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Tuesday, August 19 :: Classroom Expectations

NO CELL PHONES!

(That means put them away-away!)

Expectations:

C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)

H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand

A: Work on the assignment

M: Stay in your assigned seat

P: Work till assignment is completed

S: Finishing your work

HOME GAMES TODAY (8/19)

Girls Volleyball

Check the schedules to see when you can take photos and interview!

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Classroom expectations

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: We are entering a new realm of learning. Following the classroom expectations helps create a smooth transition from summer break back to the physical classroom... and a fun way to get to know one another! Expectations and rules guarantee the safety of students in the classroom. Equipment lasts longer and the classroom environment is more enjoyable. Finally, it leads to student success!

HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: Today you will answer questions as we learn more about our class!

CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS

What you NEED to know!!!!

Classroom Rules!

Be in class on time...simple!
If you are tardy, stop and use the restroom before coming to class. Tardy student will not get priority to use restroom/water.
Show respect to the teacher, fellow students and all items in the classroom!
Treat all the equipment with respect. Because if you break it, you might be buying it!
NO Cell phones...Please put them in your backpack when entering the room!!)
Passes or a camera to be outside of the class WITH PERMISSION FIRST. Being outside of class without permission is the equivalent of a cut.
Backpacks stay in the classroom when out taking photos!
Food and drinks need to stay outside of class. Please put all items away COMPLETELY!
Absolutely NO gum or candy is allowed
Please stay in assigned seats. For safety of yourself, classmates and equipment!
Take note of your equipment each day. Tell me immediately if somthing is missing or broken etc. It is YOUR responsibility to let me know!!!
Roll is taken visually. Please be IN YOU OWN seat.
Complete assignments before games/free time (You will be instructed if there is free/game time)
Students are to stay at a voice level of TWO (2) or below
Violent video games are not to be played in class. No First Person Shooters (like Shell Shockers)
Music is allowed during independent work time but NO YouTube with headphones only!
You may come in to make up work as long as you are doing work in class. I will not stay after school if you choose to not do work in class.
You are responsible for all assignments even if you are absent.
You MUST have permission to use the bathroom or go for water breaks. Signing out in 5Star is required after getting permission to go! Remember there is a 6 minute timeline.

PUT YOUR CELLPHONE IN YOUR BACKPACK!

Even if it is on your desk, it will be placed in a bag etc!

REMEMBER!

The BELL DOES NOT release you...I do!

(Please stay in your seats until released!)

Cheating

“Cheating is the actual or attempted practice of dishonest or deceptive acts for the purpose of improving one’s grade or obtaining course credit; such acts also include assisting another student to do so. It is the intent of this definition that the term ‘cheating’ not be limited to testing situations only, but that it includes any and all actions by a student that are intended to gain an unearned academic advantage by dishonest or deceptive means. Plagiarism is a specific form of cheating which consists of the misuse of published and/or unpublished works of others by representing the material as one’s own work.”

What about Ai?

Through the entire course we will discuss the use of Ai in certain aspects. However, ALL work completed MUST be your own! Ai is heavily detectable and will be considered cheating if used inappropriately!

Course Objectives

This year you will continue to learn how to use digital photography cameras, industry standard software, and learn how to employ these tools in creative and artistic ways.

Also, you will explore many “soft skills” that you will find invaluable. (Soft skills are the skills that will help land you that job someday.)

Congratualtions! You have also been hired to be "Yearbook" photographers!

This is a project-based class, meaning you will primarily be graded on your ability to complete these projects and complete them on time.
Some projects will be group projects, though each student will turn in their OWN work

WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS YEAR?

2025/2026

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc. for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the industry standard not only in raster graphics editing, but in digital art as a whole.

Adobe Express*

Adobe Express is a unified task-based, web and mobile app developed by Adobe Inc. With the use of drag and drop technology, Adobe Express enables users to easily make outstanding multimedia content starting from thousands of beautiful templates.

Adobe Lightroom*

Lightroom is a photo editing app that lets you enhance and organize your photos on desktop and across multiple devices. Add presets and make adjustments while managing files in the cloud, using local storage (NEW), or both.

Adobe Bridge*

Bridge is a powerful creative asset manager that lets you preview, select, organize, edit and publish multiple creative assets quickly and easily. You can edit metadata, add keywords, labels and ratings to assets, organize assets using collections and find assets using powerful filters and advanced metadata search features. You can also collaborate with Libraries and publish to Adobe Stock, right from Bridge.

Canon EOS R50

PHOTOGRAPHY

This year students will be learning ALOT MORE about the ins and outs of photography.

Yes! Each student will be required to take photos based on different assignments/lessons given. Throughout the school year, students will be assigned different tasks according to various lessons!

Students will also be taking photos to use in our Hoover Yearbook. Events are a must and documenting them through photography is ever so IMPORTANT!

While photography is an art and is subjective, students will be required to meet the criteria given for the assignment!

SCHOOL PORTRAITS!

Congratuations! Hoover is the FIRST Fresno Unified High School to take school portraits for the ENTIRE school!

This is now a REQUIREMENT for our class! (Don't worry we'll show you how!)

PERMISSION SLIPS!

10 points :: Due Friday!

With Great Power SpiderMan _1080p.mp4

This year you will be using some EXPENSIVE equipment. In order to use them, parent/guardian MUST sign off!

PLEASE TURN THESE IN BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 22

GRADE: 10 POINTS!

ACTIVITIES

You MUST cover at least two different events and photograph each event per QUARTER outside of class time. That can be a dance, football game, or club meeting. This can also be lunch time events. EACH EVENT IS WORTH POINTS...TBD!

STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN UP FOR EVENTS PRIOR TO SHOOTING!

STUDENTS MUST BE IN DRESS CODE AT EVENTS!

Some daily lessons will have students on campus taking photos! These will be ONLY done during class time!

GRADING

Photos will be turned in through Teams. (TBD)

Grading will be based on mastery of the skill set forth.

In some instances, students will be required to share cameras. On these assignments, photography will take place within the confines of the class hour!

STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO CRITIQUE EACH OTHER AND GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK!

COMPUTERS...

If your computer is not ON...

Press the POWER BUTTON on the top of your assigned computer! (Button is the TRIANGLE on the top of the CPU)

Please do NOT touch the connectors
Please do not Plug anything into computer without permission

FIRST...let's log on to our computers

Click the BOTTOM LEFT..."Other User"
Enter your FRESNO UNIFIED email (ends with @fresnou.org)
and Password...Remember your password should contain ONE CAPITAL LETTER
(hint: it is on your class schedule at the top...keep this paper safe!)
Wait to computer to "get ready!"

LOGGING IN! Use your fresnou.org email and password!

PASSWORDS! If you forget your password in this class or any other class, DO NOT have it changed! Tech teachers keep a record of your passwords for you since we use many programs and utilize the same password!!!

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Housekeeping

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Organization is SUPER important in our technology world. Keeping files in order and creating certain methods makes life alot easier!

HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: Today you will make some changes to your computer and do a little housekeeping!