Class Activitities/Assignments for Wednesday 25 August

1. Assign students to computers who had no computer on Tuesday
    Seats A (Reseat A-1& B-3 tables) (10 min)

2.  Attempt to setup gmail accounts (15 min)
     gmail.com >Create Account

•     Things to check
• Desired Login Name: ac1+first initial + lastname
• Example:  ac1tmcghee
• click on "check availability"
• Must have at least 8 characters in passwords
• Type in letters for word verification (not case sensitive
• Click on I "accept terms" at bottom of page
• Send send email  from that account to 
• rtechy@gmail.com
• Include your name and block number (1st, 2nd, 4th)
• More chances to setup accounts  (Thursday-Friday)
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4.  Using Safari (Browser -10 min)

• Use Google to go to text book 
• wiki + digital + foundations
• Go to table of contents page
• Make bookmark of TOC
• Review: How to Use Electronic Text book. Chapter 1

5.  Ways of Finding/Saving Pictures/images on iMac  (15 min)

• images.google.com
• Mouse over image/photo
• Hold down control key > hold mouse down >save image as...
• Graded Exercise.
• Create new folder on desktop.
• Find, download, and save 7 of the following 10 items:
1. monalisa painting
2. dogs playing poker painting
3. any Kandinski painting
4. any Pollock painting
5. any Picasso painting
6. any cool cell phone picture
7. any NASCAR car picture
8. any NFL player
9. any NBA player
10. fashion model in wedding dress
• 
  
• camera shots
• command + shift + "4" 
• move mouse to top left corner, drag down
• release mouse to stop
  
• command + shift + "3"
• screen print

 Intro to Garageband

Welcome to the Digital Side of Art!

Welcome to the class blog and welcome to the digital side of art and media!  This blog is pretty important because this is where all the written instructions for the course start.

In the digital art world, even people who are not "artists" can make great creations of art for entirely new groups of people.  Even people who do don't like the 'artsy" part of art can learn to appreciate it through the things they care about.

If you like NASCAR we have something fast for you; if you like hunting, we've camouflaged something for you.  If you already like the traditional art class you'll be adding a new digital angle to your view.

This art course is unlike any ever taught at Halifax County High School.  It is 100% digital and nearly paperless.  The syllabus gives you more details.

The course syllabus, shown here, is the document that explains what is expected of you; what your obligations are; and a description of grading.

Each day the first place you should look should be the class blog.
It will provide you the instructions you need for each class.

Assignments for Friday August 20, 2010

1. Setup gmail account if you have not already done so. (15 minutes)
2. Exercise Chapter Two tells you about copyright law.  Read over the main points of Chapter Two in your Digital Foundations text book then ...
3. Complete the quiz questions
4. Replicate either the Egon Schiele  or the Picasso painting using Adobe Illustrator at this url: (45minutes)
5. Create a folder in your documents folder called "First Block"
1. Save your file as A1c_X_firstinitial.lastname (X= class block (1,2,4))
2. Make a copy and put it in the "drop box" of MacPro1 (on network) (Finder > Go >Network >Macpro1>public.
   

Assignments for Thursday August 19, 2010

1. New ID Cards
2. Go to gmail.com and try to set up a gmail account (:
• Username should be AIC [1,2,4]( depending on your block) then firstinitallastname
• Examples
• Jane Doe in first block would be aic1jdoe
• John Jones in 2nd block would be aic2jjones
• Mike Smith in 4th block would be aic4msmith
• If you are successful send an email from that account to 
• rtechy@gmail.com
  
3. Pay art fees
   
4. Review your new electronic textbook at Table of Contents (5 minutes)
   
   
5. Go to Chapter One read it then complete the following: (10 minutes)
   
   
   
   

   Exercise 1: Working with files and folders (10 minutes)
   

   Exercise 2: Creating a new file in Adobe Illustrator (10 minutes)
   

   Exercise 3: Creating a dynamic composition (10 minutes)

   Exercise 4: Saving a file (10 minutes)

   Complete the quizz at this link (5 minutes)

   Review of your answers (10 minutes)

    

    3.  Email rtechy@gmail.com  your favorite photo booth picture of you.
   

    

welcome!

Welcome to a whole new art world at HCHS! 

Everything is new, every teacher is new.  There's a new world of digital art and entirely new kinds of art coming to the high school near you.  These are not your grandma's art classes; this is not boring or simple!

 More to follow soon...