10.19 Peer Review

Warm Up, 15 min.

1. QOTD (Question of the day - post on your blog): retrace your steps to complete your rough draft of your prezi. What have been your greatest challenges in using this new software? What has come easy to you?
2. POTD (Photo of the day)
3. NO VOCABULARY LIST!
4. Here is the Prezi Peer review Checklist (click and select "save as" to download):

prezi%20peer%20review%20checklist.pages

Part 1 - 20min

Peer Review of your desk partner’s prezi (no need get up, just turn to the person next to you and have them present the prezi in presentation mode (slide by slide)) Use the above downloadable Pages document as a format to review each section of the prezi.

• Go over each category on the downloadable form (see blog for download)
• Give specific a rating (1-5) feedback on each category (warm or cool or both)
• Make sure you give your partner feedback they can use to IMPROVE their presentation.
• Turn in a copy (with your names on it) to my drop-box for credit.

Part 2 - 10min

converting your .mov to .flv

After you have exported your montage to quicktime we are going to need to convert that .mov file to a .flv file. Here is a step by step and a video.

1. export your montage from iMovie (using the share menu > export to quicktime > broadband - medium > choose the desktop as the save location)
2. Right-click on the movie file (did you export it to the desktop?)
3. Choose the program "Adobe Flash CS3 Encoder" (you may have to choose "other" and browse through your applications to find this (you may even have to change "Recommended Applications" to "All Applications".
4. Drag your movie file into the Adobe Flash CS3 Encoder (or click "ADD")
5. Click "Settings", choose Flash 8 Medium Quality (400-kbps)
6. Click "Start Que" to begin converting
7. Your movie should pop up on your desktop when it is done converting (about 5 minutes)

Here is the video:

(more videos available in the links section on the right of the blog)

part 2 - 55 min

Use this time to make the changes, specified by your peer reviewer, to your prezi.

• Headphones are OK.
• Slapping so your partner can hear it is not

10.15-16 Rough Draft

Warm Up - 15min:

1. Q.O.T.D.: Go to the "showcase" tab on Prezi.com and find an example of a Prezi that is well designed and one that is S.C. Paste the links and reason for your preference or disapproval on your blog. Don't focus on the content, look more to the design and layout of the prezi.
2. P.OT.D.
3. NO VOCAB THIS WEEK!

Part 1: Backing up your prezi- 10min:

1. From the My tab
2. Select your prezi by clicking on its thumbnail
3. select "download"
4. create a folder in your student server and name it "prezi back-ups"
5. Drag and drop your saved prezi files to your new folder in student server folder.
6. THIS WILL INSURE THAT YOU DON't LOOSE YOUR WORK!

Part 2 - working for the week - 75min:

1. By the end of the day, you should have a ROUGH DRAFT of your prezi. All of the elements (see "prezi links" on the advanced DMA blog) should be included in the rough draft.
2. Your dear instructor will give you some helpful, specific and friendly feedback on your project. Please adjust your prezi accordingly.
3. Drop a copy if your ROUGH DRAFT in my drop box for credit.

Week 6 - 9.28-29

-syncopated, indeed!-

Mon/Tue 100 min

Warm Up 15min

Name a few of the producers (people who make the music for the singers/rappers (e.g. Quincy Jones made the music for Michael Jackson's "Thriller", Dr. Dre made the beats for Snoop Dogg's "Who Am I?") you appreciate. If you don't know which producer you like, think about a song you enjoy for the music, then use your search tool to find the producer of the song.

P.O.T.D.

Vocab List

1. split
2. loop
3. cycle
4. sample
5. track
6. balance
7. musical typing
8. metronome
9. count-in
10. ducking
11. automation
12. tempo
13. MP3
14. WAV
15. AAC
16. KBPS
17. mute
18. solo
19. lock
20. quantize

Lesson - 60min

Garageband - Creating a Midi Drum Track
Do it together (students will be able to create a drum track that is compiled from multiple parts; each part being soloable and mutable, to enable diversification on the rhythm)

1. metronome - on
2. count-in - on
3. new software instrument track
4. select instrument type - Hip-hop drum kit
5. open musical typing, find sound
6. record & play
7. edit and quantize (quantized per need - 1/4 = Snare, 1/8 = hi hat, 1/16 swing = bass drum)
8. rename track (snare, bass drum, hi hat, etc)
9. Change Project tempo if necessary.
10. REPEAT x 3 (each track a separate sound, separation = control; 4 tracks or more, one sound per track)

Work Time 55min

At the end of the period please export to disk a copy of your beat, and a screenshot of your prezi to a folder renamed “YOUR NAME” and drop in the appropriate drop box.

name the beat - “drums_YOURNAME"

name the shot - “prezi update wk6_YOURNAME”

9.24-25 sample this!

Warm-up (15min)

1. What does "technology" look like? What does it sound like? What does it ____ like?
2. Vocabulary
3. POTD

Lesson 1 - Finishing PS review (20min)

Outcome: produce a self portrait and top 5 technologies title that demonstrates their proficiency in selected aspects of photoshop.

1. Finish your self portrait, post to your blog
2. Finish your top 5 title, add to your prezi

Test (10min)

classmarker.com

Vocabulary test 5

Usernames:

classmarker%20users.numbers

Lesson 2 / Work Time (55min)

Garage Band - Create a technology themed audio piece

Outcome: student will demonstrate proficiency in garageband. Create a musical piece that addresses a theme. Transfer of ideas to material (sound) manifestation.

1. About sampling (Intro)
2. Brainstorm some ideas of what technology sounds like
3. Detail how to find specific sound effects, http://www.findsounds.com/, in garageband browser
4. Examples of sample based music that uses sample and instrumental to create soundscapes (negativeland, art of noise).
5. sample yourself saying something that relates to your top 5 technologies
6. download and import a sound effect that somehow relates to technology
7. add a drum track (loops are ok)
8. add a bass track (loops are ok - key should match synth/lead)
9. add a synth (or other lead) track (loops are ok - key should match bass)

Meet the Prezi

I like shapes (thanks martinisaac)

We are almost done with two whole weeks of class. i can't really believe it either...

Agenda for 9.3-4

Warm-up:

Blog - vocabulary definitions and examples

Photo of the day

Finish TED post

Vocab test:

go to classmarker.com

sign-in and take vocabulary test 2

good luck!

Lesson 1:

Prezi.com walkthrough & explanation of tools (frame, line, place, media, file, redo, undo, text - don't touch path today!)

Transition:

a lil break it up activity

Lesson 2 & assignment:

Create an image in prezi using only frame and line.

Take a screenshot of the image

name the screenshot "prezi image_yourname"

drop the image in my drop box (be sure to put it in the correct block!).

Cool Down:

Respond to the following questions on your blog. Title it: "prezi day 1"

1. How was your overall experience with prezi? Were you able to create the image/shape you wanted to?
2. What was easy? What was hard?
3. What are the benefits of this software? What are the drawbacks?