Welcome to CGA 250

Week of:	This Week in CGA 250 - Thursday
January 24th	Course Intro, Course Expections
January 31st	Creating PDF Files, Creating a Digital Portfolio in Adobe Acrobat Portfolio Expectations Portfolio requirements Your Portfolio should contain at least: Two digital Photos Two traditional drawings Two traditional paintings Two Digital Paintings Two Digital Illustrations Two Photo Manipulation Two Publishing designs - Print or Web sites You can also look at your portfolio from what classes you have taken: CGA 103 CGA 115 CGA 120/118 CGA 221/218 ART 131 Art 104 Art 105 CGA 215 CGA 217 CGA 216 Bring ALL your artwork from all CGA and Art classes to determine what is to be placed in your portfolio. For each piece of art in your portfolio, you should have a brief description including what software was used to create the art. Create your Resumes See Professor Mary's Multi-Page Resume in PDF See Paper Examples Please read these articles: http://www.bestsampleresume.com/ http://www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-write-a-resume http://www.how-to-write-a-resume.org/ http://www.howtowritearesume.net/en/page/en/8-Resume-Writing-Tips-.aspx http://thetravelersnotebook.com/writing-support/how-to-craft-a-writing-resume/ http://www.vooshthemes.com/blog/design-tutorial/how-to-design-a-clean-and-professional-resume-cv-website/ http://newgradlife.blogspot.com/2009/12/get-job-career-job-hunt.html http://www.misterstevenson.com/ http://lifehacker.com/5042344/rebuild-your-resume-with-five-simple-fixes http://www.dailywritingtips.com/resume-writing-tips/ See Susan's example in PDF....
February 7th	Submit Art Work for Consideration: Spring Vanguard, deadline March 19th. Photos, Illustratrions, designs Vanguard@gccnj.edu Resumes - What should be included on your resume: Education Technology/Software Work Experience Community Service/Volunteer Services References available on request Portfolio and references available on request Resume should have a design look and feel that matches your 5 by 7 cards and business cards.
February 21th	Finish your Resumes, Business Cards and Marketing Cards. Print out at least 25 cards, marketing cards and resumes for the Portfolio Evening. Prepare all files in PDF format for your CD-ROM
February 28th	Bring ALL your artwork from all CGA and Art classes to determine what is to be placed in your portfolio. Portfolio Presentation Prep Putting your Paper and Electronic Portfolio together See Susan's example.... Resumes - What should be included on your resume: Education Technology/Software Work Experience Community Service/Volunteer Services Portfolio and references available on request Resume should have a design look and feel that matches your 5 by 7 cards and business cards.
March 6th	Bring ALL your artwork from all CGA and Art classes to determine what is to be placed in your portfolio. Portfolio Presentation Prep Putting your Paper and Electronic Portfolio together Creating Resumes - Layout and Design
March 13th	Spring Break - No Classes
March 20th	GCC Open House - This is a Thursday evening ! 5 to 8 PM - this is a mandatory event for this class...you must attend to pass this course. If you DO NOT come to this evening, you will NOT PASS this course!
March 27th
April 3rd	Why you should use Twitter, Delicious and Facebook? Web 2.0/3.0 technologies are the wave of the future. How does the rest of the semester work with Online Elearning Discussions? The Books: The Last Lecture: http://books.google.com/books?id=5GC-gCqZ0kgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Last+Lecture&hl=en&ei=c9KUTeO_ OamO0QHaot38Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDc Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Who moved my Cheese http://books.google.com/books?id=HXQDqU1zfe0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Who+ moved+my+cheese&hl=en&ei=8tKUTbDPKOmN0QGavZT1 Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
April 10th	The Last Lecture - Online Elearning discussion - Please make notes on your reading! Go to the Elearning System and answer the The Last Lecture Part One Questions. Please respond to at least five of your classmates postings.
April 17th	The Last Lecture - Online Elearning discussion - Please make notes on your reading! Go to the Elearning System and answer the The Last Lecture Part Two Questions. Please respond to at least five of your classmates postings.
April 24th	Who Moved my Cheese - Online Elearning discussion - Please read the first half of the book - Please make notes on your reading! Go to the Elearning System and answer the Who moved my Cheese Part One Questions. Please respond to at least five of your classmates postings.
May 1st	Who Moved my Cheese - Online Elearning discussion - Please complete reading the book - Please make notes on your reading! Go to the Elearning System and answer the Who Moved my Cheese Part Two Questions. Please respond to at least five of your classmates postings. CD-ROM Portfolio is Due this week -failure to provide me a CD with your work will result in your FAILING this class ! Professor Mary will be in the lab at 11 AM on May 1st to accept your CD-ROM's!
May 8th	Grade Pick up Day