Day 16: Keyboard shortcuts & Setting Internet Proxies

Wow, we learned a lot today, I think, can you think of 11 keyboard shortcuts that you know now?
Then, remember what step you are at when you finally get to the internet connection settings in the browser? There were at least 15 steps from login to surfing the web in Firefox or Flock!

Day14-15: Intro to Google Apps

Today we caught the link on the homepage to start playing with our wjps personal start pages. Ms. Dryg is also going to transfer the video files for each class to student computers since all teh footage is on one tape. Please use the information from today to activate your new personal webspace for scholarly pursuits, and poke around a little to see what features you can find and customize. Maybe send out some test emails to classmates?

Day12-13: Intro to iMovie, video production software

1. open iMovie HD
2. select New project
3. give your project a name
4. select Movies in the left window pane
5. click on create
6. *very important* in iMovie, turn letterboxing off!
   
7. check camera connection(with 4-6pin firewire cable)
8. turn camera on to Play
9. import video footage, raw footage
10. create video cuts to cut out unwanted
    

Day 10-11: Portfolio Design

In class we are using design specifications, or "specs" to create a design on the cover of our art portfolio folders. Here are those "specs":

• 2"border marked out
• the border contains one or more patterns of your own design
• inside the borders, on the front and back you will fill the remaining space with shapes
• one side will contain organic shapes or objects
• one side will contain inorganic shapes or objects
  

Day 8-9: Standards for Percieving Magazine Photographs

As stated in the course description on day 1, students are evaluated by specific standards of performance and participation.
Follow this link to see what the standards are for this project:
http://wjps.org/arttech0708/storywriting.htm

In your notebook, write a reflection on this project from start to finish; from getting the photo to performing your play. This writing exercise should be a paragraph or two.
Some ideas to write about:

• What did you do?
• How well did you do it?
• What did you learn?
• Did you like this process?
  

Day 5-7: Percieving Magazine Photos

You received a magazine photograph with at least 2 people in it. You and your partner for this project will use your powers of perception to create a story from what you see in the photo. You will need to decide which two people that you will use as the main characters in your story. Then you will use your story to write a script for a 1 minute play.
Begin by deciding on:

• setting
• characters
• plot, maybe there is a Beginning, middle, and end or a conflict and resolution

Each member of your group or partnership must write a copy of the script to use in your performance. The script should have a heading that includes: Plot, Setting, and student names, followed by the exact words and actions that each character will perform. You and your partner will be the actors that perform your play!

Day 4: Perceiving an object

You received a small object to perceive. You were asked to observe your object for 3 minutes, place the object under your chair and recall the perceptions that got stored in your short term memory. After recording as much as you could, we looked at our objects again and added to our lists anything that we may have missed in our memory. Using any writing tool available to us, we each did a sketch of our objects. If you missed class today you may follow this procedure and bring your paper in for makeup credit.

Day 3: Perception Walk

We took our clipboards out of the classroom and into the world to practice our powers of perception. We used these senses to percieve our surroundings in more detail than usual:

• sight
• sound
• touch
• smell
• taste
• common sense
• instinct
• inquiry
  
• experience
• problem solving
  

Day 2: Habits

From the previous blog, we discussed the Habits of conduct:

1. Participate Fully
2. Be Kind
3. Be Safe
4. Take care of our Space

and examples of what each habit is.
Also, we agreed these habits will help all students to be successful.
We began our discussion of perception and what it means.

Course Description and Contract for Success

6-7 Art & Tech

WJPS

Fall 2007

Teacher: Renee Dryg contact: ms.dryg@gmail.com

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Welcome to Art and Technology for middle school at WJPS! We are so excited that you are here!

There is so much to learn and so many stories to tell, especially your own story!

Parents and Students, please read the Course descrition and expectations that follow, and print and sign the Contract for Success in this course. Thank you in advance for your participation.

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We will use the STANDARDS^1,2 to practice using these tools to develop LITERACY³ :

• Elements of Art
• Principles of Design
• Read-Write web(iGoogle, do you?)
• Productivity Software

Our goal is to be able to present what we can do and what we know in all situations!

Our ACTIVITIES will be:

• percieving
• describing
• typing
• blogging
• presenting
• drawing
• painting
• photography
• videography
• performing

Our TOPICS will come from:

• Humanities
• Sciences
• Arts
• Technology⁴

Students are EVALUATED according to project and portfolio RUBRICS⁵

• meets and exceeds all standards:4:A
• meets all standards:3:B
• meets some standards and needs to improve in other areas:2:C
• below standards and needs improvement:1:N
• is not performing and needs intervention:0:F

EXPECTATIONS

It is expected that all students will:

• participate fully
• be kind
• be safe
• take care of our space

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns at the above email address at any time with questions or concerns. You may also leave a telephone message at the school, please specify the return telephone number you prefer and the best time to reach you. My contact hours will be updated shortly.

Looking forward to a great year!!!!