A | 09.19.18| Wednesday

What publication did this photograph appear in? What is the photographers name?

Announcements:

• LAST CHANCE If you got the Creating Complex Art back with a sticky note on it saying to fix your DAM – please resubmit the hard copy – otherwise it will be late and you will lose a letter grade! They are currently marked late but I will remove if you submit today.
• Equipment return: Chieftain, Viktoria, Brandon, Jordan, Susmita, Gabe, Prajwal, Noel
• Check email, check blog, check Powerschool – many missing assignments. 
• 10/10 – our first field trip! Leaving at 10:40. Hand in bagged lunch form!
• 10/24 – second field trip to Lane Press. Leaving at 9:40, back in time for lunch.

Today’s Lesson Plan:

• Morning meeting @ 10:00 a.m today, to accommodate students returning equipment, checking email/powerschool and organizing and prioritizing
  • Review of Employability Rubric. This is 20% of your grade!
• Finish Mounting Procedure. 
  • print & mount your 5 complex objects in AI piece. This piece will be displayed in the lab. print your piece on tabloid sized paper (unless your original document is 8.5 x 11, then output onto 8.5 x 11 paper). If you will have a white border around your work, be mindful that the white space is equal.
  • Hang in lab at your spot on the cork board,  use push pins on the corners
  • Due: EOD today
• Read: PortraitPhotography Worktime Portrait Assignment
  • due date TBD but probably Friday EOD, stay tuned
• Sketchbook Assignment #3 – See Below – Due next Tuesday: Sept 25th. Reminder – spend a minimum of 30 minutes on each sketchbook assignment. You have an entire week to work on these.
• 12:45 p.m. Moving day! We will move seats this afternoon. Mercedes, Gabe and Shakur you are staying put. Everyone else, please take everything off of your desktops and backup on the server! Clean up all your papers and be ready to move to your new spot.

 Due Dates:

• Sketchbook Assignment #2 overdue. Be mindful of the grading policy if your work is more than one week late (without prior approval) it will not be accepted and remain a zero

Homework:

• Research famous Portraits and Portrait Photographers – be able to name at least two and tell me about their work. Due: by beginning of day tomorrow (will be a wipe board assignment)

Upcoming dates:

• 9.20.18 CTE program Open House | 6-8 pm
• 9.24.18 Field Trip to Lane press at 9:40.
• 9.28.18 Progress Reports close
• 10.10.18 Field Trip to Ben & Jerry’s

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A | 09.19.18 | Wednesday (2nd year)

 

Announcements

• What publication did this photograph appear in? What is the photographers name?
• Myla: we need to provide you with the script for the T-shirt assembly- it’s coming
• Who is coming to open house Thursday night?

Projects/Assignments/Client Work  

• 19009 CTE Tshirt Assembly poster design: Makayla 
  • resend PDF (smallest file size), ask for permission to print and confirm how many
• 19015 CTE Meet & Greet postcard: Daniel
  • archive files (after lesson on archiving client files)
• 19010 Essex Hornet Nordic Logo: Myla
  • on hold
  • locate vector art and/or request from client
  • first thumbnails to instructor for review. Due: EOD Thursday 9.20.18
• 19026 DCM promotion:viewbook & website: Myla
  • meet with instructor to review scope of project
• 19011 Residential Building Trades Logo: Daniel
  • first thumbnails to instructor for review. Due: EOD Thursday, 9.20.18
• 19016 Rusty Iron Ranch Logo: Shyanne
  • send follow up email to client
  • review photos and get a feel for the ranch
• 19018 EHS Fall Choir Concert poster: Makayla
  • review last years file
  • see email from client on content/theme
  • send intro email to client
  • sketch out thumbnails. Once instructor approved begin building comp/s
  • first comp to client……… let’s try to get it to them by Friday 9.21.18
• 19001 CTE Community Appreciation event postcards and posters: Kayley
  • review last year’s file
  • waiting client response
  • begin thumbnails…..
• 19024 CTE Coop brochure updates: Myla
  • Meet with instructor to review file
  • Send intro email to client and request the changes to be made
• 19008 Children’s Book: The Vaccuum Adventure
  • Kayley and Mikayla: meet with instructor to review process/timeline etc
  • illustrator: Kayley, art director: Mikayla
• ALL: client project rubric review @ 9:45
• ALL: Passion Project:  Create a schedule and begin work. Projects are due 12.12.18

Due Dates:

• ALL: Passion Project:  DUE 12.12.18

Upcoming Dates

• 9.20.18 CTE program Open House | 6-8 pm
• 9.28.18 Q1 Progress Reports close
• 10.11.18 Woman Can Do conference
• 10.10.18 Ben & Jerry’s design department tour. Bus departs @ 10:40 a.m. and we will return at 12:30. You need need to have a bagged lunch (we will put an order into cafeteria)
• 10.18.18 & 10.19.18 No school for students
• 11.1.18 & 11.2.18 CTE Community Appreciation Days
• 11.2.18 Q1 Grade closes
• 11.7.18 Burton tour. Bus departs @ 9:40 and we will return before lunch
• 11.19.18.thru 11.23.18 School Break
• 12.7.18 Q2 Progress report closes
• 12.12.18 Passion Project due
• 12.24.18 through 1.1.19 School break (and happy new year)

B | 09.18.18| Tuesday

Announcements:

• There IS school tomorrow for CVU students: Students will need to get themselves to CVU that morning to get on the bus.  There will be NO early stops and only ONE pick up at CVU in the AM.
• English today at 11:15, lunch at 12:15. We are keeping this schedule for the rest of the year – yay!
• If you got the Creating Complex Art back with a sticky note on it saying to fix your DAM – please resubmit the hard copy – otherwise it will be marked late!
• Equipment return: no one today
• Check email, check blog, check Powerschool
• 10/10 – our first field trip! Leaving at 10:40. Hand in bagged lunch form!
• 10/24 – second field trip to Lane Press. Leaving at 9:40, back in time for lunch.

Today’s Lesson Plan:

Write on your Whiteboards:

• Three Parts of a camera that you read about.
• Two types of photography you are interested in learning about.
• One Really cool idea for a project.

 

• Everyone who got to use a camera yesterday afternoon, work with Mrs. Brown in the back room to learn Mounting Procedure.
• Everyone who was out yesterday afternoon, we will discuss photography!

Afternoon work time:

• New Assignment: Portrait Assignment
• Sketchbook Assignment #3 – See Below – Due next Tuesday: Sept 25th. Reminder – spend a minimum of 30 minutes on each sketchbook assignment. You have an entire week to work on these.
• 
• Everyone who did not do Mounting Procedure this morning, meet in the back room at 12:45

 Due Dates:

• Sketchbook Assignment #2 Today!
• Was due last Friday: Jack and Jill

Homework:

• Keep up to date with Photo Assignments, sketchbooks etc.

Upcoming dates:

• 9.20.18 CTE program Open House | 6-8 pm
• 9.24.18 Field Trip to Lane press at 9:40.
• 9.28.18 Progress Reports close
• 10.10.18 Field Trip to Ben & Jerry’s

B | 09.18.18 | Tuesday (2nd year)

 

Announcements

• TODAY @ 10:30: Focus Group on technical education with Mr. Jay Ramsey from VT Agency of Education. 10:30 in the CTE conference room (across from student services)
• lunch at 12:15. We are keeping this schedule for the rest of the year – yay!
• Shyanne: please hand in one copy of your personal design studio stationery (letterhead, business card and notecard) paper clipped together and placed in the hand in box on the conference room table. Was due yesterday
• Myla: we need to provide you with the script for the T-shirt assembly- stay tuned
• Shyanne: meet with Mrs. Brown (college stuff)
• 10/10 – Ben & Jerry’s field trip/ Lunch options:
  • Bagged cafeteria lunch (only cafeteria option as we will not be returning in time)
  •  bring a lunch from home and leave it in DCM.
  • If you want the bagged cafeteria lunch, the form is at your work station, please fill it out and place in the hand in box by EOD today

Projects/Assignments/Client Work  

• 19009 CTE Tshirt Assembly poster design: Makayla 
  • see client response (email)
  • make revisions and resend PDF (smallest file size)
• 19015 CTE Meet & Greet postcard: Daniel
  • archive files (after lesson on archiving client files)
• 19010 Essex Hornet Nordic Logo: Myla
  • on Hold. Waiting on confirmation from client
  • locate vector art and/or request from client
  • first comps to instructor for review. Due: EOD Thursday 9.20.18
• 19016 Rusty Iron Ranch Logo: Shyanne
  • send follow up email to client
  • review photos and get a feel for the ranch
  • first thumbnails to instructor for review. Due: EOD Thursday, 9.20.18
• 19011 Residential Building Trades Logo: Daniel
  • first thumbnails to instructor for review. Due: EOD Thursday, 9.20.18
• 19018 EHS Fall Choir Concert poster: Makayla
  • review last years file
  • see email from client on content/theme
  • send intro email to client
  • sketch out thumbnails. Once instructor approved begin building comp/s
  • first comp to client……… let’s try to get it to them by Friday 9.21.18
• 19001 CTE Community Appreciation event postcards and posters: Kayley
  • review last year’s file
  • waiting client response
  • begin thumbnails…..
• 19024 CTE Coop brochure updates: Myla
  • Meet with instructor to review file
  • Send intro email to client and request the changes to be made
• Head’s up for ALL: design studio processes lesson: work folders, client contact, archiving. We will begin at 11:15 today
• ALL: Illustration Project: Children’s Book: The Vaccuum Adventure
  • Kayley and Mikayla: meet with instructor to review process/timeline etc
  • illustrator: Kayley, art director: Mikayla
• ALL: Passion Project:  Create a schedule and begin work. Projects are due 12.12.18

Due Dates:

• ALL: Passion Project:  DUE 12.12.18
• ALL: Tomorrow: VT Agency of Education Focus group 9.18.18 @ 10:30 in the CTE conference room. Dress code: business casual

Upcoming Dates

• 9.20.18 CTE program Open House | 6-8 pm
• 9.28.18 Q1 Progress Reports close
• 10.11.18 Woman Can Do conference
• 10.10.18 Ben & Jerry’s design department tour. Bus departs @ 10:40 a.m. and we will return at 12:30. You need need to have a bagged lunch (we will put an order into cafeteria)
• 10.18.18 & 10.19.18 No school for students
• 11.1.18 & 11.2.18 CTE Community Appreciation Days
• 11.2.18 Q1 Grade closes
• 11.7.18 Burton tour. Bus departs @ 9:40 and we will return before lunch
• 11.19.18.thru 11.23.18 School Break
• 12.7.18 Q2 Progress report closes
• 12.12.18 Passion Project due
• 12.24.18 through 1.1.19 School break (and happy new year)

A | 09.17.18| Monday

Announcements:

• Accuplacer and Digital Photo vouchers: Emmy will pop in today to finish up with these students who did not complete the process on Friday
• Mercedes –  Accuplacer, update an instructor on when you take the Accuplacer
• Equipment return: no one today
• Check email, check blog, check Powerschool
• 10/10 – our first field trip! Sign up for bagged lunch on the front table.

Today’s Lesson Plan:

Write on your Whiteboards:

• Three Principles of Design that you think you understand.
• Two Principles of Design that you feel you need more practice.
• One Idea how Principles can help you as a designer.

 

DAM – Digital Assets Management. All Tutorial go in the Tutorials folder. All Assignments go in your Assignment folder in a sub folder named after the project.

Example: Assignment Folder: Creating Complex Art Folder: CreatingComplexArt_EMS.ai

• Adobe Illustrator: Organize content with Layers,  Add images and artistic effects

 Due Dates:

• Sketchbook Assignment #2 Tomorrow 9/18!
• Was due last Friday: Jack and Jill

Homework:

• Reading: what are the components of a digital camera
  and Parts of the camera Slides 8-14

• sketchbook-1-three-objects . OVERDUE
• Sketchbook Assignment #2 due 9/18!

Upcoming dates:

• 9.20.18 CTE program Open House | 6-8 pm
• 9.28.18 Progress Reports close

A | 09.17.18 | Monday (2nd year)

 

Announcements

• Welcome to Monday, this day in 1952 “I am an American Day” & “Constitution Day” renamed “Citizenship Day”
• CWE Paperwork: Kayley!!! 🙂
• All: please hand in one copy of your personal design studio stationery (letterhead, business card and notecard) paper clipped together and placed in the hand in box on the conference room table. Due today
• 10/10 – our first field trip! Sign up for bagged lunch on the front table.

Projects/Assignments/Client Work  

• 19009 CTE Tshirt Assembly poster design: Makayla 
  • see client response (email)
  • make revisions and resend PDF (smallest file size)
• 19015 CTE Meet & Greet postcard: Daniel
  • archive files (after lesson on archiving client files)
• 19010 Essex Hornet Nordic Logo: Myla
  • send introduction email to client
  • locate vector art and/or request from client
  • first comps to instructor for review. Due: EOD Thursday 9.20.18
• 19016 Rusty Iron Ranch Logo: Shyanne
  • send follow up email to client
  • review photos and get a feel for the ranch
  • first thumbnails to instructor for review. Due: EOD Thursday, 9.20.18
• 19011 Residential Building Trades Logo: Daniel
  • first thumbnails to instructor for review. Due: EOD Thursday, 9.20.18
• 19018 EHS Fall Choir Concert poster: Makayla
  • review last years file and
  • see email from client on content/theme
  • send intro email to client
  • sketch out thumbnails. Once instructor approved begin building comp/s
  • first comp to client……… let’s try to get it to them by Friday 9.21.18
• 19001 CTE Community Appreciation event postcards and posters: Kayley
  • review last year’s file
  • send introduction email to client
• Head’s up for ALL: design studio processes lesson: work folders, client contact, archiving. We will begin next lessons Tomorrow 9.18
• ALL: Illustration Project: Children’s Book: The Vaccuum Adventure. Research ideas for illustration. Start Sketching. First Illustration draft sent to client on 9/10, we are waiting for client response, please check your email
• ALL: Passion Project:  Create a schedule and begin work. Projects are due 12.12.18

Due Dates:

• ALL: Passion Project:  DUE 12.12.18
• ALL: Tomorrow: VT Agency of Education Focus group 9.18.18 @ 9:45 in the CTE conference room. Dress code: business casual

Upcoming Dates

• 9.18.18 Focus Group on technical education with Mr. Jay Ramsey from VT Agency of Education. 9:45 in the CTE conference room
• 9.20.18 CTE program Open House | 6-8 pm
• 9.28.18 Q1 Progress Reports close
• 10.11.18 Woman Can Do conference
• 10.10.18 Ben & Jerry’s design department tour. Bus departs @ 10:40 a.m. and we will return at 12:30. You need need to have a bagged lunch (we will put an order into cafeteria)
• 10.18.18 & 10.19.18 No school for students
• 11.1.18 & 11.2.18 CTE Community Appreciation Days
• 11.2.18 Q1 Grade closes
• 11.7.18 Burton tour. Bus departs @ 9:40 and we will return before lunch
• 11.19.18.thru 11.23.18 School Break
• 12.7.18 Q2 Progress report closes
• 12.12.18 Passion Project due
• 12.24.18 through 1.1.19 School break (and happy new year)

B | 09.14.18| Friday

Announcements:

• SNHU coming to visit at 10:45
•  Enrolling in Digital Photo – Emmy will be here at 12:00
  • you need your Social Security Number!
  • If you are enrolling in the class you will go to lunch early and be back in DCM at 12:00
• Mercedes –  Accuplacer, update an instructor on when you take the Accuplacer
• Equipment return: no one today
• Check email, check blog, check Powerschool

Today’s Lesson Plan:

• Principles review with Ms. Brown…brief slideshow presentation
• Jack and Jill
  • yes, the nursery rhyme. Utilize the principles of proximity and scale to guide where you will place the components (which are symbols)
  • illustrate each frame of the nursery rhyme using the symbols provided
  •  Jack and Jill
  • examples: 09132018155458
• PhotoAssignment_Rule_Thirds copy review with Ms. Sinopoli/Brown. We will come and check in with you
• Drawing complex objects was due EOD yesterday

 Due Dates:

• Overdue : PrinciplesAssignment
• Overdue: Drawing complex objects

Homework:

• sketchbook-1-three-objects . OVERDUE
• Sketchbook Assignment #2 due next Tuesday 9/18!

Upcoming dates:

• 9.14.18 CCV Drawing 1 begins: Eve, bus departs at 9:40 am
• 9.20.18 CTE program Open House | 6-8 pm
• 9.28.18 Progress Reports close