OK! So we aren't actually back yet - but SOON! The gears are grinding so to speak.
I didn't require you to actually get on the blog this summer. It was optional. It was summer and I thought I'd go easy on you. (Yes I know! Ten pieces over the summer is not exactly going easy on you. I never promised you a "free pass". This IS level four after all. Some teachers assign even more than that!)
But, HEAR THIS!!
During the school year, the blog will be a regular part of your work. It will be as important an activity as doing a sketch, reading an article or meeting a deadline.
I want you to be thinking about your work. I want you to be writing about your work in an intelligent way. I want you to become very comfortable with the technology that is going to be expected of you when you get into college. All of this (plus your art making) require you to take an active role. You can't just rely on others in the group to fill in the gaps. I will be keeping tabs.
Everyone is a vital part of the group! Vital implies living. (Look it up if you don't believe me.) Living implies doing. (That's right. You'll notice, I didn't choose the word existing.) Doing is self-explanatory and will be a requirement for everyone!
I will be asking you to participate in this blog in a regular and meaningful way. A portion of your grade will be based on it!
When school begins I will make sure everyone is signed on and that you have access to the site. You should be able to get in from school as well as from home - no excuses. There will be cameras available for you to use to photograph your work so that you can post it if you like. You will be expected to create a digital portfolio of all that you do in your "My Documents" folder. We will be burning CDs of your work.
I know this sounds like a lot of work, but heck, you will need to know it for next year anyway. And, if you don't, think how much better off you will be!
Don't get overwhelmed. We will be doing it step by step. Get a notebook, or better still a big, fat, empty journal that you can start taking notes in as well as for doing your sketching.
Keep everything together then you will know where it is when you need it.
Yep! There is slightly more than a week left. Enjoy the time you have left!
I didn't require you to actually get on the blog this summer. It was optional. It was summer and I thought I'd go easy on you. (Yes I know! Ten pieces over the summer is not exactly going easy on you. I never promised you a "free pass". This IS level four after all. Some teachers assign even more than that!)
But, HEAR THIS!!
During the school year, the blog will be a regular part of your work. It will be as important an activity as doing a sketch, reading an article or meeting a deadline.
I want you to be thinking about your work. I want you to be writing about your work in an intelligent way. I want you to become very comfortable with the technology that is going to be expected of you when you get into college. All of this (plus your art making) require you to take an active role. You can't just rely on others in the group to fill in the gaps. I will be keeping tabs.
Everyone is a vital part of the group! Vital implies living. (Look it up if you don't believe me.) Living implies doing. (That's right. You'll notice, I didn't choose the word existing.) Doing is self-explanatory and will be a requirement for everyone!
I will be asking you to participate in this blog in a regular and meaningful way. A portion of your grade will be based on it!
When school begins I will make sure everyone is signed on and that you have access to the site. You should be able to get in from school as well as from home - no excuses. There will be cameras available for you to use to photograph your work so that you can post it if you like. You will be expected to create a digital portfolio of all that you do in your "My Documents" folder. We will be burning CDs of your work.
I know this sounds like a lot of work, but heck, you will need to know it for next year anyway. And, if you don't, think how much better off you will be!
Don't get overwhelmed. We will be doing it step by step. Get a notebook, or better still a big, fat, empty journal that you can start taking notes in as well as for doing your sketching.
Keep everything together then you will know where it is when you need it.
Yep! There is slightly more than a week left. Enjoy the time you have left!
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