visual rhetoric, january 15th, 2013
TRANSCRIPT
TODAY
1. Icebreaker: introducing ourselves.
2. Visual Rhetoric: what’s up with that?
3. So what are we going to be doing?
4. Did someone say Tumblr?5. Activities, activities, activi
ties
Icebreaker
To start today, I want you to complete what is likely to be a familiar sort of icebreaker activity. You will pair up with someone you don’t already know, and over the course of a few minutes you will interview that person.
The info you need to get is on the next slide.
Find out…
1) The person’s name (obviously)2) What he/she goes by (if it’s
different)3) His/her major and progress in the
program.4) Why he/she decided to take Visual
Rhetoric5) His/her favorite logo6) One piece of information that will
help all of us to remember him/her.
Now, then…
…let’s talk more specifically about what we will be doing as a class.
At this point, please either focus on the screen or open the website at http://www.phillalexander.com/vis
That course website, btw, will serve as our activity hub and your syllabus.
Let’s talk about class.
And now, Tumblr
I will show you how to start a Tumblr, so follow along if you’re not familiar with the site.
Please go to http://www.tumblr.com
Once you create your site, please email the URL to me at [email protected]
Your First Tumblr
For your first Tumblr post, I want you to give me a skills overview. On the next slide you will find a series of questions. Please answer them as completely and accurately as you can.
Skills Overview
How much experience do you have with:
1) Adobe InDesign? Adobe Photoshop? Dreamweaver?
2) Desktop publishing? 3) Document design– working on a
magazine, newspaper, website, or designing any sort of paperwork?
4) Creating art? If so, what kind?5) Taking photographs? 6) Any visual rhetoric-ish skills you
want me to know you have?
For Next Time
For Thursday:
1) Start the InDesign tutorials described on the syllabus. You have time to complete these, but the sooner, the better.
2) read: Williams non-designers design book Chapters 1,2 & 3
3) Begin work on your first reading response and first design activity
And now…
… let’s finish by talking about community partners and what our major projects for the semester will look like.
And, of course, answer questions.