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Media Arts Majors, 04-26-2023

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Today's to-do list includes the following items:

  1. Warm-Up: 
    1. Grade 6 (P4A)
      1. Your Technical Assessment is due today! Look over it for typos and any missing parts.
    2. Grades 7&8 (P3A)
      1. Your (Exit) Technical Assessment is due today! Look over it for typos and any missing parts.
  2. Monthly Incentives
    1. Arts Department Incentive:
      1. Art Bucks are handed out to acknowledge good choices.
        1. Earn 25 Art Bucks by May 23rd.
        2. Incentive Day is May 30th.
      2. Q4 Art Bucks will be awarded digitally to mitigate students forgetting to bring them in.
    2. Monthly Media Arts Incentive:
      1. 30 minute "Arcade Day" at the end of the month.
        1. April's Arcade Day is scheduled for 04/28/2023.
      2. Remain eligible unless a Notice of Concern has been earned.
        1. Check SchoolMax - if your avg is 70% or above, you're probably eligible.
  3. Film Festival
    1. Awards Ceremony Tuesday, May 9, 2023
    2. Publick Playhouse in Hyattsville
    3. Field Trip information will be shared when we have it.
    4. Students can "disinvite" themselves by behaving in a way that tells me they will embarrass me during the trip.
  4. (Exit) Technical Assessments (DUE TODAY!)
    1. Grade 6 (P4A)
    2. Grades 7&8 (P3A)
    3. At this point, in-class time has been provided for each section.
  5. Q4 Project 1
    1. Revisions are due Wednesday, May 3rd!
  6. Q4 Project 2
    1. Due Friday, May 5th!
      1. Use this link to make sure your entry has been submitted properly, including handing in the right file! (More than one student has handed in the wrong file and then failed to check.)
    2. Suggested timeline:
      1. 4/24: Select a project, begin planning.
      2. 4/26: Complete Pre-Production by today.
      3. 4/28: Incentive Day, Complete Production by today.
      4. 5/2: Complete Post-Production by today.
      5. 5/4: Submit project and all related documents.
      6. 5/8: Critique Day!
    3. Can only be the "Build Your Own Rubric" project if your rubric is approved BEFORE Critique Day of the previous project.
  7. Q4 Project 3
    1. Due Friday, May 19th!
      1. Use this link to make sure your entry has been submitted properly, including handing in the right file! (More than one student has handed in the wrong file and then failed to check.)
    2. Can only be the "Build Your Own Rubric" project if your rubric is approved BEFORE Critique Day of the previous project.
  8. Q4 Project 4
    1. Due Friday, June 2nd!
      1. Use this link to make sure your entry has been submitted properly, including handing in the right file! (More than one student has handed in the wrong file and then failed to check.)
    2. This project will NOT be eligible for resubmission.
    3. Can only be the "Build Your Own Rubric" project if your rubric is approved BEFORE Critique Day of the previous project.
  9. Exit Ticket
    1. Grade 6 (P4A)
    2. Grades 7&8 (P3A)