Media Education

PART ONE: due date end of period March 18 create your BLOG Steps: PART TWO:   Due date, end of class, March 25  Analysis of a meme - Search on the Internet. All answers to questions in go into your blog in a new post entitled Meme analysis. Define: In your own words, what is a meme?  A nswer the following questions: 1} What qualities must a successful meme (i.e., repeatedly shared) have? Why does something go viral on the Internet? Must a meme have words? Must it be from a photograph?  TO DO: 2} Find two memes that you like, that you have shared on social media, or find otherwise meaningful. Please post both in your BLOG with the answers to the below questions. Please be sure that the content and images are appropriate and respectful. ALSO Answer the following: (pertaining to the two memes you chose to analyze) 3} Why do you find this significant? Why do you like it? Why do you think it works? Next class, you will...

Guidelines for Facebook Banner We are making banners for the AVH Facebook Page. These will be rotated and you will be given credit for your work. CRITERIA: Photos must be taken by you around  the school. You must merge 3 or more photos. You must add text. The photos must be in focus, well-lit, and tell outsiders something positive about the school - after all, it's our public face. Use Photoshop, Krita or GIMP software. Post Banner on your BLOG, Email me a full-size copy (glickman@avh.montreal.qc. ca) and or/ via sharepoint Marking schema - no/poor/satisfactory/very good/excellent Three or more photos taken by the student. Banner respects proportions dictated by  Facebook Photos organized in a pleasing way, with impact Banner sends a message to viewer about AVH Text is appropriate to image Photoshopping done to blur edges of photos  together. HELPFUL TOOLS: Facebook cover image measurements = 851 pixels w...

Why is everything blue? In study after study, across all countries, the majority of men and women prefer blue. It is also associated with trust and loyalty. And when you compare two screens with different web browsers, the blues will look most alike.  For more information on why blue, here is a really interesting article: Wired article on colour and the internet Another interesting article on Blue and the Internet What is your favourite colour? How would you use it on a website or in an app, or for a logo?  Please comment below....

COOL USEFUL WEBSITE WITH GUIDES http://icanbuildablog.com/2015/01/html-cheat-sheet-for-beginners/ DROP DOWN MENUS IN BLOGGER: http://icanbuildablog.com/2015/08/how-to-add-a-drop-down-menu-to-a-blogger-blog-without-javascript/ VERY LONG CHEAT SHEET, WHICH MAY BE DIFFICULT TO READ... FOR NOW, ZOOM IN, AND I WILL LOOK FOR A LARGER KB VERSION...

https://krita.org  (freeware that works like Photoshop/ logiciel gratuit qui fonctionne comme Photoshop) GIMP = http://www.gimp.org  (freeware that works like Photoshop/ logiciel gratuit qui fonctionne comme Photoshop) http://www.lightstalking.com/10-reasons-gimp-is-better-than-photoshop/

http://www.photoshophobby.com/list-photoshop-keyboard-shortcuts PHOTOSHOP TUTORIALS   http://www.theaccentpiece.com/?page_id=2348 http://www.lightstalking.com  many articles with great advice http://www.lightstalking.com/consideration-5-totally-free-photo-editing-apps/ http://www.lightstalking.com/12-little-known-photoshop-shortcuts-to-speed-up-your-processing-time/ commandes MAC commands cmd + t = transformation cmd + c = copie/copy cmd + v = coller/paste cmd + d = désélectionner/unselect cmd = + (+ ) ou  (-)   = zoom rognage = changer le cadrage /change the crop pipette = choisir couleur pour la palette/pipette chooses colour pinceau = vérifier la couleur et le type pinceau  filtres = choisir effets spéciaux/filters for special effects.  NOTE create edits in NEW LAYERS!!! Name each layer e.g. text, background, etc. etc.

By Sylvia Duckworth

Make sure that your blog is functioning by the end of the day.  To verify, ask a friend to look at it on their device with the address you have chosen. If they cannot see it, you have either made it private, have not published it, or have the wrong URL entered. Send the link to your blog to glickman@avh.montreal.qc.ca 1) To create your blog, go into your google account. If you do not have one, set one up with a gmail account. Then click on the icon of little squares on the top of your page. There is a drop down menu. If you do not see the orange and white B for blogger symbol, click on “more”, and you will see it. 2) Choose the link « new blog ». Choose a title, which can be long and have special symbols if you'd like (for example, I chose NSA Media). The address and title can be different. The address cannot have any special characters or symbols. I suggest you keep it short and sweet.There is an arrow at the right that will tell you if the address you...