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i have a few questions for graphic designers out there?

specify exactly what you do… (freelance, webdesign, print design, packaging, etc)
who are you employed with?
do you own Your Own business?
what education have you recieved?
do you have an online portfolio? if yes can u provide a link?
what are your likes and dislikes about the field?
how long have you been in the field?

Freelance, web design, print design, not packaging. I make websites and Ads mostly with some Photoshop graphics and layouts. I am employed (co-CEO of) Ecio Studios, own my own business, I’m in High School, I have a few online portfolio’s ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/37868328@N08/ ), I love this job, I’ve been in this field for about a year now.

Happy Xmas Eve,

-Billy

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Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (Josse Bass Higher and Adult Education) $28.91 This revised and greatly expanded edition of the 1988 handbook offers teachers at all levels how-to advise on classroom assessment, including:What classroom assessment entails and how it works.How to plan, implement, and analyze assessment projects. Twelve case studies that detail the real-life classroom experiences of teachers carrying out successful classroom assessment projects.Fifty classroom …

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Teaching Dance as Art in Education – 1st Edition (Book) $68.95 Teaching Dance as Art in Education is a comprehensive introductory textbook that helps dance education majors and dance specialists understand and incorporate the aesthetic foundations of educational dance in grades K-12. Unlike other models of teaching dance, this book delineates what a standards-oriented, aesthetically driven program should encompass for both the dance specialist and his or her K-12 students.Teaching Dance as Art in Education fosters an understanding of dance as arts education and defines the dance specialist’s roles and responsibilities, including how the national arts initiatives and student-centered inquiry affect the teaching of dance. It explains how to advance student growth in the areas most critical to teaching dance: the physical, mental, artistic, and social. Content is delineated through four cornerstones of dance as art in education: Dancing and performingCreating and composingKnowing history, culture, and contextAnalyzing and critiquingThese cornerstones are subsequently integrated into the K-12 Dance Cornerstone Curriculum Framework, which enables dance specialists to develop substantive and sequential dance experiences for students as they progress from kindergarten through grade 12. The framework distills all the skills and concepts that dance specialists need, including developmental expectations for different ages. Teaching Dance as Art in Education also presents a new instructional approach, the Eight-Step Plan, that facilities integration of all four dance education cornerstones into each unit to make the lessons more coherent. Further, the many features in the textbook help dance specialists become aware of not only their unique roles and responsibilities when teaching educational dance but also how to develop an arts-oriented, professional teaching portfolio.The following user-friendly features are interwoven throughout the book: Reflect and Respond: Case studies, or scenarios, invite the reader to consider an issue or situation and develop a response.Questions to Ponder: Thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter help readers extend and apply chapter concepts. Rich Resources: Suggested resources, such as books, videos, and Web sites, supplement the topics covered in the chapter. Notebook or Portfolio: Practical exercises to complete, record, and compile into an arts-oriented teaching portfolio are useful for future job interviews. Inspirational Quotes: Selected quotes from famous dancers

Institute of Education $111.53 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Institute of Education (IOE) is a constituent college of the University of London, dedicated to postgraduate study and research in the field of education. The Institute is the largest education research body in the United Kingdom, with over 700 research students in the doctoral school. It also has the largest portfolio of postgraduate programmes in education in the UK, with approximately 4,000 students taking Masters programmes, and a further 1,200 students doing PGCE teachertraining courses. Author: Nicolao, Hardmod Carlyle Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 156 Publication Date: 2011/08/18 Language: English Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.36 inches

Professional and Student Portfolios for Physical Education – 2nd Edition (Book) $34.95 The second edition of Professional and Student Portfolios for Physical Education has been fully updated to reflect the new physical education standards for beginning and practicing teachers and K-12 physical education content standards for school students. Among the updates and new features in this book, you’ll find a CD-ROM full of portfolio builders that provide a step-by-step process for developing professional and student portfolios. The practical procedures and tips provided in the book can be used for every phase of a teacher’s career:PE teachers can use it to guide their students in creating portfolios.Teachers can create their own professional portfolios.College students training to be PE teachers can create their own portfolios for evaluation within their universities and to help them land their first jobs. The following are among the new features in this edition:New standards. All three sets of professional teacher standards and content standards are identified and applied in each chapter.Expected outcomes. Each chapter includes a set of expected outcomes that identifies the knowledge and skills the reader should acquire after completing the chapter.Integration of assessment, learning, and teaching. Student portfolios model successful integration as students reflect on learning, develop self-direction and feedback skills, set goals, create new challenges, and communicate achievement results. These concepts are introduced in chapter 1 and developed further in chapter 3.Rubric development. Chapter 3 discusses the design of rubrics, criteria for determining the quality of rubrics, and converting rubric scores to grades. Rubrics are also presented and illustrated in chapters 2 and 4.Use of technology. The application of technology for portfolio assembly, management, and storage is a significant feature of this second edition. General guidelines for creating electronic-based and Web-based portfolios, including hardware, storage, and software recommendations, are presented in chapter 1. The specific use of technology in developing student and teacher portfolios is covered in chapters 2, 3, and 4, where you will also find sample portfolio systems for PETE programs; elementary, middle, and high school students; and practicing teachers.CD-ROM portfolio builders. The accompanying CD-ROM includes templates for creating electronic-based portfolios for teacher candidates, K-12 students, and practicing teachers. These templates provide a step-by-

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Student-Centered Physical Education Book (Copyright 1998, 264 pages) $29.95 Student-Centered Physical Education presents over 100 fun physical activities that not only promote student fitness and skill development but also build the foundation for a physically active life. The authors’ modular approach allows teachers to mix and match activities in order to achieve specific goals, creating multiple opportunities within each class period for students to succeed.Authors Timothy Smith and Nicholas Cestaro, who together have more than 50 years of teaching experience, have developed a student-centered approach to physical education to replace the outdated, subject-driven approach. By focusing on the needs of the preadolescent student rather than on sports or calisthenics, this proven program challenges exclusivity, boredom, and gender bias. Their strategies and activities make physical education relevant to your students and motivate them to participate in physical activity, both in the gym and after school.Part I, “A Student-Centered Modular Approach,” helps you develop and organize your classes. You’ll learn how to assemble modular lesson plans and how to increase their effectiveness using the teaching strategies presented. You’ll also find a chapter on authentic assessment, which discusses the use of rubrics, portfolios, and portfolio cards.Next, Part II, “Teaching Modules,” provides you with easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions for more than 100 fitness-related activities, including:warm-ups,skill development activities,team-oriented activities, and individual and paired activities.Each activity is ready to be inserted into the modular lesson format presented in Part I. In addition, you’ll find 10 detailed health-fitness modules-one for each month of the school year-that will help you present and reinforce key lifestyle concepts in addition to the “physical” components of physical education.About the AuthorTimothy Smith has been a physical education teacher, volleyball coach, and lacrosse coach within the East Syracuse-Minoa Public School System in East Syracuse, New York, since 1991, but his physical education and fitness experience goes back much further. He has also been an adjunct faculty member in Adelphi University’s Department of Physical Education and Human Performance Sciences, director of Adelphi University’s Adult Fitness Program, an exercise physiologist in private practice, and a general partner in a physical therapy and sports medicine practice.Smith has written many articles on fitness-related topics for publi