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My name is Kathryn Hawk and I live in Akron, OH. I am a Language Arts teacher at Maplewood Career Center in Ravenna, OH. Before that, I taught at Waterloo High School. I am in my 7th year of teaching. I am married to my husband, Daniel, who is a graduate of the University of Akron Electrical Engineering Department. We have a son, Jonathan. Jonathan just turned a year in October so he is walking all over the place chasing our Golden Retriever, Graham! I love to travel, read, be outdoors, and spend time with my family. I am really excited about the challenge of adding more skills to my background so I can enhance my teaching strategies in my classroom. || My name is Aaron Krieger and I live in Willoughby, OH. I am a K-5 Physical Education teacher at Kidder Elementary (Brunswick City Schools). This is my 4th year of teaching in the district. I was a sub in the Willoughby-Eastlake, Mentor, and Mayfield districts before being hired in Brunswick. I coach 7th grade football and I am the varsity assistant/pitching coach at Brunswick High School. In my free time, I like to golf, play beach volleyball, and play softball. I am looking forward to learning more about what this program has to offer. || My name is Ahmad Ghashmari. I'm an instructor of English as a second language at the University of Akron. I have a PhD in English from Kent State University and have been teaching ESL for over seven years both in the US and overseas. This is my second semester as a grad student in the Instructional Technology master's program at UA. || My name is Scot Uhl and I live in Akron, OH. I work as a Departmental Records Specialist at the University of Akron. I received my bachelor's degree at the University of Akron in middle level, math and science education. This is my second semester in the Instructional Technology Master's program at UA. Outside of work and class I fill my time with various hobbies, watching tv, and playing recreational sports. In the winter its soccer, bowling and snowboarding and in the warmer parts of the year I try to stay in shape by running in the metro parks. ||
 * [[image:family.jpg width="142" height="211"]] || **Kathryn Hawk**
 * [[image:http://www.bcsoh.org/cms/lib3/OH01001261/Centricity/domain/281/staff%20images/Kidder/KRIEGER_AARON.jpg width="133" height="172"]] || **Aaron Krieger**
 * [[image:my pic.jpg width="141" height="139"]] || **Ahmad Ghashmari**
 * [[image:10555457271111CDP-Recovered.jpg width="129" height="171"]] || **Scot Uhl**

Students should also understand how image size and resolution relate to images displayed on the screen. Students should know how to export images for the web from Photoshop and adjust compression/quality settings, specify transparency and, adjust image size. ||
 * ~  ||~ Instructional Design Problem ||
 * ** Instructional Need: ** || In my Web 1 class, I have need for a lesson on image formats. I need students to understand what the three types of acceptable image formats for the web are, how they work and, how to create them. Specifically, they need to learn the strengths and weaknesses of each format and what types of images are suited to each format.
 * ** Target Audience: ** || UG Students in

Web Design || Assistant Lecturer, Art pmt1@uakron.edu 3309722432 ||
 * ** Known Constraints ** || One Lesson in Spring Board ||
 * **SME:** || Patrick Tabatcher


 * Case Studies ||
 * [[file:InstructionalDesign_Brad_Wiley_CaseStudy_Team.docx]] ||
 * [[file:Mendez Case.docx]] ||

**Initial Status Report**

 * Analysis Phase**
 * Design Phase**
 * Development Phase**
 * Web Images Presentation**

**Final Project**

 * Link to Springboard Module**
 * Use the credentials below to log in. Click the __Web Design: Image Formats__ course to begin the module.**

Username - 5150demo

Password = 5150demo


 * ~ Please comment on our presentation below. Add rows if needed. ||
 * ~ Name: ||~ Comment: ||~ Question: ||~ Team's Response: ||
 * Jack Reyes || This sounds like a very interesting project.I would be interested to hear how it turned out. || What were the members of your teams proficiency with Photoshop before starting? How much familiarity with it did you need in order to complete the project? || Aaron - Personally, I don't know much at all about photoshop. After going through some of the things our SME gave us, it didn't see too difficult. I knew about the different of web images, but didn't know details of each until the project. Some of the things our SME wanted us to do seemed very simple after watching/adding some of the videos. I think with practicing some of these things you would get it down quickly. ||
 * Kim Hofmann || I do presentation design and training so I found this very interesting. Material I can use. The resizing images in Photoshop was a very good, easy instruction that made sense. Good job! || Do you know much on SVG? The new "thing" in most PPT design seems to be using vector images but, as of now, it is not easy to get inserted in PPT. I often have to convert with often frustrating results. || The image formats we covered in our module .jpg, .gif, and .png are all raster image types, meaning they can not be dramatically resized without compromising their resolution. My understanding is vector images should be in .ai, .eps, .pdf or .svg format. Vector file formats allow more flexibility as they are constructed by a math formula instead of pixels. I don't know about inserting into PPT but I would imagine Photoshop would be able to convert images for you. ||
 * Kate Gulliford || I really like the pictures that accompanied each objective in the modules, they seem to reinforce what the students would be learning about. I love the Saved by the Bell image on your presentation page :). || I read your evaluation questions and am curious as to what the feedback was for your module. || We put most of our feedback responses in our final paper. To summarize the feed back; the students spent around 30 minutes on the module, they valued the content and used the examples and external resources. However most didn't view the videos we posted. ||