The Ethics module - Setting up your TX Learn Account

Go to
http://tx.globalclassroom.us/

Click on "Create Account"

Fill out all information. Don't forget to choose "Tx" as your state and "Student Account" as your account type.

Click on "Home" and log in.

• Click on:
  "TXLearn (click to login)"
• You will be already logged in
• Under "Course Categories", Click on "Reserved Classrooms"
• Click on "Akins Publications"
• At the bottom, it asks for a course Key, enter "eagle"
  "Akins Publications" will now appear on your login page.
• Click on it, and scroll down to the "photojournalism ethics" assignment.
• Read all of the instructions carefully and complete the entire module.

Ethics Intro - Photo Manipulation

1. Read the following story about a questionable ethical choice.
UW example

On your blog
1. Summarize the main points of the story in 1-4 sentences.
2. Explain why you think what University of Wisconsin-Madison was wrong or allowable.


2. Look through the example images on this page:
Famous examples

On your blog
1. Post the manipulation that you think was the most unethical, and explain why you think it was unethical.
2. post the manipulation that you consider the least unethical, and explain why you think it is not as bad as others.

Create a real basic layout

Open a new Indesign document with the following characteristics:
1 Page
8.5" x 11"
Everything else default
Save it as "caption_layout" in your folder


Make a layout with the following characteristics:

The photo box
Horizontal or vertical (depending on your photo) photo area
Photo box measures 7" on the long side and 4-6" on the short side
Photo box must be centered on the page

The photo
Photo scans can be found on J1 or J4 computers
Your academics photo must be cropped in PhotoShop to the size of the photo box and 170dpi
It must be a grayscale .tiff document
It must be saved as "academic_photo" in the SAME folder as the "caption_layout" InDesign document

The caption area
Under the photo box, there must be a text area for the caption
The caption area must be one pica away from the bottom of the box
The caption must follow all caption rules, and must be 100% accurate
The text should be 10pt., Times New Roman
The caption must

InDesign Basics - Placing photos and text in a document

Note - This is a follow-up to the "Photoshop Basics - Editing photos for publications" post. You must have that assignment completed before doing this one.

Assignment:
1. Open Adobe Indesign CS2 (Pink Butterfly)
2. Go to File > New > Document, Change the number of pages to "2" and hit "OK" to select the other default settings
3. Save your document in YOUR FOLDER (The one your edited photos are in). Name the file "Basic_captions"
4. On page one of your document, select File > Place, and navigate to your "yearbook_edit" photo. Hit "Open" and click on the page to place the photo.
5. Under the photo, use the text tool to drag an area under the photo. Type a full caption.
6. Repeat steps 4-5 on page two with the "newspaper_edit" photo.

Funny Captions

Go to the following site and find the three funniest photos that capture some kind of action or emotion.

Funny Photos


Save your three favorite photos, and upload them to your blog. Next to each, write a funny, two sentence, caption that follows the following rules:

Caption Rules

1. First sentences includes major information about the photo (who, what, where, when, why, how). You may make up the information for this assignment.
2. First sentence should be written in present tense as if the action of the photo is still happening.
3. Second sentence should be past tense, and should include background information.
4. Information in caption should not be obvious by looking at the photo.
5. If there are three or fewer recognizable people in the photo, you must give all of their names.
6. Use strong action verbs whenever possible.
7. Make these funny.

Online Vs. Print - Help me decide

The Austin American Statesman has a new online edition. It is not free, but they are offering free subscriptions to schools if we want them instead of the paper edition.

Help me decide

Should I request the online subscriptions instead of the print?

Go to the free preview of TODAY's newspaper.

Click here to go to the Newspapers in education page. Scroll down on the page, and click on the small link that says:

"Click here to sample the new Electronic Edition for FREE:"

Look through the online edition and the print edition, and answer the following ON YOUR BLOG.

On your blog

1. Read two identical full stories on the online and in the printed paper.
A. Write the headlines of the stories you read.
B. Which was easier to read (print or online) and why?

2. Scan both the online and the print editions, and find at least three stories from three different sections that catch your eye.
A. Write the headlines of the stories that caught your eye.
B. Which was easier to scan through (print or online) and why?
C. Overall, would you rate the navigation tools of the online edition as excellent, fair, or poor and why?

3. Choose three photos that you like and look at them in both the print and the online edition.
A. Write the page numbers of the photo and the name of the photographer.
B. Do the photos look better on the print or the online edition? Why?


4. Look for the review of the movie, "Before the devil knows you're dead" in both the print and online versions. Use the search function in the online edition.
A. Which was easier to find, the online or the print edition?

5. Make a decision. Which would you rather work with and read, the print or the online edition? Explain your choice in detail. Write at least three sentences to justify your answer.

What the pros are doing - Repetition in this week's photos

Overview
A great source of timely, newsworthy photos is Time's photos of the week. In this lesson, you will look through this week's photos and look for a new advanced composition technique.

Remember the Advanced techniques
In a previous lesson, you learned about the following advanced techniques:

Simplicity, The Rule of Thirds, Lines, Balance , Framing, Avoiding Mergers

If you would like to review these, go here:
Kodak Site

Learn the New technique - Repetition

Today, you will explore how photojournalists used one additional advanced technique in this week's Time photos of the week.

The technique
Repetition - By lining up identical shapes, color, or objects, in the frame, the photographer can lead the viewer's eye through the photo.

Do the following:
Go to:
Time photos of the week

Post the following on your blog:
Find and save at least three photos that are excellent examples of repetition, and briefly explain what is repeated and how it leads the eye through the frame:
Also copy and paste the caption (explanation of what is happening in the photo) under each photo.