Creating a photography

HOMEWORK:
1. Insert the link to your first HotPot exercise into your index and publish.
2. Choose the best photo expressing the school atmosphere you made, and insert it into your Homepage (index.html) and publish online.


"Kreativní fotografie si neklade za cíl zobrazit realitu (takové to tam Mařenko bylo) ale zobrazit 
něco víc. Zobrazit emoce (pocity, nálady ...), které autor na místě cítil a chce vám předat.

Když se díváte na fotografie z vaší dovolené obvykle si vybavíte pocity, jaké to tam bylo (jé podívej - tady jsme byli ...). Díváte-li se ale na fotografie z cizí dovolené, vidíte jenom obyčejné pláže, hrady, zámky atp. Prostě emoce spojené s místem a zážitkem vám chybí a proto vám často tyto fotografie připadají obyčejné. Dobrá fotografie vám dokáže předat pocity a zážitky i z míst, kde jste nebyli. A o tom to je...

Když stojíte v lese, vidíte široko okolo sebe, vnímáte vítr, šumění lesa, vůni jehličí a do zad vás pálí slunce. Toto vše na fotografii však chybí. Je tam jen obrazový výsek a to ještě ve 2 rozměrech (3 rozměr prostoru / perspektivy chybí). A proto je to tak těžké. A proto je pokoušet se o to taky tak krásné!"

http://fotoroman.cz/

TASK 1

Look at the following photos. Do you like them? Why?

Matterhorn

Loreta

Praha

Růžička

What shall we know?

1. How to compose a photography

The basics of composition (in Czech)

Practical composition (in Czech) 

Golden ratio - zlatý řez

Do not forget:

concentrate on a single idea, object, feeling

get closer, fill almost the whole field with the target object/situation

TASK 2

Look around, go to the corridor if you want. Try to compose a photo which will show the atmosphere at school.

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What shall we know?

2. How to save an image

raw - full data

jpg - compressed (lossy)

tiff - for print, usually lossless; can handle CMYK

bmp - full data (bitmap)

gif - small (and animated); saves only used colours; 8bit

png - lossless, successor of gif, 8-24-48 bit

More in Wiki (in Czech)

and Wiki (in English)

Formaty pro ukladani fotografii

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TASK 3

Choose an object within the class and make a picture which show only the object - as if you needed an illustration of the word.

What shall we know?

3. How to make a photo of an isolated object

- check the background

- fill amost the whole image with the object

- search for light

- use simple aids, such as lamps, scarfs, sheets of paper

- experiment 

Product Photography at digineff

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... want to know more?

http://digineff.cz/

http://www.digimanie.cz/

http://www.fotoradce.cz/

http://fotoroman.cz/

Hot Potatoes Site

Hot Potatoes is probably one of the oldest freewares focused on teaching. See http://hotpot.uvic.ca/!

TASK:
Choose a topic and target level for your HotPot exercises.  Insert this information into the comment to this blog entry.
Tips:
Imagine a real child, in order to be able to imagine the target group.
Specify the target group through age or school year.
Choose a topic suitable to the age and level of your target group.

WRONG:
Target group: 11-13 years
Topic: Animals

RIGHT:
Target group: 15 years, 9th grade
Topic: Endangered animals

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HP HotLine:

1. Keep all files in the same folder. Do not change the names after you link them.
2. HP create two types of files:
*.j?? (jcl, jmt...) - "Teacher's book" - can be edited; save it carefully!
*.html  - "Students'book",  the exported file - interactive, but cannot be edited
3. Save, export, check.

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You can create a whole  HotPot site, combining and connecting various task formats. This is the suggested order of exercises (Can you guess why?):

1. Matching
- 10 items (target vocabulary)
- if using pictures, set the same height for all of them  (e.g. 100 pixels)
- find out how to set the timer, shuffle questions, show a limited number of questions

2. Multiple choice
- 10 questions
- 4 distractors (no mistakes!)
- use sentences, not isolated words
- feedback - additional information, input

Good feedback: motivating, positive, informative

3. Gap fill
- 10 gaps
- context (e.g. a story)
- choose the gaps wisely  :)

Tips:
+ Create feedback which is interesting and informative; do not hesistate to include facts from our real life.
+ Do not skip determiners, e.g. articles:)
+ do not hesitate to include images, links, or audio!


HP exercises can be interonnected using the menu Configure - Buttons.
Suggested course of actions:

1. Create HP matching exercise Ex1. Connect it to the index.html. Make sure you have all the files, including images, in the same folder as the exercise. Save, export.
2. Create a HP multiple choice exercise Ex2.Connect it to the index.html. Carefully fill in the feedback! Save, export.
3. Create a HP gap fill exercise Ex3. Connect it to the index.html and Ex1.html. Save, export.
4. Connect Ex1 to Ex2, and Ex2 to Ex3. Save, export.
5. Open your index.html in NVU. Add links to all three HotPot exercises. Save.
6. Upload all files (index.html, Ex1.html, Ex2.html, Ex3.html, all images) to the web.



Do not forget:
+ No diacritics, no spaces in filenames.
+ Save everything you want to put online into a single folder. No subfolders.
+ Regularly save your changes.

 FAQ:

1. Do I have to use an authentic text in jcloze (gapfill) exercise?
YES.
Try to find an authentic text which will focus on the topic; some of the target vocabulary items should be included, but not necessarily all of them.
Such a text activates the passive vocabulary of the student, helps them understand the new words in context, and is much more informative than isolated sentences.

Tip: explore primary level sites for native speakers, e.g.
BBC for kids
British Council
Encyclopedia for kids


2. How do I make a good feedback in multiple choice?
Just follow these simple tips:
- DO NOT use capitals, exclamation marks, "NO!" "Unfortunately..." etc.
- be positive :) - do not start the feedback with "Sorry, no..."
- add extra information, eg.
Where do lions live? Chosen answer: "India"
Feedback: "Tigers live in India, but lions live in Africa."

3. How should I set the colour scheme?
- Remember that the text should be easy to read - the font and the background should be constrasting.
- The backgroud itself should not bee too bright, not to tire the eyes.
- study the Color Wheel site

4. What is the HotPot index?
It is a html file which includes links to all three hotpot exercises, and the basic info:
- the author
- the aim of the exercises, e.g. "Teaching the names of family members"
- the target group description, e.g. "Third grade, basic school, elementary level"

Welcome!

Credit Requirements

active participation, working on classroom tasks

80% attendance

Projects: (submission deadline April 10, 2014)

1. A personal website (includes: personal profile, photogallery of photos taken on your own, a page on your hobbies/interests including active links to references, HotPot index and exercises, a link to Interactive Board material)

2. Hot Potatoes project

3. Photogallery - choose an original and creative topic, take 6 images and present them; topic example: my town as I see it (not really tourist postcards, right?)

4. Interactive Board material (includes: T's book = target group, objectives; topic presentation and explanation, various tasks for practice, audio, video, illustrations, active links, inner links)

Task 1:

Create the index.html file in NVU.

Task 2:

Make an account on webzdarma.cz. Upload your index.html.

BASIC RULES:

1. Save, save, backup, save...

2. All in one folder

3. No spaces, no diacritics in filenames.