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Top 5 Tips for Creating Impressive Video Resumes - 0 views

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  • Don’t just create a video resume because you can, create one because it’s relevant to the job you want to do.
  • just reading aloud the contents of your CV is a waste of everyone’s time.
  • one-minute mark is ideal.
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  • Imagine your friends and family watching the clip. If the thought of that embarrasses you, then don’t submit it.
  • Be creative, but professional. Do not deviate too much from the demeanor you would have in the workplace
  • bloopers reel accompanied with credits, a clever way to show off your personality (and that you don’t take yourself too seriously).
    • Alex Portela
      Alex Portela on 11 Mar 12
       
      This is a great site to reference because there are real videos to check out as examples. The first one includes links to other short videos that are a part of this persons video resume.
    • Merlyn Reyna
      Merlyn Reyna on 16 Mar 12
       
      I agree, the videos are really helpful! 
  • In today’s highly competitive job market, creating the right video resume to accompany your traditional CV can make you stand out from the crowd. The wrong one, though, can make you a laughing stock.
  • 1. Make Sure It’s Appropriate
  • 3. Keep it Short
  • 2. Don’t Just Read Out Your Resume
  • 5. Make Sure It Passes the Share Test
  • 4. Don’t Be Afraid to Be Creative

  • Don’t just create a video resume because you can, create one because it’s relevant to the job you want to do.

    If you’re applying for a role in the online, media, social or creative professions, then it’s more likely a decent video resume will have the desired effect, i.e., getting you invited for an interview.

    Don’t send a video resume to a more traditional type of company that won’t “get it.” You might do your chances more harm than good.

    Graeme Anthony, from the example above, is a public relations executive. His cleverly thought out online content adds an extra wow factor to his already outstanding experience.

    2. Don’t Just Read Out Your Resume

    The whole point of a video presentation is to offer a potential employer greater insight into you than a traditional resume can, so

    just reading aloud the contents of your CV is a waste of everyone’s time.

    Use the video to help the employer get a sense of not just what you have achieved, but what you are capable of achieving in the future.

    “Tell them why you would be the right person to hire and what you can do for them,” says Mario Gedicke, account manager at Mayomann.com, a video employment platform.

    You can, however, highlight particularly relevant info from your resume. “Focus on your experience and skill set (and possible education/training) especially relevant to the position,” advises Tyler Redford, CEO of resumebook.tv, an online resume management system.

    And if it’s appropriate and relevant to the job (as in the example above), then don’t be afraid to talk about your passions.

    3. Keep it Short

    “Keep your video resume short,” says Gedicke, who advises that a

    one-minute mark is ideal. Redford agrees that a video resume should be “short and sweet.” He suggests staying within two minutes.

    “Keep in mind that recruiters would likely want to use the video resume as an initial filter for applicants,” Redford says. “However, recruiters do not typically want to use the video resume in lieu of a real, in-person interview.”

    Think of your video resume as your own personal teaser trailer. In the example above, the clip is less than one minute and 20 seconds in length, while the extra time is made up of a

    bloopers reel accompanied with credits, a clever way to show off your personality (and that you don’t take yourself too seriously).

    4. Don’t Be Afraid to Be Creative

    If you’re opting for a video resume, then go the whole hog and make it spectacular. Be creative, whether that’s with the concept of your pitch, use of humor, clever production values or brilliant editing.

    However, stay classy. “

    Be creative, but professional. Do not deviate too much from the demeanor you would have in the workplace ,” says Redford. Gedicke suggests this should extend to your wardrobe too: “Dress professionally, just as if you are going to an in-person interview.”

    In the video above, James Corne creates a spoof AA-style confession, but maintains a certain veneer and dresses like he was headed to the office. This demonstrates creativity and humor whilst showing him to be a professional person.

    5. Make Sure It Passes the Share Test

    As with all online life, don’t put content out there that you wouldn’t be prepared to see go viral. It’s unlikely your video resume will become an overnight Internet sensation, but imagining that scenario is a good test to make sure you could cope if it did.

    Imagine your friends and family watching the clip. If the thought of that embarrasses you, then don’t submit it.

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  • 2. Don’t Just Read Out Your Resume
  • If you’re applying for a role in the online, media, social or creative professions, then it’s more likely a decent video resume will have the desired effect, i.e., getting you invited for an interview.
  • . Keep it Short
  • 3

  • If you’re opting for a video resume, then go the whole hog and make it spectacular. Be creative, whether that’s with the concept of your pitch, use of humor, clever production values or brilliant editing.

    However, stay classy. “

    Be creative, but professional. Do not deviate too much from the demeanor you would have in the workplace ,” says Redford. Gedicke suggests this should extend to your wardrobe too: “Dress professionally, just as if you are going to an in-person interview.”

    In the video above, James Corne creates a spoof AA-style confession, but maintains a certain veneer and dresses like he was headed to the office. This demonstrates creativity and humor whilst showing him to be a professional person.

    5. Make Sure It Passes the Share Test

    As with all online life, don’t put content out there that you wouldn’t be prepared to see go viral. It’s unlikely your video resume will become an overnight Internet sensation, but imagining that scenario is a good test to make sure you could cope if it did.

    Imagine your friends and family watching the clip. If the thought of that embarrasses you, then don’t submit it.

    Digital Marketing Job Listings

    Every week we put out a list of social media and web job opportunities . While we post a huge range of job listings, we’ve selected some of the top digital marketing opportunities from the past two weeks to get you started. Happy hunting!

    More Related Resources from Mashable

    - 4 Digital Alternatives to the Traditional Resume
    - Top 9 Job Sites to Bookmark for Your Career Search
    - 19 Resources to Help You Land a Job in 2011
    - 5 Ways to Get a Job Through YouTube
    - 5 Tips for Aspiring Social Media Marketers

    Image courtesy of iStockphoto , oleg66

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  • As with all online life, don’t put content out there that you wouldn’t be prepared to see go viral. It’s unlikely your video resume will become an overnight Internet sensation, but imagining that scenario is a good test to make sure you could cope if it did.

    Imagine your friends and family watching the clip. If the thought of that embarrasses you, then don’t submit it.

    Digital Marketing Job Listings

    Every week we put out a list of social media and web job opportunities . While we post a huge range of job listings, we’ve selected some of the top digital marketing opportunities from the past two weeks to get you started. Happy hunting!

    More Related Resources from Mashable

    - 4 Digital Alternatives to the Traditional Resume
    - Top 9 Job Sites to Bookmark for Your Career Search
    - 19 Resources to Help You Land a Job in 2011
    - 5 Ways to Get a Job Through YouTube
    - 5 Tips for Aspiring Social Media Marketers

    Image courtesy of iStockphoto , oleg66

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  • Mark McLoone on 26 Mar 11
     
    This is the best website to find out ideas for creating your own video resume. It also shows what information should be incorporated or not.
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  • Daniel Throckmorton on 01 Jul 11
     
    Tips on making video resumes.
  • Alex Knab on 20 Oct 11
     
    This was the best and my favorite page that I found on the topic of video Resumes. It goes through 5 simple tips to making a successful video resume and gives an example of each of those 5 tips. The tips are making sure its appropriate, Don't just read out your resume, Keep it short, don't be afraid to be creative, and making sure it passes the share test. A great source and a great page.
  • ivette munoz on 26 Oct 11
     
    This article discusses 5 tips for creating a video resume and it gives a video resume example that best fits that specific tip. The first tip is to make sure the video resume is appropriate by making sure its relevant to the job you are applying for. The second tip is not to just read out the resume but highlighting specific information in the resume that is relevant to the postion you are applying for. The third tip is keep it short by staying within 2 minutes. The fourth tip is to be creative and the last tip is not to create a video that would bring shame to yourself.
  • Daniel Flores on 26 Oct 11
     
    gives 5 tips on how to make a creative video resume
  • Raquel Cortez on 27 Oct 11
     
    This website gives five tips for creating effective video resumes. The five tips are extremely helpful to those looking to create a video resume but aren't sure what should be included or where to start.
  • Brooke Iggie on 02 Nov 11
     
    DD10 HW 4 This website provides five different ways to ensure video resume success. The videos apply to what they are talking about and then there is a brief written explanation. 
  • gabrielle begay on 14 Mar 12
     
    Video resumes are becoming more and more popular so what makes it standout? This will give some creative ways to make that impressive video.
  • Heather Groen on 14 Mar 12
     
    According to this article, making a video resume can be a challenge. It offers five tips from "pros in the know," plus actually sample video resumes. The first tip is to make sure a video resume is appropriate. A video resume may be acceptable for certain professions and wrong for others. Secondly, do not just read from the resume. The point of a video resume is to  present some additional insight into your character and capabilities. Next, keep the video short, around one minute. Four, don't avoid creativity; let your personality shine through. Finally, if you wouldn't want your family or friends to see the video, then don't submit it.
  • Bethany Jorgensen on 15 Mar 12
     
    The top five tips to create an impressive video resume are: 1.Make sure it is appropriate 2.Don't just read your resume out loud 3.Keep it short 4.Don't be afraid to be creative 5.Have several peers edit it before sending it out
  • Yajahira Bojorquez on 26 Mar 12
     
    I really like this website gives good tips to create a good video resume. You really have to think on making it appropriate, and not just read out of the resume, also keeping it short. Another tip was also to be creative and make sure it passes the share test. Really good tips, and has a video for each and good explanation.
  • Paul Angichiodo on 10 Apr 12
     
    Here is a great resource for creating a video resume. It lists 5 tips and provides a sample video resume that demonstrates these things.
  • julian serventi on 25 Apr 12
     
    The information found on this website will help to create video resumes that stand out yet are appropriate. The website gives 5 tips through videos to help you such as, making sure it's appropriate, not just reading out your resume, keeping it short, creative, and making sure it passes the share test. With these tips, one would be able to create a video resume that is to the point and sticks out as well.
natalie arellano

D#10 HW#6-Video Resume Tips - 0 views

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  • A video resume is a short video created by a candidate for employment that describes the individual's skills and qualifications and is typically used to supplement a traditional resume
  • It's important to keep in mind that a video resume isn't going to get you a job. However, if can assist you in marketing yourself to prospective employers - if it's done right.
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  • Where to Upload Your Video
  • Dress professionally in business attire, just as if you were going to an in-person interview. Keep your video resume short: one - three minutes. Look at the camera not at the desk or table below you. Don't speak too fast. Make sure there isn't any background noise and that the wall behind you isn't too busy. Practice what you're going to say ahead of time. Start by mentioning your name (first and last). Focus on your professional endeavors, not your personal ones. Discuss why you would be a good employee and what you can do for the company that hires you. Thank the viewer for considering you for employment.
  • CareerBuilder, Jobster, and MyWorkster, have a section of your profile where you can include video.
  • Don't expect your video resume to replace your traditional resume.
  • your own web site
  • How to Promote Your Video Resume
  • Include a link to your video resume in your paper/online resume. Include your video resume or a link to it in your professional profiles on career networking sites like MyWorkster, Jobster or LinkedIn. Send the link to your networking contacts.
  • Video Resume Don'ts Don't mix your personal life with your professional one.
  • Tips to Help You Prepare a Professional Video Resume:
  • chances of getting an interview
  • ask friends or family to review it
  • Lacey Preach on 25 Mar 11
     
    This blog is a good resource for tips on making an impressionable resume video. It provides samples of good quality resumes and gives you specific tips on what to do and how to dress. It also has examples of poor tapes that seemed like it was a joke. Overall a great blog site with helpful hints.
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  • Jessica Guzman on 26 Mar 11
     
    The what, where,how, who, why?
  • Amethyst Hehman on 27 Mar 11
     
    Great tips on video resumes. How to make them as well as why they help.
  • lydia cruz on 27 Mar 11
     
    Video resumes are different than a Typical resume because you're actually the one in front of the camera and speaking about who you are and what you do. This is a lot different and I would say harder then writing your information on a piece of paper. But the advantages of this are they can see you for who you really are and not what's written on a piece of paper. A disadvantage of this is that you have to make sure you pin point your audience is and that can be difficult at times. When writing something on a paper it's easy to address certain people but when you are actually in front of someone or in front of a camera you have to work a little harder to present yourself in the right way.
  • Roxana Sandoval on 27 Mar 11
     
    this website gives good tips on how a video resume would be helpful and tips on how to create a video resume
  • April Gallegos on 29 Mar 11
     
    This is a great resource that gives tips on video resumes
  • Bridget Esqueda on 25 Oct 11
     
    This website had a lot of information regarding video resumes. It had the basics, good tips, and great resources to other sites that can help you promote your video resume such as myworkster and LinkedIn.
  • samantha negrin on 25 Oct 11
     
    This website gives tips on how to act while on camera, what to wear, where to upload the video for the best outcome and how to promote it.
  • Damaris Bravo on 26 Oct 11
     
    This site provides helpful tips and how to create a video resume.
  • freda yamoah on 26 Oct 11
     
    This website talks about what video resume is about , how a video resume can help, tips that will help you prepare a professional video resume and how to promote your video resume by including a link to it in your professional profiles on career networking sites like myworkster, jobster or linkedIn.
  • anonymous on 29 Oct 11
     
    This site is helpful because it explains and link out to other sites on how to create a video response. It also explains how you can benefit from a video resume.
  • Rebecca Jordan on 30 Oct 11
     
    -dress nice -dont talk too fast -3 min max -rehearse -keep it to professional, not personal -remember to thank at the end -look at camara -include a link to a video resume at the end of real resume
  • Taylor Rowand on 07 Nov 11
     
    Tips about viedo resumes and how they do and dont help get you an interview
  • Leslie Lopez on 14 Mar 12
     
    This website provides useful information about video resumes. I liked that it provided tips that will help us prepare when making a video resume. The tip I thought was important was making sure to keep the video short. It also provided a list of "don't"s. I like that it mentioned not to mix one's personal life with the professional one. I thought this was important especially because we are googling ourselves as part of our HW for Deadline #11.
  • Merlyn Reyna on 16 Mar 12
     
    This website is very helpful when it comes to building up your resume.  It gives you tips on what you should include to have chances on getting an interview and what not to do.  It also tells you where to upload your video and how to promote your video.  
  • natalie arellano on 25 Mar 12
     
    This site list tips on how to create a resume video. Where to post your video resume. Also, why to create a resume video.
Shannon Ridgeway

Does Your Design Flow? | Van SEO Design - 2 views

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Flow TWC301

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  • Flow is the way your eye moves or is led through a composition. While most of us will naturally move from one element to another in our own fashion, a designer can control to some extent where the eye moves next.
  • Verbal Flow – the path taken when reading text on the page Visual Flow – the path taken when looking at images and graphics on the page
  • To make copy easier to read you can: Develop a consistent typographic style across your site – Be consistent with your use of font size, face, and color Choose a font for your copy that is easy to read – Your copy is not the place for a fancy font Remember the principle of proximity – Place headings close to the text they refer to, captions close to images. Organize your text elements so it’s clear what goes with what Watch the width of columns – Don’t make columns to wide or too narrow as each hinders reading Develop a vertical rhythm in your type – Use consistent line heights and vertical margins and paddings
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  • Again a consistent typographic style and a grid-based layout help maintain the pattern and strengthen the flow of your site.
  • Assuming a left to right reading direction as in English, the natural visual flow for people will be a backwards “S” pattern. You can alter that natural pattern with the images you use, where you place those images, and how images, graphics, and text are mixed on the page.
  • Use the direction of images to control the the speed and direction of flow Create barriers when you want to reverse the eyes direction Create open paths to allow easy movement through your design Use contrasting colors and shapes to pull the eye
  • Many images have a direction. An arrow, a hand pointing, a face looking in one direction. Your eye will speed up or slow down depending on the direction it was moving when it fell on the image.
  • Through good flow you can lead the eye from element to element
  • Kyle Redding on 17 Jun 11
     
    A page on teaching what design flow is and how it works. Teaches you how to keep the reader's eye and make them follow the 'flow'.
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  • Colleen Urban on 17 Jun 11
     
    This website gives great advice on how to show flow in a website.
  • Karla Freeman on 19 Jun 11
     
    Interesting take on flow in design. Definitely worth reading. I like the information and felt that this could be very helpful in creating pages.
  • Alex Knab on 28 Sep 11
     
    This is a great website that illustrates how important flow is design. It was my favorite of all the pages I visited It gives a great definition of design flow, as well as the 2 kinds of flow (takes examples straight out of Basics of Design). It then goes on and explains how to improve your verbal and visual flow in your work.
  • Jennifer Greenhalgh on 02 Oct 11
     
    This in-depth website shows how to improve your website using the flow to create a more readable page.
  • Heather Krieger on 04 Oct 11
     
    D#7, HW#1-- This is a great website when discussing visual and verbal flow like the book with Chapter 7. Firstly, it explains what visual flow and verbal flow exactly are so that you know where you're starting off, which I really enjoy in a website. Then, the website gives you visual examples of how to improve your current design or document.
  • Briseida Aguirre on 05 Oct 11
     
    This website is good because it gives you a scenario of something you can relate to then it gives you an explanation of both visual and verbal. Then it gives you suggestions on how to improve your work that has to do with visual and verbal flow .
  • Merlyn Reyna on 21 Feb 12
     
    Flow is the way the audience's eyes move through out the design. Its a lead from one element to another. Verbal flow is more like a path that leads you to the next reading text on a separate page. This article is really helpful way to improve "Flow" and provides examples for flow. 
  • Jordin Mitton on 22 Feb 12
     
    This is a good website to help you understand what flow is and the different types of flow. It talks about verbal flow and visual flow. It also goes on to explain how to improve your verbal flow and your visual flow.
  • Bethany Jorgensen on 22 Feb 12
     
    This webpage incorporates more details about many key aspects of flow that were also mentioned in chapter seven. There are tips to improving visual and verbal flow within a page and also how to add flow across an entire site involving many pages.
Shannon Ridgeway

How To Control Flow Within Your Web Designs - 2 views

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flow TWC301 design

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  • Visual design has a flow as well. You have something to communicate and you want your audience to take in different parts of your page. Some elements of the design are more important and you want to make sure they’re seen right away, and some elements of the design are best seen after having first seen a different part of the design.
  • Design flow (also referred to as movement or direction) is the way the eye moves or is led through a composition
  • Repetition in color, shape, and size create a path that can pull you to move in a certain direction.
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  • • Arrows – again it’s difficult not to visually follow the direction an arrow points• People/Faces looking in one direction – similar to arrows when we see a person facing or looking in a given direction, we tend to also look to see what they’re looking at.• Perspective – creates strong visual cues to follow. By it’s nature perspective creates a direction that begs to be followed. If all roads lead to Rome, you’re going to end up in Rome at some point
  • The large black circle in the upper left is the entry point into the painting. It’s the first thing you notice. It’s larger and darker than anything else on the page. It holds more visual weight than any other element in the painting.
  • Space can imply flow in a variety of ways. The space between elements creates paths of emptiness much like footpaths through a forest of garden. An element with visual weight calls for you to rest your eyes on it. Space gives you room to move around elements.
  • ivette munoz on 05 Oct 11
     
    I liked this article the best. It discuses flow within web designs and it covers all the basis for smooth flow for people that are trying to create their own web page. It covers what design flow is and gives an image example of how flow flows within a graphic design. The author states that it is important to create an entry point, "something that stands out from everything else so that most people look at it first". The author also gives advice on controling flow within a design by using arrows, people or faces that look in a certain direction, and perspective. Using space to control flow is something that I found interesting the author states that "varying the space between a series of elements can be used to create rhythm and motion".
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  • Daniel Flores on 05 Oct 11
     
    a good site that shows how to improve web design with flow
  • Ariella Gabino on 05 Oct 11
     
    This website does a great job explaining the importance of flow in your design. It also gives great examples, mainly of we pages most of which are blogs. I thought this could help us improve our blogs also it is great for those of us who are visual learners to get the importance of flow by all the examples shown.
  • Heather Groen on 18 Feb 12
     
    This site includes several visuals to supplement the presented material on using flow in page design. The primary elements are most important and are intended to be seen first. Other elements are best viewed after the primary element. This hierarchy can be established through flow. An entry point is something that stands out from everything else so that the audience will look at it first. Obvious directional cues include arrows, people/faces looking in one direction, and perspective. Repetition and space can also be used to create flow.
  • gabrielle begay on 22 Feb 12
     
    I found this website to be very helpful when it came to discussing flow and how to achieve that. Besides talking about using visual cues to guide the readers eyes, using space to control flow, and creating harmony using flow, it also gives examples of various websites that have demonstrated good flow of design.
  • gabrielle begay on 22 Feb 12
     
    Control the way your eyes moves through a design by starting off with an object that will catch the viewers attention. How to control the flow oif your design by using visual cues to guide the eyes in that direction. Creating space to control flow and also creating harmony using flow.
Yajahira Bojorquez

D#6, HW#6: 20 WordPress Tricks to Improve Your Blog - DesignM.ag - 2 views

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    • Daniel Throckmorton
      Daniel Throckmorton on 12 Jun 11
       
      Talks about useful plugins.
  • plugins that can provide added functionality that will bring new possibilities.
  • Osmara Altenhof on 29 Apr 10
     
    One of the reasons WordPress is so popular is because of its flexibility. Designers, developers, and bloggers have plenty of options. In this post we'll look at a combination of tutorials for improving a WordPress-based site, and plugins that can provide added functionality that will bring new possibilities. Tutorials: Build a Featured Posts Section for WordPress Magazine themes are becoming increasingly popular. There are plenty of quality premium themes available, and also some decent free magazine themes, but you may want to build or customize your own. This tutorial covers the process of coding the index.php file to set up a magazine-style front page with a featured post section. - if you're willing to download all the plugins that are available from this site, you can really have the wordpress site look awesome and provide a lot more options.
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  • Shay O'Neill on 09 Sep 10
     
    This was really interesting to read through as it has so many ideas to change and modify our blogs. There are 20 ideas in all through the article some of which are similar to programs we have used so far in the class. My favorite idea was featured posts carousel like you see on many web site with their news feeds.
  • Chris Robot on 11 Sep 10
     
    20 Tricks to Improve Your WordPress Blog - These are a little more custom and in-depth but they can add some style and some call to action points on the design of your blog.
  • Jennifer Martinek on 12 Sep 10
     
    This site is helpful because it gives well-labeled headings, easy-to-follow layout, and lots of visual aids.
  • Danielle Chivers on 17 Feb 11
     
    This is a very helpful blogging article since it is WordPress specific. It explains how you can customize the design of your layout and different options you have for organization.
  • N M on 12 Jun 11
     
    This site provides tutorials for each process they are conveying to improve WordPress blog.  There should be something for everyone on this site since it offers a variety of different operations.
  • ivette munoz on 28 Sep 11
     
    I believe this article is the most helpful because it gives 20 tricks to improve your blog on wordpress. It gives a quick description of each style and a link that takes to a step by step on how to change your blog into that style you liked. There is also audio just in case the reading is a bit overwhelming and pictures of what certain steps look like. This has a wide variety and can appeal to the likes of many different people
  • Caitlin Burke on 28 Sep 11
     
    This site has several good tutorials. I think the Featured Posts tutorial and the tutorial that shows you how to put text over your lead graphic seem like they'd be interesting blog additions. The draw back on these changes is that you have to be familiar with web encoding though.
  • Daniel Flores on 28 Sep 11
     
    20 tricks to improve wordpress.its good because its made just for wordpress.
  • Vincent Arcos on 28 Sep 11
     
    This site it good because it give 20 tutorials on how to improve WordPress. Some are how to build a featured posts section, making a better blogroll, and how to integrate a slideshow into the WordPress theme.
  • Briseida Aguirre on 29 Sep 11
     
    This website could be a good resource to use because it could certainly help improve your blog .It has great examples of little tricks that can be done
  • Charles Gunder-Heier on 29 Sep 11
     
    This was one of the 4 sites that i found that helps you improve your wordpress. This site gives you 20 tricks on how to improve your blog.  You can do some really cool things based on this site. 
  • Damaris Bravo on 29 Sep 11
     
    I like this article because it gives you many ideas on how to improve your wordpress blog. This article gives you many options to choose from. 
  • Yajahira Bojorquez on 15 Feb 12
     
    Good website it has many different options that you can do to make your blog better. You can do a magazine style horizontal dropdown menu and add a slideshow into you wordprees theme. Very helpful website.
  • Michael Wheeler on 16 Feb 12
     
    This page gives 20 ways to customize your blog but I chose to share it because it deals with not only the aesthetics of your page but also how viewers navigate it
  • Michael Wheeler on 16 Feb 12
     
    This page has it all! Aside from just telling an explaining what we can do it provides screenshots so we get an idea of the "trick" to see is we might want it. This offers help anywhere from blog rolls to navigation to addding sideshows and tabs to your page. VERY resourceful.
  • Merlyn Reyna on 16 Feb 12
     
    This article is good because it provides tutorials on how to improve your blog.  For example, there are descent free magazines themes or you can build your own.  Also it gives techniques for seo and plug ins.  
Leslie Lopez

Deadline #10- HW#6- Video Resumes-How to: Create a Video Resume | OEDb - 0 views

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  • Some companies refuse to view videos upon attorney advice, as these visual accounts might open the door to discrimination based upon your appearance, ethnicity, and race. Other recruiters are simply lazy or too hesitant to use different technologies in their search for the right person for the job. Either way, your video might end up in the garbage despite all your best efforts.
  • A video resume can get you face-to-face with that employer far faster than your print resume can in many instances. Plus, if you can't make it across the country for a face-to-face interview, a video can help bring your face to the employer.
  • Danielle Chivers on 25 Mar 11
     
    This is a great how to guide for video resume. It discusses equipment needed, what to consider before you shoot, creativity, time, legalities, production, editing, when to avoid the video resume, and editing.
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  • Victoria Burch on 27 Mar 11
     
    This site provides information on how to create a video resume as well as when to avoid it, and when to use it.
  • Caitlin Burke on 26 Oct 11
     
    Explains what you need to create a video resume and how to do it.
  • Heather Krieger on 27 Oct 11
     
    D#10, HW#6-- The website is FULL of information on video resumes. It covers things from the equipment needed and how much it costs, to the time needed, and even when to use one and when not to! Really great information.
  • Charles Gunder-Heier on 27 Oct 11
     
    This is the best site i found for video resumes because it gives you really good how to steps to make one and make it good. 
  • Briseida Aguirre on 02 Nov 11
     
    This website show many details on how to create a video resume that can be followed step by step to accomplish this.
  • Leslie Lopez on 14 Mar 12
     
    Very good website! A lot of information about how to create a video resume. What I liked about this is that it even provided information about the equipment that is needed to make one! It also covered the legal aspect of video resumes which the other two sites that I found did not. You have to have a consent form for every person that is in your video and this is good to know. It also states when it is important to avoid using a video resume.
Alex Portela

D#7 HW# 4.1: Howe Writing Initiative : Teaching Team Writing - 0 views

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TWC301 team writing

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    • Alex Portela
      Alex Portela on 23 Feb 12
       
      This is a good comparable site to part of our team writing text. Several factors like editing and proofreading relate more to the details in part 2 chapter 6 in revising team member's work. In relation to part one it does express organization from the beginning and accountability. We have to set deadlines and brainstorm how to structure collaboration for this assignment.
  • Team writing makes invention strategies public and explicit (brainstorming, listing, outlining). Team writing encourages multiple perspectives and multiple drafts. Team writing demands revision, analysis of revision strategies, and makes revision public and explicit. Team writing focuses on the presentation of the final product, encouraging editing and proofreading. Team writing allows writers to recognize differences in style, tone, organization among different writers. Team writing forces writers to reflect on their own and others' strengths, weaknesses, and individual styles and processes of writing. Team writing demands analysis of rhetorical and stylistic choices.
  • FACTORS in SUCCESSFUL TEAM WRITING the degree to which goals are clearly articulated and shared the degree of openness and mutual respect among group members the degree of control writers have over the text the degree to which writers can respond to others who may modify the text the way credit (directly or indirectly) is given an agreed-upon procedure for responding to work in process and for revising/editing
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  • Set deadlines for drafts; devote one whole team meeting to responses/revision of drafts. Develop, as a team, a series of questions for each reader to ask about other writers' drafts; decide, as a team, what you want to look for in each writer's draft Before distributing drafts to the team, each writer should provide a cover letter with the draft, explaining what she/he tried to accomplish, pointing out strengths/weaknesses, and asking readers specific questions about problem areas. Write back to each writer and be prepared to discuss your responses. Provide both positive and negative feedback to writers. Be descriptive, pointing to particular sections or sentences, providing suggestions for revision and explanations of those changes.
  • As the team projects progress, ask students to monitor their progress in writing, by submitting weekly minutes, for example.
  • PLANS FOR COMPLETION What tasks are left to do? How have you divided/assigned them? What do you still need to find? Do you have enough/too much material for your presentation? TEAM PROCESS Describe the way your team is working together. How have you organized the work? Division of tasks? Lead writer? Lead researcher? Lead presenter? Any problems in the team process?
Tim Buswell

Design Notes: Emphasis - 2 views

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TWC301 Chapter 2 emphasis

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  • designer needs to know how to control the attention of the viewers of their artwork
  • DOMINANCE
  • more important or more noticeable than its surroundings
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  • Information is rarely of uniform interest in art
  • When there is dominance there must be subordination
  • There are three major methods for controlling emphasis in a visual image: contrast, placement and isolation.
  • One of the greatest possible contrasts in art is the difference between black and white
  • If color is used make it bright, preferably against a dull background.
  • When it comes to being noticed B I G G E R is always better.
  • An unusual shape can call attention to itself but it is not as strong a contrast as size or value/color.
  • PLACEMENT
  • Proximity
  • Proximity
  • Proximity
  • An overlapping, touching or close object is likely to be seen next (in that order) after a primary object.
  • Texture can also be an affective similarity device.
  • ISOLATIONIsolation is a kind of placement -- where something is put. An item that stands apart from its surroundings will be more noticeable. This is not likely to make an item be noticed first but can make one item stand out.
  • Proportion is a design principle that has to do with the relationship between size and scale.
  • It is possible to make an object appear different in scale without changing its size. The fortune cookie to the left is about life size. The one in the picture below appears to be quite large in scale. They are both the same size.
  • It is important for a designer to know how to control the attention of someone viewing their artwork
  • It is important for a designer to know how to control the attention of someone viewing their artwork.
  •   CONTRAST The objective of contrast is to produce maximum visibility
  • There is usually a focal point, a place where the action begins
  • Bright colors are more attractive (attract attention) than dull colors.
  • Where you place objects is important.
  • toni tassell on 04 Jun 11
     
    Good article on controlling where you want your viewer to look by emphasing objects and the different ways to accomplish.
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  • Karla Freeman on 05 Jun 11
     
    I really like compiling all these sites to help with projects later. The basic ones with examples are best for me now. This is another great site that helps break down the basics from chapter 2
  • Briseida Aguirre on 30 Aug 11
     
    This explains some of the basic ideas of emphasis and the different elements you can use to show emphasis
  • Damaris Bravo on 30 Aug 11
     
    D#2 HW#2 This articles discusses the principles of design of art. Even though this does not talk about the typography principles of design, the same rules still apply. I thought it was interesting because it gives a different perspective on the same concept.
  • Kelsey Eikren on 02 Oct 11
     
    Good overall explanation of emphasis. I picked this website because it has good information on contrast and how to use it. I also like the visuals on the left, they are helpful to understanding the concept!
  • Yajahira Bojorquez on 17 Jan 12
     
    This website is setup as notes for emphasis. It talks about color, size and shape. It also talks about how placement and isolation is important. It also adds how proportion has to do with size and scale, how it makes it appear diffretn based on other objects around them.
  • Merlyn Reyna on 18 Jan 12
     
    Emphasis is more visually interesting and making what you're trying to control more interesting than others.  It is also the attention of someone viewing an artwork, design or website.  Emphasize on weather you want to attract your audience the most, maximize the visibility of your focal point. This website gives explanation of how emphasis is used in art.  
  • Michael Wheeler on 18 Jan 12
     
    i like this page just because it has so much info on it and touches on multiple aspects of the principle
  • Michael Wheeler on 18 Jan 12
     
    this page gives a lot of information on differetn aspects of using emphasis dominance subordination contrast color/value size shape placement isolation proportion
  • Tim Buswell on 24 Jan 12
     
    This site went into great detail. Like the book, the site described that the bigger something is, the more important it must be. It also makes an argument for the center being the most important of placing. But could that really be true if something bigger and more noticable was off center?
Hector Garcia

D#7HW#6: 10 Big Myths about copyright explained - 0 views

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copyright

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  • in the USA, almost everything created privately and originally after April 1, 1989 is copyrighted and protected whether it has a notice or not
  • The default you should assume for other people's works is that they are copyrighted and may not be copied unless you know otherwise.
  • Note that granting something to the public domain is a complete abandonment of all rights. You can't make something "PD for non-commercial use." If your work is PD, other people can even modify one byte and put their name on it. You might want to look into Creative Commons style licences if you want to grant wide rights.
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  • Fair use is generally a short excerpt and almost always attributed. (One should not use much more of the work than is needed to make the commentary.
  • It should not harm the commercial value of the work -- in the sense of people no longer needing to buy it (which is another reason why reproduction of the entire work is a problem.) Famously, copying just 300 words from Gerald Ford's 200,000 word memoir for a magazine article was ruled as not fair use, in spite of it being very newsworthy, because it was the most important 300 words -- why he pardoned Nixon.
  • The "fair use" concept varies from country to country, and has different names (such as "fair dealing" in Canada) and other limitations outside the USA.
  • False. U.S. Copyright law is quite explicit that the making of what are called "derivative works" -- works based or derived from another copyrighted work -- is the exclusive province of the owner of the original work. This is true even though the making of these new works is a highly creative process. If you write a story using settings or characters from somebody else's work, you need that author's permission. Yes, that means almost all "fan fiction" is arguably a copyright violation. If you want to publish a story about Jim Kirk and Mr. Spock, you need Paramount's permission, plain and simple. Now, as it turns out, many, but not all holders of popular copyrights turn a blind eye to "fan fiction" or even subtly encourage it because it helps them. Make no mistake, however, that it is entirely up to them whether to do that.
  • The DMCA also changed the liability outlook for ISPs in major ways, many of them quite troublesome.
  • n general, respecting the rights of creators to control their creations is a principle many advocate adhering to.
  • Copyright law was recently amended by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which changed net copyright in many ways. In particular, it put all sorts of legal strength behind copy-protection systems, making programs illegal and reducing the reality of fair use rights.
  • Don't rationalize whether it hurts the owner or not, ask them.
  • False. Whether you charge can affect the damages awarded in court, but that's main difference under the law. It's still a violation if you give it away -- and there can still be serious damages if you hurt the commercial value of the property.
  • False. Copyright is effectively never lost these days, unless explicitly given away. You also can't "copyright a name" or anything short like that, such as almost all titles. You may be thinking of trade marks, which apply to names, and can be weakened or lost if not defended.
  • You generally trademark terms by using them to refer to your brand of a generic type of product or service. Like a "Delta" airline. Delta Airlines "owns" that word applied to air travel, even though it is also an ordinary word. Delta Hotels owns it when applied to hotels. (This case is fairly unusual as both are travel companies. Usually the industries are more distinct.) Neither owns the word on its own, only in context, and owning a mark doesn't mean complete control -- see a more detailed treatise on this law for details.
  • Tana Ingram on 15 Sep 10
     
    10 (actually 11) myths about copyright. This article went along the videos and reading for this deadline. I think it was good advice to treat everything as copyrighted until you know for sure
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  • D Schick on 16 Sep 10
     
    10 Big Myths about copyright explained
  • Chris Robot on 18 Sep 10
     
    10 myths about copyrights. Great read for everybody because there are a few that I wasn't even aware of! #1 is usually not known by many!
  • jason richard on 05 Feb 11
     
    explains copyright a bit farther, using common questions asked about copyright policy and providing answers.
  • ivette munoz on 05 Oct 11
     
    This article describes the ten myths about copyright and the author explains the truth about each myth. The first myth states if it doesnt have a copyright notice then its not copyrighted, another one of the myths says, "if I dont charge for it, its not a violation". This article is very informative and explains the information in an understandable manner. There is a brief summary towards the end summarizing the main points.
  • Ariella Gabino on 06 Oct 11
     
    I really liked this cite as well because he goes into detail on the myths of copyright. These are some common mistakes people make when it comes to copyright and things we should also pay attention to when we find a piece of work we may like and want to use a quote or phrase from.
Damaris Bravo

D#6 HW#6 50+ Different Ways To Vastly Improve Your Wordpress Blog | Web Media Magazine - 3 views

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  • James Fields on 10 Sep 10
     
    ways to improve WP, the navigation suggestions are good for wp.com users since navigation is one of the most important aspects of getting around a site and finding what you want
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  • Kyle Martinez on 16 Feb 11
     
    I nice list of ways to improve your blog. It is organized into categories which makes it really helpful to find stuff. Great resource!
  • Roxana Sandoval on 20 Feb 11
     
    What i like about this website is that it has information on way your can make it easier for your readers to navigate easier through you blog
  • Alina Kurita on 20 Feb 11
     
    This site lists out 50 ways to help improve your blog, specifically for WordPress which is relevant to what we are using. It groups all the sections of WordPress and underneath those has tips to help that section. There was stuff that I didn't even know that would help improve the blog. However I'm not sure if we will get that in depth with our WordPress blog but nonetheless it's a good resource to look over.
  • N M on 12 Jun 11
     
    This site gives a vast amount of information on all the options that are included in WordPress.  For an amateur to blogging and WordPress in particular this gives great overview. 
  • ivette munoz on 28 Sep 11
     
    This article was another good one I found. Even though there are so many options it discuess but it breaks down into sections depending on what you are looking to change for your wordpress. The chunks the author chose to break these tips into are navigation, Design, Performance, Security, SEO, and other. Each section consists of 5 or more specific tips that fit into that category.
  • Kelly Corbett on 28 Sep 11
     
    This website about 50 different ways to vastly improve your WordPress blog is helpful because it is broken down into categories. The categories include navigation, design, performance, and security. Beneath each category are a number of ways to improve your blog.
  • Heather Krieger on 29 Sep 11
     
    D#6, HW#6-- I really enjoyed this website for many different reasons. Firstly, for the way t is set up. It is easy to read and enjoyable. They have a main bullet point to look at, and then list and shortly describe different aspects of that bullet point. Also, it covers just about every aspect from design, to performance, to even security. It has a lot of great information!
  • Damaris Bravo on 29 Sep 11
     
    I like this article because it gives an endless amount of possibilities on how to improve your blog. This article features ideas that will suit any blog. 
Hector Garcia

D#10HW#5: How To Write A Formal Report - 1 views

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  • A formal report is used to document the results of an experiment, a design, or to pass on any type of information in a formal style
  • abstract is the mini version of what the whole report will entail
  • Many people will not read the whole report but will read the abstract
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  • provides the reader with the required information so that the balance of the report can be understood in the correct context
  • discussion is actually the body of your report
  • summarize what you found and the conclusion you have reached
  • recommendations outline what you believe needs to occur based on your research, your findings, and your conclusion
  • list all resource materials
  • stay on topic
  • Headings work well to help keep your audience on track and they make the report easier to read
  • Anthony Sanchez on 16 Oct 10
     
    A short article that provides some basic tips about how to write a formal report.
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  • toni tassell on 23 Jun 11
     
    Formal report writing key elements abstract summary, outline, introduction and discussion. How to brainstorm a formal report.
  • samantha negrin on 26 Oct 11
     
    This is an article describing how to write a formal report. It shows the intro, outline and abstract guidelines.
  • freda yamoah on 26 Oct 11
     
    This website explains what formal reports are; It also list how to write a good formal report correctly so that the reader will understand what has been done, why it was done, and the conclusion on what was done.
  • Ariella Gabino on 26 Oct 11
     
    I really liked that this website went into detail about each section included in a formal report. It really broke it down and made it easy as to what was supposed to go where and how it was supposed to be presented.
  • Vincent Arcos on 26 Oct 11
     
    A good page on how to write a formal report. Tells you what to include in a formal report and what order you should do it
  • Diana Inzunza on 27 Oct 11
     
    How To Write A Formal Report
  • Heather Krieger on 27 Oct 11
     
    D#10, HW#5-- This is a great example of both of the websites a found, put together. It gives the description of what a formal report is, and then continues with the outline of what goes into make a formal report and explains each sections!
  • Charles Gunder-Heier on 27 Oct 11
     
    This is the best site that I found for formal reports, it gives you a great how to and explains everything about the formal report in great detail. This site could really help you write a good formal report. 
  • Briseida Aguirre on 02 Nov 11
     
    This website is a good resource because it provides a good basic idea on how to write a formal report.
Merlyn Reyna

D#3 HW#1 Contrast and Meaning - 0 views

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chapter3 article TWC301 Chapter 3

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  • your grasp of these fundamentals determines your ability to communicate effectively. Without fundamentals, you will flounder when faced with complex design challenges or constraints.
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 08 Jun 11
       
      some fundamentals being the tips they have given us in the readings so far.
  • These basics of creative communication are consistent across art forms: painting, music, dance, acting, poetry, design, and all other artistic endeavors. I divide them into two categories: vocabulary and grammar.
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 08 Jun 11
       
      Contrast as well as other fundamentals are not only used in one media of communication it is used in all kinds of communication.
  • nce, angular lines and forms are generally indicative of strength, speed, and masculinity, while rounded lines and forms are generally associated with softness, slower tempo, and femininity.
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 08 Jun 11
       
      Different lines and textures convey different ideas and feelings.
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  • Moreover, most of the rules of language have exceptions, and some creative modes of communication make little or no reference to rules. Every language is lent nuance, style and character by the way that each individual uses it, and there are exceptions for every grammatical rule.
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 08 Jun 11
       
      Using funamentals to convey important information is communicating and in a way is like its own language.
  • which are used to define hierarchy, manipulate certain widely understood relationships, and exploit context to enhance or redefine those relationships…all in an effort to convey meaning. Contrast is important because the meaningful essence of any thing is defined by its value, properties, or quality relative to something else. That’s right: nothing has much meaning by itself, which is one reason why design is important.
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 08 Jun 11
       
      expressing the important information in something is best shown when contrasted. The more a title stands out the more impact it is going to have on the viewer and the easier they will remember that name.
  • contrast is closely tied to human perception and survival instincts, as we’ll examine later, and this makes contrast a powerful and essential tool for designers.
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 08 Jun 11
       
      it is human insticnt to be drawn to bold information
  • Furthermore, each component is but a piece of the overall project message and objective. With creative uses of contrast, you can influence user choices and compel specific actions.
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 08 Jun 11
       
      each piece of finished product has its own role, it is important to distinguish that role and convey it appropriately.
  • The function of contrast in defining meaning can be explained by comparing fundamental opposites: dark/light, soft/hard, fast/slow.
  • every element on the page you’re designing has to be positioned, styled, sized, or otherwise distinguished in accordance with its specific importance and place in the overall communicative objective.
  • ontrast helps lead the reader’s eye into and through your layout.
  • Contrast is everywhere and a part of everything we see, do, experience, and understand.
  • Contrast is just one component of design fundamentals.
  • Karla Freeman on 10 Jun 11
     
    Gives great definitions of contrast and design. I think it will be a great resource now and later.
  • Merlyn Reyna on 24 Jan 12
     
    Contrast defines hierarchy, understanding relationships to convey a message.  It is used to hand in hand with the principle of emphasis in order to keep its emphasis.  Every element must be positioned with style, size, and distinguished with a specific importance.  This article gives an idea of how contrast is typically used by giving examples.  
Heather Groen

D #6 HW #6 How To Improve Your Blog - 0 views

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TWC 301 blog improvement

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  • Heather Groen on 15 Feb 12
     
    This site offers 110 suggestions made by actual bloggers on how to improve a blog! While a number of them cannot be applied to my course blog (I'm not collaborating with anyone else, for example), there was still plenty of relevant advice. Even though I am given the topics to cover, I can still let my own personality come through. This relates to the course outcome of performance; a blog needs to feel like it was written by a human being and not by a robot.  I could also start adding videos that contribute to my audience's understanding. I know that the sample rhetoric on the town assignment included a video of the advertisement the student had analyzed. Another good suggestion is to break up the paragraphs, which I try to do, or use bullet points. Another blogger suggests using subheads.
Heather Groen

D #8 HW #1 Groupthink - 0 views

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TWC 301 Team Writing Part 2 groupthink

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  • Heather Groen on 27 Feb 12
     
    This website offers more information on the phenomenon of "Groupthink," how to spot it, and how to avoid it. This is mainly intended for the workplace, but a lot of it is relevant for school groups, too. The term "Groupthink" was coined by Irving Janis, who pointed out that Groupthink occurs when there is one strong, persuasive group leader, a high level of group cohesion, and intense pressure from an outside source to make a good decision. This site suggests that when a group is in the decision-making process, in order to avoid Groupthink, they should make a point to explore objectives and alternatives, as well as to encourage members to challenge each others' ideas. The "Team Writing" text mentioned using brainstorming as a tactic, in which ideas are allowed to flow freely without any form of evaluation from the group. This site mentions such a tactic, as well as spreading out contribution to include everyone and giving each member a different perspective so that someone will always be playing the "Devil's Advocate."
Ariella Gabino

D#2 HW#2 - 3 views

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layout emphasis focal point contrast

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  • intensity of expression that gives impressiveness or importance to something
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 02 Jun 11
       
      intesity is a good word to describe what is emphasized. in art usually your eye goes to one impressive point that is more important than others.
  • Certainly emphasis does not make a work appealing to everyone, but without a focal point or emphasis you may be looking at a big pot of stew
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 02 Jun 11
       
      this is an example of "limiting the amount of content" writing can become a big confusing "pot of stew" like art.
  • placing it in off center to the left or right and either above or below the center line adds to the interest of the piece by giving the viewer introductory or supporting information
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 02 Jun 11
       
      placement of focalpoints is important because a persons eye likes to flow across art and other medias.
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      Delaney Hensley on 02 Jun 11
       
      these pictures all have main points that your eye goes to first because they are emphasized with color or images.
  • Value brings out the differences among a foreground that is in your face, a midground that may serve as the focal area or simply support, and a background that may be miles away
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 02 Jun 11
       
      things in the foreground are emphasized by being bigger and the things in the backround are secondary objects.
  • Your eye goes to the brightest colors, but also to designs on an angle
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 02 Jun 11
       
      bright colors are a good way to emphasize important things. The eye is attracted to bright colors the quickest.
  • You can use color, shape, line, texture, value, space, and or form in a way that distinguished one element or area from the whole to focus the viewer through the piece.
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 02 Jun 11
       
      many elements can help distinguish important words or images. having dark colors with light colors is a good way to create a contrast.
    • Delaney Hensley
      Delaney Hensley on 02 Jun 11
       
      COOL EXAMPLE
  • anonymous on 15 Jun 11
     
    For those interested in abstract art and photography, this is a great page. It covers the principle of emphasis by providing excellent examples of art.
  • ivette munoz on 28 Aug 11
     
    I really liked this website because it showed how emphasis is necessary for artist creating paintings! Emphasis not only applys to composition and graphic design but also in art!
  • Ariella Gabino on 31 Aug 11
     
    This website is more about art and paintings, but is a very good example of emphasis and focal points. The page gives good examples on how to create a focal point from focal area, color dominance, value contrasts, visual movement, difference, and shape. Each section has different paintings from various artists but very good examples and ideas of how to lay out things and where the person observing will focus according to your layout.
Julie Keith

7 Tips for Writing an Effective Instruction Manual » SitePoint - 0 views

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instructions manual writing ASU TWC301 ideas technical guides

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  • Alex Knab on 27 Aug 11
     
    I found this site on how to write instructions in 7 easy steps to be very simple and helpful. The first to writing instructions according to this site is to take a step back and write as though the people have zero knowledge of the subject. It wants you to know exactly what your trying to teach/get across without putting too much or too little info. After this creating an outline is a good idea before just starting your project with no plan. The next two steps according to this site are to make your instructions easy to understand and make them brief as well. Lastly they suggest the use of visual aids, such as videos or diagrams, and to give it a test drive to get out any kinks.
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  • Damaris Bravo on 01 Sep 11
     
    I like this article because it gives you basic tips for writing instructions. This is a great article to read if you are in the first stage of writing instructions. This article is a good starting off point. 
  • Julie Keith on 06 Sep 11
     
    I like these tips as well, they are very similar to the previous one that I had posted only it had a few more points added with tips like adding visual guides. I am more a visual hands on type person so that was a great tip!
  • Julie Keith on 06 Sep 11
     
    Some more great tools although similar to the other one that I bookmarked. This one is short and to the point.
Victoria Burch

D#9, HW#3 -WordLingo New Media - 0 views

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new media flew manovich

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  • New media rely on digital technologies, allowing for previously separate media to converge. Media convergence is defined as a phenomenon of new media and this can be explained as a digital media.“
  • he most prominent example of media convergence is the Internet, whereby the technology for video and audio streaming is rapidly evolving. The term convergence is disputed, with critics such as Lev Manovich pointing out that the 'old' medium of film could be seen as the convergence of written text (titles and credits), photography, animation and audio recording
  • New Media has become a significant element in everyday life. It allows people to communicate, bank, shop and entertain. The global network of the Internet, for instance, connects people and information via computers.[3] In this way the Internet, as a communication medium of New Media, overcomes the gap between people from different countries, permitting them to exchange opinions and information. Diverse means for this exist even within the context of the Internet, including chat rooms, Instant Messaging applications, forums, email messaging, online video and audio streaming and downloads, and voice-over-internet telecommunications. New Media is defined not only as a communication tool, but also as a tool for the commercial exchange of goods and services.[
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  • transition to new media has seen a handful of powerful transnational telecommunications corporations who own the majority achieve a level of global influence which was hitherto unimaginable.
  • New Media has been used extensively by social movements to educate, organize, share cultural products of movements, communicate, coalition build, and more.
  • "virtual communities" are being established online and transcend geographical boundaries, eliminating social restrictions. Rheingold (2000) describes these globalised societies as self-defined networks, which resemble what we do in real life. "People in vi
  • rtual communities use words on screens to exchange pleasantries and argue, engage in intellectual discourse, conduct commerce, make plans, brainstorm, gossip, feud, fall in love, create a little high art and a lot of idle talk"
  • new media follows the logic of the postindustrial or globalised society whereby 'every citizen can construct her own custom lifestyle and select her idology from a large number of choices. Rather than pushing the same objects to a mass audience, marketing now tries to target each individual separately.'
  • New media can be defined not only as things you can see such as graphics, moving images, shapes, texts, and such. It is also things that cannot be seen, such as a Wi-Fi connection. Like radio or electricity, no one can see the Wi-Fi waves in the air floating through the air. But the Wi-Fi concept can be considered new media. So new media can be either concept-based, refer to a solid object, or both.
  • Flew (2002) stated that as a result of the evolution of new media technologies, globalisation occurs. Globalisation is generally stated as "more than expansion of activities beyond the boundaries of particular nation states".[6] Globalisation shortens the distance between people all over the world by the electronic communication (Carely 1992 in Flew 2002) and Cairncross (1998) expresses this great development as the "death of distance". New media "radically break the connection between physical place and social place, making physical location much less significant for our social relationships" (Croteau and Hoynes 2003: 311).
  • even some forms of digitized and converged media are not in fact interactive at all
  • "the global interactive games industry is large and growing, and is at the forefront of many of the most significant innovations in new media" (Flew 2005: 101). Interactivity is prominent in these online computer games such as World of Warcraft and The Sims. These games, developments of "new media", allow for users to establish relationships and experience a sense of belonging, despite temporal and spatial boundaries. These games can be used as an escape or to act out a desired life. Will Wright, creator of The Sims, "is fascinated by the way gamers have become so attached to his invention-with some even living their lives through it" [30]. New media have created virtual realities that are becoming mere extensions of the world we live in.
  • The advertising industry has capitalized on the proliferation of new media with large agencies running multi-million dollar interactive advertising subsidiaries. In a number of cases advertising agencies have also set up new divisions to study new media. Public relations firms are taking advantage of the opportunities in new media through interactive PR practices.
  • New media can be seen to be a convergence between the history of two separate technologies: media and computing.
  • new media can now be defined as "graphics, moving images, sounds, shapes, spaces, and texts that have become computable; that is, they comprise simply another set of computer data.
  • Any individual with the appropriate technology can now produce his or her online media and include images, text, and sound about whatever he or she chooses. [27] So the new media with technology convergence shifts the model of mass communication, and radically shapes the ways we interact and communicate with one another.
  • Old media
  • involve analog processes
  • as opposed to new media which sample media as a numerical representation in binary code.
  • Victoria Burch on 26 Feb 11
     
    This is the best article I've found for this topic. It discusses new media in relation to Manovich's article AND actually interrelates Flew's virtual communities article too! I thought that was pretty cool. It also gives examples of what new media is, and how it is affecting our communities through globalization and social change
Jordin Mitton

NHS Designs: Repetition - 0 views

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  • Leslie Lopez on 13 Feb 12
     
    This website is useful because it not only describes what repetition is but it gives quite a few examples of different ways to use repetition in different contexts. For example, it shows how to use repetition in a business card, article, magazine, etc. It also stresses that although repetition occurs naturally, we need to get in the habit to make a conscious effort to use repetition.
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  • gabrielle begay on 15 Feb 12
     
    This a good website that gives you various examples on repetition from business cards to flyers. It has several different pages but it gives very good examples. At the very end it tells you how to get it and what to avoid.
  • gabrielle begay on 15 Feb 12
     
    This is website gives and introduction about what repetition is and then it goes on to give you various examples, it also tells you how to achieve it, and what to avoid.
  • Jordin Mitton on 16 Feb 12
     
    This is a good website to look at if you are having trouble understanding how to use repetition in your design elements. It even highlights all of the important key factors that are good to know about repetition.
Merlyn Reyna

D#7 HW#4 Working in Groups - 1 views

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groupwork D#7 collaboration groups TWC301

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  • Clear goals:
  • Getting Started
  • know each others' names
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  • include everyone
  • select a leader early on
  • discuss and clarify the goals
  • Break up big jobs into smaller pieces.
  • Making a decision
  • Including Everyone and Their Ideas
  • Encouraging Idea
  • Understanding and Managing Group Processes
  • Talking in groups can help overcome the anonymity and passivity of a large class or a class meeting in a poorly designed room. Students who expect to participate actively prepare better for class.
  • Ways to break down the task into smaller units
  • Encouraging Ideas
  • Observing
  • natalie arellano on 22 Feb 12
     
    This site speaks about how to work in teams, importance of a leader, how to break down assignment and many other stuff.
  • Merlyn Reyna on 23 Feb 12
     
    This source is very helpful, it provides  skills in how to get started, show group leadership, and how to focus on your work.  Gives tips on how to notice dynamics of the group, how to collaborate, and how to share ideas in order to participate and interact with the group. 
Hector Garcia

How TV is handling the new media revolution | In-depth | Broadcast - 0 views

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      Hector Garcia on 29 Feb 12
       
      This is an example on how the internet has revolutionized modern media, that before had been thought to be the most innovative, have been impacted by digital media.
  • Social media is the buzzword of the moment. It has even overtaken porn as the most popular activity on the web, and the term is being bandied about as a catch-all phrase to sum up everything broadcasters do online.
  • For us, social media is an editorial tool. It is a great source of tip-offs.
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  • For me, social media is about collaboration, participation and storytelling.
  • We haven’t segregated social media by having a person/team dedicated to it as, for example, The Sun does, because the most important thing is that everybody realises that every single person in our newsroom has to be social media savvy
  • You don’t necessarily want to put everybody’s opinion on air, but you can see trends and it helps with your impartiality and openness.
  • James Kirkham Five years ago, it was about building a fanbase early doors, so by the time the show came on, everyone knew about it. But now social media has become an awful lot more. It still facilitates conversation but, at its best, it takes that conversation and allows viewers to have an impact on a show.
  • Social media is at the heart of everything MTV does. We now test talent and programming on social media audiences before we make commissioning decisions. We see it as a form of marketing, providing social currency for our brands.
  • Suddenly everyone, from marketing to PR to digital, has to work together and recognise each other’s disciplines, which is quite difficult.
  • people are constructing their own storylines. Programme-makers are no longer such strict storytellers.
  • My worry is that because we can see social media and it’s cheap for research, we will stop trying to have those conversations face to face. We need to always remember that some people don’t want to use social media to talk.
  • So you have to bear in mind that social media can be amazingly superficial and sometimes, ultimately, meaningless.
  • Social media might be fine for certain demographics, but it’s not going to be your whole audience.
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