FRI: Hella hEAlthy

Congratulations to these students

Who scored a 4.0 or higher on the Final 

4.00	Gabriel Rivera
4.00	German Jonathan Brizo
4.00	Joshua Izaguirre
4.33	Mia Amado
4.33	Karen Garcia
4.33	Anay Bautista
4.33	Bryan Calderon
4.33	Anahy Zuniga
Perfect 15/15
5.00	Jaylin Holt
5.00	Boris Tonsky
5.00	Daijon Jackson

WED/THU: Photo Techniques FINAL & Slideshows

Turn on your computer

Have NOTHING on your desk

NO papers

NO writing implements

Backpacks on the FLOOR

 NOTHING AT ALL 

 W A I T 

Friday   12/18

Final Day of the Semester Minimum day

Period 5 8:30 – 9:10  (40) Period 4 9:15 - 9:55 (40) Period 3 10:00 – 10: 40 (40) Period 2 10:45 –11:25 (40) Period 1 11:30 –12:10 (40) Advisory (ALL SCHOOL CM) 12:15 – 12:55 (40)

TUE: 5-Photo Essay Turn in

Go to

Classroom.Google.Com

OPEN the 5-Photo Essay Assignment

DOWNLOAD your 5 Photos from
GOOGLE PHOTOS

COMPLETE THE SLIDESHOW
Deleting any unused elements in the template

After you 

TURN IT IN

go to 
Typing.com to raise your grade

MON: Google Photos

Unit Learning Target(s):  

• How can we take good pictures no matter what kind of camera we have at the moment? 
• How can we use our critical thinking skills to MAKE a good picture happen?

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can sync my photos with good photos and share an album

Announcements: 

• Always bring fully charged phones and cameras and headphones to class - just in case.

Agenda: [60]

• Typing Lesson [15]
• Setting up Google Photos on your phone [25+/-]
• Automatic backup (selective)
• Saves storage space on your phone
• Easy to create and share albums of your work
• Typing Lesson [remaining time]

FRI: Hella hEAlthy: Gender vs. Sexuality (cont...)

WED/THU: Hour of Code 2015

Do-Now:  Think about this... 

Can a Computer THINK?  

Now CLICK HERE to write down your answer.

Welcome to 
The HOUR of CODE

Be a CODE STAR!

 The Tasks
code.org/learn

Minecraft is entirely block based 
Star Wars let's you use blocks or javascript directly
Frozen is more artistic and has some geometry in it

• Done a LOT of SCRATCH programming?
• Want to learn to build a web page with CSS & HTML in an hour?  The click here!
• Think you already know how to code and don't want the training wheels?  
• If the following doesn't scare you: "To be able to position items on the screen correctly we need to know the size of the screen. Go ahead and create a class-scope variable int screenHeight; right above the line@implementation GameplayLayer but below the #import lines." Then click here.

TUE: The 5-Photo ESSAY

Take This ANONYMOUS Survey 

and then do a Typing TEST!

Unit Learning Target(s):  

• How can we take good pictures no matter what kind of camera we have at the moment? 
• How can we use our critical thinking skills to MAKE a good picture happen?

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can VIEW exemplar photo essays and take notes on the techniques used to achieve them.

Announcements: 

BRING HEADPHONES TO CLASS 

ON WEDS/THURS OR YOU WILL BE SAD

Start Bringing Fully Charged Cell Phones and Cameras so that you can SEIZE opportunities 

Agenda: [60]

• Survey and Typing Test [10]
• Learning from a master 'review' [02]
• "[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition and you can't [really] correct it..." Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Photography is an ART - there is no "right or wrong" unless you have a client
• There are "rules" that help you SEE and MAKE good images

• The Photo Essay #1 [10]
• Requirements
• Tells ONE Story (about one PLACE, PERSON, OR THING)
• Can be funny or serious or both (or neither)
• 5 pictures ONLY
• Each picture must be an example of a different technique
• Presented in a Google slide show
• Turned in via Google Classroom
• Due Next TUESDAY
• Class time given on Tuesday to create slideshow
• Photo Essay Exemplars [30]
• Together
• http://www.wired.com/2015/01/alvaro-laiz-ninjas-gold-rush-in-mongolia/#slide-1
• On your own (look at a minimum of 2 - go FULL SCREEN if you can)
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/150127-ebola-virus-outbreak-epidemic-sierra-leone-freetown-photos-pictures/
• http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/an-immigrants-dream-for-a-better-life/#
• http://time.com/3650094/egypt-mawlid-religion-islam/
• http://www.motherjones.com/media/2015/11/tomorrow-long-time-tijuana-hiv-aids-epidemic
• http://time.com/3647891/undocumented-immigrants-bags/
• Setting up Google Photos on your phone [if time]
• Automatic backup (selective)
• Saves storage space on your phone
• Easy to create and share albums of your work

MON: Introduction to Photography [continued]

Unit Learning Target(s):  

• How can we take good pictures no matter what kind of camera we have at the moment? 
• How can we use our critical thinking skills to MAKE a good picture happen?

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can LEARN the Best Practices of Digital Photography by viewing exemplars and taking notes on the techniques used to achieve them.

Announcements: 

BRING HEADPHONES TO CLASS 

ON WEDS/THURS OR YOU WILL BE SAD

Start Bringing Fully Charged Cell Phones and Cameras so that you can SEIZE opportunities 

Agenda: [60]

• Typing Lesson [10]
• Finishing the LECTURE w/ guided note-taking: [As Needed - 20]
• BLANK note-taking sheet available here
• You will need to SAVE and USE these notes for this unit
• Basic Camera Phone Tips
• More on IMAGE QUALITY and PICTURE SIZE in megapixels 
• Watch your LIGHTING
• LOOK for LIGHT
• Use a FILL FLASH
• Look for REFLECTIONS
• Make SMALL changes
• Don't Shake
• Watch your battery and storage levels
• If you have a VIEWFINDER you can check your images on the LCD screen - but WATCH YOUR BATTERY
• Viewfinders on non-SLR (single lens reflex) cameras do NOT show you exactly what you are shooting
• Use unusual angles
• Get CLOSE
• Use REAL zoom - Optical ONLY!
• Use REAL zoom - Optical ONLY!
• Use BURST MODE when shooting 'action'
• The RULE OF THIRDS
• more GOLDEN RULES of photography
• LEARN & USE CAMERA MODES if you have them
• Basic MODES
• Basic MODES
• Advanced MODES
• Learning from a master [20+]
• Henri Cartier-Bresson_ The Decisive Moment  
• "[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition and you can't [really] correct it..." Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Photography is an ART - there is no "right or wrong" unless you have a client
• There are "rules" that help you SEE and MAKE good images
• Setting up Google Photos on your phone [-10]
• Automatic backup (selective)
• Saves storage space on your phone
• Easy to create and share albums of your work

FRI: Hella hEAlthy: Gender vs. Sexuality

TUE-THU: Introduction to Photography

Unit Learning Target(s):  

• How can we take good pictures no matter what kind of camera we have at the moment? 
• How can we use our critical thinking skills to MAKE a good picture happen?

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can LEARN the Best Practices of Digital Photography by viewing exemplars and taking notes on the techniques used to achieve them.

Announcements: 

Start Bringing Fully Charged Cell Phones and Cameras so that you can SEIZE opportunities 

Agenda: [160]

• Reviewing some test shots [20]
• SOME of the better photos from last night
• LECTURE w/ guided note-taking: [80+/- Multi-day]
• BLANK note-taking sheet available here
• You will need to SAVE and USE these notes for this unit
• Basic Camera Phone Tips
• More on IMAGE QUALITY and PICTURE SIZE in megapixels 
• Watch your LIGHTING
• LOOK for LIGHT
• Use a FILL FLASH
• Look for REFLECTIONS
• Make SMALL changes
• Don't Shake
• Watch your battery and storage levels
• If you have a VIEWFINDER you can check your images on the LCD screen - but WATCH YOUR BATTERY
• Viewfinders on non-SLR (single lens reflex) cameras do NOT show you exactly what you are shooting
• Use unusual angles
• Get CLOSE
• Use REAL zoom - Optical ONLY!
• Use REAL zoom - Optical ONLY!
• Use BURST MODE when shooting 'action'
• The RULE OF THIRDS
• more GOLDEN RULES of photography
• Golden Ratio 1:1.6


• 
• 
• Golden Spiral
• 
• 
• Balance
• 
• Fill the frame


• 
• Leave Space


• 
• Leading Lines


• 
• Rule of Odds


• 
• Simplify


• 
• 
  
• LEARN & USE CAMERA MODES if you have them
• Basic MODES
• Basic MODES
• Advanced MODES
• Learning from a master [30]
• Henri Cartier-Bresson_ The Decisive Moment  
• "[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition and you can't [really] correct it..." Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Photography is an ART - there is no "right or wrong" unless you have a client
• There are "rules" that help you SEE and MAKE good images
• Looking at more of John's Photos
• What RULES do I use?
• Setting up Google Photos on your phone [??]
• Automatic backup (selective)
• Saves storage space on your phone
• Easy to create and share albums of your work