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Unit 6 Final Images and Justification

10 Composition Tips and Gestalt

My audience would be anyone interested in farming. My purpose is to inform my audience about our family experience as farmers.

I changed a few of my photos from my original draft. I did not think the contrast and framing examples I had were very good, so I went out and took two photos that would be more representative of those two composition tips. It was fun to actually go out and perform the tips! I also enjoyed this assignment because my husband and children were involved and represented through a farm theme. It was a great way to end the class.

As I stated in my last slide, I believe that this collection of photos captures gestalt. Because these photos have a theme, the pictures alone represent a specific event (part), but all the photos together give the audience the big picture of what it is like to farm (160). I also think because the images create a theme it gives the audience closure (162). The numbering of the 10 composition tips helps the audience follow the sequence of the photos/slides (162). My partner, Chatchada, suggested that I change the slides so that they all looked the same. I was using different templates throughout the presentation. Because of this change, I think that the repetition helps create similarity (162). Good idea Chatchada!

Some of the tools and actions used were color, contrast and repetition. I mentioned above how I changed the slide formats so that they would all appear the same and reinforce repetition. I also used lots of greens and yellows (John Deere colors!) which showed color contrast as well (178).

Overall, this was one of my favorite projects because I was able to share a side of myself that a lot of people are unaware of. Fun!=)

Thanks for a great class!

Unit 6 Original Images

10 Composition Tips and Gestalt

Hi Chatchada! Here are my farm pictures. I am still looking for better pictures for contrast and framing. Let me know what you think!=)

Unit 5 Final Image and Justification

I emailed the image.

I was going to create an image about the 5 stages of the Writing Process, but that's all been done before. What my student's really struggle with is the difference between the Revising Stage and the Editing Stage. My original image became more of a document and didn't really serve the purpose I was shooting for. I deleted all the text in the text boxes and started over. I used a Writer's Inc. book for guidance. I wanted more of on introductory piece than what I had before.

The following are the techniques I used to show organization. Of course, as you can tell, I organized the text boxes for left to right and from top to bottom (121). The titles of the boxes are the top levels, the initial left justified details are the subordinate levels and the bullets (the check marks and the arrows) are the coordinate levels (122 and 133). I tried to show the difference in the top levels by using contrasting colors and bold text (133). I used chunking by provided space in between the subordinate levels, and I didn't use more than 7 chunks of information (125-126). I used two columns to show the differences between the two stages of the writing process (136-137). I added a little piece of clip art to help decorate with, and I chose one that had the same colors as my 2 text boxes.

After showing this to the students I would facilitate a generative strategy and have them summarize the differences, either through writing, a Venn Diagram or a Mind Map (148 and 152).

I'm still not satisfied with this project, but I believe it is an improvement from my original. I don’t know if this is really considered an image/visual; it has a lot of text and information. Am I wrong? Maybe it felt different because I created it in Word and not PowerPoint or Adobe.

Original Project - Unit 5

I will attach it in an email to my partner for testing. Chatchada, please post your comments here.=)

My audience is my 9th grade students in my English class. They really struggle with revision and editing. When I ask them to revise, they usually edit. I have added some specific suggestions/mistakes that are common to 9th graders. It's kind of boring, and maybe overwhelming??? Have I added too much stuff? Should I take out the questions and the suggestions and just leave the topics? It doesn't look very appealing.

Unit 4 Final Image and Justification

This image is a slide from a Poetry PowerPoint that I use with my 9th grade students. We have usually covered simile by the time we get to poetry, but they forget fast!

My original image was awful. I was obviously in a rush to put something together, and I never took the time to go back and make it better. This would have been a perfect example for Tuft!=) I'm glad that this class is giving me an opportunity to take a look at my own work that I use in the classroom with my students. It does give it more meaning for me!

In my original image there was a lot of competition going on between my background (the color gradient) with the figure (the text) (102). This is something that my partner, Chatchada, and I agreed on. I changed the background to plain white. I played with a black background, but it still did not seem to work well with the figure. The white background with the black font provided a nice contrast and the white space helped chunk/organize the information on the slide(111). I also changed the font style (as recommended by my partner) to a sans serif font because the original font was hard to read.

I made the title (figure) stand out by making it a larger font than the rest of the text, and I tried to show depth and dimension with the title by adding some color and applying an outline and light shadow (270 and 272). I used the same two colors (black and blue) that are used throughout the slide to show unity. By using these techniques the figure should improve the information the learner selects (111).

I decided to utilize two different text colors for contrast and organization. I thought that keeping all the text black would be a bit boring. I decided to leave the definition or information that related back to the definition in black, and then I made the example and the explanation of the example in blue. I thought that by using the two colors in this way would not only brighten up the image but also help organize this information (111 and 267). I think the black will help the learner select the most important information and the lighter color (blue) will be the second piece the learner will select (the example) (102). The use of white space, as mentioned above, also helps to organize this information.

I deleted one of the examples from the slide that I thought was extraneous (102). It was a bit too much information for one slide, and it was a more difficult simile for 9th graders. I stuck to one example and attempted to explain it well.

I added clip art to this image/slide as well. Knowing my 9th grade students, I need to keep them engaged whenever/where ever I can. I looked for appropriate clip art and thought that these two pieces help to emphasize the example and give the students more of a concrete visual (102).

I definitely think that my revised image will be more effective with my students. I think that the contrast and use of the colors black, blue and white will help the learner select and organize the information on the slide. The clip art will help attract and control the students' attention and help them to visualize the example (266).

Unit 4 Original Image for Independent Activity

The Independent Activities on pages 118 and 278 require you to pick your own project to work on. The slide above is part of a Poetry PowerPoint that I use for my 9th graders. The section of the unit this comes out of is a section on Figurative Language. Looking at it now, I realize it is awful! I obviously threw this together and never went back to make it better. This slide is on simile which should be a review for the students. The only way to go on this one is up!=)