Reflection Journal: CTE Expo 2015

On February 12, there was CTE Expo in our school. It was held for freshmen to see what CTE academies are like. There are three CTE academies, Web Design, Video Production and Apple. Since I am currently attending in Web Design Academy, I introduced what my academy is like to freshmen.
Before freshmen came to the computer lab or room 237, we prepared for the Expo by turning all the computers and showing our websites on the screen. When Freshmen came to our class, I explained what I did for the projects on my website. I also explained the poster for my Respect For All animation to my English teacher, Ms.Conn.

The CTE Expo was very great opportunity to introduce my academy. It was pretty fun to explain my works to freshmen, sophomores and my teacher. Also, I learned what I will be doing in my senior year by observing the works of seniors. I also remembered what I did in my sophomore year by looking at the business card project.

Reflection Journal: Lab#18

Lab#18 was about creating a mask in Adobe Flash. First, I imported the image to stage. Then, I created the layer called "mask" and used the oval tool to define the area of the mask layer that I want to be transparent. Next, I turned the "mask" layer to Mask. After turning it to Mask, I inserted a frame at frame 20 in both layers and classic tween in the mask layer. Then, I move the shape that I created by using the oval tool. By completing all the steps, part of the image is shown as the oval moves. 

 

I learned how to make masks and used them in Flash. This is lab was not too difficult to complete since I had to follow instruction from the handout. In the future, I can use the techniques for this lab when I need to use masks in Adobe Flash.

Reflection Journal: Self-Evaluation Fall Semester

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I think I did well in the Fall Semester because I learned many things in all the classes and earned good grades in each class. During the Fall Semester, I learned about different aspects in Web designing such as html tags, CSS and the tools of Adobe Dreamweaver. Using Dreamweaver and Fireworks was particularly easy and fun because I was able to understand and get used to them quickly. However, using Adobe Flash was difficult and challenging since I had a hard time in making animation by using different kinds of tweens and symbols. As a result of this, I could not give in  the works I made in Flash on time. Everything I learned and experienced in the Fall Semester is vital because it needs to be applied to what I will be learning in the Spring Semester.  For the Spring Semester, I need improve by studying hard, reviewing my notes and spending time wisely.