Étude Project Block: April 2017

Thursday, April 27, 2017 | Exhibition Sign up

Announcements

Seniors who missed sign ups with Juniors at 10:45 AM head to Molly in the Dance Office to sign up for your Exhibition of Learning.
Sophomores & Freshman will Sign up for EOLs on Monday.
Exhibitions of Learning are FOUR weeks away. Please prepare by letting your work and anyone else, such as your parents or guardians know about this. We will be writing formal email invites to professionals, parents, family members, and friends next week to let them know.
Request off the week of May 22-25. Remember we most likely will not have school that following Friday unless we have a mysterious snow storm between now and then.
Creation Phase is extended through next Wednesday (May 3).
Advisors, please make sure Molly knows of any showcase projects based on your Evidence checks. Also, Final Evidence checks will be delayed until Wednesday next week. Make sure to fill out the gradebook in Google Sheets.

Monday, April 25, 2017 | Exhibitions of Learning Sign up

Announcements

Seniors! At 10:45 AM head to Molly in the Dance Office to sign up for your Exhibition of Learning.
Exhibitions of Learning are FOUR weeks away. Please prepare by letting your work and anyone else, such as your parents or guardians know about this. We will be writing formal email invites to professionals, parents, family members, and friends next week to let them know.
Request off the week of May 22-25. Remember we most likely will not have school that following Friday unless we have a mysterious snow storm between now and then.
Creation Phase is extended through next Wednesday (May 3).
Juniors, Sophomores, & Freshman will signup for EoLs later this week.
Advisors, please make sure Molly knows of any showcase projects based on your Evidence checks. Also, Final Evidence checks will be delayed until Wednesday next week. Make sure to fill out the gradebook in Google Sheets.

Friday, April 21st, 2017 | Self Assessment #3

Announcements

We will be entering the final week of creation phase next week. We will be checking in about Exhibitions of Learning scheduling next week. Mark you calendar and contact your employers. Ask off the week of May 22nd-25th.
Again, ask off work for that week of Exhibitions of Learning!
We will begin preparing Artist Statements after next week, so be ready!
We will also start setting up for our EOL volunteer jobs.

Please complete Self-Assessment 3 as part of your Do Now today. Please click the Copy Document button. Some people are not accessing these correctly which results in the document being edited. Please follow the copy link.

Thursday, April 13, 2017 | Evidence Check #2 & A survey

Announcements & Notes

Please take Kevin's Survey as part of today's Do Now.
Today, advisors will be conducting a second evidence check for creation. Projects should be becoming something tangible and physical. Your evidence should reflect something beyond your Chromebook screen. If you wrote something, print it out and try revisions on paper. Mark it up with ink! If you have made visuals with technology, see how they translate to the printed form.
We are heading into another extended time away from school. You have a four day weekend. Remember, it is not a time just for rest. You should be keeping your project process moving forward as well. It would be a great time to take on tasks that take an extended period of time to create or manipulate. After this week, there are 2 weeks of creation remaining and 6 weeks until Exhibitions of Learning. Time is running out!

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 | A survey!

Please take the following survey as part of your Do Now today. Another survey will be coming out for tomorrow's IDEAS Block Do Now.

Week of April 10-13 | CREATION Phase

This is a friendly reminder to look at Skyward for communication about this Evidence of Learning. Connect with your IDEATION & RESEARCH Advisors if anything is missing for you in your IDEAS Block Gradebook.

This week, we want to see what you have made. How have the parts and pieces come together? What complexities lie within the parts you have designed? How are all of the parts coming together? Exhibitions are in SEVEN Weeks. We also do not have school Friday this week or the following Monday!

The other days this week should be dedicated to moving project forward according to group norms and agreements. Please see last week's post for recommendations and reminders.

Tim and Molly will be following up on Exhibitions of Learning Preparation Forms and Stuart would like Art Supply Requests.

Advisors, please enter grades into the spreadsheet in Google Drive that has been shared with you. The Friday before break was an Evidence Check day for you to give feedback to your group of students. Also, remember to enter attendance in Skyward. If you are still having trouble accessing the Skyward Attendance for IDEAS Block, contact Ted/Kimberly ASAP.

MONDAY
Look at what others are doing in your art form. Seek out some new ideas based on other's work.

TUESDAY
Sophomores are at LTC for Career Connections

WEDNESDAY
Take some time to experiment with new skills in your art form. Try something that is going to challenge your skills and your project creation.

THURSDAY
Today, advisors will be conferencing with you about Evidence Check #2. What have you collected as evidence of your creation?

FRIDAY
No School

Friday, April 7, 2017 | CREATION | Self-Assessment 2 & Personal Statements

Announcements

Next Week Monday Astreya and Kera will be coming around to collect items such as: Paper towel rolls

Toilet paper rolls
Empty plastic milk jugs
Plastic water bottles
Plastic soda bottles
If you have any of these items all next week Monday through Friday they will be coming to each P-block to collect those items. Please help your fellow students out with this. Thank you.

As part of your Do Now today, please complete the Self Assessment #2 form. Remember to Switch the IDEAS Block portion at the front of the document title to your First & Last Name.
Please take Michael Kraemer's Survey

Schedule for Today

10:00 - 10:45 | IDEAS Block

10:45 - 11:15 | Head to your Advisory for Personal Statement workshoping

Thursday, April 6, 2017 | IDEAS Block | Personal Statements Town Hall

10:00-10:45 IDEAS Block | Short Schedule

10:45 - 11:15 Town Hall | Personal Statements (Friday Deadline)

[Addie will be hosting a Personal Statement workshop during GWT after school today]

[Similar Schedule tomorrow with time for writing]

Week of April 3 - 7 | Creation Phase Rebooted after Break

Research papers and revisions are still rolling back and forth between students, Addie & Heather. This is a friendly reminder to look at Skyward for communication about this Evidence of Learning.

This week, we look forward to seeing project plans, sketches, drafts, and prototypes come together. Please keep all evidence of your process. All the ideas and possibilities generated. All of the versions. Successes. Failures. All of it shows your thinking and will reveal to you (and others) how you make choices in your creative process. You have had time off from your project or maybe you spent all of your break working on something for your project, but it is time to relaunch/reboot your process. Regain your focus and drive forward. Exhibitions are in EIGHT Weeks. It may sound like a lot, but time is dwindling.

The other days this week should be dedicated to moving project forward according to group norms and agreements. Please see last week's post for recommendations and reminders.

Tim and Molly will be following up on Exhibitions of Learning Preparation Forms and Stuart would like Art Supply Requests.

By the end of this week, Skyward Grades will be updated. Please do not email your IDEATION or RESEARCH Advisors unless your grade is marked 0 out of 4. Otherwise, it has not been transcribed over from our other gradebook.

Before leaving for break at the end of the week, create a plan for what you need to read, sketch, make in the next week. Your project should be part of you, not part of school, meaning it should continue despite taking a break from school.

Advisors, please enter grades into the spreadsheet in Google Drive that has been shared with you. The Friday before break was an Evidence Check day for you to give feedback to your group of students. Also, remember to enter attendance in Skyward. If you are still having trouble accessing the Skyward Attendance for IDEAS Block, contact Ted/Kimberly ASAP.

MONDAY
Issues & Ethics students will be out of the building for an event in Madison, WI.

TUESDAY
Seek out some feedback about what you are making from a peer. Take a minute and look at their work.

WEDNESDAY
Take some time to experiment with new skills in your art form. Try something that is going to challenge your skills and your project creation.

THURSDAY
Take a step back from what you are making. Look at it from the perspective of other students, teachers, and professionals in your art form. Think about what is working well and what can be improved.

FRIDAY
Self-Assessment #2 will be a part of your Do Now for this day.