Everyone
Can Write a Little | The 2009
MicroBlog Album Workshop
How
Twitter
or Facebook
can make you a better journaler of the everyday. And,
a cool digital hybrid album project to showcase your results.
Scrapbookers
often cite journaling as a key stumbling block in their
creative process. The echoes of "writing doesn't
come naturally to me," or "I can't think of
anything to say" are commonplace in the pantheon
of scrapbooking challenges (joining time, space, money,
and ideas on the list, to name a few).
But…
what if you started practicing writing in short, measured
bursts? And what if you took advantage of two online social
media networks to start practicing this abbreviated way
to document a question posed by both: "What are you
doing right now?" And what if in the process of reporting
the details that can only span a sentence or two, you
became more confident in your ability to capture authentic
details from your everyday life, and you then translated
that content into a really cool mini album?
Join
Cathy Zielske in this 4-week workshop designed to help
scrapbookers capture their favorite Twitter blogs (Tweets)
or their Facebook Status Updates and record them in a
truly hybrid, 20-page, digitally driven 6" x 6"
album. Cathy's focus will be on practicing ways of recording
little stories—emphasis on little!—in either
140 (Twitter) or 160 (Facebook) character spaces (or less).
Let go of the notion that capturing specific, authentic
details is only for good writers who write at length.
Facebook and Twitter are your new virtual notebooks. This
class will encourage you to document in cyberspace, then
take that content and save it into a cool little digital
hybrid album project.
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an inspirational, narrated PowerPoint presentation
about microblogging and how it can boost your skills
as a journaler.
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a
how-to video for working with the templates in Photoshop
Elements
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a
how-to video for using crop marks and paper trimmers
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one handout with scans of all of Cathy's album pages,
including basic instructions and product information.
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weekly email reminders when the classroom is updated.
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four Photoshop .psd templates, (title page and filler
page) two for Facebook users, two for Twitter users
(one title page, one filler page)
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PDFs of album cover wrap band with the class title
(One for Facebook users; one for Twitter users; and
one for both).
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Three additional video messages in Weeks 2, 3 and
4.
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private
message board with exclusive access to Cathy.
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private
gallery for students to share their results.
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four
PDF files for those users who want to record their
data, but don't own PS or PS Elements, allowing these
users to add their Tweets or Facebook updates with
handwriting.
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Students
will learn:
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How
using Twitter and Facebook can ultimately
improve their writing for scrapbooking layouts
by encouraging them to be concise and observant
about their lives.
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How
to make digital pages with Photoshop Elements,
including how to size down photos and drop
them into digital templates. (Of course,
Photoshop users will be able to do the same.)
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How
to creatively crop photos.
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How
to choose type, including font sizes and
leading sizes, as well as proper alignment
for fonts and how to make good choices.
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How
to change font colors and layer type and
change type opacity.
- To
pair their words with some of their favorite
snapshots or photos they love that don't have
to directly correspond in real time.
Other
things:
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Students
who don't want to drop in photos digitally
can use a Fiskars 1 3/8" square punch,
which will fit the given space.
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Students will need a regular format printer
to print out their finished pages/and or
pdfs of page templates.
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Watch
Cathy's introduction of Everyone
Can Write a Little
