8/31/15

All classes:  

Productive Free Time:  What is it?  How do you earn it?  How do you lose it?

Get Student Info page turned in--last day for full credit.

Tomorrow is last day for working in groups.

Rubric:  How to fill out.  Fill your portion out now.   Each member gives the rubric to me just before leading the activity.

Assignments:
East:  Pick up a rubric for each member of your group
West:  Make sure each member has a link to all the other members on their blog.  If you don't know how to do that, please see me.
North:  Make sure everyone has their own graphic on their blog.
South:  Report to me at the end of the period.

 Start activities--one or two per day. 

Day 5

All classes:  

North:  Does each member have a blog?  Does each member have access to Canva (either on iPad or computers)? 

South:  Report to me your group's progress.  Have you written the rules/directions?  Have you decided on a Canva design? 

West:  Is your activity creative?  Is there something your group should do to make it more so?

East:  Have you recorded the rules?  Does each member have a rule or set of rules to use with Canva?

TSA Information from Mrs. Miller

Day 4

All classes:  

Example of a set of instructions made by members of a group:  Duck Duck Goose

Scheduled technology activities

Day 3

All classes:  

Assignment: 


Review Supplies
Student Election:  Coming up
Rubric Draft
Knows and Need to Knows--what's that?

If you didn't pare down the list yesterday, do so now and send the list and the final idea to me (lmiller@nbisd.org)

Day 2

All classes:                                                                    

Review supply list from Day 1

Rules:  1st and Last 10 min of class no leaving; stay in seats until bell rings

Group Project: get to know your classmates 

Project Overview

Knows and Need to Knows

North/South/East/West "quiz"


Brainstorm Ideas for Activities

 

Welcome Back!

All classes:  

Welcome Back!

Please save this blog to your iPad home page so you can get to it easily.

Go to the following link to get the Student Information Page worksheet.
Student Information Page

Download the worksheet and open it in Notability.  Turn it in to eBackpack.

Complete the worksheet by answering the questions, placing a photo of yourself in the top left area and a photo of your schedule at the bottom. 

Supplies:
Please have the following supplies by the end of the week.  Please give me the sanitizing wipes but keep your headphones and notebook in your backpack.   Please label your notebook.

One pair of headphones, your preference of type

One container of sanitizing wipes (like Lysol wipes)

One composition notebook:

Flash Drive (you only need 1 Gigabyte, so don't get anything crazy expensive!):

5/26/15

All classes:  

Take the following survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/98CBVHH

5/19/2015

All classes:  

First:

1. Download Aurasma to your iPad if you have not done so already.
2.  Turn on location services for the app only.
3. Search for newbraunfelsartshow (all one word) and "follow"

Today:

You are either taking the test, taking a practice test, or working on your art project.

Art Show Participants:

Congratulations to the following students whose art projects were chosen to be shown in the Art Show.  Please fill out THIS FORM and email it to Mrs. Miller at lmiller@nbisd.org.  You will have create a video explaining your art/design similar to the example.

You will use Mrs. Miller's iPad to make things easier.

Gray Rutledge
Bryce Rutledge
Javier Cruz
Elisabeth Maldanado
Jeyser Pineda
Jaxon Blair
Ty Hudgens (t-shirt and design)
Bri Sullivan
Katelyn Trevino
Emily Noland (Art project, engraving and tile)
Amanda Rayburn
Sara Kafka
Riley Horton
Jesus Maldanado
Caleb Watkins
Audrey Pruess
Nydia Fulgium (tile)
Rett Anderson (tile)
Sabrina Garcia (engraving)
Mallory Bradbury (tile)

5/12/15

All classes:  

If you have an original project you've done in either Photoshop or Illustrator and you'd like to enter that into the Art Show, please feel free to do so.  Images must have a resolution of 300, but if they are smaller than the Art Project images, that's okay.

Photoshop 1:

Assignment:  

Watch Aurasma video
Go to this site for step-by-step instructions (scroll down)

• Take Certification Exam or Practice Exam.
• Take notes on what you don't know (do not write down the question).

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 


Watch Aurasma video
Go to this site for step-by-step instructions (scroll down)

• Continue working on advanced assignments.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Print and Image:                                                                            

Assignment:  


Watch Aurasma video
Go to this site for step-by-step instructions (scroll down)

• Review for Illustrator Exam using this tutorial
• Download this image of a dog to use in your review. 
• And this image of a bone pattern. 
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned. 
•  
• Review for Illustrator Exam using this Word Document.  (If you can't get to it, click on "Gaming Graphics" above, click on "Illustrator" and find "Illustrator Review Questions.")
• Answer the questions and email me your answers.
• 
  

Print and Image 2:                                                                            

Assignment: 


Watch Aurasma video
Go to this site for step-by-step instructions (scroll down)

• Continue working on advanced assignments.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

5/11/15

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment:  

If you have not finished all 3 tutorials for preparing for the exam, do so now, otherwise:

• Get ready for the test by doing the following:
• Find Chromium in your Applications folder
• Drag it to your dock
• Open it
• Click on the three little lines to the right of the URL box
• Click on "Settings"
• Scroll all the way down and click on "Show advanced settings" at the very bottom
• Scroll down to "Privacy"
• Click "Content Settings"
• Scroll down to "Pop-ups" and click to allow sites to show pop-ups 
• When you are ready to take the test:
• Right click on the link you saved to your desktop (called Certiport) 
• Go to "Open With"
• Click "Other"
• Click the dropdown that says "Recommended Applications" and change it to "All Applications"
• Find Chromium and use it to open your link

 Log in to Certiport
Click the dropdown that asks what test you're taking.  It's the first one:  Adobe Certified Associate.
Click "Login"
The next page will ask:
Exam Category:  Certification
Exam Suite:  Adobe CS6
Exam:  Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop CS6 Mac
Leave everything else as it is and click "Next"

On the next page leave everything as it is except under "Proctor Authorization: at the bottom right:
Click "I have verified this candidate's ID"
Proctor Username:  lcmiller461
Call me over to put in the password

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Continue working on advanced assignments or follow Photoshop 1 directions above.

Print and Image:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Finish art project, upload it to Padlet and post to your blog.
• Take Illustrator Practice Test

Print and Image 2:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Finish art project, upload it to Padlet and post to your blog.

5/8/15

All classes:  

 

Finish Art Show Project

Fill out Self Evaluation Rubric (I have copies at my desk) and turn in.

Graphic Design Self Evaluation

Advanced Graphic Design Self Evaluation

Print and Image Self Evaluation

Advanced Print and Image Self Evaluation

 

WHEN YOU ARE COMPLETELY FINISHED WITH ART PROJECT:

Take Practice Certification Exam 

or

Take Certification Exam

May 5-8, 2015

All classes:  

Work on project.
Study for exam.
Take practice tests.
Let me know when you are ready for the exam, and I will get you logged in to the right place.

Note:  the blog post with the practice exam info is on April 21.

To submit your art project for the Art Show, go to this link:  http://padlet.com/lcmiller461/art_show

You will need the password from me.