Project Plan

Description:

I am going to learn how to use photoshop in a basic level. I would like to be proficient making minor visual adjustments to my photos. I can learn these skills be consulting Mr. Leduc and or watching tutorials on the adobe website (http://tv.adobe.com/channel/how-to/cs4-tutorials/)

Specific Skills I Plan on Learning:

• Filters
• Layers
• Tracing

Timeline:

Resources:

• http://tv.adobe.com/channel/how-to/cs4-tutorials/
• www.youtube.com

« Photo Composition Slide Show

Photo Composition Slide Show

Project Plan »« Current Event Article

Current Event Article

Special Duty Officer James Prichett explains, “In 2005, our jail had a capacity for 1,300 inmates and housed an average of 1,153. On a typical day, staff booked from 50 to 80 persons and handled the final release of approximately 50 inmates. Additionally, approximately 200 inmates were released daily from the facility with passes to work, seek employment, and pursue educational opportunities.” Jefferson County is not alone; these tracking activities are common to large corrections facilities (http://womenincrimeink.blogspot.com/2010/05/retinal-scanning-aid-to-identification.html).

The iris scanner has a subject look into a mirror with a high resolution camera behind it. The subject is told to stand closer, or step backwards in order to reach the necessary position. The scanning itself takes a few seconds and once the iris is successfully captured then the machines compares it to all the iris scanned in the database. All the inmates are scanned and stored in a database. If a suspect is captured then they will be scanned, once a match is detected the inmate information is displayed to the operator; height, weight, age, address, gang affiliations, active warrants, a photograph and fingerprint.

No inmate has been wrongly released or mismatched since the jail started relying on iris biometrics. Says Prichett, “Our experience at the jail is that iris scanning is fast, efficient, and accurate.”

Photo Composition Slide Show »« Computer Tech Terms

Computer Tech Terms

bunny Suites- Suites used by works who create processors.

lay- a layer on a processor.

backup – a copy of a file or disk you make for archiving purposes.

boot – to start up a computer.

bug – a programming error that causes a program to behave in an unexpected way.

bus – an electronic pathway through which data is transmitted between components in a computer.

byte – a piece of computer information made up of eight bits.

card – a printed circuit board that adds some feature to a computer.

cartridge drive – a storage device, like a hard drive, in which the medium is a cartridge that can be removed.

CD-ROM – an acronym for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.

Clock Rate (MHz) – The instruction processing speed of a computer measured in millions of cycles per second (i.e., 200 MHz).

compiler – a program the converts programming code into a form that can be used by a computer.

floppy – a 3.5 inch square rigid disk which holds data. (so named for the earlier 5.25 and 8 inch disks that were flexible).

hard drive – a large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case.

head crash – a hard disk crash caused by the heads coming in contact with the spinning disk(s).

Measurements (summary) –
a bit = one binary digit (1 or 0) 8 bits = one byte
1024 bytes = one kilobyte
K = kilobyte
Kb = kilobit
MB = megabyte
Mb = megabit
MB/s = megabytes per second
Mb/s = megabits per second
bps = bits per second

Current Event Article »« Technical Aspects of Photography

Technical Aspects of Photography

• An aperture is an iris which is a hole, basically. Controls light.
• Exposure is the relationship between light and time.
• Shutter/Shutter speed controls time.
• Stop is a measurement of the adjustment of shutter speed or aperture
• ISO(film speed)
• Depth of Field is the distance in front of and behind the object in focus.
• F stop is the focal length stop.
• Focal Length is the range at which something is in focus.
• Wide lens has a lens of less then 35 mm.
• Normal lens has a 35mm- 65 mm lens.
• Telephoto lens has longer than a 65 mm lens.
• Field of View= There are three types wide, normal and telephoto. Degree or angle of what your seeing.

Computer Tech Terms »« Pirates of Silicon Valley

Pirates of Silicon Valley

This movie is a chronicle of the how Apple Inc, and Microsoft Inc. became the most powerful computer technology companies in the united states, and world. It shows the early lives of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and the other co-founders of the two companies during the early part of their careers. They were really just a bunch of college hippies who were incredibly intelligent, some more technologically, some more socially, but geniuses. The movie just tracks/parallels the development of the two companies.

Technical Aspects of Photography »« Screen Shots

Screen Shots

Home Page:

Calendar:

Class Pages with Student Folders:

Pirates of Silicon Valley »« Criteria K

Criteria K

Once I completed my project I became aware of the social impacts that followed, for example the fact that students by easily being able to view their artwork could review areas that could be improved upon. They could then apply this knowledge to their next masterpiece!

I also project that because of my website there will be an increase in honoring of Capital High School artists for their outstanding talent. With the easy and organized display of artwork, more people are bound to view this artwork and deem it in need of recognition.

Screen Shots »« Criteria J

Criteria J

My friend Natalie Nicholson, a former CHS art student was the first to test my website. Natalie said that it appeared to be perfect for the problem at hand, it was simple and easy to understand. She suggested that I have the website linked to the Capital High School homepage, but without access to the CHS homepage it was impossible for me to do so.

Salima Benkahlti, a CHS GenTech student was the second outside source to test my website, being sufficient with web design Salima was a great outside source. She, like Natalie, said that it looked clean, simple and easy to use. Her main suggestion was that I have the website linked to other local schools main pages in order to better share local artwork, I liked her idea but encountered the same problem as with my first suggestion.

My end user was a student by the name of Lucas Whitesell, who is in basic design, a CHS art class. He said that when he tested the website it preformed without flaw and that he really liked the idea that he could go online and see some of the work that he had produced. He pointed out that maybe not every art student at CHS would be that interested, but for the ones who are it would make a great resource.

Although my testes offered valuable suggestions, none of them were actually possible, but I did consider them, and hope that maybe in the future they could be added to by product.

After testing, and suggestions I have settled on a final product:

http://sites.google.com/site/chsartprogram/

Criteria K »« Criteria I

Criteria I

The solution I developed was to create a website that would allow students and faculty to access a website onto which their artwork would be uploaded for review and organization.

The schedule for creating the website was straightforward and consistent throughout the entire project.

To build the website I began by choosing a basic template and theme from the Google Sites online application. Once I had chosen a theme and template I removed all the writing and pages that came included with the sample webpage. After the sample webpage had been stripped of its original substance I began replacing it with my own words, titles, and pages. Learning how to use the Google program and becoming familiar with the layout was the most time consuming, this process took the majority of a week to complete.

While adding my words, instructions and linked pages to the website I realized that the website needed some creativity. I then added a Google app displaying famous works of art on the homepage, and gave the colors a mellow, artsy feel. This process took one 2-3 periods.

Now that my website had the aesthetics that I desired I continued working on the actual information and purpose of the website. I first created all of the addition pages I planned on using and then linked them to the navigation bar on the left side of the webpage. Once all the pages were linked I adjusted them to fit their purpose, for example the pages that would house the actual artwork had to be linked to the Google Docs system, and the calendar page had to be linked to Google Calendars.  It took 2-3 class periods to complete this process.

Once all the pages were created and the links established I began adding instructions for the teachers and students, introductions to the websites purpose, and contact information. This took time only because I had to think of straightforward, logical ways to get the instructions across to the reader. It took me 2 days to finish this process. Once I had completed this step the website was complete.

The most prominent tool I used in the development of my website was Google Sites. I tried to keep my resources consolidated in order to avoid confusion. I used Google Calendars to create class calendars, and Google Docs to upload student artwork as well.

There was a minimal amount of data on my website so the collection sources were limited. I mainly just consulted art teachers and students at CHS to receive information on ways to improve my solution, but in terms of raw data there was none.

Criteria J »« IA Progress