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7th Media Arts: Digital Citizenship

Cyberbullying and Digital Citizenship

1. What is Cyberbullying? A Video Introduction

2. Go to MTV's A Thin Line and answer the questions on your worksheets

3. Watch "Lets Fight it Together." Answer the questions on your worksheet.

4. Look at this example "friendbook" profile and answer the questions on your worksheet.

5. Take the Cyberbullying Quiz

6. Explore some of the resources below

Links to Resources:

NSTeens (Great videos on digital citizenship issues and "real stories")

Digizen (UK)

A Thin Line (an MTV/Facebook collaboration)

WiredKids

Cyberbullying Research Center

STOP Cyberbullying for Tweens

THINKUKNOW (divided by age)

NetSmartz Real Stories (video)

Watch movie: "Cyberbullied"

8th Media Art: Be a Media Critic

Go to Artopia to complete the packet.

Watch the One Minute Movie

Click on Be a Media Critic

Photography

1. Click on "photography." Choose 1 photograph and write about what you see on your worksheet.

2. Click on "do more", the "write about it." Write about how 2 different elements or principles of design are used.

3. Write your opinion of the photo in complete sentences.

Radio Production

4. Listen to one radio production and write about what you hear

5. Write about how the producer expresses the message

6. Write about your opinion of the production

Film Production

7. Choose a film and make a list of what you see

8. Click on "more" under your film clip, the click on "do more," then "write about it." How are two elements or principles used? (use the "word back if you need too)

9. What is your opinion and how did it make you feel?

Vintage Television

10. Choose a TV clip and make a list of what you see

11. Click on "more" under your film clip, the click on "do more," then "write about it." How are two elements or principles used? (use the "word back if you need too)

12. What is your opinion and how did it make you feel?

Electronic Arts- Keep it Real Website

13. make a list of what you see and hear

14. How are two elements or principles used? 

15. What is your opinion and how did it make you feel?

How to Be a Critical Viewer

6th Super School Lunch

Dream Lunch!

1. Click on the lunch tray picture, then when the large version loads, right click and save to your desktop
2. Open it in Photoshop
3. Find pictures of your favorite foods. Go to morguefile.com for copyright-free photos. If you need something specific you can use Google (for this project only!) Click on "large" size so your pictures aren't blurry)
4. Open your pictures in Photoshop and Cut and paste your foods on to your lunch tray. Your teacher will demonstrate.
5. You must include a minimum of 5 foods and a beverage, but you can load up your tray! You could also try something on a theme (like, what if you went through the lunch line and you got a tray full of money, gold and diamonds? Or really gross stuff?)
6. Save to the "HAND IN WORK" folder as "YourLastName Lunch.psd"
7. Have fun!

Extra Credit: Design a Healthy Lunch. Include a food from each category: Dairy, Grains or starches, Meat or beans, Vegetables, Fruits.

6th Media Arts: Architecture Creative Writing Assignment

Open Microsoft Word and copy and paste this picture:

Write at least 3 paragraphs about this Google Sketch-Up model of a house. You can write whatever you want. You could write:

• describing the client or who lives there (how many people live there? their ages? their jobs? their hobbies?)
• where the house is (is it urban, suburban or rural? what city? state? country?)
• what is included in the design (what rooms? what landscaping? what extra things or amenities?)
• who designed it? how did they design it? how much did it cost to build?)

7th Media Art: Pattern Design

Research

Try the two activities linked from caarts.blogspot.com

1. Symmetry Activity
   
2. Organic and Geometric Shapes
3. Patterns 
4. Practice making some patterns

Now lets look at some examples of print and pattern designs. Go to: Print and Pattern. Look through all of the examples (you can also go through the archives). Pick 3 and describe them. 

Look at some Columbia Academy student work

Follow the directions on your worksheets to design 3 different patterns and apply them to 3 different items. Have fun!

NEXT: Create an original fashion design! Ms. Fowler will give you directions

8th Media Arts: Food Packaging Design

Vocabulary

1. Use the dictionary application to look up the following words: brand, slogan, UPC, FDA, consumer.

2. Examples of Slogans

3. Decide on your customer or consumer.

4. Food Advertising Strategies
more strategies

5. Package Design Examples and Inspiration

1. Packaging of the World
2. Inspiration Feed
3. Great Packagin Design
4. Lovely Package
5. Google Image Search, Best packaging
6. Food packaging designs of 2012

6. Brainstorm/Plan/Sketch

7. Follow the directions on your worksheet. 8. You must include a Brand name, Description or  Slogan, Ingredients, Nutritional information, Barcode. You may include a picture of the product or illustrations.

9. Design using Adobe Illustrator. Demonstration

Videos:

What is Branding?
Packaging Design
History of Branding
Psychology and Advertising

Designing in Illustrator

6th Media Arts: Architecture

Research and Planning Worksheet:

1. Great Buildings

2. Craziest Homes from Around the World, Modern Home Architecture, The Coolist Homes, 

3. Architect's Handbook

Videos:

Modern Home Architecture

Top 100 Architects Video

Examples:

Floor Plans

Game: Homestyler

Google Sketch Up Houses

Sketch Up Video

Awesome Architecture

7th Media Arts: Prezi Presentation

• Vocabulary (use dictionary application)
• Planning

1. Go to Google Maps and look through this list of major cities of the world. Pick a city from a foreign country.

2. Use Google image search and save a map of your country, showing your city

3. Look up the weather for your chosen city. Google your city and "average weather" or try World Climate

4. Look up your city's history

5. Google arts and culture questions

6. Look up major attractions in your city

7. Find the average flight cost. Go to KAYAK

8. Find an average hotel cost

9. Now save pictures for your presentation to your folder

10. Use prezi.com to design your presentation. Use your SCHOOL GOOGLE EMAIL: Your name + apps.isd13.org, and your password should be your school ID number.

8th Media Arts: Willy Wonka Posters

You will create an original design for our fall musical "Willy Wonka".
Your design must include ONLY ORIGINAL drawings (that we scan in and color) or copyright free pictures.

Research:

Movie Clips
2005 Trailer
Pure Imagination

Violet turns Violet
Oompa Loompa Song
I want it Now

Willy Wonka Musical Posters

Design:

Draw and scan, or download pictures from morguefile.com
Download custom fonts from dafont.com

Wall Wisher Assignment

Directions

1. First. you will need to be logged on to your Google account.
          - Go to heights.apps.isd13.org
          - Use the same log in as your computer log in
2. Then go to http://wallwisher.com/
3. Click on "Build A Wall"
4. Title it with your name
5. Add your question in the description. Make your question something creative. For example: "If you discovered a planet, what would you name it?" or "If you could travel to any city in the world, where would you go?" or "If you had to eat one thing everyday, what would it be?"
6. Click on "wallpaper" and choose a background
7. Click on privacy and change the settings to "anyone", if you need too.
8.  Click on "address" and select and copy the address
9. Now go to cagallery.blogspot.com
10. Find the post that says "wall wishers assignment" (first one)
11. Go to the bottom and "add a comment"
12. Paste your wall's address
13. Ask at least 10 people to visit your wall and answer your question

8th Media Arts: Movie Soundtrack

For this project we will be composing music to go with copyright-free video footage, using the software program "GarageBand". These will be shown at our Arts and Engineering Comic Con, as well as online.

Research

     1. First, let's talk about what a comic convention is like. Video. Experience Comic Con.

2. Choose a found video to compose music for. I have downloaded some old cartoons that are now public domain. Find a video in the Fowler Classroom > Materials folder. Shorten it to about 2 minutes (find a good stopping point). It must be 1:30 minutes or longer.

3. Complete the Vocabulary

4. Read directions and watch a demo video

5. GarageBand Manual

Example Videos 

6th Media Arts: Legendary Creatures

Introduction
We will write a story about a made-up Legendary Creature, then use Adobe Photoshop to collage together photos to illustrate our creature. Here are some examples from last year.

Directions

1. Vocabulary

Use the Dictionary application for Vocabulary words

2. Research

a. Mythical Creatures (answer the questions in your packet)

b. Myths, Legends, Fables and Folklore (answer the questions in your packet)

c. Look at these professional examples:
Photoshop Animals 1

 Photoshop Animals 2

3. Sketch

Sketch in your packet

4. Write

Follow the directions on your worksheet, and us MSWord to write your legend.

5. Design

Go to Morguefile.com to collect your photos

*Extra time activities: go to Remix Art Studio or Pixlr-o-matic

7th Media Arts: Comic Con, Superheros

We will work on a packaging design project for our Arts and Engineering Comic Con (or Comic Convention).

1. Research
     First, let's talk about what a comic convention is like. Video. Experience Comic Con.

You will design superhero characters (like a superhero) and create a packages for candy, suckers, and stickers. We will sell these at our booths (for Columbia Academy cash, or real $).

2. Brainstorm
    Begin by brainstorming some character designs. You can use the internet for inspiration. Draw12 different characters on your paper.
Superhero
cute superhero
superhero character

3. Design
    We will do some practice in Adobe Illustrator. Follow Ms. Fowler's directions step-by-step to create a practice project. Then, use what you have learned to make TWO of your own designs on the computer.

4. Packaging design
After you hand your designs in, Ms. Fowler will print your characters on stickers to add to candy packages. We will sell these at our Comic Con.

Turn one of your finished designs into a book cover, a T-shirt, or both. A book cover must include a title and an author. You can find the T-shirt template in Fowler-Classroom>Materials.

PSN Care Package Designs

8^th Media Arts: Project Safety Nets

8th Graders will work with Miss Ann to develop a fundraising campaign for her foundation "Project Safety Nets." You will design 4 different pieces: a flyer, a care package, a T-shirt, and a thank you note. 

Research Miss Ann will talk with you about the foundation, and her needs as the client. Write down notes from her presentation (What does Project Safety Nets do? What is important to include in your designs?)

How to Design an Awesome Flyer

Design Ideas

Plan

Use the internet to research donation campaign designs, and the Project Safety Nets website. How will you encourage people to donate? Sketch your designs.

Design each on the computer. Use the templates Ms. Fowler has provided for each. They will include all of the text and information you need, and will be set up as the right size. We will work on one design per class. These should all have the same look and feel –use similar colors, fonts, and design elements. A good guideline for your designs: No more than 2 or 3 fonts, 2 or 3 colors and include at least 2 or 3 images or design elements.

1. Flyer
2. Care Package
3. T-shirt
4. Thank you note