1. Design & Interactive Media

2. This class is for students who enjoy creativity and technology. Design, digital imaging, animation, web design, and video production are all included. Course Description

3. Career Opportunities Graphic, fashion, and interior design Photography and videography Web design and animation Advertising and journalism Game design Architecture Entrepreneur Illustrator Musician Product design

4. Garageband, IPhoto, IMovie

5. Accelerated Drawing

6. Digital Imaging

7. Design Basics

8. Animation

9. Website Design

10. College Credit Students who earn an A or B in my class are eligible for free college credit at one of these schools: Art Institutes International MN MM 2481 Introduction to Multimedia 4 Credits GD 1420 Image Manipulation 4 Credits

11. College Credit Century College VCT1013 Design Basics 4 Credits VCT 1018 Digital Imaging 3 Credits Dunwoody College GAPT112 Intro to Image Capture & Editing 3 Credits GAPT142 Vector Graphics 3 Credits

12. College Credit Dakota County Technical College VCOM 1010 Introduction to Adobe Photoshop 1 Credit VCOM 1410 Introduction to Illustrator 1 Credit

13. Typical Daily Schedule Warmup exercise in hands-on classroom: 20 minutes Software instruction and in class exercise: 20 minutes Lab time to work on larger projects During lab time I help students individually

14. Former Students Success Stories It's been quite a while since I was a student at NE Metro for the Graphics Design course (2003). Well, back then when we took a trip to the MN Art Institute, I remember talking to you about my future plans, which involved studying medicine and maybe doing some graphics or animation, even if as a hobby.I'm doing my final year in medicine at Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Santiago, Dominican Republic. My current goals include specializing in the US and possibly staying there for living or moving to Canada (for various reasons). I just remembered you, since I was taking a look at some Masters programs at University of Toronto and I saw one that had everything I liked, Biomedical Communicator. It is a 2 year program and the job options are almost endless. However I'm very into medicine now, but it's good to know that careers like this exist out there, and who knows if I could do that someday and start a business to go along with my practice...

15. Former Students’ Success Stories Jake Ender is now the lead designer at Liberty Skis in Colorado.

16. Equipment

17. Identity Project Letterhead Envelope Biz Card Resume Cover Letter Thank you Everything you need to start your own freelance business is included in this project

18. Cookbook Each year we team up with our school’s food service class and create a cookbook. Each student designs and produces one page of the book.

19. Speakers Robert Stephens, owner of Geek Squad, talking to the class about starting their own business.