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Tech Concepts, Smith, 12-11-2018

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Warm-Up:

  1. What went wrong last week? What went well?

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Today's Agenda

  1. Warm-Up
    1. (See above)
  2. Homework Review
    1. 12-03 In your journal, list 3 times you tried to use technology to solve a problem, but it didn't work out. Explain what you learned from each event.
    2. 12-07 Complete your Slideshows by Monday.
  3. Objective

    1. Students will ask critical questions that help them to refine and complete artistic work. (Anchor Standard 3)

  4. Guided Instruction
    1. Project 2: Photo Slideshow Video
      1. UPDATE: As voted for on Thursday 11-29, the due date for this project has been pushed back to Friday, December 7.
      2. Rubric
        ► 25% Video is 3-4 minutes TRT (Total Run Time).
        ► 25% Video includes photographs that have been taken with permission.
        ► 25% Video includes Long Shots, Close Ups, and Medium Shots.
        ► 25% Video includes at least one headshot.
    2. Project 3: Animation
      1. Animation (9 votes)
        ► 25% Includes a picture of a staff member taken with permission. (6 votes)
        ► 25% Includes something learned about the staff member while interviewing them. (6 votes)
        ► 25% Includes something that is of personal interest to the student. (5 votes)
        ► 25% Portrays a specific season (Winter, Fall, etc.) (9 votes combined)
      2. Simple pixel animation tool (NO SIGN-IN NEEDED!): https://www.piskelapp.com/
      3. Background removal/animation in GIMP (GIMP.org if you want to try the program at home.)
      4. Frames (Commercial software, installed on some, not all, of the computers.)
  5. Independent Work
    1. Critiques
    2. Plan questions for staff interviews
    3. Post-Process Mr. McCrea's headshots
    4. Practice animation techniques.
  6. HOMEWORK
    1. 12-11: Complete your critiques if you have not already done so.