Blogging Status Updates

Just another short update on blogging:

     Ka Ho - not subscribed, don't know about blogging, auctions or technology

     Queenie - blogging on auction, no blogging on technology

     Hoffman - auction blog and one post on technology

     Charmaine - no personal blog so no posts on auction or technologies

     Monica - blogging on auction, no blogging on technology

     Maggie - auction blogging and 4 posts on technology

     DDBear - blogging on auction, no blogging on technology

     Kitt - blogging on auction, no blogging on technology

     Chloe - auction blogging and 2 blogs on technology

     Susan - auction blogging but no technology blogging

     Jerry - auction blogging but no technology blogging

     Joy - blogging on auction, class and projects but nothing specific to technologies.

Maggie is working hard after a great holiday away from HK!!!

Tonight we will:

Talk about Tech blogging and Wikis

Look at your Photoshop Assignments

Get you started with your Web Sites

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Blogging

Remember you need to maintain a blog for this class.  In the blog you will need to make 10 entries about communication technology before the end of the semester.  This is also the place where you will talk about your internet auction or internet sale.

Here is the current state of the blogs for the students in this class.  I connect to your blog using your follower image on the class blog, this blog:

     Ka Ho - Not yet subscribed to the blog so I don't know if you have started your blog/ don't know about your auction-sale

     Queenie - blog on auction need to be sure to blog on technology as well

     Hoffman - blog on auction need to be sure to blog on technology as well

     Charmaine - subscribed but can't connect to a 7200 blog/don't know about your auction-sale

     Monica - blog on auction need to be sure to blog on technology as well

     Maggie - be sure to blog on Technology as well

     DDBear - blog on auction need to be sure to blog on technology as well

     Kitt - blog on auction need to be sure to blog on technology as well, didn't see where I can sign on as a follower.

     Chloe - you have a good start with mass media and ipad

     Susan - be sure to blog on technology

     Jerry - subscribed but can't connect to a 7200 blog

     Joy - found it and I can see that you are blogging

If you have some free time over the holiday week you should look up some technologies and write what you think about them in your blog.

Happy New Year of the Tiger!

Photoshop Exercise - 11 February 2010

In the next class we will be working exclusively on your Photoshop exercise.

Your final photoshop composite will need to have the following:

    The background will combine elements from at least two original photographs.  The background is the part of the image that supplies the context and foundation of the image.  It is the place where the action has or will happened.

    There will be at least five figure elements in the final composite.  Figure elements are the parts of an image that have the potential to move.  A figure element could exist in any number of environments.  A figure element has the greatest flexibility in terms of placement within the composition.

    There needs to be a story behind the entire composite.  Why are the figures within the particular context and what does the combination of elements say to people who are looking at it.  Why would anyone care about what you have put together in the frame.

In making your composite you will need to apply some of the design principles discussed in class in order to make an image that is visually interesting as well as meaningful.

Bring any digital files you need or any images that you might need to scan.