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You will be creating an online portfolio to house your weekly course work using [|Weebly] All your course assignments, creations, resources and ideas will need to be embedded within your personal Weebly website. To create your website use the resources & directions embedded below.
 * Module 1 **
 * *All Assignments, Discussion Posts & Twitter Posts due by Tuesday of the following week ** [[image:Arte580Mod1.jpg width="196" height="145" align="right"]]
 * Week 1 Module 20pts[[file:Arte580_2017_ChecklistModule1.pdf]] **
 * 1.1 Portfolio Website creation with Weebly **
 * Your website must include the following items: * rubric **
 * A home page with a ** few words/ introduction about you on your site. Possibly what grade level you teach, your expertise as an Artist.  **
 * ** Add a photo or images **
 * ** Interesting Banner **
 * ** A Voki.....see directions below **
 * ** A Wordle.....see directions below **
 * ** A DreamScope self portrait.....see directions below **
 * ** A page for each future Module of work completed **
 * ** written descriptions for each module **
 * ** live links **
 * ** A resource page **
 * Check out this sample webpage [|here] & [|here]!....[|click] **
 * Weebly Resources, Directions & Tutorials: **
 * Resources you can use for your website....click **

Excellent example of a RI Art Educator's Website...[|click]

Weebly beginners guide...[|Click].... Everything Weebly.....[|click]

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[|Dreamscope] is a free App & web application that lets you create customized filtered alterations of photographs.
 * 1.2 Create and Add a Dreamscope self portrait to your website **

You can use Dreamscope to customize a selfie and post to any blog or website. You will use Dreamscope to personalize your website by adding your very own customized selfie to your site

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 * 1.3 Create and Add a Voki link to your Website **

[|Voki] is a free service that lets you create customized avatars.

You can add voice to your Voki avatars and post your Voki to any blog or website. You will use Voki to **introduce yourself** to the class through your website. You might want to include what grade level you, teach, your hobbies, etc. Create, link and embed your link into a snipped image of your Voki to your website.

Voki How to.....[|click]
 * Voki Resources: **

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 * 1.4 Create and Add a Wordle to your site[[image:wordleClass.JPG width="400" height="258" align="right"]] **

[|Wordle] is a tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give importance to words that appear more often in the source text. You can adjust your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with [|Wordle] are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, save them to the [|Wordle] gallery to share with your friends and Snip screen them to use in other venues. Cut and paste them using the Snipping tool for PC or Grab for Mac to then use your [|Wordle] in other venues.
 * Other sites like wordle to use: [|Word clouds] [|Wordit] **

Express yourself using [|Wordle] in an assortment of ways! How? As an Artist. As an Educator. As an individual. Or, express a Theme using [|Wordle]. media type="custom" key="23464042"
 * In Wordle you will: **
 * Use the snipping tool (PC) or Grab (Mac) to screen capture your [|Wordle.]
 * Save it as a jpg....and then add it to your site.
 * Create and add the [|Wordle] to your site.

Set up Google Drive and Edmodo account XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX When you open Grab from your Mac utilities drive it will look like nothing happened. There’s no default window that opens asking what you want to do. At the top in the application menu there are preferences to choose what you want your mouse to look like when your ready to grab a screen but the main menu you want to focus on is the “Capture” menu.
 * 1.5 Set up Google Drive www.drive.google.com & Edmodo www.edmodo.com accounts **
 * Screen Capture in Mac or PC **
 * Grab (Mac) :[[image:grab.JPG width="89" height="83" align="right" caption="Grab for Mac"]] **

The “Selection” option is basically the same as the Windows Snipping tool, you drag and make a box out of what you’re trying to grab. After grabbing it it opens the image and you can save it as a Jpg from there.Watch the Video below.


 * Grab Video Tutorial **

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The Snipping Tool is a Windows program that is part of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Window 8 and up. The Snipping Tool allows you to take selections of your windows desktop and save them as snips, or screen shots, on your computer.
 * Snipping tool (PC):[[image:snippingtool.JPG width="180" height="103" align="right"]] **
 * To start the Snipping Tool follow these steps: **
 * Click on the Start button to open your Start Menu.
 * Click on the All Programs menu option
 * Click on the Accessories group
 * Finally click on the Snipping Tool icon and the Screen will look frozen.
 * While holding the left mouse click button, drag a rectangular selection around the image or portion of screen that you want to capture.
 * Click file and save as a Jpg


 * [|Snipping tool tutorial] **
 * Module 1 Rubric (see above) **

1.1 Post a link to your Voki into the [|Edmodo] discussion forum. How could you incorporate a Voki into your classroom curriculum? What are your impressions of this tool? Provide feedback to another classmate about their Voki. 1.2 Post your portfolio website live link in [|Edmodo] What are the possible benefits of using a website as a teaching tool for your students? List at least three specific benefits and elaborate. Provide feedback to another classmate about their ideas. 1.3 What's another way you could use [|wordle] or [|Dreamscope] in the art classroom? Provide feedback to at least one other participant.
 * Week 1 Discussion Forum Posts: **
 * * ** [|Edmodo]
 * Discussion forum 1: **
 * Discussion forum 2: **

[|How to use Twitter] [|Bitly] for shortening Web URL's
 * Twitter Post #arte580 **

1.1 Find a good Art Advocacy resource and Tweet us the link using [|Bitly] to shorten your link and don't forget to add the Hashtag #arte580