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Activity 1 - Obama - Me Self-Portraits
Ojective - to create a self-portrait in the style of Shepard Fairey's Obama campaign poster. Image by Shepard Fairey []

__**Steps**__

 * 1) Launch Photo Booth from the dock. Utilize it to make a picture of yourself that is in color. Drop and drag the best image to the desk top.
 * 2) ====Go to the site http://www.obama-me.com/====
 * 3) Upload your chosen picture to the site, choose a phrase, and check the terms box.
 * 4) Hit the confirm button, then adjust the placement of the image in the window, and hit download.
 * 5) Save the image to the class flash drive and then upload the image to your wiki page.
 * 6) Read the following web page articles about Shepard Fairey and answer the questions.
 * Post the questions and answers on the discussion page, accessed from the discussion tab of __your__ page.**
 * Preview these sites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey#cite_note-25 & http://obeygiant.com/ and answer the following questions.
 * 1. What facts about Shepard Fairey's background stands out to you the most? Why do you find it the most memorable or interesting?
 * 2. What was the purpose for the stickers, "Andre the Giant has a Posse"?
 * Preview these sites http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/shepard-fairey/ & http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear and answer the following questions.
 * 1. How is a non-traditional approach to a political poster an effective means of communication for a presidential election?
 * 2. Which of the campaign images shown would you choose as artwork to hang in your home, if you had a choice of one. Why did you choose it?

http://pol.moveon.org/shepstickers/?id=-10778599-8QG6r3x, I did.
= = =__Activity 2 - Your Stickers__= One last thing, make an Obama image where you can change the words. Go to this site. Your stickers will be made from this site and a series or one really good image. Thank you Morgan for making this possible. Save the image in the flash drive.

http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/

Activity 3 - Syllabus
Open this document below. Make three changes. Add dates or rearrange the order of the assignments. But make your changes different than everyone elses.

1. Open the document, rename the document, and save the new document to thedesk top 2. After making your changes save it to the desk top. Then use the "insert images and files button" on the wiki tool bar and upload the image to the "Syllabus Page". 3. There should be one document saved there by class end. At the end of the class the document should be completely different.



Activity 4 - Final Digital Portfolio
For your next activity on the wiki, post **one** image you have shot **for each of the ten assignments** for this class. Label each of them for the assignment name. Click on your name to reach your page and add at least one image for each assignment ( accept this is my life, add 4 images) and a statement to this page. Choose ones that you like or are proud of. Make sure you add titles to images, where you have one.

__**Part 1**__ - Write a brief statement of why you chose it, what you like about it, and what assignment it was for. Add your image and comments to your page.


 * __Part 2__** - After posting your images, go to each person's wiki page and respond to one of their images by posting to the discussion page tab on their page. Remember to keep comments professional and appropriate, this is a high school assignment after all. Title the discussion - Activity 4. Identify the image and elaborate on your response to their work by writing a critique following the P.Q.P. format.

P.= Praise, Write a statement of praise for the image. Q.= Question, Ask a question of the artist about the artwork or the production of it. P. = Polish, What is one constructive criticism or improvement that could be made to improve the image. If they were to reshoot the image or touch it up on the computer. What could be done to improve it?

(The easiest way to do this is to copy and paste these words to the location where I am asking for you to respond, then respond to it.)

Activity 6 - Self- Portrait
Let's imagine this image was the one taken for a book you wrote. If this image were in the back of a book, what would the book, that you wrote be about? Write a paragraph below your image about this possibility.