Brian McLane

Phone: 747-3188
E-Mail: brmclane@hotmail.com

Zoho Online Productivity Tools

Schedule:

Period Time

Course Name

1 7:30 - 8:21 Behind-the-wheel instruction  
2 8:25 - 9:16 Digital Creations
3 9:20 - 10:11 Individualized English 11   
4 10:15 - 11:06 Behind-the-wheel instruction
5 11:06 - 11:45 Lunch
6 11:49 - 12:40 Behind-the-wheel instruction
7 12:44 - 1:35 Driver Education
8 1:39 - 2:30 Behind-the-wheel instruction
Other Links
 
Warrior Volleyball
Final Project, First Semester

Final Project, Second Semester

 

Individualized English 10 archives from class I no longer teach.
  Final Project, Second Semester
Web English Teacher  
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1st Period: Behind the Wheel Instruction

2nd Period: Digital Creations

 

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3rd Period: Individualized English 11

Remember the Titans: Fact or Fiction?

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/closer/020808.html

http://www.71originaltitans.com/schoollinks.html

http://www.71originaltitans.com/

 

The Day I Was Born project

Watson and the Shark: The Story

To Kill a Mockingbird

 

4th Period: Behind-the-wheel instruction

 

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6th Period: Behind the wheel instruction

 

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7th Period:Driver Education Classroom


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8th Period: Behind-the-wheel instruction

 

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Digital Creations
Second Semester

East Dubuque H.S.
Brian McLane, Instructor

Archived Lessons

 

Second Semester Final Project Requirements

Monday 5/16 FrontPage review and assignment
Tuesday 5/17 Finish FrontPage review

Animated GIF review and assignment:
View tutorials @ J/Digital Creations/ImageReady/GIF tutorials

Create the following three animated text gifs
1. Fading Text
2. Moving Text (no tween)
3. Text with a tween applied

Save them to the GIF tutorials folder, naming them with your name.

Wednesday 5/18 Flash review and assignment
Thursday 5/19 Begin Final Project
Friday 5/20 Work on final project
Web Design Animation Digital Video Digital Audio
FrontPage tutorials from Electric Teacher ImageReady Tutorials from Tutorial Guide The Director in the Classroom
An excellent site for digital video
Freeplay music -- yes, free!
FrontPage 2002.com ImageReady tutorial: Man of Many Hats Digital Story-Telling Sounddogs.com I have a cd with some generic music clips.

Developing Webs.net

ImageReady tutorials from Informit.com Artbeats (stock footage--might have some freebies, but I have a cd with some of their clips)

www.findsounds.com


www.flashkit.com


www.sounddogs.com


www.a1freesoundeffects.com


www.koumis.com/soundfx.htm

(also has video and still images)

 

FrontPage tutorials from Ice Mocha ImageReady tutorials from InsideGraphics Premiere Elements Main Screen Tour jeffsounds.com
Color Schemer

Developing Webs.net

Excellent  ImageReady and Flash Tutorials

School TV Alta Vista MP3/Audio search

Writing

Flash MX 2004 tutorials from Entheos Tools and Templates  
Copywriting Lessons Flash tutorials from Tutorial Guide Project Ideas
Copywriting 101 Flash Tutorials form InsideGraphics Windows Movie Maker Tutorial
12 Step Internet Copywriting Formula Flash MX for beginners You Be The Producer
Brochure Writing for your Business Morphing Text with Flash MX Free Sound Effects
JournalismTeacher.com Virtual Artroom.com: animation
News Reporting Simulation flashadvisor.com
Writing for the Web flashkit.com
IdeaSite for Business
AdCopyWriting.com
Journalism Exercises
Marketing Articles: writing Poynter.org
The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists.
JProf.com, a web site for those interested in journalism, especially teachers and students.
 
Writing for the Mass Media textbook companion page
Online Technical Writing Writing for Multimedia: A Guide http://www.mediacollege.com/

poster presentation
The Modern Presenter's Handbook Multimedia Writing blackline masters What Makes a Good Logo?
CopywritingSite.com News University
News University is committed to helping journalists grow in their craft. We want to serve journalists throughout the world.
Top7Business.com

 

Archived Lessons

Thursday 3/10

The following ImageReady assignments are due by Friday, March 18 (end of quarter):
  1. Each person's animation for his/her group website
  2. Three animations using FILTERS
  3. Three "animated sounds" (see below)

 

ImageReady:

1. Finish the animation for your group website

2. Create three animations of your own using filters
Friday 3/11 DUE: Your animation for your group's website.

SAVE IT AS "your_name" to J/Digital Creations/group web animations



DUE: The three animations using filters (yesterday's assignment).

SAVE ALL THREE to J/Digital Creations/filters animations. Name them "your_name1", "your_name2", and "your_name3".

 

Assignment:

Animate Any TWO of the following words using to show what their sound means, then make animations for ONE OTHER “SOUND” WORD of your choice. (Rated G, please). You will make a total of THREE ANIMATIONS.  Save them to J/Digital Creations/Onomatopoeia naming them “your_name1”, “your_name2” and “your_name 3”

  • Plop!
  • Vrooooooooooooooom!
  • Clang!
  • Zap!
  • Splosh!
  • Crash!
  • Wheeeeeeeee!

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Monday 3/14 Flash lessons (room A1--Mrs. Spensley's lab--ALL WEEK)

Video: Animation Introduction (4:47)
Video and handout: Project Overview (4:30)
Video and handout: Image File Formats (5:28)
Video and handout: Flash's Interface (8:12)
Video and handout: Toolbox 1 (8:52)

Assignment: Tool Box Exercises

Homework: Review Questions
 
Tuesday 3/15 Video and handout: Toolbox 2 (7:52)
Video and handout: Symbols & Instances (4:29)
Video and handout: Using Layers (8:27)
Video and handout: Importing Images (7:16)

Exercise: Using toolbox, symbols, layers, and imported raster graphics.

Homework: Review Questions
 
Wednesday 3/16

 

 

Video and handout: Animation 1 (5:56)

Exercise: Frame-by-Frame Animation

Video and handout: Animation 2 (6:54)

Exercise: Tweening, Ease, Rotate, Orient to Path, Shape Tweening

Homework: Review Questions
Thursday 3/17 Video and handout: Special Effects (4:37)

Exercise: Special Effects

Video and handout: Project Walkthrough 1 (10:35)

Assignment: Work on animated name project

Example 1 (viewable only when connected to school network)

Example 2 (viewable only when connected to school network)

Homework: Review Questions
Friday 3/18
End of Third Quarter
 
Work on animated name project (due by end of the period)

All unfinished ImageReady animations are also due.

Any late homework (worksheets) will not be accepted.
Tuesday 3/29 New Flash project:
Create a 30 second animation (cartoon) that tells a story. Due end of day on Friday. See handout for requirements
Example

Homework: Storyboard due tomorrow

Ideas for your cartoon:
Bazooka Joe (Use these ideas/jokes but create your own animated characters)
Wednesday 3/30 Storyboard due

In-class assignment 1: We will work through a stick figure walking tutorial together.

In-class assignment 2: After handing in your story board, work on cartoon (due Friday)
In-class assignment 3: work on animated name (due Friday) 
Thursday 3/31 In-class assignment 1: work on cartoon (due Friday)
In-class assignment 2: work on animated name (due Friday)  [Some of you have already finished it]
Friday 4/1

 
Two assignments are due:
Flash cartoon and your name animated with Flash are due at the end of the day. This due date has been delayed until we are able to get into Lab A-1 again.
Monday 4/4 Introduction to Digital Audio

Digital Audio: Tutorials and Resources (Plano, Texas School District)

 

 

Tuesday 4/5 Digital Audio:

Sound Companion 2.0 Tutorial  You do not need to go through the tutorial. Just use it as a reference when doing the assignment below.

Sound Companion 2.0 Assignment

Wednesday 4/6 Extended Early Dismissal

Work on your sound mix assignment
Thursday 4/7 No School--Conferences
Friday 4/8 Sound mix assignment due end of day. If you finish during class, keep experimenting with the Sound Companion software. Try to make a "voice-over" in which you have someone speaking while background music is playing. Or work more with the effects to see what you can create, etc. etc. etc.

I can only give you a pass from study hall if the lab will be supervised, so I would suggest using class time efficiently and getting the assignment done.

Next week we will be in the other computer lab, A-1 to finish the Flash cartoons.

 

Monday 4/11 Finish Flash Cartoons
Tuesday 4/12 Introduction to Digital Video Editing with Windows MovieMaker:

1. Still image slide show
2. Video clip editing/storyboarding


Assign storyboard and script for "table top" video project
(this project involves live filming with no editing)

(storyboard and script due end of class tomorrow)

Wednesday 4/13 Introduction to video cameras

Finish storyboards and scripts for "table top" video project
Thursday 4/14 Taping of "table top" video projects
Friday 4/15 Taping/Viewing of "table top" video projects

Next Week: Digital Documentary
Monday 4/18 Assignment:
1. In class: Work on editing your camera shots video (zoom in, zoom out, walking toward, walking L to R or R to L) in MovieMaker. (see handout)

2. Homework: Read these digital video lessons and answer the questions (DUE tomorrow): PRINT THE LESSONS IF YOU NEED TO.

Lesson 1 Getting Started With Digital Video.pdf

Lesson 2 Camera Motion and Shot Dynamics.pdf

 

Tuesday 4/19 Questions for lessons 1-2 are due.

Assignment:

Homework: Lesson 3 Lighting for Home Video.pdf

Continue working on camera shots movie.

Wednesday 4/20 Questions for lesson 3 are due

Midterm
Your midterm grade will include

  1. the questions for lessons 1-3
  2. your still shot/script assignment
  3. your camera shots movie.

Assignment:
Finish camera shots movie today.

View your still object/script project.

Begin planning your own video project

Thursday 4/21 Introduction to Adobe Premiere Elements
Premiere Elements Main Screen Tour.pdf
Friday 4/22 Adobe Premiere Elements lessons

DUE END OF HOUR: Digital Video Project Proposal

 

Digital Creations
Second Semester

East Dubuque H.S.
Brian McLane, Instructor

Archived Lessons

 

Second Semester Final Project Requirements

Monday 4/25 Handout: "Stuff you should be able to do in Premiere Elements"

Picture-in-a-Picture Tutorial

J-Cuts and L-Cuts

Super-Impose one video over another

Green Screen

Tuesday 4/26

Picture-in-a-Picture Tutorial

J-Cuts and L-Cuts

Super-Impose one video over another

Green Screen

Wednesday 4/27

Picture-in-a-Picture Tutorial

J-Cuts and L-Cuts

Super-Impose one video over another

Green Screen

Work on your video project when you finish the tutorials above

Thursday 4/28

Picture-in-a-Picture Tutorial

J-Cuts and L-Cuts

Super-Impose one video over another

Green Screen

Work on your video project when you finish the tutorials above

Friday 4/29

Picture-in-a-Picture Tutorial

J-Cuts and L-Cuts

Super-Impose one video over another

Green Screen

Work on your video project when you finish the tutorials above

Week of May-2-6: work on video projects

 

 

 

 

 

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