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Week 7 Video 

"Who is my audience?"

My audience for this newsletter is mainly targeted towards students, but my goal is to keep it professional enough so that it still communicates my values as a teacher to the parents of those students. 

"What is my message?"

My message in this newsletter is to highlight who I am as a teacher, to introduce me, my work, and my values. 

Video 1:
The different commands such as Command D to drop in images, and the use of paragraph styles to easily format text to match across the entire newsletter.

Video 2:
The ability to wrap text, and honestly just what wrapped text even looks like because I didn't know before this video.

Video 3:
How to fit an image on a page without distorting it or drastically changing the scale.

Video 4:
The Properties and Pages panel to navigate the pages and impact their style and layout.

1. Do you think creating a classroom newsletter is an effective way to communicate with your audience? Why or Why Not?
I think it could be for a younger audience, but for the age group that I plan to teach (highschool) I think it could come off as a bit cheesy.
2. What did you think about the process of creating a newsletter using Adobe Creative Suite Tools?
I enjoyed it, but I did not find it to be a very easy task, but that is probably due to my lack of skills, which I hope to grow in the future. 
3. How did this project strengthen your digital /new media skills?
This project definitely helped me hone my beginning skills in InDesign by forcing me to learn how to use them by needing them to be used throughout the project. 

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