I’m back in the classroom in January, teaching Digital Imaging at my alma mater. I look forward to a new group of students with different skills and ability levels. Most of all I look forward to applying the flipped class model to working with Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator (my A-number-one-most-favoritest-golly-gee-I-do-love-it, design software)! Last spring I got a chance to try it out when teaching...

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It’s been busy around here! We had our final TechTalk PD session of the semester and I’m working on our 2-year strategic communications plan. That sentence is my inelegant segue… Michael Lockrem 0 0 2013-07-15T16:07:00Z 2013-08-06T18:51:00Z 1 84 485 4 1 568 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...

Course Design is graphic design, and graphic design is not strictly art. There are rules and guidelines that allow the novice or seasoned designer to create an effective page; course web page or commercial web page. These principles of design include balance, proportion, rhythm, emphasis, and unity. It means that the layout of the finished page has a harmonious mix of words and images that provides...