bumbershoot

http://bumbershoot.org/contests/bumbershoot-logo/


your task is to design the new Bumbershoot logo. The above link has all the details but the nuts and bolts are to design an iconic logo that will be the face of Bumbershoot, it will be their identity, it should probably contain the name Bumbershoot along with some form of a logo of your creation. Look at bumbershoot logos past to gain ideas, think about what Bumbershoot is, get creative, enter multiple times to have a better chance!!!

Turn in your entry to the classes folder to get class credit for this, as well as the above link if you want to enter.

technical writing

Today we will start working with technical writing:

a form of technical communication, is a style of formal writing used in fields as diverse as computer hardware and software, chemistry, the aerospace industry, robotics, finance, consumer electronics, and biotechnology. Technical writers explain technology and related ideas to technical and nontechnical audiences. This could mean, for example, telling a programmer how to use a software library or telling a consumer how to operate a television remote control.

We will be using technical writing to create a "how to" guide. This can be done in many ways but must meet the following requirements:

• 9+ steps
• image and explanation for each step
• details into areas of confusion or potential mistakes
• built using InDesign or blogger

images can be screen shots or pictures you take

blurbs should be a couple sentences.

think about tutorials you have had success with and those which have not worked as well... model your "how to" after the good ones!

a few examples:

http://homemadewithlove.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/how-to-make-moist-yummy-banana-bread-a-tutorial/

http://homesteadheritage-pottery.com/wheel.html

http://golf.about.com/od/golftips/ss/golf_setup.htm

POSTERS DUE TODAY

Please turn in your Annual Day posters by 9:15 today as a .jpg file. We will then vote on a winner and print out the 3 most popular posters to hang around the building.

***If you are done early please complete a 2nd tutorial/poster for extra credit and a second chance at winning the class competition!

Annual Day Posters!!!

Today we are making posters advertising Annual Day!

Things to Include:

• Annual Day is May 28th
• Fines must be paid to get your annual
  
• yearbooks go back on sale May 24th for $75
• buys yours quick, before the sell out!

Assignment specifics:

follow one of the above tutorials, using YOUR OWN images, to create a creative and unique poster at 8"x10" & 400 dpi.

Lip Dub POSTER!!!

Title: "All-School Music Video Scavenger Hunt"
Date: May 27 after 4th period

Details: 7 songs from 7 decades

Participation Options:
1. Dress up like your favorite Pop Culture character for the Scavenger Hun!
2. Participate with a club.
3. Dress up like a generic person from a specific era.
4. Wear school colors and go crazy when the camera moves into the gym at the end of the video.

See Mr. Mitchell in D5 for more information.

Images from various decades would be great.

Check out http://www.uglybogus.com/ for a bunch of rock show poster examples... specifics: Document size: 8"x10" Resolution 300dpi or more Program, use Illustrator, PhotoShop, InDesign, but no Flash.

banners....

Please try to finish your banners up, they will be due at the end of the period on Monday May 10th