Blog #4 - Newsletters

I think it would be interesting to use a newsletter as a teacher to inform parents what we are doing in class. It could be especially effective teaching business education classes, as I could have the students prepare monthly newsletters to send to their parents. We could also, as a class, come up with newsletters which we could use for recruiting of new students to our program. These newsletters could be shown to administrators as well so they know what the class is doing.

I think a newsletter could be a powerful tool for elective programs like business education. They can be used to inform parents and administrators, as well as to attract new students and parents.

I commented on Blog Topic 3 of Ron's Blog.

Blog #3 - Using Image Editing in the Classroom

I will be teaching business education classes in high school, and one of those classes could be web page development. During one of my observations, the class did an interesting project to help them learn how to use image editing. They had to make a magazine cover, using an image of themselves and a made up magazine. It was a great project because it helped them learn how to use a basic image and integrate it into an overall layout. It allowed the students to use their creativity to do anything they wanted. The students did some really creative and interesting magazines. They used the skills they learned in this project later when they were developing their websites.

I would like to do a similar project in my classroom. It allows the students to get excited about editing images, as well as teaches them how to do basic editing. It also allows them to be creative and explore on their own. I think it's a great way introduction into working with images and an excellent beginning to a web development class.

Blog #2

My first project in Photoshop involved inserting a snowman into a desert landscape. I came up with the idea by thinking of two things that were opposites and trying to put them together. It was difficult to cut the snowman out and insert just the snowman into the desert. I found that pictures with a white background are easier to cut and insert into another picture.


I find it interesting to put pictures together that don't make sense - like snow in the desert, or a cactus at the North Pole. The problem for me is that it proves difficult to make it look real - partly because it is so unreal, but also because making the inserted object blend properly has been complicated. I also enjoy trying to insert people into group pictures where they were not there before. That is what I will try to do for my second project.

Blog #1

I graduated from the University of Oregon in 1993 with a degree in Finance and Marketing, and a Math minor. I am currently attending The Ohio State University pursuing my Masters Degree in Workforce Development. I am also taking math classes in order to get my teaching license for high school math.