No Surfing, Please

Please do not use UltraSurf, or any other means of circumventing the school and AEA's security settings blocking prohibited sites like facebook.

Students in the Graphics Lab should be working on http://yearbookavenue.jostens.com or one of Mr. Mallory's wikispaces.com sites, not listening to music, watching videos, messaging with friends or loitering on social networking sites.

The administration can track the browser histories of every computer on campus if they want to. Do us both a favor and stay on task. Thank You.

YRBK- "Action Method"

https://www.actionmethod.com/Methodology
Mr. Mallory is trying something new to help us get things done.
Action Method Online (AMO) is a simple, free web application that basically lets him create job tickets to let you know what needs to be done for the yearbook.

AMO says that "success comes down to identifying what needs to get done, who needs to do it, and then making it happen."

People often separate "personal" tasks from "professional" tasks (e.g. formal "to-do" lists at work, post-it notes on the refrigerator at home). But Action Steps are Action Steps, regardless of their context. interviewed hundreds of the most productive individuals and teams in the world, and have discovered best practices across industries for managing everyday projects. These best practices have informed the methodology and design of the Action Method.

Hopefully this will prove useful. Regardless, this is an example of the kinds of organization/time-management tools that professional business people use.

DRAWING- Read about Sighting

• Read pages 138-145 in DRSB and complete the Chapter 8 study guide

 DRSB Ch8 Study Guide.pdf

YRBK- Assignment on captions

Captions

• Read pp. 74-77 in your book
• Complete Activities 12.3 and 12.4 worksheets
• Quiz Monday October 25 over caption writing
  (consider copying terms from 74-77 into your notes)

Web Work This Week

Wrapping-Up the Client Proposal Project

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Assignment	Pages	Due.Date
Site Graphics	1-3 DRM p.67	Thr.Oct.21	Consider creating some of the graphics you'll eventually use on the actual site in Photoshop
Layout Sketch	1-4 DRM p.69	Thr.Oct.21	Consider creating an account onhttp://mywebspiration.com to help you construct a mock-up. You could also use Word, Paint, Photoshop, or just draw one.
Quick Check Questions, Session 2.2	1-9 DRM p.69	Fri.Oct.22
Class time on Mon 10/25 & Wed 10/27 to compile & type all these steps onto your wiki page		Wed.Oct.27	Constitutes the final formal writing project
We will return to the HTML book in November, AND start work creating the page you just planned.

Fwd: Mallory Sub Lessons Thurs Oct 14

1. Planning Period

2. Web Programming-

Students should read pages 57-58 in the Dreamweaver book and create a flowchart or site map for their proposed websites, following the directions found on page 58. Students may work ahead on their websites if they'd like to. http://webheads.wikispaces.com/Formal+Writing+Assignment has the all the information they need. They may want to "join" the wiki so that they could start transferring the work they've done already to their page on the wiki. They may also consider downloading and experimenting with KompoZer from http://portableapps.com/apps/development/nvu_portable. 

No Ultrasurf, no Facebook no Instant Messenger or email.

3. Painting-

This is the LAST day students may work on their large Georgia O'keefe style paintings. Most of them have a lot of work to do. Try to keep Wyatt and Dylan focused. Jimmy is done and may use the time to work on homework from other classes. It's important that they clean up well- no brushes or palates should be left in the sink (Dylan is pretty bad about this). 

Students may listen to ipods, but only if they have earphones, only one ipod per student (no sharing) no games and no videos. They should be working more than they are choosing songs.

4. MS Art-

7th graders have PE on Thursdays instead of Art, enjoy the peace and quiet

5. Yearbook-

Lacey, Kayla, Ashley, Taylor and Jacen should use their books and notes to complete the "Quiz 14" and "Quiz 15" worksheets- these are just practice quizzes for the real test which is tomorrow. Once they are finished, they may get on a computer and in their folders withing "\\Server1\archive" they will find pictured to re-touch in Photoshop. They need to correct for red-eye, remove blemishes, adjust contrast levels and color saturation. If they need help on this, Austin should be able to show them what they need to do. 

Austin and Christian should be working on layouts on http://yearbookavenue.jostens.com. 

No Ultrasurf, no Facebook, no Instant Messenger or email- music is okay, but only if they have earphones and spend more time working than choosing songs.

6. Drawing-

This is the final day for working on their chair drawings. THERE ARE ALWAYS MORE THAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE. Students should be working all hour- silently. These are done at the end of the hour, we will grade them tomorrow. If they genuinely cannot find more to do to improve their drawings, they should read chapter 8 in their textbook or may draw one of the plants in the windows in their sketchbook, using negative space.

Students may listen to ipods, but only if they have earphones, only one ipod per student (no sharing) no games and no videos. They should be working more than they are choosing songs.

7. MS Cheer-

No practice today, between season break. Thanks for covering me today, have a great afternoon.

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Ted Mallory

Boyer Valley Community Schools

Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Yearbook | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

ted.mallory@gmail.com

malloryt@boyer-valley.k12.ia.us

http://www.boyer-valley.k12.ia.us

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249

Cell- 712-269-5853

Mallory Sub Lesson; Web Programming

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

My doctor's appt. is in Denison at 8 AM. So I should get back before 2nd hour is even over.

Web students should read pages 57-58 in the Dreamweaver Book and create a flow-chart for their Web sites, following the directions on page 58.

Nick and Caitlin may work on Independent Study Drawing & Painting when they're done. All of them may read ahead if they want to.