MON: Work day 3 of 6

"[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition, 

and you can't [really] correct it..." 

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can create a portfolio of my Photography that I am proud of

Homework:  

•  Take Better Photos for your Blog

Announcements: 

• WEDNESDAY: Party Like a PIG!
• No more office hours for the Photography Unit
• TUE you will peer review your partner's portfolio
• TUE office hours is for SMASH Applications
• COME TO ME FIRST

Photo Unit Reminders & Resources:

• Blogger.com
• ALL Class Albums & Examples

Agenda: [65]

• Important Check:
• Is your BLOG visible to John?
• Check HERE to see if you can see it
• Click HERE to add it if it is missing or incorrect
• Nothing to do?
• That might be a big problem when Friday's deadline hits
• Take some CHALLENGE Photos today/tonight 
• To still get credit for working today you may
• Do quiet homework
• Type or do Reading+
• Apply to Smash
• Your Organization is: Envision Academy of Arts & Technology
• Use your school email
• Use me as your counselor: John Kittredge
• School code is: 054285
• Your 8th grade information: John will help you with that after school on Tuesday
• You will eventually need:
• Your health insurance information 
• Name of insurer; Kaiser, Blue Cross, Alameda Health, etc...
• Plan or Member number
• Your financial information
• If you get Free Lunch Lucy in the front office can give you that information ("I need my CalPADS printed please")
• If you do NOT get Free Lunch and if your Guardian(s) filed taxes we will need the 1st TWO pages of their 1040 from 2017 (or 2018 if finished already) showing the adjusted gross income
• If you do NOT get Free Lunch and if your Guardian(s) did NOT file taxes talk to John ASAP.
• Daily Work Order (65...)
• If you have a SPECIFIC NEED get the pen from John and put your name on the board
• Process any outstanding photos into an album for yourself
• Select one photo to make a required post for the nearest deadline
• Edit said photo appropriately if necessary
• Create blog post
• Only ONE photo per post
• One paragraph written reflection minimum per post
• WHY is this a good picture?
• WHAT did YOU do to make this a great picture?
• Be specific, naming the techniques 
• Describe your intention and evaluate your results
• Publish when it is GREAT WORK or you have run out of time
• Select another photo, edit, post, write & publish
• Repeat until ALL possible posts for the day have been made
• Review ALL existing posts & identify weak photos to be replaced and improve weak writing
• Go home and take pictures that are better than the ones on the blog and then... Start from the top and do it all over again! 

You are NEVER "done" - there is always another post or an improvement on an existing one. 

The Requirements

• FINAL Version Due FRI, Feb 8
• ALL SIX posts from Deadline #1 last Friday
• Personalized Theme 
• Fonts/Colors/Backgrounds all complement the photography displayed therein
• SIX Additional Challenge Posts w/ well written paragraphs
• Different challenges, different subjects, different locations
• Competently done this will get you a "B"
• Excellently (photos & writing) done this will get you an "A"
• + ANY Extra Credit Posts w/ well written paragraphs
• NEW: They do NOT have to answer a specific challenge.
• They should still be different subjects from different locations
• + ANY BONUS Credit for advanced customization of your blog
• Especially custom layouts and clever uses of the gadgets