Beyond Yearbooks: A case study describing the utilisation of the Adobe Creative Suite for the creation of 'dIGITIZED' a professionally printed publication developed by digital natives for digital natives.

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2. CDNIS: Adapt for Today, Predict Tomorrow, Create the Future
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3. Digital Issues by Digital Natives
Grades 10 - 12
6 Classes
127 Students
70 pages
Full Colour
Social, Economic,
Environmental, Artistic
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4. Preview: dIGITIZED
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12. Preview: dIGITIZED
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13. Why Print Publishing?
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14. 21st Century Skills
Media Literacy
Critical Thinking
IT Application
Teamwork/Collaboration
Creativity/Innovation
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15. Raising the Stakes
Bulletin Boards/Yearbooks
Portfolios
Multiple Stakeholders
Culture of Creation
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16. The Creative Process
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17. Our Creative Process
Design Principals
Finding Inspiration
Contribution Proposals
Defining a Theme
Research Scaffolding
Identifying the Target
Drafting & Peer Review
Audience
Proofing & Publishing
Establishing Standards &
Specifications
Fostering Ownership/
Engagement
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18. Tools & Resources
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24. Complete Creative Toolset
Communication
File Management
Image Manipulation
Vector Drawing
Text/Graphic Layout
Pre-Flight/Proofing
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25. Looking Ahead
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26. What the Natives Said
quot;Overall, an excellent project:
it is always a much more
interesting way to learn when
you can actually apply your
skills to something concretequot;
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27. What the Natives Said
“I've learned that what you
see on the computer is
always different from what
you get from the printers...”
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28. What the Natives Said
“I'm actually interested in
possibly going into journalism
as a career, so this project
gave me a taste how it might
be like for a job.”
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29. What the Natives Said
“There's a lot of work to it.
Deadlines can really bite you
in the butt...you need to
work on good functioning
computers to speed up the
design process.”
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30. What the Natives Said
“As the Team Leader, it was
important for me to follow up
on issues, motivate members,
guide and direct members in
the right direction.”
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31. What the Natives Said
quot;...learning print publishing
standards, the process, and how to
properly revise one's work has been
a good lesson, not only for
Comtech: as a matter of fact, I
find myself applying these skills to
other classes too!quot;
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32. Next Steps
Building Knowledge Capacity
Cross-Curricular
Teacher/Student Certification
Multilingual Content
Interactive Online Edition
Optimisation of Workflow
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33. Technology Should Engage Learners In...
Construction vs. Reproduction
Conversation vs. Reception
Articulation vs. Reception
Collaboration vs. Competition
Reflection vs. Prescription
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