CiDA Checklist

Your game should include the following:

• Menu Screen
• Instructions Screen
• Back story Screen
• At least 3 levels (possibly 5)
• Lose Screen
• Win Screen

Your deadline for completing your game IN LESSON TIME is HALF TERM. After that it needs to be completed in your own time...

KS3 Skills Building - Adobe Photoshop

LO1 - Learn and practice appropriate Photo shop skills, in order to apply them to a "Montage"
Outcomes

Red - You will have created a montage
Amber - You will have used a varaiety of Photoshop tools
Green - You will expanded your montage to include even more images

Starter:

Look at the example Montage - what skills will you need to learn?

Follow these steps:
Find a background image on google and right click, copy image
In Photoshop, choose File new and it will make the canvas the right size. Paste the background image in.
Choose another image - a person - animal / thing for example and repeat the process.
Using the Magnetic Lasso tool cut around your person / animal / thing (keep clicking to keep accurate)
(backspace key if you go wrong)
Cut your person out and paste him / her onto the background
Select another image - right click copy - file new, name and paste
Repeat the process with the magnetic lassoo tool - cut and paste - new layer - name your layers

Main:

RED TASK - Put a famous person on /against a famous landmark/ eating something really random - 
For example - Rihanna up the Eiffel Tower eating a bowl of snails

AMBER TASK - Try to use as many of these tools as you can - if you can't locate the 
appropriate tools in Photo Shop then google !

Crop
Layers
Drop Shadow
Outer Glow
Free Transform
Stroke
Quick Selection

GREEN FOR GREEN - Complete the Photoshop Tools and Techniques Worksheet

Plenary - Moving On:
What's a Montage?
How do you feel after this lesson (3 adjectives)
What else would you like to learn in Photoshop?

KS3 Skills Building - Fireworks Animation

LO1 Develop animation skills using Adobe Fireworks

Outcomes: You will be able to create a simple animation

Starter:

Main Task 1

CLICK HERE to open the bouncing ball tutorial
Try creating your own bouncing ball animation use Adobe Fireworks

Main Task 2

Try using what you have learnt to create an animation of your own. Try to create a story with a clear storyline (start, middle, end).

Receive feedback from a friend on how you could improve your animation. Make the improvements!

Plenary:

Be prepared to show your work