Why do we present the way we do?  Can we present slides better? Smarter?  Nancy Duarte has written an incredible book about the ins and outs of good slide presentation.  A great practical blend of science and art.  Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations

Listen to the Author

Slide:ology Presentation by the Author

1. Create a new full page document
2. Copy and paste your business card into the new document
3. Make 3 copies of your card on the page
4. Print it on the color printer
5. Cut out the cards and hand in 2 copies
6. When finished, try a Photoshop tutorial at Good-Tutorials.com.

Business cards are small 2 x 3.5 inch representations of ourselves to the world.  What can you included in  your card to help relay who you are?

Watch the video lesson

• Include your logo
• Include name
• Include graduation year
• Include top three multiple intelligences
• Include color picked from the color theory exercise
  
• Include your goal for life
• Include your picture, which I will give you Monday
  

Creating a web site is very exciting.  How do the pro’s do it?  They create a template or mock up of the site’s look and feel first.  They usually do this in a graphic program like Adobe Illustrator.  It is like a story board of your plan for the site.  Once completed, a designer shows this to the client for revision and / or approval.

Where to start:

1. Find a web site to copy, maybe from CSSZenGarden.com?
2. Create a folder titled, “portfolio”
3. Create a folder titled, “media”
4. Create an Illustrator document titled, “my portfolio.ai”
5. Save your “my portfolio.ai” document into the portfolio folder
6. Place the web address of the site you are copying or emulating, example: http://www.csszengarden.com
7. Place the images and text into your “my portfolio.ai” document

Creating a web page template can be easy with Adobe Illustrator. Watch the video to see some of the basic elements to get started. If you find yourself either under-inspired, looking for a new challenge or a bit overwhelmed by the program, try a tutorial at Good-Tutorials.com. They are small, fairly simple tutorials that help demonstrate the power of Ilustartor. Best of all, they are very visual!

Exploring color can be exciting. What do colors mean?  How do we interpret colors?

• Take this Color Theory Quiz
• Explore colors’ meaning at the Color in Motion Web Site
• Create color combination with the Color Scheme Generator 2

We are going to experience the project creation design cycle over the next couple weeks.

• Rough draft on paper
• Illustrator template
• HTML structure
• Design elements
• CSS design
• Publishing

What are your favorite designs at Csszengarden.com?  CssZenGarden is a web site highlighting the capabilities of CSS, Cascading Style Sheets.  The HTML file is the same on each page.  It is the CSS that is unique.  Only the CSS has been changed by the web designer.  It is a beautiful place to visit to be inspired and gather ideas for web design.

1. Find three designs that appeal to you.
2. Write at least two sentences describing why you like these designs.
3. Create a blog entry titled: My Favorite CssZenGarden Designs.