My R.I.L.S. - Creating an Online Portfolio for Art & Design Students

RILS Plan: Creating Online Portfolios for Art Students & Designers Brief Overview:  Students looking to enter the creative arts industry need an online portfolio. Creating one from scratch can be time-consuming, costly, and unpredictable. This scenario will show students how to create an online portfolio using Carbonmade.com and give each other feedback on an Edmodo.com class site. Target Audience Post secondary students studying fine arts or graphic design. Materials: o   Computer with Internet...

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BP8 - RILS Review

Review #1: Getting To Know You This RILS project uses Tagxedo to create an 'ice breaker'. Click here to read my review... ----- Review #2: Using GarageBand to create Photo Podcasts As someone who is very, very interested in creating Podcasts, this RILS project really caught my attention. Read my comments....

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PE5 - Glogster Community

In this post, I am continuing my review of Glogster, a social networking site that allows you to create interactive posters with text, image, audio and video. The previous post centered around creating a Glog (graphical blog). Now I'd like to explore the social networking aspect of the site.   Once you are a member of Glogster, you are part of a community. Glogsters can enjoy benefits such as earning "G's", commenting on other Glogs, and much more. Earning "G's" I have 32 G's so far! Who doesn't like incentives?...

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PE4 - Glogster

The focus of my RILS project centered around finding online portfolio solutions for my 4th semester design students preparing to graduate. In an earlier post, I reviewed my experience with Carbonmade.com, a free portfolio site specifically for designers and artist. But what about my 1st semester students? Shouldn't they get a feel for uploading samples of their work? Granted, first semester students probably won't have portfolio-ready work, but they will have projects and assignments from some of their courses. Enter Glogster.com According...

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BP6 - Karen's Yacapaca

Yacapaca. It's just one of those words that's makes you giggle when you say it. My colleague Karen Smith reviewed this site and I definitely know I'll be trying it out soon. Check out Karen's review of Yacapaca on her blog. Karen's review of Yacapaca....

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BP5 - Love Marching Bands? Check Out Anthony's Blog

I really enjoyed reading the blog of my colleague Anthony Hunt. Little does Anthony know that I was a band geek in high school! So I can relate to his passion for marching bands. Check it out at Ant Hunt's World. Anthony Hunt's Blog...

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BP4 - Carbonmade

One of the graduation requirements for our Digital Media Arts students is to have a portfolio that showcases samples of their best work. Currently, they take a 4th semester portfolio class where they assemble a professional print portfolio that they can take on interviews. Students are encouraged to have a website, but they often lack the funds and technical knowledge to create a 'dot-com' portfolio site. So, in searching for a solution to this problem, I came across Carbonmade. Carbonmade's  artistic homepage. Carbonmade...

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PE3_iMovie

There's a First Time for Everything. In all, it took me about an hour and a half to think, shoot, organize, edit and export my 1 minute video. The bulk of that time was spent editing the clips.  Exporting the finished project was a very easy procedure. iMovie tries to remove a lot of guesswork from the process. It presents the most likely options where you want your movie to be viewed and handles the rendering from there. What other 'share' options do you need? iMovie quickly rendering the video file I remember taking...

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PE2_iMovie

The Hills & Valleys of Creating an iMovie Video Getting the Kodak Flip Video ready to shoot In my previous post, I shared my initial experience with the iMovie Essential Training Video series on Lynda.com. My interest level was not peaked until I started watching Chapter 5 on editing. The still frame technique gave me an idea to create a short action video utilizing that technique. With my Kodak Flip Video camera in hand and my energy-ridden 9 year old at my disposal, I had the perfect opportunity to capture an action shot. Putting...

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PE1_iMovie

I'll be the first to admit, I was not looking forward to watching a 3 1/2 hour training video for a software that I already use in my classes. I didn't think there was anything else relative to learn in iMovie. Boy, was I wrong. (That's the downside of being self-taught). "Nothing to See Here, Folks!" Eager to earn my Certificate of Completion, I hunkered down and started watching the first batch of videos. For me, the first 30 to 45 minutes of the Essential Training was to review things I already knew and to confirm whether or not...

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