Blog 14: Independent Component 1

Literal
(a) I, Emma Seyffert, affirm that I completed my independent component that represents 30 hours of work.
(b) My mentor is Mimi Orth. She can be reached at:

morth@herffjones.com

(626)798-1680

(c) Here are my hours!

(d) For this project, I worked with my designers, adviser, photographers, and mentor to complete the cover and endsheets for the 2013 yearbook. We had to retake the picture several times and argued over the design for hours and hours.

Interpretive

These two aspects of the yearbook are arguably the most important pieces of the whole project. They are the first and last things that everyone is going to see while looking through this book. They either catch eyes, or turn them off, and make them not want to get a book.

here's the cover!

Applied

This helped prepare me for the details and time that it was going to take to make the rest of the book. When things went wrong with the internet, the uploading process, or packaging our files, it helped to clarify what exactly it was that we were going to be doing for the rest of the year. We made mistakes early in the year, so that we could learn from them and not make them again.

Blog 13: 30 Minute Lesson Plan

I'm excited for my 30 minute presentation!

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. What is the best way to make a yearbook that reflects your student population?
2. What else do you think could answer this question?
3. How do you come up with a theme to reflect the students best?
4. How do you know if it's well received?
5. How do you define reflect?
6. How do you please everybody?
7. Is it possible to please everyone in some way? Why or why not?
8. How do you put aside your own personal thoughts to make a book that the students will like more as a whole, even if you don't agree?
9. What is the hardest part of the process?
10. What are some tips for including everyone at school in the book?

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1.) My mentorship is carried out wherever Mimi is. That means that it can be in Strand's classroom when she comes to help us out with our book, or at Walnut High School for a design workshop. It really just depends on what we're planning on tackling for the day.
2.) Mimi Orth is my contact.
3.) I've worked for a total of  15 hours and 42 minutes with my mentor.
4.) In a nutshell, we created the first deadline for our yearbook. Mimi helped us get everything organized, and solved a lot of the technical problems we were having. She taught us a lot of ways to tighten up our designs, and just helped the spreads look better than they would have without her.