MIL

• Text


  A simple and flexible format of presenting information or conveying ideas whether hand-written, printed or displayed on-screen
• Text


  • It is very powerful in disseminating information, providing direction and giving suggestions
• Sources of formal text-based materials


  • News articles
  • Published books
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Advertisements
  • Research works
• Sources of informal text-based materials

  • Blogs
  • Personal e-mails
  • SMS or text messages
  • Online messengers
  • Social media platforms
• Formal text-based materials


  Created and distributed by established institutions (such as publishing companies, news agencies, etc.) and go through a rigorous process of editing or evaluation and are usually governed by censorship of the state
• Informal text-based materials


  Come from personal opinions or views on different issues, processes, etc.
• Typeface


  The representation or style of a text in the digital format, usually comprised of alphabets, numbers, punctuation marks, symbols and other special characters
• Text as visual


  • The use of various font types can express different emotions or meaning
• Emphasis


  The importance or value given to a part of the text-based content, can be achieved through making the text bold, italicized, heavier weight, darkened/lightened, or enlarged
• Appropriateness


  How fitting or suitable the text is used for a specific audience, purpose or event
• Proximity


  How near or how far the text elements are from each other
• Alignment


  How the text is positioned on the page, can be left, right, center or justified
• Organization


  A conscious effort to organize the different text elements on a page, can be achieved by creating a framework or compartments
• Repetition


  Consistency of elements and the unity of the entire design, achieved through repeating some typefaces within the page
• Contrast


  Creates visual interest to text elements, achieved by joining different elements like large font with small font, serif and sans serif, thin and thick, cool and warm colors

  
• Visual media and information

  Instruments, applications, etc. that teachers and/or students use to convey new information to help learn the uses, assessment, and creation of visual images
• Purpose of visual information

  • To gain attention, create meaning, and facilitate retention
• Examples of visual media

  • Photography
  • Video
  • Screenshots
  • Infographics
  • Data visualization (such as charts, graphs)
  • Comic Strips
  • Cartoons
  • Memes
  • Visual note-taking
• Types of visual media

  • Formally produced
  • Informally produced
• Visual design elements


  • Line
  • Shape
  • Value
  • Texture
  • Color
  • Form
• Line


  An outline that sometimes creates a shape, can be thick or thin, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, implied, actual, or contour
• Shape


  A form of an object that stands out, may be organic
• Value


  The lightness or darkness in a design, changes between black and white and all the tones in between
• Texture


  The way a platform feels or supposed to feel, added to draw or prevent interest to a visual element
• Color


  Determined by its hue (name of color), intensity (purity of the hue), and value (lightness or darkness of hue), can be used for emphasis or to elicit emotions, can be warm, cool, or neutral
• Form


  The volume or thickness of an object, the illusion of a 3-D object is created through the manipulation of light and shading
• Visual design principles


  • Consistency
  • Center of interest
  • Balance
  • Harmony
  • Contrast
  • Directional movement
  • Rhythm
  • Perspective
• Audio media and information


  Instruments, applications, programs, etc. that teachers and/or students use to convey new information to help learn the uses, assessment, and production of sound
• Purposes of audio


  • Give instruction or information
  • Provide feedback
  • To personalize or customize
• Types of audio information

  • Radio broadcast
  • Music
  • Sound recording
  • Sound clips/effects
  • Audio podcast
• Ways to store audio

  • Tape
  • CD
  • USB drive
  • Memory card
  • Computer hard drive
  • Internet/Cloud
• Different ways to store Audio

  • Tape
  • CD
  • USB drive
  • Memory Card
  • Computer hard drive
  • Internet/Cloud
• Different files formats of Audio

  • MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3)
  • M4A/AAC (MPEG-4 Audio/Advanced Audio Coding)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio)
• Characteristics of Sound


  • Volume
  • Tone
  • Pitch
• Elements of Sound


  • Dialogue
  • Waterfall
  • Sound Effects
  • Music
  • Silence
• Principles of Sound


  • Mixing
  • Pace
  • Transitions
  • Stereo Imaging
• Motion Media


  A media form with moving graphics or texts
• Purpose of motion media


  • To convey information in several ways
• Frame


  Each picture in a motion media
• 24 frames (0pictures) or more per second makes for a smooth animation