DA2+Projects+and+Assignments

=DigiARTS Calendar=

Click on DigiARTS Calendar to see abstracts of the days events for Digital Arts.

=Project: DigiARTS Web Browse= __//Due Date: August 12, 2010//__

In an attempt to make art more accessible, I have created a website to be used as a learning tool inside and outside of the classroom. Please allow twenty minutes for your child to familiarize you with the site's details. Your child (or you) may wish to visit this site several times throughout the semester and may choose to bookmark the site to the your web browser. If you have bookmarked this website, please place a check in the box on the form (a bright colored paper) and sign your name. My hope is within this short time you will have good understanding of the site and the general DigiART experience.

=Project: Art Equipment Responsibility Form= __//Due Date: August 12, 2010//__

The Art Equipment Responsibility Form is a sheet stating that students will learn to use art materials and tools appropriately and are responsible for their care.

Click on Art Equipment Responsibility Form to see the document in full.

=Project: Communication Arts Study= __//Due Date: September 1, 2010//__

You have to choose one of the following options: **Logo** or **Band Poster**.


 * Logos** have always communicated ideas. Their economy of design challenges designers to say more with less, to convey meaning, emotion and identify brands in an instant! And the stakes are high. Ubiquitous throughout society, logos have become one of advertising’s key ingredients for identifying products and services. (Communication Arts, May/June 2008, pg 56)


 * Click on @Logo Description for a more detailed explanation of the requirements.
 * Click on @Logo Rubric to see your assessment tool.
 * Click on @Logo Reflection to see questions you need to ask yourself while you are in the process of designing your logo.
 * Click on @Logo Exemplars to see a few examples of successful pieces. If you would like to view some more successful logos, click on @DigiARTS Useful Links and then proceed to click on the logo links under Communication Arts heading.

Your **Band Poster** should represent what the band means to you. The music’s Rhythm, Tone, Style, Articulation, Dynamics and Expression have to be turned into descriptive words. AND in turn, those descriptive words have to be translated into images.


 * Click on @Band Poster Description for a more detailed explanation of the requirements.
 * Click on @Band Poster Rubric to see your assessment tool.
 * Click on @Band Poster Reflection to see questions you need to ask yourself while you are in the process of designing your advertisement.
 * Click on @Band Poster Exemplars to see a couple examples of successful pieces. If you would like to view some more successful band posters, click on @DigiARTS Useful Links and then proceed to click on the band poster links under Communication Arts heading.

=Project: Communication Arts Study 2= __//Due Date: September 15, 2010//__


 * Advertising** is the largest sector of communication arts. On a daily basis you are bombarded with multitudes of information from numerous ads. Ads appear on the TV, in Magazines, in Newspapers, on Billboards and all over Internet sites. Companies are constantly trying to vie for your attention to first see their product, then remember their product and then finally think their product is cool/important enough for you to buy. The challenge with advertising designs is saying the same one thing (you need me) in a fresh way.


 * Click on @Advertising Description for a more detailed explanation of the requirements.
 * Click on @Advertising Rubric to see your assessment tool.
 * Click on @Advertising Reflection to see questions you need to ask yourself while you are in the process of designing your advertisement.
 * Click on @Advertising Exemplars to see a few examples of successful pieces. If you would like to view some more successful advertisements, click on @DigiARTS Useful Links and then proceed to click on the advertisement links under Communication Arts heading.

=**Project: Stop Motion Film**= //__Due Date: October 25, 2010__//

I have changed the title of this popular project from claymation or clay animation to **stop motion film**. Clay animation is a category of stop-motion film. Students have come to me with ideas for projects that have not involved clay and have moved into the wider venue of stop motion filming. I am excited by this conceptual move and it is evidence that you are taking ownership over your learning and thinking beyond classroom walls.

In short, stop motion film is taking pictures of an object. Every time you take a picture, you move the object a tiny bit. When the series of pictures are shown in a continuous sequence, the object in the pictures will appear to move. If you want a more comprehensive explanation click on stop motion - wikipedia.

Click on @DA2 Stop Motion Description for a more detailed explanation of the requirements. Click on @DA2 Stop Motion Rubric to see your assessment tool. Click on @Stop Motion Exemplars to see films to aspire to. Click on DigiARTS Video Archive to see stop motion films that students have made.

=Project: Documentary Study= //__Due Date: January 16, 2011__//

I was surprised to notice that I have nothing documented within this space. I need to gather the information from our Digital Arts server and paste it to this location. This will be done soon.

=Summer Vacation= __Due Date: June__