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Emma E. Booker Elementary School

Emma E. Booker Elementary School. 3rd Grade Career Expo Friday, May 1, 2009 Do you want to be a Graphic Designer?. Favorite Subjects. Art / Drawing Graphic Design / Illustration Computer Art / Websites / HTML 2D/3D Animation. Extracurricular Activities. Yearbook Staff

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Emma E. Booker Elementary School

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  1. Emma E. BookerElementary School 3rd Grade Career ExpoFriday, May 1, 2009 Do you want to be a Graphic Designer?

  2. Favorite Subjects • Art / Drawing • Graphic Design / Illustration • Computer Art / Websites / HTML • 2D/3D Animation

  3. Extracurricular Activities • Yearbook Staff • Middle School Cover Art Design • High School YB Staff • Won an award for selling the most business ads for the back of my H.S. yearbook • Yearbook Advisor • Completed 160 page school book

  4. Winter Recess & Spring Break • USA & Foreign Travel • Visiting city museums, galleries and art exhibits • Ringling Museum/Cá Da’Zan • Salvador Dali in St. Pete • Philadelphia Museum of Art • Moma and The Met in New York City • Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan • Paris, France • Venice, Florence and Rome, Italy

  5. Summer Vacations • Art Camp • USDAN, Long Island, NY • Creative and Performing Art Camp • Belvoir Terrace, Lenox, MA • A Fine and Performing Arts Camp for Girls • Internships • Got to test the waters to see if I enjoyed working in the Graphic Design field

  6. Visual Learning • Graphic Design, Computer Art, Digital Photography, Museum visits, Art Camp and Internships gave me a visual understanding of the world in which we live and an appreciation for different types of art, color and space. • It also helped me see if I liked my chosen career.

  7. Favorite Job Parts • I enjoy the variety of projects and people that I get to meet. • I’m not sitting at a desk all day. • I work on top of the line computers. • I get to use the latest software. • I am constantly learning in order to stay up to date and current.

  8. Two Jobs • Art Teacher / Computer Teacher • Teach students of all ages about Computer Graphics and Graphic Design. • Freelance Consultant • Design newsletters, take digital photos, create websites, make video games, movie special effects, and animation.

  9. Job Training • Electives taken in Elementary School, Middle School and High School. • College and Graduate School that was specific to my chosen career. • On-the-Job Training. • Seminars, expos, reading, watching movies and asking a lot of questions.

  10. The Hardest Part • Staying current and up-to-date with constantly changing technology. • Learning new software and hardware. • Staying one step ahead of my students, and coming up with exciting lesson plans. • Moving from job to job. • Not a lot of stability.

  11. When did I know? • I asked my parents that question once; and they replied that I made up my mind when I was 5 years old. • I have always loved color, space and light. • I have always loved taking photos and making pictures. • I am a visual person. • I enjoy variety and learning.

  12. In Conclusion • Being a Graphic Designer and a Computer Artist is a fun and exciting way to help make the world more colorful and more beautiful. • The projects that you get to work on are glamorous projects that a lot of people see.

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