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I really enjoyed this class but some of the assignments were very difficult.Week 1 I was at first overwhelmed by the artistry found in this book. The time taken to pen, illustrate and then adding in the pronunciation guide must have been enormous. He repetition of color and book titles was gorgeous. The contrast of red and gold used the the book titles really captures the eye. The contrast can also be seen in the brown color of the text versus the bright bold colors of the artwork.

The alignment of the text didn't occur to me until I read another students post and I could see it from her perspective. She felt like she was reading upside down. It was a Look at the space in between the leaves for me. It was different flipping the pages the other way.

 The amazing work that is in this book is quite impressive. The detail work is so fine that I couldn't get clear views of all of it. I can only imagine the banter back and fourth between artist and Writers if one of them were to make a mistake on a page. I assumed they were the same word since description reads "the seventh seventh". Looking closer one can see the first letters are different. The word on the left has l shaped letter second while the on on the right starts right away with u shaped letters. Looking at the fluid print of Thuluth script it reminds me of our cursive writing.

 Both words have repetition of color blue, gold, and white. They both have v shaped marks that are above the "u's" in the middle of the word. The alignment is important to the reader for keeping track of where they are. This change based on the direction you read. Those with left hand alignment seem to be those books read left to right. The books with right hand alignment are read from left to right. I found it interesting that the one book that was aligned vertically seems to be the Quran. I find this interesting due to the fact that it was allowed to develop for long periods without influence of European culture. It may also come from their belief that the word of good came down from God and Mohammed ascended into the heavens after his death. Print size: Small Print outside the border Larger print inside. I think i could see about 5 different font sizes inside the border. Font Color: Brown outside the border. Black with red outline font inside the border along with colored text. Fonts: Decorative versus serif Color: Red, Blue, Green, Black, Brown, Yellow White space versus used Space I enjoyed the lectures this week. My minor was Classical Civilization, so I am a history nut. I am also a fan of the the lecture of Shapes that Communicate. It was interesting to think about how other species would react to the visual images we sent.

I had to reread the directions on navigating the British Library. I think that was my fault for not reading them more carefully. I downloaded the Slivelight program to view the text and had no problems.

I enjoy the discussion board it is mimics the in class discussion that happen and the talk before and after class.

 I am glad to have a chance to retake the quizzes. I seem to be missing the question that say "mark all that apply." It has been awhile since I was in school and just need to read and think more critically. But I'm willing to listen to anyone's suggestions.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Week 2 <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I am in the same boat as many of my colleagues. I had never thought of branding myself or my class. I would think of my brand as being a connection. The first thought for me was a chain but that seems cold and hard. But even that seems better than the class logo of the cobra. We have goals set up and the logo doesn’t match them any better than it does my personality. I like that the students choose the logo and the cheer but I wish it better represented my teaching philosophy.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> I have been looking at the District logo and its simplicity and the message it delivers and fails to deliver. Our district logo is an N that doubles as the legs of a student desk and a child is sitting at it a very stereotypical scene. One that I hope doesn’t occur too much in my class. In elementary school the student have to move they don’t have breaks between classes. Being kinesthetic also helps several of the learners that have a different learning style. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">My mission statement comes from an old friend. He would say “I’m not teaching what to think. I’m teaching how to think.” I always thought that was so powerful. I don’t want to teach my students how to solve one type of problem but I want them to be able to problem solve no matter where in their lives they encounter it. I want them to look at issues or information from more than one perspective. If you still hold your belief that is great and now you are better able to support your reasoning. If you changed your mind, then you might need to look further.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> My logo is still coming together maybe a web with a heart at the center instead of a spider. I was thinking of the center of Spiderman’s chest when I got the idea. The web could be a double meaning for connection and the use of technology. I would like to add showing the teaching of the mind as well as the heart. I may need to change it. The spider web isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. I would love input.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I do think an average of features makes the basis of what we consider attractive. I also think what makes one gorgeous is that there is on deviation from average. Take Pamela Anderson. When she was first discovered during a Canadian Football game, she was similar to other beauties of the time thin, blonde, cute face, but on asset made her stand out from the others. She actually made such an impression the it delayed the game!

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Another example would be Tom Cruise. I would have never had noticed his nose is slightly bent if I didn’t have to draw him in an art project. After griding the picture and trying to reproduce the image, the crooked nose was very obvious. He was a major hunk of the 80’s.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> I also agree that the social and personal preferences play a major role in what is considered beautiful. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Chin to top of the Head: 9 inches ( Dang I have a big Head) <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Chin to Eyebrows: 5.25 in    <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Ratio: 1.714 <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Top of the head to eyebrows: 4 in    <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">My eyes are below the two thirds vector. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I'm going to try going across the face since "The Rule Of Thirds" is supposed to exist both horizontal and Vertical. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">(These are very hard to do! If you move your head the measurements change drastically.) <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Width of head across the eyes: 7 in inches including ears. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Width across to the center of the eyebrow : 2 in If I chose to the inside edge of the eye I get 3 in. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Ratio: 3.5 Ouch / 2.3

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Week 3 <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">n a quality Newsletter one will find all four elements of CRAP. In the examples I have collected I see a lot of proximity, alignment, and some obvious contrast. The newsletters all have good proximity of titles and stories, the pictures and stories, and the cutlines and the picture (the school newsletter skipped cutlines all together). Proximity is important so that the reader can quickly group items and locate all the information for the story they are reading. Alignment was also present. Pictures aligned with the intersecting points of the rule of thirds. Titles centered over stories. Text justified for some stories not in others. Alignment is probably over looked by most readers but is very important in making a Newsletter visual interesting and readable. With contrast I saw both good and bad examples the district newsletter was a good one. It had Different fonts for heading, cutlines, and body text. The pictures contrasted nicely with the text. Some short article or bits of information had a colored background. The school newsletter was less impressive. I know it didn't receive nearly the same man hours and is intended to be ran off in black in white but after closer inspection it doesn't live up to the Methodist Newsletter's use of contrast. It had contrast of clip art and text, headlines and body text and contrasting fonts. The use of different fonts wasn't visually appealing. Contrast is intend to make important information stand out not to make the newsletter seem patch work.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Repetition was also done well in the examples. I saw fonts repeated for body text and for the headlines. The layout used was repeated for the whole newsletter. I was disappointed that the school newsletter had a lack of repetition. It had a variety of clip art pictures and a different font for each story almost. Repetition is important so that a newsletter has a connected feel to it. With good use of repetition it would be be easy for each page to seem like it was created by a different person. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I think there are a several things to consider besides CRAP when assessing a newsletter. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1)Eye Catching- If the principals of CRAP are applied hopefully this is achieved. Some newsletters are more pleasing to look at than others. For me most of these have a picture that attracts my eye.    <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">2) Information- Does the newsletter give out correct information to an audience. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">3)Reading level- You want to use an appropriate vocabulary for your audience.   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> 4)Relevance- Does this article affect the readers of this newsletter <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I think that Layout and content have to be equally weighted in importance but since the question asks about design components. This would be my ranking; <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Layout: <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Proximity, Alignment, Contrast, Repetition <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Appropriate fonts <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Pictures with cutlines <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Rule of Thirds

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Content: <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Accurate <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Relevant <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Clear and Concise <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Purpose and audience are the most important factors in a newsletter. If there wasn't a purpose for the newsletter then hopefully one isn't being created. I would evaluate these by making sure the articles contain information that the audience would need. I would evaluate the audience by looking into the intended audience and who else in the community might see this newsletter. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> I think that these two criteria are equal to the design principles in a true newsletter. If one is creating a newsletter for a project then the purpose of the project would have to be looked at to determine what part should be more important layout or content. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I don't know that the fact that this is a time consuming task should be a major influence in grading. If this has been a project in the past and didn't cause a large percent of the class to fail, then why would it be different now. I am glad that he told us about the time we need to devote to it. I am also happy that Report cards were done this week so I'm free to devote my time to this project this week. I do think that and understanding that not everyone has equal programs and experience with them might play a role. If this were a regular class and we all had access to Dr. Yearwood's lab then I would expect a more uniform set of newsletters. I have thought about buying Adobe Creative Suite but I don't know if I have time to learn it. I did find all the tips of using the programs very interesting. I will try to produce it in Publisher and hope I don't make a project that gets ripped apart like the Humana newsletter. I would like to be fairly evaluated, so I would judge work by what was done (the work in it) rather than in the look that a better program might be able to produce. If the concepts were followed then a good looking newsletter should be able to be produced. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I am assuming we already know CRAP needs to included. When creating a newsletter for a class project some errors to avoid are: losing track of the class's purpose, overdoing with stylized fonts or pictures, not asking for help when it is needed, or not doing enough. I think we all have those students that are over achievers and those that want to do the bare minimum.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">When creating a newsletter for public distribution one needs to avoid: <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1) Mistakes- Parents hate seeing educators making grammar or spelling mistakes. Also look out for things that could go both ways. Dr. Yearwood's example of the church newsletter is a perfect example.    <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">2) Not knowing your audience- avoid articles that are too technical and one that talk down to the audience.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Sending out the newsletter with other less important papers. It will get lost and thrown away with the other garbage that schools send home.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Week 4 <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I am assuming we already know CRAP needs to included. When creating a newsletter for a class project some errors to avoid are: losing track of the class's purpose, overdoing with stylized fonts or pictures, not asking for help when it is needed, or not doing enough. I think we all have those students that are over achievers and those that want to do the bare minimum.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">When creating a newsletter for public distribution one needs to avoid: <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1) Mistakes- Parents hate seeing educators making grammar or spelling mistakes. Also look out for things that could go both ways. Dr. Yearwood's example of the church newsletter is a perfect example.    <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">2) Not knowing your audience- avoid articles that are too technical and one that talk down to the audience. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> 3) Sending out the newsletter with other less important papers. It will get lost and thrown away with the other garbage that schools send home.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Week 5 <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I really learned a lot from designing the Newsletter. It was hard to fit in all the articles that I wanted to and keep following the rules of CRAP. I think it really turned out well. I wish that I was a better photographer. I think that may be an area I need to work on.