🗓️ Before Class: Teacher Prep
- Gather/set out: Chromebook/computer with internet access, Semester 1 portfolio (for continuing students).
- If today includes physical/hands-on work: make sure the classroom cameras are charged, working, and have a cleared SD card ready for photo uploads.
- Pull up today's slide deck (see 🖥️ Slide Deck below) so it's ready to project.
- Heads-up -- This room is a mixed cohort: Because 9th and 10th grade share one classroom, some of the 10th-graders here are continuing from last semester's analog unit -- but others chose this pathway for the first time as 10th-graders and are just as new to it as a 9th-grader would be. Don't assume everyone already has the Unit 1-3 vocabulary and CPP account from last semester: use the two-track review built into this lesson, and keep pairing new students with continuing ones as informal peer mentors through the projects ahead.
🧑🏫 Substitute Teacher Guide
A scripted, step-by-step runsheet for today's class -- hand this to anyone covering the room who doesn't know the daily routine.
This room is a mixed cohort
Because 9th and 10th grade share one classroom, some of the 10th-graders here are continuing from last semester's analog unit -- but others chose this pathway for the first time as 10th-graders and are just as new to it as a 9th-grader would be. Don't assume everyone already has the Unit 1-3 vocabulary and CPP account from last semester: use the two-track review built into this lesson, and keep pairing new students with continuing ones as informal peer mentors through the projects ahead.
🎯 Essential Question
- What is ahead in the hands-on half of Digital Media Design, and where does each of us stand coming in?
📈 Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson (1 Day), students will be able to:
- Self-identify as either continuing (completed the analog Semester A) or new to the Digital Design pathway this term.
- Recall or preview the analog fundamentals (elements/principles, client & designer vocabulary) at the right depth for their group.
- Preview the projects ahead: 3D modeling, Photoshop production work, and a portfolio website.
- Confirm their Career Pathways (CPP) account information is still accurate and up to date.
📐 Standards Alignment
CDOS (Career Development & Occupational Studies)
- CDOS 1 — Career Development -- students will be able to explain the range of career choices, and identify personal interests, skills, and aptitudes that relate to those choices.
- CDOS 3b — Career Majors -- knowledge and skills required for success within a specific career pathway (here, Digital Design).
ACP (Adobe Certified Professional) Photoshop Exam Objectives
- ACP 1.1 — Identify the purpose, audience, and audience needs for preparing images.
🎓 Study this for the ACP exam: Domain 1: Working in the Design Industry
📚 Key Vocabulary
- Portfolio Website
- An online collection of a designer's work, used to showcase skills to colleges or employers.
- Production
- Creating finished, ready-to-use design work (as opposed to sketches or drafts).
🧰 Materials & Tools
- Chromebook/computer with internet access
- Semester 1 portfolio (for continuing students)
🧠 Do Now (Warm-Up)
Flip back through your Semester 1 portfolio (if you have one). What is one concept you want to get better at? If you are new to the class this term, write down one question you have about what's coming.
📋 Main Workshop / Lesson Sequence
- Do Now + quick show of hands: who is continuing from Semester A, and who is new to Digital Design this term? Note the split so later activities can be grouped accordingly (5 min).
- Two-track review (10 min): continuing students pair up and quiz each other on 3-4 vocabulary terms from last semester; new students get a condensed one-page preview of the core Unit 1-3 vocabulary (audience, copyright, project management, design principles) with a continuing student as a peer mentor if possible.
- Preview the semester together: show finished examples of the keychain, business card, pin, recipe poster, ink portrait, and portfolio website projects ahead (15 min).
- CPP account check-in: continuing students confirm their existing account info is current; new students complete first-time signup (school code, personal email, parent/guardian contact) with support (15 min).
✅ Assessment & Exit Ticket
Informal check: every student can name at least 2 projects coming up this semester.
Exit Ticket: Write one goal for this semester -- something specific you want to improve or create.
📊 Pull up the anonymous Class Check-In for students to fill out before they go.
🧩 Differentiation & Accommodations
English Language Learners: provide translated or bilingual glossaries, visuals, and sentence frames; pair with a peer for meaningful participation. Students with IEPs: provide extended time, step-by-step checklists, and one-on-one or small-group support as specified in each student's plan. Attention-related needs: break the task into smaller steps, use visual timers, and minimize distractions. Students who finish early: extend the task by adding a second design variation, mentoring a classmate, or writing a short reflection connecting today's skill to a career pathway.