Today’s Plan:
- Grant Project Update
- Calendar Redux
- Photoshop Fundamentals
Grant Project Update and Calendar Redux
Today I sat down and invested a few hours into the grant project. As a result, I’ve made some pretty heavy changes to the calendar. Here’s how I see the next month and a half playing out:
- Week 7 Oct 2 & 4: Finish Project 2. Produce a final project memo (I will provide the details for this memo on Tuesday the 2nd. Remember we have no class on Thursday the 4th)
- Week 8 Oct 9 & 11: On the 9th I will introduce the new third project. In place of a documentation project, we are going to do a recommendation report. Groups of 3-4 will research 4-6 potential grants in order to identify which ones would be most useful for our client. Reports will look into past award winners, application materials, organizational history and mission, and whatever else we can come up with. Between now and October 9th I’d like you to read Karsh and Fox Lessons 2 and 3 (“What is a Grant” and “What Do Grantmakers Want?”). We’ll use that reading on the 9th to inform the recommendation report.
- Week 9 Oct 16 & 18: Keep trucking on that report. Officer Reis will be visiting us either this week or next week. Turn the report into a presentation
- Week 10 Oct 23 & 25: Research for the grant. Begin Drafting.
- Week 11 Oct 30 & Nov 1: Complete drafting. Peer review.
- Week 12 Nov 6 & 8: Revise and complete grant application.
We’ll spend weeks 13, 14, 15, and 16 focusing on the job materials project–putting together a resume and cover letter for a specific job, developing an online portfolio of written/multimodal work, and establishing a professional online network (via twitter, linkedin, etc).
Photoshop
I’ve sent out a .zip file with a few little activities.
- Modify an Image > Brightness
- Modify an Image > Color to Black and White
- Spot Healing Brush
- Quick Select and Content Aware Fill
- Combining Images
If we have time remaining, we can try out a cool tutorial.
