio? Try THIS site!

Friday, May 4 [Back]

  • Finish Podcast
    • Finish recording voice
    • Add audio tracks and export to MP3
    • Load MP3 files to 50webs.com (no more than 500k allowed) or Netfirms.com
    • Add link from Multimedia page in portfolio to Podcasts
  • Add other elements to Multimedia page in portfolio
    • Add an animated GIF created in Fireworks; include a paragraph about what you learned while creating the GIF
    • Add the BPA commercial or your last commercial file to your page; include a paragraph about what you learned while creating Flash files
    • Add paragraph about podcasting to Multimedia page, along with links to audio files
  • Add references to portfolio
    • Include a minimum of 10 links to web sites that help with Web Publishing
    • Sample topics include: HTML, Graphic Design, Writing for the Web, Flash Tutorials, Firework Tutorials, Dreamweaver Tutorials, etc.
  • When finished with all above, you will create another Flash project from the list below:
    • Flash animation for the Beaverton Rural Schools web site
    • Flash file of your Autobiography
    • Sing-a-long video for 30 seconds of a favorite song
    • Sing-a-long to the school fight song (click HERE to download WAV file; click HERE for lyrics)
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