5366+Embedded+Assignment+Reflection

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(see Appendix I)
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 * ** EDLD 5366  **    ||   **  Digital Graphics, Animation and Desktop Publishing  **
 * == Description of the ==

(see Appendix I)
 ||   Design and produce a four-page newsletter providing educational technology resources for teachers. Each page should be standard 8.5”x11”. The pages must be numbered and show a consistent design theme throughout. You must design your newsletter with columns, but the shape and size of these columns is up to you. The essential design problem is to create a layout that provokes an appropriate response. Basic design principles should be followed – contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity – and each page should present a graphically pleasing layout. The newspaper should contain contact information.   || · The knowledge you gained from the assignment. (2 points) · The relation of new information to Technology Facilitator Standards and Performance Indicators (2 points). · The relation of information gained to personal experience. (2 points) · Discussion at a critical level, not just recitation of facts. Discussion at a critical level means discussing things such as your opinion of the reading or experience, why you hold that onion, what you see wrong with the reading or experience, how you see the reading or experience is consistent or inconsistent with what you have learned so far, implications for the future, (4 ) · Insights into the patterns of interactions of colleagues.(2 points) · Group processes including: who had power, authority, or influence; who was participating and who was not, who was not included, how did you or another leader draw the silent participants out; was there confrontation, conflict, consensus, agreement, hurt feelings? (2 points) · Notations addressing the affective or feeling tone evident, concerns you noticed. (2 points) · Questions you have that you should research or about which you can seek expert advice from your campus-based supervisor or your professor. (2 points) · Issues that puzzle you. (2 points)  ||   Effective communication of a vision or goal is an important skill leaders must have. The newsletter should serve an obvious function. Creating this seemingly simple message professionally is a process. Knowing the key elements of this process and using them to communicate to a community was the essence a wonderful assignment in the course Digital Graphics, Animation and Desktop Publishing. This final newsletter publication is something that will become part of my professional portfolio and will be used as a guide for future projects. The elements of a professional newsletter started with foundations of digital graphics and design theory. Basic design principles were followed including contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. It was learned that and each page should present a graphically pleasing layout and particular attention paid to columns. These were but a few examples of excellent guidelines and knowledge that I gained from this experience. While creating the newsletter many forms of collaboration with many different people took place. Help from other publications regarding content ideas was extremely helpful. Discussions with Lamar classmates and professors guided my layout and graphics parameters. Communication with my campus principal was also insightful. The Principal produces one two page (front and back) newsletter every month of the. We discussed several issues regarding this publication. I was extremely interested in th student privacy issues related to photos and names. Further investigations? Well I sure would enjoy the opportunity to produce a newsletter of some kind in future job position. I think this assignment has prepared me for that task. I am eager to face that challenge down the road.  ||