FRI: Hella Weed

Marijuana & the developing brain

• reading
• annotation
• main point
• evidence
• common point
• discussion

WED/THU: Defending our Photographs & Introduction to Photoshop I

Learning Target(s):

• I can defend my art using technical and emotional language

Announcement(s):

• BRING HEADPHONES EVERY DAY FROM NOW ON

Agenda : 

• Warm-up: typing.com OR 
• If you have not already done so please follow MONDAY'S BLOG and submit your LATE photos here:  http://eadigilit.blogspot.com/2016/01/mon-5-photo-essay-and-best-photo.html
• Photo Defenses
• Why is it good?
• Technical
• Emotional
• Why did you take it?
• What could have been better/should you have done?
• The Photos
• Period 1
• Period 3
• Period 4
• Period 5

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Choosing the BEST
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• Introduction to Photoshop
• The Video tutorials and how we will use them...
• What is Photoshop CC?

TUE: BEST Photo Defense

Learning Target(s):

• I can defend my art using technical and emotional language

Announcement(s):

• None

Agenda : 

• Warm-up: typing.com OR 
• If you have not already done so please follow YESTERDAY'S BLOG and submit your LATE photos here:  http://eadigilit.blogspot.com/2016/01/mon-5-photo-essay-and-best-photo.html
• Photo Defenses
• Why is it good?
• Technical
• Emotional
• Why did you take it?
• What could have been better/should you have done?
• The Photos
• Period 1
• Period 3
• Period 4
• Period 5

MON: 5-Photo Essay and BEST Photo Submission

Learning Target(s):

• I can submit my final, edited, 5-Photo Portfolio on Google Classroom
• I can defend my art using technical and emotional language

Announcement(s):

• None

Agenda : 

• Warm-up: typing.com [10]
• Everyone EXCEPT Period 1 - Do this form:  https://docs.google.com/a/envisionacademy.org/forms/d/1Ez_4Cw6QzIDBrSl7Q30OgVRwmBTk4Ro_fSDM2RqmXHM/viewform?usp=send_form
• SELECTING our photos
• UPLOAD all photos to Google Photos - we are ONLY using photos taken on Photowalk #2 or LATER
• Automatically (this is how we set it up)
• Manually from your phone
• From a folder on your computer
• Consider and choose the best photos
• If you desire to straighten or crop simply select a photo so that it goes full screen then...
• Click Edit
  
• Click Crop & Rotate
  
  
  
  
• ALWAYS ROTATE & STRAIGHTEN BEFORE YOU CROP 
  
• Use CROP to force the picture into the Rule of Thirds 
  

• SUBMITTING your FIVE photos
• Select the FIVE photos you are turning in
• HOVER and click the checkbox in the Upper Lefthand Corner of each picture until you have selected the five you are submitting.
  
  
  
  
  

• After you have selected FIVE click Add To 
  
• Choose Album 
  
• Choose NEW Album 
  
• Name the Album 5-Photos FirstName LastName Period # 
  
• Choose Share 
  
• Turn OFF "let others add"  and choose Get Link
  
  
  
   
• Copy the Link and submit it to John in the Google Classroom Assignment 
  
  
  
• SUBMITTING your BEST photo
• Select the one ( 1, only one, put in more than one and I will give you a ZERO) photo you are going to defend next class as your BEST work of the FIVE you just turned in.
• Go to your Google Classroom and locate the assignment named
  
• Click on the link and ADD your BEST photo to that album 
  
  
  

FRI: Hella hEAlthy

WED/THU: Photowalk II & final Photography Assignment

We never got to do this in class so: Congratulations to these students who scored a 4.0 or higher on the Photography 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

 

The Photo Walk II Rules are the same

No more than 1 block away

Always in sight

Always represent EA with your best self

REMEMBER:

Angles/Lines/Light/Shadow/Reflection/Color/Rule of Thirds/Rule of Odds/Raiders Suck/Fill Flash in Daylight/Block the sun with your subject for a 'glow'/BE a tripod/OPTICAL ZOOM ONLY/Angle of Subject/Angle of Lens/Attitude!

NO: 

Selfies/friends/poses

Your Final Photography Project is DUE next MONDAY

You will have time in class to upload/turn in

Project requirements

• FIVE Pictures
• In their own Google Photos Album
• Shared with John 
• Turned in via Google Classroom 
• Five EXCELLENT pictures earns you an "A" for Artistry
• ONE of those pictures will ALSO be placed in the shared CLASSROOM Photo Album
• These photos will have your name on them (automatically)
• These photos will be publicly viewable and the URL posted to the EA community and interwebs at large...
• EACH student will defend their own photo in front of their block
• Defend your photo accurately, using proper terminology, to get an "a" for Technical
• If you have a technically weak photo or one made with not much thought then you will not have enough to say and will not be able to defend it well. 

Each block will vote on the 5 BEST photos (from their block) which will be featured in a display @ the school

• NOTE: Any student caught plagiarizing photos will receive an automatic N/C on this major project and, therefore, and N/C for Q3
• Project is due for ALL STUDENTS - even if you didn’t go on the Photo Walk.

TUE: Photowalk #1 Review

Learning Target(s):

• I can critique my colleague's photos and learn about my own art in the process 

Announcement(s):

• SLG/YouthSpeaks kids had a slammin' time in SF - stay WOKE - and thanks for coming with me!
• Talent show informational meeting TOMORROW, WEDS, right after school in the theater
• Any student who's curious about showcasing a talent, auditioning to be an emcee, or working behind the scene on tech, should come and get the scoop!

• BRING CAMERAS/CHARGED CELL PHONES EVERY DAY NOW
• WE WILL BE GOING out this Wednesday & Thursday

Agenda : 

• Warm-up: typing.com [10]
• Do this form:  https://docs.google.com/a/envisionacademy.org/forms/d/1Ez_4Cw6QzIDBrSl7Q30OgVRwmBTk4Ro_fSDM2RqmXHM/viewform?usp=send_form
• Reorient ourselves to the photos and process [05]
• Photowalk #1 [40]
• John's Pictures [...]

THU: Photowalk #1 Review

Learning Target(s):

• I can critique my colleague's photos and learn about my own art in the process 

Announcement(s):

• SLG/YouthSpeaks kids need to get a permission slip from John after school today
• Socratic seminar tomorrow
• Don't lose/forget your notes - they are due at the end of class tomorrow.
• Report Cards have been mailed
• BRING CAMERAS/CHARGED CELL PHONES EVERY DAY NOW
• We will LIKELY go out next Wednesday & Thursday

Agenda : 

• Warm-up: typing.com [10]
• Review resources from Consuming kids [05]

• The Rules Now for Children's Television
• http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens-educational-television
• Children's Advocates Media Watchers - basically neutral politically
• https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
• Progressive Media Watchers - partisan organization focused primarily on the news
• http://mediamatters.org/
• Conservative Media Watchers - partisan organization focused primarily on the news
• http://www.mrc.org/
• Photowalk #1 [30]
• Select your favorite image (not your own)
• Prepare to defend it using Photographic and Emotional Vocabulary
• John's Pictures [15]

TUE-WED: Hella hEAlthy - Consuming Kids II

NO COMPUTERS

NOTE: If you or your family or friends have experienced a problem with recent ICE raids in Oakland please tell us so that we can try to assist you.

Learning Target(s):

• I can examine how marketing is used to manipulate me.  
• I can draw connections between making photographs and marketing.

Announcement(s):

• BRING CAMERAS/CHARGED CELL PHONES EVERY DAY NOW
• We MAY go out today and postpone this lesson
• We will NOT go out Monday (AR testing)
• We will LIKELY go out next Tuesday (Thursday schedule) and Wednesday

Agenda : 

• Consuming Kids:                  
• Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. 
• Introduction: 
• What do you think children’s heavy media use might be taking away from?  Should we be concerned about this?  Why?
• Part 2: The Floodgates Open
• How has deregulation contributed, specifically, to these changes in marketing? 
• Part 3: By Any Means Necessary
• How does branding beloved children’s characters serve the interests of marketers? How does this process work, specifically? What kind of psychological, social, or behavioral impact do you think this might have on the targeted child? 
• Part 4: UNDER THE MICROSCOPE:  [P3, P5, P4]
• Do you feel that advanced research techniques exploit children’s vulnerabilities, by definition, or do you think a case can be made that marketers are simply trying to find out what kids want in order to better meet their needs and desires?  Do you think this kind of market research is ethical? Professionally responsible? Why or why not, specifically?
• Part 5: BRAND NEW WORLD:  [P1]
• One of the dominant themes of children’s marketing today is the selling of cool, as marketers have shifted from the selling of products to the selling of emotional meanings tied to brands. How do you think marketers draw on or play into kids’ normal social interactions with their peers in order to make their appeals effective?
• Part 6: CRADLE TO GRAVE: 
• As marketers continue to sell their products down the age scale, what gendered messages are young girls and boys receiving about what it means to be a man or a woman? How are gender stereotypes commercialized in children’s media and toys? What impact does this have on children’s play, and on how kids shape their identities and understanding of the world?
• Part 7: REWIRING CHILDHOOD: 
• Why is play important? In what specific ways are media threatening children’s play? How, precisely, are children’s play and creativity limited and threatened by media exposure, commercial programming, and character tie-ins?
• Part 8: OUR FUTURE: 
• How has children’s media led to measurable declines in children’s health? What correlations or connections can be made? Should the commercialization of childhood be considered a public health problem?
• Part 8B: OUR FUTURE 2: 
• What role and responsibility do you feel parents should have when it comes to addressing the commercialization of childhood? Is it fair to expect them to cope, on their own, with a billion dollar industry? Or should there be policies in place that help parents protect children from marketing?
• Part 8C: OUR FUTURE 3: 
• Why do you think the U.S. government has not taken an active role in protecting children from commercial culture? Do you see a difference between this issue and child labor laws or laws mandating that children wear bike helmets or protect children from the marketing of tobacco?

Resources for further study

• The Rules Now for Children's Television
• http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens-educational-television
• Children's Advocates Media Watchers - basically neutral politically
• https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
• Progressive Media Watchers - partisan organization focused primarily on the news
• http://mediamatters.org/
• Conservative Media Watchers - partisan organization focused primarily on the news
• http://www.mrc.org/

FRI/MON: AR Testing

Good Day

Warrior Scholars!

Today you are going to take 

your quarterly Accelerated Reader

online assessment of your 

reading comprehension. 

This assessment is made up of a combination of vocabulary and short passage questions. You are going to do great. 

For some of you it might take less than 20 minutes, for others it will take longer.  Don't trip. Remember, the test gets harder every time you answer a question right so DON'T GET DISCOURAGED!

It is ESSENTIAL that the classroom remain extremely quiet so that everyone has the best environment.

Take this test seriously because we are going to follow up with you to let you know how you did and to help you make reading goals, as well as help us to decide on the appropriate intervention for you.  

This test is TIMED by the question. If you are running out of time a little clock will appear at the top of the screen. Try and answer the question soon if you see the clock.

When you finish the assessment BREATH for a minute and then:

• typing.com
• read your SSR book
• do quiet schoolwork.  
• No computers unless typing.com  
• Above All Remain Quiet For The ENTIRE Class Period

Wed-Thu: Consuming Kids

Learning Target(s):

• I can examine how marketing is used to manipulate me.  
• I can draw connections between making photographs and marketing.

Announcement(s):

• Report Cards have been mailed
• BRING CAMERAS/CHARGED CELL PHONES EVERY DAY NOW
• We MAY go out tomorrow
• We will NOT go out Monday (AR testing)
• We will LIKELY go out next Tuesday (Thursday schedule) and Wednesday

Agenda : 

• Consuming Kids:                  
• Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. 
• Introduction: 
• What do you think children’s heavy media use might be taking away from?  Should we be concerned about this?  Why?
• Part 2: The Floodgates Open
• How has deregulation contributed, specifically, to these changes in marketing? 
• Part 3: By Any Means Necessary
• How does branding beloved children’s characters serve the interests of marketers? How does this process work, specifically? What kind of psychological, social, or behavioral impact do you think this might have on the targeted child? 
• Part 4: UNDER THE MICROSCOPE:  [P3, P5, P4]
• Do you feel that advanced research techniques exploit children’s vulnerabilities, by definition, or do you think a case can be made that marketers are simply trying to find out what kids want in order to better meet their needs and desires?  Do you think this kind of market research is ethical? Professionally responsible? Why or why not, specifically?
• Part 5: BRAND NEW WORLD:  [P1]
• One of the dominant themes of children’s marketing today is the selling of cool, as marketers have shifted from the selling of products to the selling of emotional meanings tied to brands. How do you think marketers draw on or play into kids’ normal social interactions with their peers in order to make their appeals effective?
• Part 6: CRADLE TO GRAVE: 
• As marketers continue to sell their products down the age scale, what gendered messages are young girls and boys receiving about what it means to be a man or a woman? How are gender stereotypes commercialized in children’s media and toys? What impact does this have on children’s play, and on how kids shape their identities and understanding of the world?
• Part 7: REWIRING CHILDHOOD: 
• Why is play important? In what specific ways are media threatening children’s play? How, precisely, are children’s play and creativity limited and threatened by media exposure, commercial programming, and character tie-ins?
• Part 8: OUR FUTURE: 
• How has children’s media led to measurable declines in children’s health? What correlations or connections can be made? Should the commercialization of childhood be considered a public health problem?
• Part 8B: OUR FUTURE 2: 
• What role and responsibility do you feel parents should have when it comes to addressing the commercialization of childhood? Is it fair to expect them to cope, on their own, with a billion dollar industry? Or should there be policies in place that help parents protect children from marketing?
• Part 8C: OUR FUTURE 3: 
• Why do you think the U.S. government has not taken an active role in protecting children from commercial culture? Do you see a difference between this issue and child labor laws or laws mandating that children wear bike helmets or protect children from the marketing of tobacco?

Resources for further study

• The Rules Now for Children's Television
• http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens-educational-television
• Children's Advocates Media Watchers - basically neutral politically
• https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
• Progressive Media Watchers - partisan organization focused primarily on the news
• http://mediamatters.org/
• Conservative Media Watchers - partisan organization focused primarily on the news
• http://www.mrc.org/