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EDLD 5366 Digital Graphics, Animation and Desktop Publishing

Desktop publishing was anything but simple during EDLD 5366. We went back into the beginning of time and talked about how Neanderthals created drawings to express themselves. We talked about paper and how it came about. We talked about the how’s and why’s about why publishers place pictures and use texts to reflect and draw your attention. We analyzed different writings like the Lisbon Bible and talked about the graphics present and what the meanings could be. We talked about colors and what they represent. During this class, our cohort created our very own logo for our classrooms. We spoke about branding and the importance of it. Creating our very own classroom logo gave us a sense of ownership and required us to think about our mission and what we stand for. We also designed a 4 page newsletter. The newsletter was a beginning of the year introduction to our classrooms. This was beneficial because requiring us a facilitators to have hands on experience with the software, will have made us more understanding and knowledgeable about what we should expect from our teachers and students. I remember enjoying getting to experience and learn by doing an inter-active, hands-on, project based assessment just like what should be expect from our students. We used the CRAP method of evaluation of our projects. This is evaluation of your contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity. We used our best judgment about appearance and visual representations about our work and the best ways to present it. We learned about digitizing and copyright during this course. We spent five long weeks learning the basic ins and outs of the digital creations and publishing traits.

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EDLD 5366 Desktop Publishing, etc. Dr. John Yearwood, Lamar University.