Visual+Studies

visuals in our compositions. Fun links we'll use in our discussion: [|Weezer - Pork and Beans] [|Internet Memes Return together with Weezer] [|Vizio] [|Shining] [|Scary Mary Poppins] [|Total Eclipse of the Heart]
 * Strand 1: Visual Studies** More and more today, when we think about writing or composing, we think not only of written text on a page, but also of color, shape, and image on pages, screens, and other surfaces. This workshop will engage participants in not only thinking about visual choices in composing, but in crafting rich visual compositions. WE will experiment with working with text and images in slideshow presentations and web pages, with visual arguments and digital movies, and more. We will read about the ways in which other teachers and researchers understand the work visuals do in compositions, and we will reflect on our own practices in selecting and integrating

[|Visual Thesaurus] [|Typography] [|Wordle] [|Stylistic Choices of Political Cartoons] [|Photo Ethics] [|Photographs] [|The Definitive Photoshop Timeline] [|Killing Us Softly 3 by Jean Kilbourne] – [|Dawn fav links digital stories and more] Digital Storytelling [|Copyright images and sound links]

[|21 Things for the 21st Century Educator] Project Write Project Write Struggling Writers

[|K-8 Grade Level Content Expectations] [|English Language Arts Content Expectations] [|Common Core Standards]
 * Content Expectations**

You will more than likely decide as you work on your poem or song that you want to explore different font faces (beyond the “system” or default font faces already installed on your computer). There are a variety of sites online that offer free font downloads; three favorites are: [|www.themeworld.com/fonts/] [|www.dafont.com/en/] [|www.abstractfonts.com/fonts] Once you’ve found a font face you want to work with, you will have to download it, unzip it, and install it.
 * USING NON-SYSTEM-STANDARD FONT FACES**

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 * Pictures from our day**