Class Hours: 10:05 – 2:40
Mr. Cronin
Notes
- Happy December!! Welcome to Week 14! Let’s all make our “week_14” folders now.
- 3 full weeks of school until an almost 2 week winter break! (We come back on a Thursday)
- Here are some unique “events” over the next 15 school days:
- Champlain College is coming to give a recruiting pitch to you, today.
- Over the next 3 Wednesdays may be having visitors in the room to check out the program for next year.
- Over the next 3 Thursdays we will continue to be hosting Pre-tech students in the room, checking us out for next year.
- MMU is coming to visit the program next Tuesday the 10th in the afternoon. Weird lunch schedule that day.
- The Friday before vacation, Friday December 20th we are going to go to the movies to see The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim! We pay for tickets, you pay for concessions, if you want any.
10:05 Attendance and Article (likely after break because…)
10:10 Champlain College Recruiting Visit
- Ask good questions
- Be a good audience
10:30 Last Looks
Top of the Tower Game Level
- topOfTheTower.mp4
DH13: 2 Point Structure with cut outs
- lastNameDH_13.jpg
Week 13 Agency
- lastNameAgency_1.jpg through lastNameAgency_3.jpg
10:50 Morning Break (10 minutes)
11:00 Critiques
Each week we will upload our work on Monday as a class. I will then present your work to the class. Every week we will pick a new student to proactive 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.
11:40 1 and 2 Point Perspective Review
12:05 Alcohol Marker Practice
- Ever use an Alcohol Marker? Lets try them out.
Alcohol markers are a popular tool among artists, illustrators, and designers for creating vibrant, smooth, and professional-quality artwork. They are valued for their versatility, blending capabilities, and ability to produce a variety of effects.
12:20 DH14: Perspective Art with Alcohol Markers
As a review – and before we get into 3 point perspective – I want you to create a piece of art, dare I say Portfolio worthy (Champlain?) that incorporates 1 or 2 point perspective, and uses alcohol markers.
Remember this project can be started in pen / pencil, and then inked over the top.
Save your file as lastNameDH_14.jpg.
12:25 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.
12:55 Attendance and Article
1:00 A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow is a reader’s dream — a wonder-full, nuanced story full of wit, insight, and imagination.
Read along with Mr. Cronin. Improve literacy, word decoding, enjoy a nice story, and unplug from the world.
1:20 Afternoon Break (10 minutes)
1:30 Speed Design
Speed Designs are 10 minute sprints in CAWD where we practice. It could be any medium – 3D, 2D, video, programming, etc.
1:45 Afternoon Practice & Production
DH14: Perspective Art with Alcohol Markers
- lastNameDH_14.jpg
Week 14 Agency
- lastNameAgency_1.jpg through lastNameAgency_3.jpg
2:15 Dailies
2:20 “19 Minutes”
4 of 5 days per week we will end our day in CAWD with the “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 2:39 each day I will come to 3 students and ask for a 1 sentence explanation of what happened in your story over that day’s reading session. It is neat to hear little pockets of a story, here and there.
2:40 Dismissal
