Class Hours: 10:05 – 2:40
Mr. Cronin
Notes
- I have returned.
- Welcome to Week 20! Let’s make our folders.
- Big ups to the top 2 teams (Ben / Piche) and (Jackson / Shelby) that will get their game play-tested by Deanna Vaida today after lunch to choose a “Best in show”. The process:
- We will watch the Trailer on the Big Board for one of the two games. The trailer really sets the tone for the game. An appetizer.
- We will let Ms. Vaida play that game.
- We will watch the Trailer on the Big Board for the next game.
- We will let Ms. Vaida play that game.
- Then she will choose a winner in:
- Story / Lore / Creativity
- Technical Implementation
- Art
- I am going to try to stream it using our camera, it’s better than nothing.
- Thursday and Friday we will be our SkillsUSA Team Based Design Competition. Teams of 2-3, choose between Game Design and Animation to focus on and dive deeper into. You make your teams, but if you wait, the teams will be formed for you and you. Remember that you can form up with GAWD2 as well.
10:05 Attendance and Article
10:10 Last Looks
Last looks is when I give students time to upload their completed work to the weekly folder on the public, in a folder that is your last name. Remember we aren’t doing any work today – this is just when we turn it in. Plan on not doing more than scan / upload each Monday morning – and the scanner may have a line!
DH19: Baseline Still Life
- lastNameDH_19.jpg
Week 19 Agency
- lastNameAgency_1.jpg through lastNameAgency_3.jpg
Last looks through break – want to give the 2 game teams a little extra time to prep their games.
10:50 Morning Break
11:00 Critiques
Each week we will upload our work on Monday. I will then present your work to the class. Each project I will pick a student to practice giving constructive criticism. Constructive criticism is a type of feedback that offers specific and actionable advice to help employees to improve. In the professional setting we need to be to talk professionally about the work, even if you don’t “love” the person who created it.
If selected, you will pick 1 thing that works, and 1 thing to improve upon next time. Remember we are separating the Design from the Designer. We are looking for actionable input.
11:30 DH21: Contour Drawing and Observation Skills
Watch the resource above.
This week you are going to create 2 sketches. They can be the same page (if you budget your space well) or on 2 sheets of paper. I don’t recommend drawing on both sids of a paper, marks and dents can appear.
Sketch 1
Setup a 3 object composition that is centered. Create using contour lines as in the resource – no shading needed.
Sketch 2
Now setup the same 3 objects using the rule of thirds for composition.
The rule suggests placing:
- Key subjects along the grid lines
- Important focal points on or near the intersections rather than centering everything.
Save your work as lastNameDH20.jpg and lastNameDH20_ruleOfThirds.jpg.
11:55 Lunch
- No food in the room / eat in the Cafe.
- You are welcome to return to the room when you have finished eating and work / hang out.
12:25 Attendance and Article
12:30 Head to Head final testing
- We will watch the Trailer on the Big Board for one of the two games.
- We will let Mrs. Vaida play that game.
- We will watch the Trailer on the Big Board for the next game.
- We will let Mrs. Vaida play that game.
- Then she will choose a winner in:
- Story / Lore / Creativity
- Art
- Technical Implementation
Winners choose seats and get dual monitors for the 3rd quarter.
1:10 Afternoon Break
1:25 Speed Design
Speed Designs are 10 minute sprints in CAWD where we practice. It could be any medium – 3D, 2D, video, programming, etc.
1:40 Afternoon Practice & Production
DH20: Contour Drawing and Observation Skills
- lastNameDH20.jpg
- lastNameDH20_ruleOfThirds.jpg
Week 20 Agency
- lastNameAgency_1.jpg through lastNameAgency_3.jpg
2:15 Dailies
2:20 “19 Minutes”
Every day in GAWD will end with “19 Minutes” of silent reading. Closing down our day with silent reading provides many benefits:
- Improve Literacy Skills / Reading Stamina
- Create space for a small reading meditation where we can disconnect from the world and get lost in a story
- Unplug
At the end I will 3 students and ask for a 1 sentence explanation of what happened.
2:40 Dismissal
