Friday, November 21, 2014

Goal Setting/Planning - Color

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Name your post "Goal Setting/Planning - Color"


*Apply what you learned from your Inquiry Activities to do your goal setting and planning.


Considering the knowledge you already have, where do you need to focus your learning? What are your learning goals for the project?

How will you use what you learned about the essential questions in your photography for this project?

What did you learn from the last projects that you will use in this project?

What additional questions will you need to ask yourself to focus your learning?



Brainstorm ideas for... (Remember to focus on your role and essential questions in your planning)

Content/context: subject matter, theme, story, message, place, time - (who, what, why, where, and when)

Composition/Dynamics: elements of art/principles of design. What kind of elements will you focus on? How will you arranging those elements?

Technical: camera settings, shooting techniques, quality lighting, equipment.

How will content, composition, and technique work as a unified whole in your photographs?


Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates goal setting planning blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your post.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Critique - Things

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Name your post "Critique - Things"

Take a screenshot of your best image (Command Shift 4) and insert it here:


1. What were your learning goals for the project?


2. How did you take extraordinary photos of ordinary objects?


3. Who was Edward Weston and how did he take photos that were extraordinary? How did you apply this information to your own photos?


4. What is the process for getting chosen to show your work at an art gallery?


5. Why would a gallery choose to display your photo? What art qualities does your image possess?


6. What do you still need to work on to improve your photos enough to be gallery quality?


Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates critique blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Goal Setting/Planning - Things

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Name your post "Goal Setting/Planning - Things"



*Apply what you learned from your Inquiry Activities to do your goal setting and planning.


Considering the knowledge you already have, where do you need to focus your learning? What are your learning goals for the project?

How will you use what you learned about the essential questions in your photography for this project?

What did you learn from the last projects that you will use in this project?

What additional questions will you need to ask yourself to focus your learning?



Brainstorm ideas for "Things - Elevating Ordinary into Extra Ordinary"... (Remember to focus on your role and essential questions in your planning)

Content/context: subject matter, theme, story, message, place, time - (who, what, why, where, and when)

Composition/Dynamics: elements of art/principles of design. What kind of elements will you focus on? How will you arranging those elements?

Technical: camera settings, shooting techniques, quality lighting!!!!, equipment.

How will content, composition, and technique work as a unified whole in your photographs?


Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates goal setting planning blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Critique - PTSA Reflections "The World Would be A Better Place if...."


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Name your post "Critique - PTSA Reflections "The World Would be A Better Place if...."

Take a screenshot of your best image (Command Shift 4) and insert it here:



How is personal content and your perspective important to this image?

How can art influence change?

How do content, composition, and technique work together to create an expressive image that warrants a second look by the viewer?

How does self regulation and self reflection impact the results of an image that warrants a second look by the viewer?

From what you learned from this project, what would you do differently next time to improve your photography?


Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates critique blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.