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Middle High School Vertical Alignment
andDesktop Publishing Best Practices

• Presented by
• Craig Gutiérrez
• cgutierrez_at_yesprep.org

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Who Is Mr. Gutiérrez?(AKA Mr. G)

• YES Prep-Southeast Teacher
• Computer Literacy II (7th grade)
• Desktop Publishing (10th ? 8th)
• Intro. to Engineering Principles
• French III

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Middle High School Vertical Alignment

• Why teach DTP at the 8th grade level?
• Support students to be better prepared for HS
  level work
• Can it really be done? YES!
• Sophistication of the work isnt the same as
  sophomores, but the skills are clearly acquired

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Middle High School Vertical Alignment

• 6th Grade
• Keyboarding
• Intro to Mavis Beacon
• Do First every day
• 20 Club
• PowerPoint
• Copying images
• Citing a source

• 7th Grade
• Keyboarding
• Do First every day
• Self-monitoring (log)
• 30 Club
• Spreadsheets (Excel)
• Basic formulas
• Graphs/Charts

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Middle High School Vertical Alignment

• 6th Grade
• Concept of Ethics Computers in Society
• Basic Hardware
• Input
• Processing
• Output
• Storage

• 7th Grade
• Ethics Intellectual Property
• Internal Hardware
• Analog vs Digital system
• ASCII to Binary Code
• Abacus (hands-on)
• Coding/Decoding

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Middle High School Vertical Alignment

• 6th Grade
• Word Processing
• Setting margins
• MLA (4-line) heading
• Centering a title
• Punctuation standards
• Basic Search Engines
• Citing a source

• 7th Grade
• Advanced Word Proc.
• Full header (pagination)
• MLA (4-line) heading
• Tables Charts
• Unit Reflections
• Advanced Search
• Boolean logic

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Where It All Comes Together

• Desktop Publishing
• Always a mystery what that means on the first
  day
• Two partsDesktop and Publishing
• Desktop Uses a computer to create product
• Publishing Final product is printed

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Hidden Best Practices

• Do First/Do Now/Focus
• When students enter, they see on the board what
  they are to begin (without being instructed!)
• Attention-grabbing Procedure
• Give me 3. or Monitors off
• 100 compliance before instruction begins

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Where to Begin?

• Unit 1 Résumé, Cover Letter, Interviews
• Start with something comfortable MS-Word
• Appeal to the one thing they care about self
• The résumé is 100 about the individual
• Show relevance to real world job anyone?
• Résumé is a tool to get an interview, which in
  turn ...
• Create from scratch then allow templates

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Where to Begin?

• Unit 1 Résumé, Cover Letter, Interviews
• Cover Letter
• Same word processing skills applied to new
  format
• Interview Skills
• Demonstrate the Good, Bad, and Ugly
• Unit Assessment Practical Exam
• 20-min interview as HR Manager
• 20-min interview as job seeker

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Next Steps?

• Unit 2 Trifold Brochure with DTP Software
• Project integrated with studies in science
• Students select from a list of pre-approved
  topics
• Students subscribe to About.coms DTP
  newsletters
• MS-Publisher introduced via demonstrations
• Publications for Print, Task Pane, Change page
  view
• Differentiate Organizing Info Page Layout
• Minimal number of skills per day (i.e., 3)

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Next Steps?

• Unit 2 Trifold Brochure with DTP Software
• Introduction to color theory
• Complimentary colors/ratios, distortions,
  emotions
• Introduction to major page layout terms/elements
• Positive vs negative space
• Hook
• Alignment
• Repetition
• Balance (symmetrical/asymmetrical)

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Finishing the First Quarter

• Unit 3 Writing for Publication
• Various guidelines exist (MLA, APA, AMA)
• Writing a position or argumentative paper
• Builds directly onto Middle School knowledge
• Difficult sell to Technology Department
• Supports English Language Arts, integration
• Citing an external source (print electronic)
• Peer revision done with Track Changes

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Starting the Second Half

• Unit 4 Historical Newsletter
• Integrated project with history studies
• Day 1 Back to the Future
• Assignment Go back in time and report the news.
• Stories 2 local news, 1 world news, 1 human
  interest
• Fun stories Dear Abby, sports/weather,
  fashion, obit.
• Self-motivation more noticeable at this point

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Starting the Second Half

• Unit 4 Historical Newsletter
• Complete color theory concepts
• Science behind it all (waves, rods/cones)
• Color spaces RGB (20/30/40 Club) and CMYK
• Main DTP terms
• Halftones, dpi, Banner, Headline, Byline
• Masthead, Subhead, Byline, Sidebar
• Image manipulation Resize, cropping

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Getting into Groups

• Unit 5 Magazine Article (How To)
• Short project (less than 2 weeks)
• Work in groups of two, teacher chosen
• Start with a blank document
• Use all features of Objects (Drawing) toolbar to
  design
• Main DTP/Graphic Design terms
• Transparency, Grouping, Order, Rotating

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Culmination Cooperative Learning Environment

• Unit 6 Literary Magazine
• Based on student interest
• Students write short story between projects
• Groups based on literary theme (force fit 4-5
  per group)
• Mirrors industry/corporate structure
• All students are Technical Writers
• Sr. Editor, Proofreader, Graphics Specialist,
  Technical
• Illustrator, Hand binder GS creates has name
  badges.
• Corporate structure in terms of
  responsibility/reporting

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Culmination Cooperative Learning Environment

• Unit 6 Literary Magazine
• Submitting work to other groups
• Sr. Editor creates and presents submission
  guidelines
• Other members create acceptance rejection
  letters
• How much work for the teacher?
• Daily assignments are sent via e-mail
• Respect the chain of command as much as possible
• As CEO over 4 or 5 magazine, the teacher only
  has time
• to speak to most senior individual (Sr. Editor
  usually).

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Questions?

• AKA
• Comments
• Concerns
• Problems, Traumas, Dilemmas
• General indigestion

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Middle High School Vertical Alignment
andDesktop Publishing Best Practices

• Presented by
• Craig Gutiérrez
• cgutierrez_at_yesprep.org