This unit is designed as a rigorous and relevant project for high school students in my Creative Imaging class. Many of the assignments we do revolve around technical skills in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. While I feel that these skills are very important, they are not relevant unless they can be incorporated seamlessly and effortlessly into other classes and/or content areas. This unit encompasses much more than those skills as the students research the Outsider artist, Martin Ramirez, collaborate with museum personnel on the processes of curating and critiquing, and finally create an exhibit with clean, well-designed and informational handouts/brochures and a video reflection on their choices. The PDF for download consists of 4 sections with objectives and procedure, plus 3 worksheets and templates in Illustrator and InDesign. I have not included the technical steps for making the brochure/program in Illustrator/InDesign or the video in Premiere as the assumption is that students will have the background and skills necessary to produce these products.

I teach in a very small rural school. The total school population K-12 is only 165. Fortunately our administration and staff still believe that the First Amendment and the Freedom of the Press are vital concepts to teach our students, so we have a vigorous journalism program at Jewell School despite our small size. I use the class not only to teach principles of journalism, however, but to teach principles of graphic design as well as photography. Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator and Lightroom all make it possible for me to have a class that is not only popular, but is considered vital to our school values.

http://drho.ro/marketing-classes/retailing/fall-2012 I use my WordPress website to teach Business Undergraduate students retailing skills at Sonoma State University. This retail marketing class contains my favorite educational resources on how to learn Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign to create the point of sale, branding, and promotional materials of a retail environment. I rely mostly on Lynda.com tutorials and GraphicRiver.net templates to teach marketing skills using Adobe CS6. Students submit their weekly work to a Moodle discussion forum after they complete their work in a computer lab on campus. I have fun teaching this class and students enjoy working on their weekly assignments: Retailing with Adobe class semester outline 1. Semester Outline 2. Learn Illustrator 3. Illustrator Tutorials 4. Illustrator Templates 5. Illustrator Add-Ons 6. Learn Photography, Bridge and Camera Raw 7. Learn Photoshop 8. Learn Photoshop for Photography 9. Learn Photoshop for Design 10. Photoshop Tutorials 11. Photoshop Templates 12. Photoshop Add-Ons 13. Learn InDesign 14. InDesign Tutorials 15. InDesign Templates 16. Project

This tool is provided as a review for the weekly quizzes and tests that occur throughout the semester. This tool was developed with several Adobe products and utilizes video and interactive components with immediate auditory and visual feedback and reinforcement. Given that this is used in an online course, this tool simulates the instructor's ability to interact with the student on a one-on-one basis. http://distance-ed.fullerton.edu/bbpresentations/Anthony_Fellow/jeopardy/episode1/index.html

This course is an advanced-level design course, providing students with an opportunity to work in the non-profit sector with real clients on visual communication projects. This service learning course engages the community, providing needed goods and services that solve real-life problems. This experiential learning method integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, encourage lifelong civic engagement and strengthen relationships that create community. These projects are by definition independent and will vary greatly depending on the needs of the client. Students will learn to identify Adobe CS software appropriate to the visual communication needs of the client, developing technical and conceptual skills within a team format through this real-world design industry format.

Project Photography Brochure. Create a high-end brochure with a photographic emphasis promoting a vacation destination. Select the target audience for your chosen destination: this involves careful analysis of market—consider age, gender, lifestyle, culture and geography. InDesign Requirements include the following: 8 page, accordion fold brochure, incorporating professional quality photographs, promoting a vacation destination. Topics include Photoshop essential skills of balancing, color correction, exposure, etc. Additional concerns include subtle photograph manipulation, art direction, and issues of content editing while maintaining the theme throughout.

Project William Morris Publication. This project involves research, writing and publication design based on renown 19th century artist, designer, writer and thinker, William Morris. Through a collaboration between the departments of Languages & Literature and Art + Design, writing students and design students work side by side. This cross-over project starts with reading assignments on Morris’ life, thought and work: from poetry and public speaking to the typographic arts and illustrated manuscripts. Students extend these catalyst assignments and independently research his work, identify personal areas of interest, analyze sources and information to produce an MLA formatted paper, summarizing findings and drawing comparisons with our own time. Student papers form the basis for a designed and produced publication in both digital and print form, contrasting Morris’ thought and practice of his time with a student-based, contemporary interpretation.

Students produce a booktalk about a recently read book. This project involves reading, writing, performing, and using technology for presentations while improving literacy among Career and Technical Education students. The voice over is recorded and edited in Audition, the buzzwords for emphasis are produced in After Effects, and the entire vodcast is put together in Premiere. The finished product is placed on the school website under the podcast section. Reading aloud improves literacy skills by making a connection between phonics and comprehension. That connection is fluency. Recording students reading aloud improves fluency, fosters confidence, and encourages others to read.