11/11/2013

Beginning Drawing

-I had a couple students lose drawings to the wind. Reiterate the fact they need to create a stable portfolio to hold all of their drawings at the beginning of the semester by requiring they bring cardboard (I’ll provide duct / packaging tape) to class to create a portfolio.

General Art History

-Consider decreasing the proportion of points the tests are worth and / or providing the study guide EARLIER in a given unit.

General Art

-I’ve switched the “flipbook” project to an “animated GIF” project. Overall, I think this will be a positive move, however, it is going to be a substantial undertaking. In the future, it will be useful to show students Adobe Photoshop in the “photo-book” project. That way, students will have some prior experience with the program before they use it for the “animated GIF” project. As it stands, I have to show them quite a bit for this project (scanning, uploading photos, resolution, basic tools, etc.).

12/2/2013

Well… Given the Thanksgiving Break… We only had half a week last week. There weren’t any EARTHSHATTERING breakthroughs in that time, however, the break provides a little time for reflection. It seems the biggest observation with the farthest-reaching ramifications is the idea of introducing the final projects (as applicable to a given class) BEFORE break. This allows students to go into the break knowing what is to come for the rest of the semester (no surprises!). It also gives them time to utilize the break to work if need be (or not). The choice is there’s. Even if they don’t work, it provides the opportunity to mull over ideas so that they might incubate and develop, presumably, so we can hit the ground running upon their return.