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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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.
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• 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

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

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

A | 09.13.18| Thursday

Announcements:

• Can everyone access Powerschool?
• Equipment return: Autumn: computer and memory stick, Mercedes: computer, memory stick and mouse.
• English at 11:15
• Check email, check blog, check Powerschool – missing assignments
• Important: Who is interested in Enrolling in Digital Photo – you need your Social Security Number!
• SNHU coming to visit on Friday at 10:45
• Mercedes/Gabby/Shakur –  Accuplacer – we need to arrange for you to take this. 11:20 in Emmy’s office

Today’s Lesson Plan:

• Principles one on one review with Ms. Brown To Be Continued….
• PhotoAssignment_Rule_Thirds copy review with Ms. Sinopoli
• Drawing complex objects due EOD

 Due Dates:

• Due Tuesday: PrinciplesAssignment
• Due End of Day Today: 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
• 9.20.18 CTE program Open House | 6-8 pm
• 9.28.18 Progress Reports close

B | 09.12.18| Wednesday

Announcements:

• Check email, check blog, check Powerschool
• Welome to Mr. Redington – Outreach and Professional Development Coordinator representing the VT Association of Career and Technical Education Directors
• Important: Who is interested in Enrolling in Digital Photo – you need your Social Security Number!
• Also Important: College Fair at St. Michaels on Thursday. Interested Senior? Sign up in student services
• SNHU coming to visit on Friday at 10:45
• Accuplacer at 12:45 today! Mercedes – we need to arrange for you to take this.

Today’s Lesson Plan:

• Welcome Mrs. Brown!
• Finishing up Elements/Principles of Design and on to Digital Photography! Presentation: Rule of Thirds Presentation
• Open file in your home folder: Grid_Rule of Thirds. Review of Cropping Images in Illustrator, use grid to help determine points of interest
• PhotoAssignment_Rule_Thirds copy
• Drawing complex objects due EOD

 Due Dates:

• Due Yesterday: PrinciplesAssignment
• Due End of Day Today: Drawing complex objects

Homework:

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

Upcoming dates:

• 9.14.18 CCV Drawing 1 begins
• 9.20.18 CTE program Open House | 6-8 pm
• 9.28.18 Progress Reports close

A | 09.11.18| Tuesday

 

Announcements:

We will not forget.

• English at 10:50
• Important: Who is interested in Enrolling in Digital Image Manipulation and Graphic Design 1?
• Also Important: College Fair at St. Michaels on Thursday. Interested Senior? Sign up in student services
• Check email, check blog, check Powerschool
• Interested in becoming a SkillsUSA Officer?

Today’s Lesson Plan:

• Drawing complex objects
• Due Today: PrinciplesAssignment

Due Dates:

• DesignElementsFlashcards due Last Friday
• Due Today: PrinciplesAssignment
• Due End of Day Tomorrow: Drawing complex objects

Homework:

• sketchbook-1-three-objects . due Today! Spend at least 30 minutes on this drawing.
• Sketchbook Assignment #2 due next Tuesday 9/18!

Upcoming dates:

• 9.14.18 CCV Drawing 1 begins
• 9.20.18 CTE program Open House | 6-8 pm
• 9.28.18 Progress Reports close