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Judith Durkin
Room 308
Phone: 503-705-1264
judithd@brookings.k12.or.us

Class Website: learndurkin.com

Course Description
Adobe design products are used worldwide in the design and film industry. This course will focus on Adobe After Effects. You will learn beginning and intermediate techniques by watching ACA (Adobe Certified Associate) training videos and practicing the taught techniques. There will also be demonstrations, lectures, and videos from different sources to instruct and inspire your learning. Basic design principles will be discussed with each lesson. 

Final Exam
Tuesday & Wednesday, June 11-12, 2019

Student Learning Objectives
The material taught in this class is based on the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards. Students in this program will seek to become a:
Digital Citizen
Student will recognize the rights and responsibilities of living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world and practices safe, legal and ethical use of software and hardware.
Knowledge Constructor
Gather, locate, organize, analyze, evaluate and use information
Innovative Designer
Student uses a variety of technologies to create new, useful, and imaginative solutions. Student uses digital skills to produce creative products.
Creative Communicator
Student communicates clearly and creatively using platforms, tools, styles, formats, and digital media appropriately.
Global Collaborator
Student collaborate with others and works effectively in teams locally and globally.

Methods of Instruction
This is a hands-on course where students will be using computers every day. Most of the work is project-based with lectures, discussions, videos, and demonstrations.

Suggested Materials

• Ear buds or headphones in order to hear the many instructional videos
• Book: Learn Adobe Premiere Pro CC: Adobe Certified Associate Exam Preparation. Available from Adobe Press
• USB drives are great for backing-up your work in progress

Grading Methodology
At Brookings Harbor High School teachers in all content areas will use proficiency based instructional and assessment practices to determine what students know and can do. Students will be assessed using multiple measures. A five point grading scale with corresponding letter grades of A, B, C, D and F will be entered for each assignment and assessment. Students will be assessed on summative and formative assessments. Rubrics with Common Core State Standards will be used. Formative assessments can include independent practice that is completed outside of class of up to ten percent of a student’s overall grade. This independent practice will be aligned to Oregon’s Career Related Learning Standards and Common Core State Standards.
Methodology for grading will include formative and summative assessments. Formative assessments are there for the purpose of frequently assessing skills throughout a unit or in process of acquiring the necessary skills in order to demonstrate proficiency in multiple opportunities and various contexts. The foundation of Common Core is that a student is constantly provided opportunities to attain mastery in order to prepare for college and career and reach their academic goals.Click to edit this text...

Grading Scale

A = 5 and/or 90%-100%

B = 4 and/or 80%-90%

C = 3 and/or 70%-79%

D = 2 and/or 60%-69%

F = 1 and/or 50%-59%

Grading Criteria

Every class assignment has a rubric. Be certain to read the rubric thoroughly and ask for help when needed!

Grades will be based primarily on the student’s ability to integrate the digital capabilities of Photoshop with their aesthetic sensibility; the use of experimentation, composition and attention to detail is important.

LATE WORK: In the design/media industry, deadlines are not negotiable, but in this class, if you are missing an assignment, you can still turn it in with no grade penalty! If your assignment is overdue by more than 2 weeks, you will be assigned Office Hours (8:00am - 8:20am) or Extended School Day (3:30pm - 4:00pm) to complete the work.

Stay on top of your work. ASK FOR HELP! Adobe software can be very frustrating to learn and I am here to make you successful.

Original Work Requirement: All assignments you turn-in must be comprised entirely of your own original work, fully created by you. You may use copyright-free images from outside sources, but you must manipulate the images to make them your own original work.

Censorship: No violent or sexually explicit themes, no hate speech, racial slurs or other sensitive material whatsoever. Do not use a photo of a fellow student without his or her written permission.

Find Your ZIM!

ZIM is the Zone of Intrinsic Motivation.

AFTER EFFECTS: Adobe Certified Associate Learning Standards/Objectives
What you should be able to do at the end of this course:

Tips for Student Success
Learning Adobe software can be very frustrating and challenging. I am always here to assist, but the majority of the learning happens when the user solves the problems on their own. Most professionals attribute their learning to amount of “seat time” they have spent at the computer. The longer the student is exposed to the software interfaces, the more familiar the solutions become. Patience is the key when learning a software program. PERSEVERANCE is very important in this class.

Academic Support at BHHS
• An Extended School Day bus will be available to all students each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after school, starting the third week of school, so that students will be able to get extra help from teachers or form study groups on those days. The bus(es) will leave at 4:30 pm.

• Below, list the names of two or three students in this class who will agree to help you if you have questions, or who might be interested in forming a study group for Tuesdays/Thursdays

Classroom Behavior Expectations and Consequences
In accorance with BHHS school wide expectations, students in this class will exhibit behaviors of Bruin PRIDE:
• Perseverance
• Respect
• Integrity
• Diversity
• Excellence

In my classroom, this means that student will:
•not bring food or beverages into the computer lab
•come prepared to work hard
•refrain from playing games or using social media on the computers
•keep phones in a backpack or bag unless called-for in an assignment

Cell phones are totally disruptive to learning. In this class, ALL students are required to silence their phones and put them away in their backpacks. Unless I give express permission for you to use your phone, and I see your cell phone, I will not take your phone, but I will give you a paper bag. By signing this syllabus, you agree to put your phone in the paper bag (which will then be stapled) and put the phone on your desk to remain there until the end of the class.

If a student does not understand my expectations, I will re-teach them so that the student understands. If the student is actively choosing not to meet basic classroom expectations, the following consequences will apply:

1st consequence = reteach my expectations / conference after class
2nd consequence = parent contact
3rd conswequence = assign student to stay after school in my classroom on Tues. or Thurs. Student will take the Extended School Day bus home
4th consequence = administrative referral / consequence to be determined by administration

Student Agreement

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