"In our school there are some electronics that you are allowed and not allowed to use… Some students are allowed to bring their Laptops to school; you are allowed to use them for work only. Some Teachers disagree with the Idea of being allowed to use laptops in school. Probably because of the simple fact that when they were younger in school they did not have the opportunity to use Laptops in school to take notes. So the teachers just want the kids to do it the hard way. You can use Laptops and PDAs electronics. As long as there are no communication devices or music players then they are okay. Most teachers agree with the idea of computers in school including PDAs and Notepads because it distracts the students from the teachers class work. While on the other hand the students feel like it is easier to store information to there computers and PDAs to keep it organized so they can review theyre notes later at home and other places more portable."
Well, first off, there are some things to immediately point out. This is a wall of text. There is a lack of spacing and paragraphs, and that's something that has to be put in. Second, the grammar and spelling needs to be touched up. There are capitals where there shouldn't be and misuse of the three "there"s.
The article is quite insightful, which is good, but there is some bias where it says "The teachers just want the kids to do it the hard way" when that probably isn't true, and if it is, it needs to be backed up with quotes. That's the next problem with it actually. A lot of it is just information, but it needs some supportive quotes that would give it more flavor and make it more factual. Also, it is too short to fit the whole page, so it needs to be longer.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Illustrator Tutorial Videos
I thought that these videos were very nice introductory videos that demonstrated the capabilities of Adobe Illustrator. I think that the ability to make something scale to any size you want without sacrificing any detail at all is incredible and will prove to be very useful. If I had a dollar for every time I needed such a feature, i'd be a millionaire. Illustrator having some drawing tools to create your own custom graphics, eliminating the need to have Photoshop open at the same time, is also a very useful tool.
In the second video, they mentioned that due to the fact that pretty much everything in Illustrator is made with vectors, the things you make in Illustrator can be repurposed for anything, gives it edge over Photoshop in versatility. It also allows you to easily select your artist's intent, which can help us in our projects, and the ability to adjust advanced settings for your final product, like print bleed, raster mode, and color mode for websites. Overall, I think I'm going to like Illustrator, as opposed to InDesign, which I really disliked, especially when we were introduced to it.
In the second video, they mentioned that due to the fact that pretty much everything in Illustrator is made with vectors, the things you make in Illustrator can be repurposed for anything, gives it edge over Photoshop in versatility. It also allows you to easily select your artist's intent, which can help us in our projects, and the ability to adjust advanced settings for your final product, like print bleed, raster mode, and color mode for websites. Overall, I think I'm going to like Illustrator, as opposed to InDesign, which I really disliked, especially when we were introduced to it.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Peer Review: Quintin Harris and Demarco Sanchez's Brochures
Quintin Harris' Brochure
Quintin's brochure was very impressive. I liked working with him because even though restaurant brochures are very similar in design and presentation, our brochures turned out pretty different and we each took our own approaches on them. The way he used pictures of the food as a backdrop for the text was a simple yet effective way to force the reader to see them. He also used a menu, something I personally didn't do. My only complaint with his brochure is the difficulty with reading any text on this brochure located over white bread.
Demarco Sanchez's Brochure
Demarco's brochure is an example of work that could have been made much better with some more time. The layout was simple yet effective, with text and a picture under it. The text got the message and information across effortlessly and efficiently. However, there were a lot of things that didn't turn out as well as they could have with more time. For example, a pure black background is not easy on the eyes, when he could have made a backdrop of his own. The pictures were also not cropped properly. The outside pages of the brochure were also unfinished, and the dark red text is quite hard to read. I thought that as far as an informative brochure goes, it was good enough in my book.
Quintin's brochure was very impressive. I liked working with him because even though restaurant brochures are very similar in design and presentation, our brochures turned out pretty different and we each took our own approaches on them. The way he used pictures of the food as a backdrop for the text was a simple yet effective way to force the reader to see them. He also used a menu, something I personally didn't do. My only complaint with his brochure is the difficulty with reading any text on this brochure located over white bread.
Demarco Sanchez's Brochure
Demarco's brochure is an example of work that could have been made much better with some more time. The layout was simple yet effective, with text and a picture under it. The text got the message and information across effortlessly and efficiently. However, there were a lot of things that didn't turn out as well as they could have with more time. For example, a pure black background is not easy on the eyes, when he could have made a backdrop of his own. The pictures were also not cropped properly. The outside pages of the brochure were also unfinished, and the dark red text is quite hard to read. I thought that as far as an informative brochure goes, it was good enough in my book.
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