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On Prezi.com, students will plan a family vacation, listing the destination, creating an itinerary, keeping track of budget, and making a basic presentation. This vacation is to be within the Continental United States. (does not include Hawaii or Alaska)

Students are to choose a global issue learned in class (or another issue not discussed in class provided they can successfully discuss it) and create a public service announcement script. In the PSA students are to raise awareness for the issue by briefly describing the issue, and providing relevant and accurate facts, and finally encouraging viewers to take positive action concerning the issue.

Below is the criteria for a well-planned and designed Business Card. The program used is Photoshop. You must have the following: 3.75 inches for the width and 2.25 inches for the height, resolution set to 200 pixels/inch, 1 logo, a contact name with position title, Twitter handle or email address and a phone number.

Students will use skills learned from PhotoShop tutorials to create a Super Bowl Poster in Photoshop. Your poster size should be 11" x 17" and include: a sponsor (For example, Pepsi), date, Super Bowl number and a team or athlete as your background image.

In an cooperative learning group, students will create a ticket representing one sport for the 2014 Sochi Olympics on Photoshop. Your ticket should be 2" wide by 6" high. Then on Microsoft Word, your research should include: sport title, how it is done, how it is judged, biography of athlete competing in 2014 Olympics in that sport and picture of the sport.

Students (in groups) will analyze specific amendments. They then will present and debate their analyses, by amendment using Photoshop. The students will conclude by holding a secret ballot on which of the twelve amendments should be ratified. These will be shared with their peers.

The students will use the Internet to research the Women Liberation's Movement. Each student will obtain 5 facts and add 3 of their personal opinions regarding the selected topic. Using Images from the Internet, the student will create a flyer on Photoshop related to the selected issue. They will copy and paste picture(s) and to label their facts/opinions. The flyer will be submitted for a grade.

The student, in a cooperative learning group, will be able to identify and use alternative methods of conflict resolution by investigating the Principles of Nonviolence developed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assignment will be completed on Photoshop.

Produce a collage using 8-10 pictures/photos/images from the internet that reflect/play off of your theme. You must show evidence that learning the photoshop software has taken place.

Use a holiday image and recreate the image with only text along paths.

Produce a photo montage portfolio of twenty five composites using the photoshop techniques learned in class personal interests. Be aware of pixels in images. You must show evidence that learning the components relevant to photoshop software has taken place.