Principles of Design in Ancient Manuscripts

EDLD 5366 Digital Graphics

I was amazed at the intricate details that artists used many centuries ago.  I was drawn to cover of the Lindisfarne Gospels from the Middle Ages.  The cover design alone depicts the four principles of design. It has metal and jewels in a repetitive design contrasted on a bright burgundy background. The metal design forms a mirror image both vertical and horizontal. Within parts of the book, you can find decorative capitals that show the importance of certain portions of the text. Color contrast, as well as the use of different fonts is the most used principles of design in this book.  This book has images of cross-carpets that are copied today and show the use of contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity in each one.

You can view the Lindisfarne Gospels from the British Library website.
Look at the bottom left, click menu and scroll until you find Lindisfarne Gospels.

School Law

Copyright Cops

Please enjoy this comical video that shares an important message to educators about ignoring copyright laws. Teachers have the responsibility to model proper and ethical use of materials. How can we expect students to if they see their teachers bend the rules?

Multimedia Video Technology

The Multimedia Video Technology course for Lamar was a great experience for me. I collaborated in the past with co-workers on Skype and Google Docs, but never had to create anything. The experience from this assignment was valuable in many ways. Not only was it nice to rely on the experience of others in your group, but the finished product was better than I had ever dreamed. We used Google docs and relied on the chat window to post our ideas, plan and create our video. We had a wonderful director (Deann) for the project who kept us informed, on task, and up-to-date on the activities and deadlines. I will be able to take this experience and share it with others in my district. Thanks!

PSA-Safe a Life: Adopt a Pet

Week 3: Group Collaboration

This week we met with our group members and decided on the best method for collaborating. We have four in our group: Deann Thompson, Debbie Anderson, Lacy Hobbs, and me. We named our group, DDLP and Deann created a wiki to keep track of our collaborations. http://groupddlp-5363.wikispaces.com/ At first we had been emailing back and forth. Deann and I communicated on Skype together for practice and was able to chat as well as connect and hear each other's voice. It kept disconnecting, but we were laughing through it all.  The next night all of us tried using the wiki, and discovered that it was not letting us type and edit at the same time. Once, Deann thought that we lost all of our work, so we quickly reverted to Google Docs. It was much easier working on the same page and having the chat box nearby. We spent 2 or more hours collaborating on our assignment for this week and was able to create our outline, script, and shot list. We all agreed to help in the different roles so that we can learn from each other. Lacy agreed to do most of the editing with our help. Our topic for the PSA is: Save a Life: Adopt a Pet.

Script Outline:

Save a Life: Adopt a Pet

I. Reasons to adopt a pet
      A. Companion
      B. Security
      C. Playmate
      D. Unconditional Love

II. Where to Adopt

III. Why Adopt
      A. New family member
      B. Health Benefits
      C. Save a life

Web Conference- Week 2

I joined the Web conference for Lamar's EDLD 5363 on September 6, 2010 at 6:00 pm. Somehow, I managed to get my camera working and loaded on the board. We had 30+ members and it was much better than Week 1.  Dr. Abernathy was able to check the questions and kept the conversation flowing and answered questions as they were posted. I was able to receive information about the Group work for Weeks 3-5.  The most important information was that we are to save ALL collaborations that we are involved in.  Suggestions were made to use Skype, wikis, blogs, or google docs. These are suggestions and anything Web 2.0 tools would be accepted. The only activity that was difficult to follow was that some were discussing Week 2 assignments and others were on the topic of Weeks 3-5.  That became confusing since many did not note which week they were discussing.

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