3rd term Assesment!

Greetings, my dear students! We got to the end of this adventure together. It's been interesting. Hope you guys have found what we shared benefitial to your career.

3rd term Assesment

Final project: 10 pts
Blog posts: 10 pts

• Final Project Post: Students will post their projects in their blogs individually: products, description of the project, individual participation and their opinion of the project. Images and opinions of the experience in Second Life. Images of the Avatars and their names.
• Unit 6: Prepare a questionnaire of ten questions and practice answering those questions with the information related to the job you selected, cover letter and resume. Be ready to interview a partner and record your interview.
• A visit to the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.  Please visit the place and write a post of your visit. Consider the following questions to help you write your report on this adventure in a virtual world.
  
  1. What did you think of it? Take pictures of it.
  2. Is this something that can be of help for your field of expertise? What are some of the applications you can see in your line of work?
  3. Try to talk to someone attending the exhibition. Pick your favorite piece of art and send a message to the author asking about it. Take a picture of the piece and write why you liked it.
  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/UWA%20Winthrop/209/128/248

Well, have fun and keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m

Tutorial on how to get started in Second Life

Creating an Avatar in Second Life
Your first step is to create an avatar on Second Life. You can try it alone by going to http://www.secondlife.com and click on JOIN NOW or you can watch the following video. This vdieo is a video tutorial taken from The university of Texas at Brownsville

You will need to have been born before August 1, 1992 to get an avatar that can go to URBE EFL Center.

After you have created your avatar, you will need to download a viewer to your computer. When you complete the avatar tutorial on Second Life they will instruct you to download their viewer. There are other options. We recommend the Phoenix Firestorm viewer. This viewer is more reliable, creates less lag, and easy to use. Click here for an instructional video on the Phoenix Firestorm viewer.

If you prefer the Second Life viewer and missed the download, you can find on this webpage http://www.secondlife.com. Scroll to the bottom of the page and download the viewer. The difference between the viewers is that the Second Life viewer often has more advanced visual and audio features. The downside is that the Second Life viewer has many updates that are not always stable. Click here to download the Phoenix Firestorm viewer.

1. If you are using the SL viewer, change your viewer from Basic to Advanced. If you fail to do this you will not be able to do all the fun things. If you are on Advanced, you will see tabs on the left and extra features on the bottom tab of your viewer. See the image on the right.

2. Now log on to your viewer and put Pionia Destiny in the Search Box on the top right. Click on People and you will see the name. Click on Profile and make Pionia Destiny a friend. I will know you are on and be able to provide assistance. You only have to send me an IM.

3. To go to URBE EFL Center you just have to click on the following link: http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Mist/213/86/21

*Important*
You must belong to the group:..EFL Center in SL. Send an IM to Pionia Destiny asking to be invited to the group or look into Pionia Destiny Profile and look for URBE EFL Center in SL group there. Once you have found it, just click and join.

CAUTIONS: 
Virtual Worlds are just like the Internet. As a representative of URBE you are to conduct yourself professionally at all times. Just like the Internet it is easy to put information up, but you can never take it down. Do not say or do anything that you would not want your Grandmother or a future employer to see.

Final project Sep-Dec 2011

Well, we got to the third term. Time to work on finishing the project. But what's the project about? well, we are designing a campaign for our most important event. "Chinita's Fair". This time the products created for the campaign will be exhibit it in our URBE EFL Center in SL.

An advertising campaign is a specific course of action designed to advertise a company, cause, or product that employs an intentional and carefully coordinated series of marketing tools in order to reach the target audience. The end purpose of any ad campaign is to boost awareness of the subject matter and generate demand. The exact structure of the advertising campaign will often depend on the nature of the product or cause and the target audience that the campaign is designed to reach. 

While specifics vary from one advertising campaign to another, some of the same tools are used in just about any campaign. Both print and electronic media are often used to generate attention and enthusiasm for the subject of the campaign, often with the logical and timely launch of different tools at specific points in the overall campaign. While in time past, electronic media referred more to television and radio broadcasts, that component now includes tools such as online banner ads, text messaging, and email advertisements.

We have to thank professor Nuris Zambrano for the help she gave us in this project. On her visit to our class she left us some guidelines on how to work with a campaign:

Graphic Concept:
Selecting key words
2- 3 meaningful terms
Singtagmatic relation
Rhetoric

Main features of the event:
Composition: format orientation, diagram and reticule

Design determiners:
selecting the image style
color
fonts
graphic elements
Graphems
Visual rhetoric
Semiotics
Advertising: message alignment and heading
PNL

Final Project Groups:
Group Number 1
Mariangela Boscan, Claret Cuberos, Jennifer Drumond and Jennifer Godoy.

Group Number 2
Andrea Finol, Andrea Suarez, Mauricio Martinez and Jennifer Peña.

Group Number 3
Victor Aular

Group Number 4
Leonardo Reyes

Group Number 5
Henry Maldonado, Giovanna Hernandez and Claudia Flores.

Group Number 6
Emigdio Herrera and Vanessa Villamizar.

Stand 7
Maria marcano, Arnaldo Lugo and Patricia Zabala.

Stand 8
Manuel Marquez, Maria Bravo, Gustavo Rosales and Naykely Parra

Stand 9
Marysol Rincon, Juan Calixto, Andreina Alves, Andrea Ochoa, Claudia Briceño, Eddie Hernandez

The exhibition of the projects will take place in Second Life. Each group must have a stand to exhibit their proposal for the campaign in world (second life at URBE EFL Center in SL). The stand must include the products designed as well as a description of the project. Include the names of the participants and their avatars.

Students will post their projects in their blogs individually: products, description of the project, individual participation and their opinion of the project. Images and opinions of the experience in Second Life. Images of the Avatars and their names.

Well, this is going to be fun! See you in SL!
Pionia Destiny

Secondlife

'Titilina's Playful Visit to UWA', by Paloma Bigbear, the first Argentinean artist to participate in any UWA event features numerous award winning artworks that had been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!


Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Task


This is a machinima of a visit to the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. Please visit the place and write a post of your visit. Consider the following questions to help you write your report on this adventure in a virtual world.

1. What did you think of it? Take pictures of it.
2. Is this something that can be of help for your field of expertise? What are some of the applications you can see in your line of work?
3. Try to talk to someone attending the exhibition. Pick your favorite piece of art and send a message to the author asking about it. Take a picture of the piece and write why you liked it.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/UWA%20Winthrop/209/128/248

Here it's the link to a sandbox.. a sandbox is a place where you can build or create things that you can later place in your inventory.



http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hobo%20Island/44/11/324

2ne term exam sep-dec 2011

Please open the link in a new tab.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KeO5swqb0bYGO6kR-NyTJJkCZX80rMwjteG2Tse63CM/edit

Interviewing a Graphic Designer!

Welcome to this post... finding out about the graphic Design career.

1. The following video will help you have an idea of what graphic design is and reflect on what it takes to be a great graphic designer.

After you watch, discuss in groups these questions:

What's the man's name? What does he do?
What's graphic design for Mr. Woods?
Did he wanted to be a graphic designer all his life?
How did he transition from Basketball to graphic design?
What are some abilities he says a graphic designer needs?
What's inner Project?

2. An interview! Interview a Graphic Designer about his or her choice of carreer. Include a photo of your interviewed. Don't just copy and paste the questions and answers. Write a short introductory paragraph and a  closing paragraph and.. have fun! :). You can use any format to present your work: infographic, text, video.. creativity is the key.. show us you are what you say you are.. ;)


Questions:

1. Could you please define Graphic Design in your own words?
2. What influenced you to pursue graphic design?
3. Could you please describe the educational process required to become an graphic designer?
4. What are the skills you need to be a good graphic designer?
5. What job considerations were you looking for after you completed your education?
6. What's something of your school life that you enjoy the most?
7. From your perspective, what is the most difficult part of being an graphic designer student?
8. What are your plans for the future?
9. Point out your most personally gratifying moment in graphic designer school.
10. Why would you recommend graphic designer as a career?

Bloggers sep-dec 2011

Welcome bloogers from Graphic Design School!!!

1. ALVES, ANDREINA http://andreinalves.blogspot.com//
2. AULAR, VICTOR http://victoraular.blogspot.com//
3. BOSCAN MARIANGELA http://mariangelaboscan.blogspot.com//
4. BRAVO MARIA http://mariajbravo.blogspot.com//
5. BRICEÑO CLAUDIA http://clauwho.blogspot.com/
6. CALDERON JAIME http://jaime509.blogspot.com/
7. CALIXTO JUAN http://juanjcm.blogspot.com/ /
8. CUBEROS CLARET http://claretcuberos.blogspot.com/
9. DRUMOND JENNIFER http://jenniq-jennifer.blogspot.com/
10. FINOL ANDREA http://andreafinol.blogspot.com/
11. FLORES CLAUDIA http://claucflores.blogspot.com/
12. GODOY JENNIFER http://jjennifer-godoy.blogspot.com/ great blog
13. HERNANDEZ GIOVANNA http://giovannahdi.blogspot.com/
14. HERNANDEZ EDDIE http://ediehernandez.blogspot.com/
15. HERRERA EMIGDIO http://emigdioherrera.blogspot.com/
16. LUGO ARNALDO http://arlucool.blogspot.com//
17. MALDONADO HENRY http://hjmnoguera.blogspot.com//
18. MARCANO MARIA http://mariamarcano-mahoretas.blogspot.com/ great blog
19. MARQUEZ MANUEL http://peripescueci.blogspot.com/
20. MARTINEZ MAURICIO
21. OCHOA ANDREA http://andreaochoar.blogspot.com/
22. OLANO ANDREA
23. PARRA NAYKELY http://naykelyparra.blogspot.com/
24. PAZ LUIS
25. PEÑA JENIFER http://jeniferpruz.blogspot.com//
26. PRATO FRANCISCO http://frprato.blogspot.com/
27. QUIVERA LUIS http://luisquivera.blogspot.com/
28. REYES LEONARDO http://leonardoreyes412blogspot.com/
29. RINCON MARYSOL http://marysolrincon.blogspot.com//
30. ROJAS JESUS
31. ROSALES GUSTAVO http://gustrosalesblog.blogspot.com/
32. SUAREZ ANDREA http://andreasuareznava.blogspot.com/
33. URDANETA DIEGO
34. VILLAMIZAR VVANESSA http://vanevillamizar.blogspot.com/
35. ZABALA PATRICIA http://patriciazabala26.blogspot.com/ /

Intro Task: Writing a welcome post

Hello, everyone!.. since everybody should be working on their first  post in your scoop.it this week.. This is an example you can follow to write your welcome to my Scoop.it post.

A. Read about Carlos. Tell about you.  (This is just a model.. feel free to add more to the different paragraphs)

Hello, I'm Carlos Delgado. I'm 20 years old and I study Graphic Design at Urbe, in Maracaibo, Venezuela. I live in the north-west part of the city.

I love comics, mangas, illustration, Caricatures and specially Videogames. I enjoy mostly RPG games like Final Fantasy and Persona games. I work as a Caricaturist for people around the world in the webpage Fiverr. This is the link of my profile: https://www.fiverr.com/tenjidesign/make-a-high-quality-head-caricature?funnel=2014091519313346919411760

 I don't like smoking or drinking alcohol, I really dislike people who smoke in your face.

 My dreams are living in Canada with my husband and have a print shop and an illustration studio.

I've always liked English, I've studied it since I was 8 years old, the best way to learn english in my opinion is reading on the internet, playing videogames and watching movies in english.

About Graphic Design and Illustration.

 When i'm drawing Caricatures for people around the world, i really feel motivated by the different stories people have to tell about the caricature they want, i could be for a holliday, a gift, a business and many other crazy reasons, it's really fun to know so many different -and good looking and interesting- people.

My best ability is drawing Caricatures, Cartoons, and other Illustration, though i'm also good at designing prints.

 I work alone, though i love the company of my husband and my brothers when i'm working or having breaks from work.

My best source of help is excellent quality data, which would be Good quality photos for Caricatures, good references for Illustrations, and accurate explanation for designs.

A couple months ago i realized that Drawing and Illustrating is my thing, it's my main source of work and i get better as i work so i really want to focus on that, not only because of profit but also because it's what i love to do.

You can visit my scoop.it here... http://www.scoop.it/t/ink-linework 

Consider these questions when writing your intro to the class.

Name	What’s your name? Where are you from? How old are you? Where do you live? What school in URBE are you from?
Likes	What do you like doing? What things do you like? Love? Enjoy?
dislikes	What things you don’t like?  things you hate? things you can’t stand?
dreams	What is your dream? What do you want to do with your life?
About English:	What’s your opinion about English? Do you like it? Is it important? What do you do to study English? How do you prefer to study English? What do you want to do in this class?

About Graphic Design	1. What motivates me? 2. What are my best abilities? 3. How do peers influence me? 4. When and with whom am I at my best? 5. Who are my best sources of help? 6. How can I do more of what will best help me to succeed?

Don't forget to add an image showing your work.

Have fun and keep on shining love and peace!
Doris3m

Blogger form sep-dec 2011

Welcome Sep-Dec 2011 Class

Welcome, everybody!

This new trimester, we will be working with English for Work. But what is that? you may be asking yourself. Well, let's try to explain what it is about. To start with:

1. It is mostly about learning and practicing your English.
2. It is about learning English related to your field of expertise. So if you are an engineering student for instance. You will be reading, listening to, writing and talking about English for engineers and English for working as an engineer.
3. It is about learning English using technology. That means we will be using computers and Internet to find real updated information concerning your different interests. We are going to experiment and play with new ways to learn autonomously. Learning for life. Learning to learn. Learning by doing. We will be watching and listening to videos as well as making videos. We'll have the chance to use different tools to express your ideas and read about ideas.
4. It is about learning and practicing your English in groups, in community. Be ready to meet students and teachers from the university and the world. Of course, there will be tasks you must complete on your own.

That was a general description of the course. Now, how the classes take place:

• Classes are going to be held at the lab. I f you can't come to classes, you can connect at home or wherever you have access to a computer and Internet.
• You need to get a google account, since we will using different tools provided by Google. make sure to register to Gmail, Google Reader, Google Talk, Google Doc, secondlife, twitter, facebook and Blogger
• Blogs are going to be your personal journals. There you will register everything we do in class. All your homework and tasks should be there.
• Every class will be a taken as a workshop or TALLER. Try not to miss your classes and if you do, keep your blog updated.
• Homework will be assigned for each one of the units covered in class. The dateline to hand in your homework will be the day of your test. It means you will have the chance to work on your blog till the exam day.
• Corrections to writing will be done through Google documents.

Assesment




Things you need to do to take this class:

• Get a Gmail account and register to Google services: reader, Google talk, reader and blogger.
• Get a blog at Blogger. For instructions on how to that get the power point presentation from our box or follow the tutorial prepared by Vance Stevens.
• Register to the Facebook group . Make sure to write name, last name and class session you belong to when registering at our social network.
• Take these surveys:

About your English Class: Sep-Dec 2011
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WNXGFF6

About Integrating Technology in the English Class
Sep-Dec 2011 EFL Digital Literacy
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WN5N5PY


Benchmarks:

• At the end of this class. I should have:
  
  • Read my class guidelines
  • Met my new classmates
  • Worked with the introductory task
  • Registered at Google and have a Gmail account.
  • Registered to Google readers.
  • Registered to Google doc.
  • Downloaded Google Talk and activated my IM.
  • Opened my Blogger account and posted my first entry.
  • Registered at the EFL University Ning social network
  • Taken two surveys

Assignment for this class:

• Write your first blog entrance: Introduce yourself. Use Task 0. Get the task from the file box.
• Introduce yourself and two new friends.
• Post the interview in your blog. Add a photo of your partners.

Hope you learn and have a great time during the time we are going to be together. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Keep on shining Love and Peace!

Introducing Our Collaboration Wiki for our final project.

Firts of all... what's a wiki? Watch the following video that explains just that:




Green Graphic Design Solutions
This group project is about EFL students from Rafael Belloso University presenting a proposal to solve environmental issues from the point of view of Graphic Design.

Goals:

1. To identify environmental issues affecting the world and the country we are living in.
2. Select a methodology to propose a solution to the problem from different point of view of the engineering fields.
3. Propose an Graphic Design solution to a green problem.
4. Integrate technology and web 2.0 tools into the EFL for work class.
5. Use Critical Thinking and Multiliteracies
6. Work efficiently in a team

Deadline: July 27th, 2011

Assigned Readings
Team Work

• How to be a effective team member
• Team work and team building: how to work as a team

Presenting

• The three P's of presenting
• 10 presetations Do's and Taboos
• The Mechanics of Presenting
• Avoiding Techno Errors

Fall: a Machinima

Well, last class we discussed the video named Fall by Lainy Voom. A challenge was posted in Facebook for you to answer after watching the video:


Fall from Lainy Voom on Vimeo.
Love is both a beautiful and fragile thing....

What's your opinion about the video?

What's the meaning of the word fall in this video?... here you can find some definitions: http://www.wordreference.com/definition/fall

Check the definitions. Which one fits better to the situation in the video?

Here we have some expresions and phrasal verbs using the word Fall

– phrases
fall foul (or N. Amer. afoul) of come into conflict with.
fall in (or into) line conform. [with ref. to military formation.]
fall into place begin to make sense.
fall over oneself to do something informal be excessively eager to do something.
fall short (of)
    * 1 (of a missile) fail to reach its target.
    * 2 be deficient or inadequate.
take the fall N. Amer. informal incur blame or punishment in the place of another.

– phrasal verbs
fall about Brit. informal laugh uncontrollably.
fall apart (or to pieces) informal lose one's capacity to cope.
fall back retreat.
fall back on have recourse to when in difficulty.
fall down fail.
fall for informal
    * 1 fall in love with.
    * 2 be deceived by.
fall in take one's place in a military formation.
fall in with
    * 1 meet by chance and become involved with.
    * 2 agree to.
fall on/upon
    * 1 attack fiercely or unexpectedly.
    * 2 (of someone's eyes) be directed towards.
    * 3 be the responsibility of.
fall out
    * 1 have an argument.
    * 2 leave one's place in a military formation.
    * 3 happen.
fall through fail.
fall to become the duty of.

Interview a Graphic Designer!

An interview! Interview a friend about their choice of carreer.

Name:
Date:
Questions:
1. Could you please define Graphic Designing in your own words?
2. What influenced you to pursue Graphic Design?
3. Could you please describe the educational process required to become an Graphic Designer?
4. What are the skills you need to be a good Graphic Design?
5. What job considerations were you looking for after you completed your education?
6. What's something of your school life that you enjoy the most?
7. From your perspective, what is the most difficult part of being an Graphic Design student?
8. What are your plans for the future?
9. Point out your most personally gratifying moment in Graphic Design.
10. Why would you recommend Graphic Design as a career?

English for work: Building Rapport

For this class, we will talk about "building rapport" which is important for Business English.

Click the link to watch the video http://www.business-spotlight.de/language-skills/videos/socializing/building-rapport

• What are the 2 ways Bob says we can build rapport? http://www.business-spotlight.de/language-skills/videos/socializing/building-rapport?page=0%2C1
• Answer this gapfill while listening to the video, http://dazenglish.wikispaces.com/Rapport+Quiz

Bloggers April-July 2011

Welcome Graphic Design Group!

Brian Rincon http://www.brianrincon646.blogspot.com/
Yoselin Zapata http://www.yozze20.blogspot.com/
Andrea Pirela http://www.andreapirela.blogspot.com//
Leonardo Reyes http://www.leonardoreyes-leonardo.blogspot.com/
Julieska Leal http://www.julilealita.blogspot.com/
Andrea Olano http://www.andreekro.blogspot.com/
Beatriz Orozco http://www.bebaorozco.blogspot.com//
Victor Aular http://www.vitoroth31.blogspot.com/
Nubia Navarro http://www.nubianavarro.blogspot.com/
Julio Gil http://www.juliobuilderrr.blogspot.com/
Marlyn Soto http://www.marlyn-marlen.blogspot.com/
Nataly Palacio http://www.ncpt20.blogspot.com/
 

Welcome, everybody!

This new trimester, we will be working with English for Work. But what is that? you may be asking yourself. Well, let's try to explain what it is about. To start with:

1. It is mostly about learning and practicing your English.
2. It is about learning English related to your field of expertise. So if you are an engineering student for instance. You will be reading, listening to, writing and talking about English for engineers and English for working as an engineer.
3. It is about learning English using technology. That means we will be using computers and Internet to find real updated information concerning your different interests. We are going to experiment and play with new ways to learn autonomously. Learning for life. Learning to learn. Learning by doing. We will be watching and listening to videos as well as making videos. We'll have the chance to use different tools to express your ideas and read about ideas.
4. It is about learning and practicing your English in groups, in community. Be ready to meet students and teachers from the university and the world. Of course, there will be tasks you must complete on your own.

That was a general description of the course. Now, how the classes take place:

• Classes are going to be held at the lab. I f you can't come to classes, you can connect at home or wherever you have access to a computer and Internet.
• You need to get a google account, since we will using different tools provided by Google. make sure to register to Gmail, Google Reader, Google Talk, Google Doc, and Blogger
• Blogs are going to be your personal journals. There you will register everything we do in class. All your homework and tasks should be there.
• Every class will be a taken as a workshop or TALLER. Try not to miss your classes and if you do, keep your blog updated.
• Homework will be assigned for each one of the units covered in class. The dateline to hand in your homework will be the day of your test. It means you will have the chance to work on your blog till the exam day.
• Corrections to writing will be done through Google documents.

Assesment




Things you need to do to take this class:

• Get a Gmail account and register to Google services: reader, Google talk, reader and blogger.
• Get a blog at Blogger. For instructions on how to that get the power point presentation from our box or follow the tutorial prepared by Vance Stevens.

Benchmarks:

• At the end of this class. I should have:
  
  • Read my class guidelines
  • Met my new classmates
  • Worked with the introductory task
    
  • Registered at Google and have a Gmail account.
  • Registered to Google readers.
  • Registered to Google doc.
  • Downloaded Google Talk and activated my IM.
  • Opened my Blogger account and posted my first entry.
  
  

Assignment for this class:

• Write your first blog entrance: Introduce yourself. Use Task 0. Get the task from the file box.
• Introduce yourself and two new friends.
  
• Post the interview in your blog. Add a photo of your partners.
  

Hope you learn and have a great time during the time we are going to be together. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m