final self evaluation

Criteria	Exceeds Expectations	Fully Meets Expectations	Minimally Meets Expectations	Approaching Expectations	Does Not Meet Expectations
Responsibility Initiative Quality of work Works well independently	Follows instructions willingly and has learned routines and actively looks to fulfill role.  Initiates routines and tasks on their own without direct request.	Follows instructions willingly and initiates most of the time.  Demonstrates persistence in carrying out tasks/routines.	Shows some initiative but usually has to be asked.  Completes assigned tasks courteously and cheerfully but may need direction.  (*OR* student ability to take responsibility significantly improved over the course of the semester.)	Needs constant supervision and/or direction.  Always has to be directed to do tasks.	Fails to complete work despite support.
Skill Development Time management Efficiency Problem solving	Demonstrates initiative in improving specific tasks.  Demonstrates a willingness to learn new skills as required.  Completes more than the expected work in a timely manner.  Shows creativity and/or a problem solving approach.	Has a thoughtful and energetic approach to assigned tasks.  Demonstrates above average competence in completing routines/tasks.  Completes work in a timely manner.	Works to master all of the routines/tasks in the course.  Asks questions about unfamiliar tasks.  Usually completes work in a timely manner.  Shows competency in skill development. (*OR* student began semester poorly and improved significantly throughout the course.)	The majority of tasks are generally incomplete or not acceptable.  Uses time poorly.	No tasks complete despite support.
Relationships Cooperation Positive attitude Attentive listening Friendly Seeks new relationships Practices healthy relationship skills	Cooperates fully with others.  Initiates interactions with others in a positive and considerate way.  Takes initiative to instruct others in an effective and encouraging way. Regularly practices compassion and non-judgment. Resolves conflict respectfully.	Cooperates with others.  Considerate of others in completion of tasks.  Often interacts with others in a positive and considerate way.  Usually instructs other when appropriate.  Attempts to be compassionate and non-judgmental most of the time.  Manages conflict appropriately.	Usually cooperates with others.  Interacts with others when requested.  Instructs others when requested.  Aspires to be compassionate and non-judgmental towards self or others.  Attempts to avoid conflict and therefore rarely attempts to work through conflicts respectfully.  (*OR* Student clearly demonstrated growth in relationship skills over the course of the semester.)	Does not cooperate with others.  Avoids interactions.  Lacks proficiency to instruct others.  Unable to express compassion and/or behaves judgmentally.  Initiates conflict through disrespectful conduct.	With words or physical violence attempts to harm others.  May bully, hit, regularly demean, or otherwise abuse others.  Does not take responsibility for their actions and may claim they are “just joking” or “just playing.”
Reliability Attendance Punctuality Completion of tasks Able to follow instructions	Attends regularly and is punctual.  All absences and/or lates are excused. Tasks are done well and go above and beyond the expressed expectations.	Regular attendance and punctuality.  All absences and/or lates are excused.  Tasks are done well.	Regular attendance and punctuality with only a few absences (less than three unexcused absences/lates per term.  Tasks are generally completed satisfactorily.  (*OR* student started off with poor attendance and/or punctuality and then significantly improved.)	Many absences (more than three unexcused absences per term) or late often (late more than three times per term).  Tasks are generally incomplete or not followed through or done poorly.	Does not generally attend and/or submits no work.
Reflection Self Awareness Honesty and thoroughness on self-evaluations (including this one)	Self-evaluations completed with a great deal of care and insight.  Student demonstrates a clear understanding of their own strengths and takes pride in their successes.  Student is aware of their challenges and consciously looks for ways to use their strengths to meet those challenges.	Self-evaluations completed with care.  Student understands that they have both strengths and challenges.  Student actively seeks guidance when they are unsure of how to develop their strengths or meet their challenges.  Self-awareness is growing.  Student answers all questions thoroughly.	Self-evaluations completed with marginal effort, i.e. answers lack the requisite level of detail.  May resist asking for help from the teacher or peers.  May assert that they have neither strengths nor challenges and demonstrate a lack of openness to constructive criticism.  (*OR* Student began semester completely resistant to self-evaluations and now accepts them as a useful practice.)	Student has paid very little attention to self-evaluations.  May use phrases like “No,” “Nothing,” “I don’t know,” as a way of resisting growth of self-awareness and metacognition--i.e. unable to “think about how they think.”	Student has failed to complete a single self-evaluation.

1) I could help ensure a pleasant and safe environment in the classroom in the future by helping other students when they need help, listen to the teacher when she talks so people can also concentrate.

2) My strategy i employed to help myself be more engaged in the class was to search more cool things about photoshop online and try to learn more new things and make more projects on photoshop. After producing a project i feel successful.

3) I never knew how to use photoshop and i thought it was a very complicated thing to use. I never thought i would be able to use it that well. I always thought that those computer geniuses are the only people that can use photoshop or other stuff well. But after using photoshop during this semester, i understood how it works. I think my creativity stood out in my work.

4) I thought photoshop was the topic i was most interested in. I always got help from friends and my brother. Even though we don’t have photoshop at home, he still taught me many things from online websites.

5) I am most proud of my final self project. I tried so many different things for my project but nothing really stood out until one day i was hungry and i thought of gingerbread man. I really liked my project but the color was a bit dark. Just like what Ms.Koch said, when you first look at my project you’ll think that i was in a bad mood so that my project was very gloomy, it does have this funeral feel when you first look at it. I tried really hard working on my project, and i wanted to produce a very nice project for the end of the year.

6) The most significant thing i learned this semester in Digital Imagery is using photoshop. Photoshop is a very useful software that many people are good at using it. Some people use photoshop for many different cases, some people use photoshop for fun. Photoshop is also useful because people make ads from photoshop because of all the effect it has. The better the ad is, the more people that’ll be interested in your company or anything.

self project

LEARNING LOG ( May. 16th. 2012)

I was doing my self project today. I tried to think of something interesting to work on for my self project.
I didn't search anything online today except for pictures.
I tried different effects for my picture and i thought it was very cool.
I was thinking: Is my project too plain?
Today's lesson was to get my work done.

LEARNING LOG (May. 14th. 2012)

I searched on how to add shadow and glow effect to my picture on photoshop.
I learnt that there are many different types of shadows effects.
I found the website very interesting because it also shows what i should do when i have layered images.
My question was: Will my layers be updated when i change the images around?
Today's class for me was to learn how to add shadow to my image.
My connection was that i learnt another tool for photoshop.

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-add-shadow-and-glow-effects-in-photoshop-el.html

LEARNING LOG (May. 10th. 2012)

I searched on how to add lighting to my picture for photoshop.
I learnt that i can use the "gloss" button to work on my lighting.
The different tools for lighting were interesting. There were 4.
My question was: Will my picture look good if i add lighting to it? Some pictures looks better with darker lighting, or i shall say no lighting at all.
Today's class for me was to learn how to add brightness to my picture.
My connection was to get to know all the different tools on photoshop because photoshop has many different tools.

http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/add-lighting-effects.html

LEARNING LOG (May. 8th. 2012)

I searched on how to add special effect on photoshop.
I learnt how to create a custom brush from my own freehand signature, and use it for stamping my mark on my images.
I found adding shadows to pictures was really interesting.
My question was: How can i make my picture cool with the effects, for my effects to match my picture?
Today's class for me was to learn more about the different effects photoshop has.
My connection with last class was both about effects on photoshop.

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshoptutorialseffects/Photoshop_Tutorials_for_Popular_Special_Effects.htm

LEARNING LOG (May. 4th. 2012)

I searched on creative photoshop on google and there was a website on how to make your facebook timeline cool by using photoshop.
I learnt that using the photoshop pictures as your facebook timeline is very cool.
I found a picture very interesting on the website that had a very cool effect.
The website didn't tell me how i can make a cool timeline cover picture, it just showed me pictures of people that has cool timeline covers.
Today's class was kind of like an entertainment class for me. I searched on some stuff that wasn't related to my project, but it was really cool.
I don't think there was any connection other than using photoshop to make cool pictures.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/creative-facebook-timeline-covers/

LEARNING LOG (May. 2nd. 2012)

I learnt more about creative photoshop things and photo effects from this website.
I learnt how to add a sparkle trail on photoshop.
I found everything interesting, the most interesting thing i found was to make a strong impression to a picture by using color blend techniques.
The website didn't show me any tutorials so i wonder how can i make all the effects?
The point of today's lesson was for me to get to know the awesome stuff that i can do with photoshop.
I connected my class today with last class by searching more about photoshop.

http://www.iyiz.com/32-awesome-photoshop-photo-effects/

LEARNING LOG (April. 30th. 2012)

I searched creative tutorials on google and i got a really good website that I can refer to.
I learnt how to make a soft grunge product ad design in photoshop.
Everything was interesting because this website gave me 100 tutorials for creative things on photoshop.
My question was: Are all the tools the same for the newest version of photoshop and the old version of photoshop?
The point of today's class was for me to find more information of how to make my final project more creative.
For my previous lesson, i connected them by searching the effects on photoshop. Last class i searched on the brush painting tools.

http://creativenerds.co.uk/tutorials/100-photoshop-tutorials-for-learning-photo-manipulation/ 

Self Evaluation ~

Criteria	Expectations	Key Questions
Growth New Learning & Improving	EE FME MME AE DNME	How does this work compare to previous work by same person?	I think i did better in this work than planning. I tried hard to finish all my work in this class.
		Does it show more feeling and expressiveness?	Yes, I paid more attention.
		Does it show more thought?	Yes
		Does it show more skill?	Yes
Creativity & Unexpected Discoveries	EE FME MME AE DNME	How original, innovative, and daring is the work?	I tried very hard so my work is pretty good. The links Ms.Koch showed us was very useful.
		Does it extend or change from past work done by same student?	Yes, i never used photoshop before or pictures layering things.
Fulfills Assignment	EE FME MME AE DNME	How well does the work solve the problems outlined in this assignment?	I tried to figure out things about the project we were doing and i did some research online for the stuff i dont get.
		Are the variations from the assignment made for a valid reason?	Yes, There were different aspects of the projects and different materials.
Care	EE FME MME AE DNME	Is the making of the work appropriate for the style of art being made?	Yes, the pictures were appropriate.
		Didn't rush to get it done, but paid attention to consistency in the work.	Yes, i paid attention to consistency in the work.
Helpful	EE FME MME AE DNME	Was the student cooperative & generous in discussions & in helping others without doing it for them?	Yes, Jessica helped me alot with stuff on photoshop.
		Were good questions asked?	I asked most of the questions.
Work Habits	EE FME MME AE DNME	Did the student stay on the job?	Yes, I was working on my projects every class and trying to make them look as good as possible.
		Were conversations with classmates about the artwork, not other topics?	Yes, I questioned a lot about photoshop because i never used it before.
Composition And Design	EE FME MME AE DNME	Experimenting with principles of design and composition used to make the visual elements work well?	Yes, I understand how layering works now after searching online.
		Experiments to achieve unity and variation to achieve evocative work?	Yes, i can layer pictures without any questions nows.

*Adapted from “Art Rubric - an Artwork Assessment Form by Marvin Bartel”