Vivian Maier Slideshow

(Originally posted March 22, 2011) Last week I visited an exhibition of Vivian Maier’s photography at the Chicago Cultural Center. I had learned about Vivian Maier earlier through the Kickstarter website and blogged about it here. To say I was impressed with the exhibit is an understatement. The whole story about her work being discovered …

TGJ3M Outline

Administrivia  Mark Breakdown [GC]  Twitter #BDSTGJ [GC] Exemplars [GC] ePortfolio (becomes the summative evaluation) (previous Portfolio evaluation no longer being used) Getting Started Project Ideas Steps in the Design Process Web 2.0 Tools Article: Why Social Media Needs to be Taught Affinity Photo Video Tutorials (many!) Increasing the Resolution of a Photo Tree in Niagara Falls Repair …

Tools

Throughout the course we will be using various tools to help our learning: Portable Apps Chrome Notepad++ Lastpass Diigo (social bookmarking) Google Drive Google Takeout Google Sites (the NEW Google Sites) Google Keep Gmail Twitter Dropbox

Affinity Designer Tutorials

Start Here… Affinity Designer 1.5 Overview Affinity Designer Tutorial – Top 10 Things Beginners Want to Know (a great overview video) The A to Z of Affinity Designer (“This A to Z list breaks down all the tools and panels, including some useful functions and features. It includes links to Affinity’s official short video tips …

Archiving Your Google Data

I always encourage students to use the personal Google account for school work so they still “own” the data after they leave high school. But what if they haven’t, and they’re above to move on to a postsecondary school or the workplace? There are basically two options: Move your data to your personal account Download your …