Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Winter Break Photo Challenges!



 Winter Assignment 
 1 Challenge per weekday 
 10 total challenges 


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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

WED/THU: Pleasantville (cont.)



Learning Target(s)
  • I can view the film Pleasantville as an informational text and take notes on the themes as they relate to modern media and my life.
Announcements 
  • Study, study, study...
    Agenda [100]
    • FILM: Pleasantville!
      • Movie seats IN YOUR ASSIGNED ROWS
        • We will not be stopping the film during the showing
          • ...unless John gets excited
      • Pay attention to how the movie's themes (explained below) connect to your own reality
      • You will be discussing the film for credit using evidence from the film

    Themes in the movie Pleasantville

    • Pleasantville is a movie of contrasts. What are some of the OBVIOUS contrasts they show between the 50’s and the Future? What are some of the film tricks they use to show LITERAL contrast (CONTRAST: The state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something OPPOSITE, or REVERSE)
    • The TV 'repairman say’s "I know what I'd feel like if my TV broke; like I'd lost a friend.". How would you feel if you had NO TV, and no Internet TV/YouTube/NetFlix/etc...
    • Destiny--everything in Pleasantville is scripted, has a place. What about our lives? Do you ever feel like all the decisions are already made for you?
    • Censorship: The mayor of Pleasantville say’s "It seems to me we must separate out the things that are unpleasant from the things that are pleasant.". In Pleasantville personal expression and differences are unacceptable and anything straying from what is known is feared. Think about your family at home, what happens when your ideas or opinions differ from your elders?
    • Racism: "No coloreds." reads a sign in Pleasantville window. "Coloreds" are people who have become enlightened or who become passionate; they are rejected from mainstream Pleasantville. Why would the filmmakers use this obvious sign from the USA’s racist past? Is this movie about racism too, or just intolerance? Is this the way the world still is? Why or why not?


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    Tuesday, December 19, 2017

    TUE/WED/THU: Pleasantville, where nobody poops..

    Learning Target(s)
    • I can view the film Pleasantville as an informational text and take notes on the themes as they relate to modern media and my life.
    Announcements 
    • Study, study, study...
      Agenda [60]
      • Typing.com  [10]
      • FILM: Pleasantville!
        • Movie seats IN YOUR ASSIGNED ROWS
          • We will not be stopping the film during the showing
            • ...unless John gets excited
        • Pay attention to how the movie's themes (explained below) connect to your own reality
        • You will be discussing the film for credit using evidence from the film

      • Introducing the film
        The cheerful '50s TV sitcom "Pleasantville" is revived in the '90s for a loyal cable audience. One devoted fan is shy suburban teen David Wagner (Tobey Maguire - Spiderman Trilogy), who has an almost obsessive interest in the series. Living with his divorced mother (Jane Kaczmarek), David sometimes has disputes with his ultra-hip twin sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon-Legally Blond).

        She wants to watch MTV just when a Pleasantville marathon is about to begin. They struggle over the remote control, and it breaks. A strange TV repairman (Don Knotts) supplies their new remote, a potent high-tech device which zaps David and Jennifer inside of the Pleasantville TV world, where their new sitcom parents are businessman George Parker (William H. Macy) and wife Betty (Joan Allen).
        As "Bud" and "Mary Sue," the teens take up residence in a black-and-white suburbia where sex does not exist and the temperature is always 72 degrees. Life is always pleasant, books have no words, bathrooms have no toilets, married couples sleep in twin beds, the high school basketball team always wins, and nobody ever questions "The Good Life."

        What Pleasantville accomplishes is a social study of television; it contrasts 50s and 90s television's view of those eras. While the TV shows of early television depicted intact families and traditional values, 50s culture was probably more 'real.' Current television has almost done the opposite: presenting us with reality that is perhaps more harsh and false than real life now is.

        Below are some general themes that we will use in our discussion for credit next class.  Feel free to jot down notes during the film but do not ask me to stop the film.

        Themes in the movie Pleasantville

        • Pleasantville is a movie of contrasts. What are some of the OBVIOUS contrasts they show between the 50’s and the Future? What are some of the film tricks they use to show LITERAL contrast (CONTRAST: The state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something OPPOSITE, or REVERSE)
        • The TV 'repairman say’s "I know what I'd feel like if my TV broke; like I'd lost a friend.". How would you feel if you had NO TV, and no Internet TV/YouTube/NetFlix/etc...
        • Destiny--everything in Pleasantville is scripted, has a place. What about our lives? Do you ever feel like all the decisions are already made for you?
        • Censorship: The mayor of Pleasantville say’s "It seems to me we must separate out the things that are unpleasant from the things that are pleasant.". In Pleasantville personal expression and differences are unacceptable and anything straying from what is known is feared. Think about your family at home, what happens when your ideas or opinions differ from your elders?
        • Racism: "No coloreds." reads a sign in Pleasantville window. "Coloreds" are people who have become enlightened or who become passionate; they are rejected from mainstream Pleasantville. Why would the filmmakers use this obvious sign from the USA’s racist past? Is this movie about racism too, or just intolerance? Is this the way the world still is? Why or why not?


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        Monday, December 18, 2017

        MON: Critiquing our work

         
        Daily Learning Target(s):  
        • I can learn by critiquing my own work and listening to the suggestions of others
        • If I have not done so already... today is the last day you can add photos to albums 1-3.  Album 4 closes tomorrow.
        Homework:  
        • 10 PHOTO CHALLENGES due when you return from Winter Break
        Announcements: 
        • Semester One ends in 3 Class Periods!
          • Get your act together...
        • Want to raise your grade?  Check typing.com AFTER 3:45 on the LAST DAY of the WEEK and look at your position on the leaderboard - are you below the midpoint?  Find some time before midnight Sunday to type some more.  Look at the time spent statistic, you can see how long you need to type to go to the top of the list.
        Agenda: [65]
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        Friday, December 15, 2017

        FRI: Critiquing our work

         
        Daily Learning Target(s):  
        • I can select my best work from Photo Walk IV and 
          • SUBMIT 5 SEPARATE & DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF TECHNIQUE to my Google Classroom
          • submit the single one BEST OF THE FIVE above to the correct Google Photos album.
        • I can learn by critiquing my own work and listening to the suggestions of others
        • If I have not done so already: 
          • I can select my best work from the 5 Photo Challenges and submit it to the correct Google Photos album.
          • I can select my best work from Lake Walk last week and submit it to the correct Google Photos album.
          • I can select my best work from the Portrait Walk last class and submit it to the correct Google Photos album.
        Homework:  
        • Take photos all the time
        Announcements: 
        • Cool Stuff on Monday's smoking topics can be found HERE
        • Be prepared to go OUTSIDE every class
        • Semester One ends in 4 Class Periods!
          • Get your act together...
        • Want to raise your grade?  Check typing.com AFTER 3:45 on the LAST DAY of the WEEK and look at your position on the leaderboard - are you below the midpoint?  Find some time before midnight Sunday to type some more.  Look at the time spent statistic, you can see how long you need to type to go to the top of the list.
        Agenda: [60]
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        Wednesday, December 13, 2017

        WED/THU: Photo Walk III - The City

        No Computers

        "[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition, 
        and you can't [really] correct it..." 
        Henri Cartier-Bresson

        Warm up:  
        • Get out your equipment and charge it for the next 10 minutes if you can. 
        • Now...
          • Tie your shoelaces
          • Get valuables out of your backpack and into your pockets if you are not carrying your backpack with you.
          • Find a buddy to walk with
          • Pledge to NOT be the last kids walking in the group (if everyone does this we won't get so spread out and have such a yellie, waitie walk)
        Daily Learning Target(s):  
        • I can PRACTICE at least five major techniques of good digital photography [as laid out in our Best Practices NOTES] by USING THEM when I take MY OWN PICTURES
        Current Product (DUE TODAY): 
        • YOU will submit your best photo - be prepared to show me photos showing at least 5 different techniques if I ask.
        • YOU must be able to explain WHY you took any photo and WHAT technique you used
        Announcements: 



      • 10 Challenges due after winter break

        • Agenda: 
        • Photo Walk [100]
          • Rules [10]
            • You MUST be able to see JOHN @ ALL TIMES
            • You MAY NOT be more than 1/2 block away from John, who will try to walk in the middle of the pack
            • You MUST NOT CROSS ON RED.  I will give you an NC if you jaywalk.  Just wait for the green.  We will wait for you.
            • YOU must take pictures today and YOU must be able to explain WHY you took it and WHAT TECHNIQUE you used.
            • You MAY NOT go in to ANY business or building so don't ask to be allowed to
              • we tried that last year and some kids don't seem to know what "no" means and made fools of us.
            • You may not sit on any cars, climb on any walls, or otherwise do anything but walk on the sidewalk unless John specifically tells YOU that you can.
              • Parkour is NOT on today's agenda
            • You MAY take a picture of anyone or anything you can see from outside
              • If they are just "in the picture" and it isn't "of them" then permission is not necessary and will slow you down.
              • If it is a picture of someone specific you MUST ASK THEIR PERMISSION FIRST
            • You MUST try to take photographs that represent a minimum of 5 different techniques
            • You are ENCOURAGED to leave your stuff in the Lab - the door will be locked and the alarm will be on
          • Walk [90]
            • Approximate Route (1.9 Miles, 39 minutes walking + time for stopping to shoot pictures)
              • We will regroup 3 times - if you are too far behind when we do so it will be deducted from your photo grade

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        Tuesday, December 12, 2017

        TUE: Critiquing our photos

         
        Daily Learning Target(s):  
        • I can learn by critiquing my own work and listening to the suggestions of others
        • If I have not done so already: 
          • I can select my best work from the 5 Photo Challenges and submit it to the correct Google Photos album.
          • I can select my best work from Lake Walk last week and submit it to the correct Google Photos album.
          • I can select my best work from the Portrait Walk last class and submit it to the correct Google Photos album.
        Homework:  
        • Take photos all the time
        Announcements: 
        • Semester One ends in 6 Class Periods!
          • Get your act together...
        • Want to raise your grade?  Check typing.com AFTER 3:45 on the LAST DAY of the WEEK and look at your position on the leaderboard - are you below the midpoint?  Find some time before midnight Sunday to type some more.  Look at the time spent statistic, you can see how long you need to type to go to the top of the list.
        Agenda: [60]
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        Monday, December 11, 2017

        MON: Hella hEAlthy up in smoke!

            NO  COMPUTERS   
        Daily Learning Target(s):  






















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        Friday, December 8, 2017

        FRI: Critiquing our photos

         
        Daily Learning Target(s):  
        • I can select my best work from the Portrait Walk last class and submit it to the correct Google Photos album.
        • If I have not done so already: 
          • I can select my best work from the 5 Photo Challenges and submit it to the correct Google Photos album.
          • I can select my best work from Lake Walk last week and submit it to the correct Google Photos album.
        Homework:  
        • Take photos all the time
        Announcements: 
        • GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY
        • Be prepared to go OUTSIDE every class
        • Semester One ends in 8 Class Periods!
          • Get your act together...
        • Want to raise your grade?  Check typing.com AFTER 3:45 on the LAST DAY of the WEEK and look at your position on the leaderboard - are you below the midpoint?  Find some time before midnight Sunday to type some more.  Look at the time spent statistic, you can see how long you need to type to go to the top of the list.
        Agenda: [60]
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        Thursday, December 7, 2017

        THU: Portrait Photography

        "The purpose of portrait photography is to draw someone's personality out"
        Warm-UP: 

        • Open THIS FOLDER and choose the portrait you like best
          • Not the person you like best, the photograph
          • Use the GRID display, not the list
        Daily Learning Target(s):  
        • I can take a portrait that tells a person's 'story'
        Homework:  
        • Take photos all the time
        Announcements: 
        • Be prepared to go OUTSIDE every class
        Agenda: [60]
        • Warm-UP w/ Discussion [10]
        • Taking a good portrait [10]
          • Have an idea
            • This is not a snapshot, this is a planned picture that tells a story
          • Who is your subject? 
            • What kind of person are they?  Are they serious, smart, goofy?
          • What is the mood?
            • Is this a happy picture, a sad one, and exciting one, or what?
          • Use your techniques!
            • Where is your light?
            • Are there colors to emphasize?
            • What is the background?
            • How are you using shadows?
            • Would a different angle make things better?
            • How much of your subject are you showing?
            • What else can we see in the picture?
        • The Assignment [40]
          • Take an amazing portrait of at least TWO people
            • You should take a LOT of photos of each person so that you can submit the BEST one possible
            • You should be taking pictures or looking for the "right shot" 100% of the time
            • Show a minimum of 2/3 of their face
            • Show no more than their UPPER TORSO (waist to head)
          • Have your own portrait taken by at least TWO people
          • Complete the portrait list worksheet and turn it in TODAY
            • TOMORROW 
              • Upload your two best portraits to the proper album
          • BREAK NO SCHOOL RULES while doing this assignment
            • No Headphones
            • No hoods
            • No messing around


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          Tuesday, December 5, 2017

          TUE/WED: Hour of Code 2017

          476 Million 'kids' have done the Hour of Code!

           Welcome to 
          The HOUR of CODE
          Be a CODE STAR!



           The Tasks
          200 One Hour Tutorials (and counting!)
          You Should Use Headphones
          for ALL Videos
          To PRINT your certificate "print" it to PDF 
          and email it to yourself


          The Newest!:

          John's personal favorite!


           The Classics: familiar characters in a drag and drop environment

          Cool tutorials using modern WEB Technologies: 

          You Should Use Headphones
          for ALL Videos

            Cool game making tutorials with really clear step-by-step instructions that don't need a video
              You Should Use Headphones
              for ALL Videos

               Other Cool Tutorials:
              Still think you are a boss?
              • 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.
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