Week 4

Day 1

Bellwork

Check blog

You should have completed the following:

1 Joined class

2 gotten rid of all edublogs default information in links, pages, posts

3 change tagline

4 fixed widgets–search, links, pages

5 created an about page

6 created post responding to personality test

7 put up picture

8 embed video

9–extra credit–embed something on your own

 

Classwork

Do anything you need to do to get caught up

embed music, video or game

meet with teacher

 

Day 2

photoshopped girls

copy this image to your desktop and put it into a new post called “thoughts about photoshop” Answer each of the following questions in complete sentences.

Is it fair to be able to represent the female body this way?  Which image do you think is prettier?  Is photoshop cheating?

Day 3

Bellwork–

Click on this link and read the  following article and then answer these questions in complete paragraphs in a new post titled “photoshop article”:

  1. Who were some of the celebrities who dislike photoshop?  What are their reasons?
  2. How does the American Medical Association (AMA) feel?  Support your answer with evidence from the text.
  3. How do you feel about photoshop?  Give examples from your life to support your answer.

Classwork–

intro to photoshop–learn about layers, tools, and backgrounds.

Day 4

Bellwork–

Check out these Optical illusions.

look at at least 5.  Pick the one that you found most interesting and answer the following questions about it.  Please also create a link in your answer to the illusion you chose.

  1. why was the illusion your favorite?
  2. What can you say about optical illusions in general?

Classwork:

Continue working on photoshop.