EDLD+5366_Digital+Graphics+and+Web+Design

=Week 1= = = =Ancient Manuscripts Investigations=

Bible from Ethiopia
Commissioned by Emperor Iyasu in around 1700

As I investigated the ancient Bible from Ethiopia, my first impression was astonished by how they so intricately wrapped the bible. The cover of the book speaks volumes of how the principles of design elements were relevant in that era. The bible was bind with a stamped leather cover using rectangular outlines to show contrast with the cross. I noticed that CRAP was embedded in all that they do. Throughout the Ethiopian Bible they used colors (red, blue, yellow, and green) to show repetition throughout the book, mainly because that was all the colors that they had. Contrast was always used in most pictures. GOD was always drawn larger than other disciples or town people, which provides real contrast. The scribers justified text for their alignment and pulled everything together with the spacing between the columns brings about proximity.

Some techniques that the scribe use throughout the manuscript to help us understand the book is by using red ink to show titles and rubrics. Also, they used a lot of alteration to tell the story of in the book of Genesis.

Emperor lyasu. (1743). Book of Ethiopia. British Library. Retrieved from [].

=**Week 3**=

Creating Graphic Animations
My animation is called "Life at any time." I hope you enjoy it.

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media type="file" key="home Stage_2.mov" width="300" height="300"

=Week 5=

**__Week 5 EDLD 5366 Digital Graphics and Web Design Reflection __**
**__Self –Assessment __** Upon my self-evaluation, I feel that I have learned a lot when it comes to details. The reason that I say this is because when completing the unit on CRAP, I have learned to really pay attention to spacing and font types. I really never knew the difference between Serif and San Serif. I know make a point to select the appropriate type of font when producing different types of media. As I analysis what I learned in week 1 and have been carrying those principles throughout the course of this class, I know am able to refer specifically to the processes of analyzing and making judgments about what I have learned. **__Learn as a Learner__** As a learner and I reflect over the approach and strategies that I used in completing the assignment, I realized that the all the assignments required me to do a lot of critical thinking. It has now dawned on me that “critical thinking is involved in solving problems, formulating inferences, calculating likelihoods, and making decisions when the thinker is using skills that are thoughtful and effective for the particular context and type of thinking task.” (Grahn, n.d) I feel that in order for me to improve as an educator, I will need to be engaged in more ongoing reflective practice. My approach to these course assignments, I felt as if I was able to build off of prior knowledge to develop and create products that I could possibly use in my classroom or provide training to other teachers. When working in groups, I do feel that we allowed everyone in the group to use their strengths to make our product outcomes to be a teaching tool that anyone can use and make their own. My group members’ attention for detail and my eye for design and technic allowed for us to have a powerful group. “Portfolios encourage teachers and schools to focus on important student outcomes, provide parents and the community with credible evidence of student achievement, and inform policy and practice at every level of the educational system.” (Educational Leadership, October 1994, pp. 48-55) As I am drawing nearer to the end of my Master’s Program and I reflect over my eportfolio, I can really see how much I have evolved as a learner. My portfolio is a reflection of my accomplishment and provides me with a measurement tool that I can judge and see my improvements as well as those this that still can improve upon. I feel the interaction that we experience with colleagues in these courses allows for us to build and feed off of each other in our online professional learning communities. By being a part of our PL, it has allowed for us me to “focus on learning rather than teaching, work collaboratively, and allows me to hold myself accountable for the ending results.” (Defur, May 2004) **__Implementation into the Classroom __** As an aspiring Technology Leader, I would use my group’s wiki site as an instructional tool that teachers could use to help implement technology into the curriculum. Our group site could help some teachers’ revitalize lessons to help student become more excited about learning. Included in our team’s wiki, we have resources for teachers as well as parents. We also, have strategies that teacher can use with their lower level learners as we as Special Education population. **__References: __** Barrett, Helen. (2003) The Research on Portfolios in Education. Educational Leadership. Retrieved from []. Defur, Richard. (2004) School as a learning community. Education Leadership. Retrieved from []. Grahn, Leslie (n.d) Reflective Thinking: RT. Retrieved from []
 * __Lifelong Learning Skills __**