Wednesday, September 30, 2015

30 September 2015 8th Hour Scalable Game Design Warmup

On 2 blank index cards:

Collision-An event in which two agents run into each other

Diffusion-an agent is assigned a linear equation that will continuously run through the simulation

Place these index cards behind the Content card and join the meeting.

30 September 2015 7th Hour Design and Modeling Warmup

On 2 blank index cards:

Isometric-A form of pictorial drawing in which all three drawing axes form equal angles in which all three drawing axes form equal angles of 120 degrees with the plan of projection

Orthographic projection-A method of representing three-dimensional objects on a plane have only length and breadth

Place these index cards behind the Content card and join the meeting.

30 September 2015 4th Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

On 2 blank index cards:

E-learning-The use of computers and computer programs to replace teachers and the time-place specificity of learning

Information processing cycle-A sequence of four operations: input, processing, output, and storage.  These operations receive data, process it into information, allow it to be outputted for information, allow it to be outputted for viewing , and save it for future use

Place these index cards behind the Content card and wait for additional directions.

30 September 2015 Typing Web

https://www.typing.com/student/login

30 September 2015 2nd Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

On 2 blank index cards:

E-learning-The use of computers and computer programs to replace teachers and the time-place specificity of learning

Information processing cycle-A sequence of four operations: input, processing, output, and storage.  These operations receive data, process it into information, allow it to be outputted for information, allow it to be outputted for viewing , and save it for future use

Place these index cards behind the Content card and then join the meeting.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

29 September 2015 8th Hour Scalable Game Design Warmup

On 2 blank index cards:

Equivalent fractions -   Fractions that represent the same number

Front-end estimation  -   A method of estimating a sum by adding the front-end digits to adjust the sum

Place these index cards behind the Math card and then join the meeting.

29 September 2015 7th Hour Design and Modeling Warmup

On 2 blank index cards:

Equilateral triangle -  A triangle with three sides of the same length

Factor When whole number other than zero are multiplied together, each number ias a factor of the product

Place these index cards behind the Math card and then join the meeting.

PLTW Login

https://my.pltw.org/user/login?destination=node/1

29 September 2015 5th Hour 8th Grade Visual Art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QriGtuLzuBg
After watching the following video, has an aspect of the video given you an idea or concept that could improve your current project.  Make sure you use a Perfect Three Sentence Answer.

Meeting Information

Website:

https://freescreensharing.com/?fromTray=&email=&pass=&uname=&autoLogin=&autoJoin=&newProfile=&join_meeting=&meetingid=&host_meeting=&webLogin=

Email:

abulman@district70.org

Meeting ID:

777227863

29 September 2015 4th Hour 6th Grade Technology

On 2 blank index cards:

Equation- A mathematical sentence formed by placing an equal sign (=) between two expressions

Function- A pairing of two values, called an input and an output.  In a function, each input has exactly one output

Place these index cards behind the Math card and then join the meeting.

29 September 2015 2nd Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

On 2 blank index cards:

Equation- A mathematical sentence formed by placing an equal sign (=) between two expressions

Function- A pairing of two values, called an input and an output.  In a function, each input has exactly one output

Place these index cards behind the Math card and then join the meeting.

Sunday, September 27, 2015

28 September 2015 8th Hour Scalable Game Design Warmup

Login to Edmodo.

https://www.edmodo.com/

Complete the provided assignment as today's warmup.

28 September 2015 7th Hour Design and Modeling Warmup

Login to Edmodo.

https://www.edmodo.com/

Complete the provided assignment as today's warmup.

28 September 2014 6th Hour 7th Grade Visual Art Warmup

Login to Edmodo.

https://www.edmodo.com/

Complete the provided assignment as today's warmup.

28 September 2015 5th Hour 8th Grade Visual Art Warmup

Login to Edmodo.

https://www.edmodo.com/

Complete the provided assignment as today's warmup.

28 September 2015 4th Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

Login to Edmodo.

https://www.edmodo.com/

Complete the provided assignment as today's warmup.

28 September 2015 2nd Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

Login to Edmodo.

https://www.edmodo.com/

Complete the provided assignment as today's warmup.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

24 September 2014 8th Hour Scalable Game Design Warmup

On 2 blank index cards:

Absorb-An agent absorbs or erases a stream of other agents

Collaborative diffusion-An agent becomes an anti-object and becomes the computationally active part distributing AI into the environment

This definition goes behind your Content card on your vocabulary ring.

24 September 2015 6th Hour 7th Grade Visual Arts



Dana Schutz: Swiss Family Traveling, 2015, oil on canvas, 84 by 88 inches. Courtesy the artist and Petzel, New York.

Choose a facial feature.  Draw that item of anatomy in 5 different ways.

24 September 2015 5th Hour 8th Grade Visual Art


Bifolium, from a Manuscript of the Decretals of Gratian, ca. 1290
French; Paris
Tempera and gold leaf with brown ink on parchment; Page: 18 9/16 x 11 7/16 in. (47.2 x 29.2 cm)


http://www.maricazottino.com/public/calligraphy-on-girls-02-301x398.jpg
Pokras Lampas
Calligraphy on Girls
http://pokras.tumblr.com/

Consider how this artform has remained relevant and evolved over time.  In your sketch book, write your name in a manner that you think is interesting and artistic.

24 September 2015 Meeting Information

Do not join the meeting until directed to do so.

Website:

https://freescreensharing.com/?fromTray=&email=&pass=&uname=&autoLogin=&autoJoin=&newProfile=&join_meeting=&meetingid=&host_meeting=&webLogin=

Email:

abulman@district70.org

Meeting ID:

777227863

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

24 September 2015 4th Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

On 2 blank index cards:

Input-The activity of gathering and capturing raw data

Output-Production of useful information, usually in the form of documents and reports

This definition goes behind your Content card on your vocabulary ring.

24 September 2015 2nd Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

On  2 blank index cards:

Input-The activity of gathering and capturing raw data

Output-Production of useful information, usually in the form of documents and reports

This definition goes behind your Content card on your vocabulary ring.

23 September 2015 Scalable Game Design Assessment

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mUMtJ6ujOQ-LY39F8cWR6sKhb_UvI7rAJBH9jKsonWs/viewform?usp=send_form

23 September 2015 8th Hour Scalable Game Design Warmup

On a blank index card:

Distributive property-You can multiply a number and a sum by multiplying the number by each part of the sum and then adding these products.  The same property applies to subtraction

This definition goes behind your Math card on your vocabulary ring.

23 September 2015 6th Hour 7th Grade Visual Art

http://www.trbimg.com/img-552d5a22/turbine/la-et-cm-art-review-david-jien-exodus-at-richard-heller-gallery-20150414
David Jien
Exodus
Color pencil, graphite, gouache and mother of pearl veneer on paper

"I definitely think I live vicariously through my art, and through these characters am able to express my deepest ambitions, desires, fantasies and fears.  I believe that everyone at some point in their lives has to deal with an inner struggle, and that this universe is perfectly designed to offer human being the optimal condition under which the choice between good and evil can be made.  My drawings depict my struggles and joys manifested through these casts of character.  My characters are self portraits.  I am a Who rider, I am a Lizard man." -David Jien

Could this artwork be symbolic of real-world events?

23 September 2015 5th Hour 8th Grade Visual Art Warmup

 In and Out of the Studio: Photographic Portraits from West Africa

"The exhibition seeks to expand our understanding of West African portrait photographs, by rendering the broad variety of these practices and aesthetics. It juxtaposes photographs, postcards, real photo postcards, and original negatives taken both inside and outside the studio by amateur and professional photographers active from Senegal to Cameroon, and from Mali to Gabon."  (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Using a Perfect Three Sentence Answer, what is the primary, photographic, difference between this image and the photograph that you are working on?

23 September 2014 4th Hour Technology Warmup

On a blank index card:

Data-Information, often given in the form of numbers or facts

This definition goes behind your Math card on your vocabulary ring.

When Word is Completed

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/reduce_fractions_shoot.htm

23 September 2015 Meeting Information

Do not join the meeting until directed to do so.

Website:

https://freescreensharing.com/?fromTray=&email=&pass=&uname=&autoLogin=&autoJoin=&newProfile=&join_meeting=&meetingid=&host_meeting=&webLogin=

Email:

abulman@district70.org

Meeting ID:

777227863

23 September 2015 2nd Hour Technology Warmup

On a blank index card:

Data-Information, often given in the form of numbers or facts

This definition goes behind your Math card on your vocabulary ring.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

17 September 2015 8th Hour Scalable Game Design Warmup

Join the meeting.

https://freescreensharing.com/?fromTray=&email=&pass=&uname=&autoLogin=&autoJoin=&newProfile=&join_meeting=&meetingid=&host_meeting=&webLogin=

abulman@district70.org
777227863

17 September 2015 7th Hour Desing and Modeling Warmup

Join the meeting.

https://freescreensharing.com/?fromTray=&email=&pass=&uname=&autoLogin=&autoJoin=&newProfile=&join_meeting=&meetingid=&host_meeting=&webLogin=

abulman@district70.org
777227863

17 September 2015 6th Hour 7th Grade Visual Art Warmup


http://iraaa.museum.hamptonu.edu/media/img/small/20141018_120929623_2_MCL_Paper-Elysium_2014.jpg


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nopd4WLs6xc/U8mfI6lhM5I/AAAAAAAARx0/Al4aT3qu9NI/s1600/MCL_eml1.jpg 






"Mike Cloud lays it on thick—in his paint application and in his symbolism. Layers of chunky oil paint covered every inch of canvas in the nine works on view. Jewish stars, blood diamonds, the Confederate flag and at least one Swastika mixed and mingled with coffins, genitals, detached hands and feet and painted statements about impotence. Cloud staples canvas to the inside of stretchers, instead of stretching around them, so all the pieces are “framed.” His conspicuous brushstrokes, often roughly the width of a human finger, emphasize the directness of a body’s forceful, persistent touch." (Becky Brown, Art in America, Jan. 2015)

Sketch 10 symbols that you see during the day.

17 September 2015 5th Hour 8th Grade Visual Art Warmup

http://www.moma.org/wp/moma_learning/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Dorothea-Lange.-Migrant-Mother-303x395.jpg 


Photographs can bear witness to a definitive moment in history or even serve as a catalyst for change. They can foster sympathy and awareness or, alternatively, offer critical commentary on an historical figure or event. The photographers discussed here aim to wordlessly capture the essence of events they witnessed—though the question of accuracy is always up for debate." (MoMA, Photography as Witness)

We will be creating a sketch that depicts how you plan on composing your photograph.



17 September 2015 4th Hour 6th Grade Technology

No warmup today.  Go directly to Typing Web.

https://www.typing.com/

Start on V, H, and M Keys.

17 September 2015 2nd Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

No warmup today.  Go directly to Typing Web.

https://www.typing.com/

Start on V, H, and M Keys.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

10 September 2015 Scalable Game Design

On a blank notecard:

Coordinates- The numbers in an ordered pair that locate a point on a coordinate grid.  See also x-coordinate and y-coordinate

When you have written the definition, place behind the colored card labeled Math. 

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Journey Resources

Journey Tutorial 1

http://sgd.cs.colorado.edu/wiki/images/3/38/Journey_Project_Summary_Part_I--basic_game.pdf

Journey Tutorial 2

http://sgd.cs.colorado.edu/wiki/images/f/f4/Journey_Project_Summary_Part_II--diffusion_and_hill_climbing.pdf

Journey Tutorial 3

http://sgd.cs.colorado.edu/wiki/images/1/15/Journey_Project_Summary_Part_III--polling_and_simulation_properties.pdf

09 September 2015 6th Hour 7th Grade Visual Art Warmup

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3757/10810542065_557edb04c9_b.jpg 
Along the Way
KAWS
Wood sculpture
176"x216"120"
2013

"No title is more apt than along the way.  Ever since Brooklyn-based artist KAWS transformed his creative output from the streest into one of the most exciting hybrid careers of pop-culture appeal and fine art evolution, he has been at the forefront of expanding the dialogue of what contemporary art can be.  He has long had the knack for making his work larger than life, whether by sheer physical scale, or positioning the work in places where mass audience is the instrument impelling the chorus forward." -Juxtapoz September 2015

Is there an aspect of this artwork that is similar to the value painting your are completing?  Consider that we are focusing on the element of value and displaying a wide range of values.
 https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5503/10810798773_07cbf1b06e_b.jpg

09 September 2015 5th Hour 8th Grade Visual Art Warmup

   





Shinro Ohtake: Queer, 1985, found objects, ink, printed matter, gouache and paper on cardboard, 13⅝ by 8¾ inches; at Parasol Unit.

"Picture a profusion of colorful detritus caking frames, boxes and hand-built wooden structures. Imagine, then, that all this detritus manifests the play of littered streets, encounters in Hawaii, the belch and screech of electric guitars, the buzz of insects. Introduce into the scene a sequence of quieter things—abstract works on paper made with gouache and plaster and resembling corroding metal; quasi-architectural wall panels made with paraffin and trussed with cellophane tape; a rectangular black wall piece that smells of a rustic cottage mixed with the reek of a painters’ studio." -Prajna Desai on Sinro Ohtake

Is there an aspect of this collage that you fell can help guide the artistic choices you are making in your own collange?

Sheppard Math

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/fractionSet.htm

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

PwC Assessment Link

https://test.linkit.com/testtaker/testtaker.html

09 September 2015 4th Hour 6th Grade Technology

Consider the following statements and determine if they are true or false:
  1. Advertisements are designed to sell us products or services.
  2. There are laws that tell companies what they can and cannot say in advertisements.
  3. Advertiseres tell the truth in their ads.
  4. The Federal Trade COmmission is responsible for monitoring what companies promise in their advertisements.
  5. We can believe what we see, hear, or read in advertisements.
You do not need to write your answers down but be prepared to share with the class.

09 September 2015 2nd Hour 6th Grade Technology

Consider the following statements and determine if they are true or false:
  1. Advertisements are designed to sell us products or services.
  2. There are laws that tell companies what they can and cannot say in advertisements.
  3. Advertiseres tell the truth in their ads.
  4. The Federal Trade COmmission is responsible for monitoring what companies promise in their advertisements.
  5. We can believe what we see, hear, or read in advertisements.
You do not need to write your answers down but be prepared to share with the class.

Value

http://pacopomet.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Hab%C3%ADa-una-vez-%C3%93leo-lienzo.-120-x-140-cms.-2014-350x300.jpg

Paco Pomet
Habia Una Vez
Oil on canvas
55"x47"
2014

Monet's Haystacks

http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/dh.html

Collage

"The ethos of collage shapes every aspect of contemporary culture, from the glut of signs and images to the many layers of digital information to the art of sampling." -MOMA

 Ralph Schraivogel. Archigram 1961–74 (Museum für Gestaltung). 1995. Silkscreen, 50 3/8 x 35 5/8" (128 x 90.5 cm). Gift of the designer

Ralph Schraivogel. Archigram 1961–74 (Museum für Gestaltung). 1995. Silkscreen, 50 3/8 x 35 5/8" (128 x 90.5 cm). Gift of the designer


 http://www.metalocus.es/content/en/system/files/file-images/citroen.metropolis.jpg

Paul Citroen Metropolis
1923

08 September 2015 6th Grade Technology Classroom Activity

https://www.typing.com/

Beginner Review 1

Saturday, September 5, 2015

08 September 2015 Scalable Game Design Warmup

https://www.edmodo.com/

Use the provided link.  Log into Edmodo.  Login.  Complete the provided assignment.

08 September 2015 Design and Modeling Warmup

https://www.edmodo.com/

Use the provided link.  Log into Edmodo.  Login.  Complete the provided assignment.

08 Septermber 2015 7th Hour Visual Art Warmup

https://www.edmodo.com/

Use the provided link.  Log into Edmodo.  Login.  Complete the provided assignment.

08 September 2015 8th Grade Visual Art Warmup

https://www.edmodo.com/

Use the provided link.  Log into Edmodo.  Login.  Complete the provided assignment.

08 September 2014 4th Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

https://www.edmodo.com/

Use the provided link.  Log into Edmodo.  Login.  Complete the provided assignment.

08 September 2015 2nd Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

https://www.edmodo.com/

Use the provided link.  Log into Edmodo.  Login.  Complete the provided assignment.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

SGD Pre-Survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/?sm=Bie1tuYmpQuZFSM2%2bRXC5W3i0WYC6MIAP1OerslfLjI%3d

Choosing the Right Website

Content Specialist 1. Does the site cover the topic comprehensively?
2. Can you understand what is being said? Is it written above or below your level of understanding?
3. What is unique about the site? Does it offer something others do not?
4. Are there links to other sites about the topic?
5. Does it give the date the information was created? The date the material was last revised?
6. Would you get better information in a book? An encyclopedia?
7. Would you include this site in a bibliography?
Usability/Design Specialist 1. Is the site user friendly?
2. Is there a well-labeled table of contents?
3. Do all the design elements (graphics, art, buttons, etc.) enhance the message of the site?
4. Are there any errors in spelling or grammar?
5. Do the pages appear to be clean and uncluttered?
6. Do the links on this site work?
7. Would you include this site in a bibliography?
Bias/Purpose Specialist 1. Why was this site created? (to persuade, to educate) Is it a commercial (.com), government (.gov), academic (.edu), or non-profit Web site (.org)?
2. Is there any bias? Is only one side of the argument presented? Is it trying to persuade you to change your opinion?
3. Can you tell the facts from opinions?
4. Would you include this site in a bibliography?
Authority/Credibility Specialist 1. Who is responsible for this site?
2. What are his or her credentials?
3. Have the authors documented their own sources?
4. What is the domain name? Does it end in .com, .gov, .edu, .org, or .net?
5. Who else links to the site? You can perform a link check in Google by entering "link:webaddress" in the search box. Is it linked to other reliable sites?
6. Would you include this site in a bibliography?

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

02 September 2015 8th Hour Scalable Game Design Warmup

On a blank index card, write the following definition.

Benchmark-A familiar object that can be used to approximate the size of a unit

02 September 2015 6th Hour 7th Grade Visual Art

http://winnietruong.com/

Review the work of Winnie Truong.  Create a sketch in which you try to depict hair.

02 September 2015 8th Grade Visual Arts Warmup

http://winnietruong.com/

Review the work of Winnie Truong.  Create a sketch in which you try to depict hair.

02 September 2015 4th Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

On a blank index card, write the following definition. 

Bar graph-A graph in which the lengths of bars are used  to represent and compare data

02 September 2015 2nd Hour 6th Grade Technology Warmup

On a blank index card, write the following definition. 

Bar graph-A graph in which the lengths of bars are used  to represent and compare data

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

01 September 2015 8th Hour Scalable Game Design Warmup

Practice your ability to multiply by playing the game at the provided link.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/popup/popup_multiplication.htm

01 September 2015 7th Grade Visual Art Warmup

http://tumblevision.com/images/7th-and-main-HOME.jpg

Timothy Robert Smith
Revised Map of the Present
Oil on canvas
108"x60"
2013

"Consciousness, enlightenment, probable dimensions , time and space, and how we human fall into the larger picture of things." -Timothy Robert Smith (On what influences his artwork.)

Using a Perfect Three Sentence Answer,  what is the primary emphasis in this artwork?

01 September 2015 5th Hour 8th Grade Visual Art Warmup

http://tumblevision.com/images/7th-and-main-HOME.jpg

Timothy Robert Smith
Revised Map of the Present
Oil on canvas
108"x60"
2013

"Consciousness, enlightenment, probable dimensions , time and space, and how we human fall into the larger picture of things." -Timothy Robert Smith (On what influences his artwork.)

Using a Perfect Three Sentence Answer,  what is the primary emphasis in this artwork?