Classroom Expectations: Be Productive

There is ALWAYS something you could be doing that's productive. It is never Okay to just be sitting around "waiting" for someone or something to happen. Make the most of your time! You have been given freedom and space for a reason....creativity takes time. Explore. Be curious. Try new things.  BE  PRODUCTIVE.If you're ever needing a break from the computer, or a break from whatever it is that your're working on.....here are a few things you could do:

• Make some tea

• Add to your process journal definitions: (more imagery, notes, reflections....re-writing messy notes and turning them into a good copy. 

• Make pages in your process journal them more visually interesting

• Update your Artifact Uprising Book 

• Tidy the bowl of chords

• sharpen pencils (and clean up the pencil shavings!)

• clean lenses and organize gear

• clear the photo drying rack

• Look through "Inspiration" blogs....

• Add to the "Inspiration" blogs....

"Real World" Photography Experience ~ Class Discussion

Class Discussion ...."real world" photo assignments

• Ethics & using school gear to make money (never been an issue before....so congratulations on being good enough that people are willing to pay you money!)
• However...school is your #1 job right now. Class assignments take #1 priority. 
• It's not about someone else's photographic agenda.  It's your agenda. It's about you and your creative explorations. Don't get bogged down by money. 
• You will have your entire lives to be free-lance photographers. Right now.... it's all about YOU, your school work, and your artistic expression. Be selfish. Be curious. Explore. Push boundaries....there will be very few times in your life where you will get such complete creative freedom. Take advantage! You will have your entire lives to be free-lance photographers ....AFTER high school. ;)

Ms. Echols' Teaching Style ~ Two Videos to Illustrate

• These two videos hold personal significance for Ms. Echols 
• They have both influenced the type of teacher she is today. 
• Feel free to ask her any questions that come to your mind after watching!

1) Click on the link






2) Click on the link

Visual Responses ~ What Are They Anyways?

#1) The Visual Response /4

• Must be done in your process journal...or glued/taped in after it has been typed & printed

• Could be made from photographs, drawings, printouts, Magazine cutouts......et. Anything that you can think of. 
• They must include some sort of personal reflection/observation. 
• Below are a few responses based on a guest speaker we had:

Why do we do these...what's the point?

• Creates deeper understanding
• Important to learn how to interpret information & put into your own words (also prevents risk of plagiarism).
• Formal responses are much easier to read/process/mark (your notes can be as messy as you want, as long as you can read them).
• Presentation matters!
• You are creating your own time capsule, "text book for life," that (in theory) you will be able to look back upon years from now.

Artifact Uprising Books

You will be creating a book through via Artifact Uprising

"Inspired by the disappearing beauty of the tangible.
Bettered by a community of inspired storytellers. 
Driven by the belief that everyone has to tell." 

Assignment

Create a book in your name (full name). 
The first 8 pages that showcase your use of compositional devices.

Texture & Pattern

Rule of Thirds & Leading Lines

Simplicity & Framing

Colour & Shape

Each page may have from 1 to 4 images each. No more. No less. 

You can use Instagram or edited digital images.

Email: lfas.photo.major@gmail.com

Password: ilovephoto

Click here for link to: Artifact Uprising

Class Blog Set-up

#1 a) Go back to the main page and click on  "New Blog." 
     b) Create one using your first & last name.

then...

#2 a) Click on "Templates" and choose your favourite style.
     b) Play around with the settings and make it your own.

#3) You are now ready to submit your 1st assignment!

Class Instagram Account

I set up a class Instagram Account. Get yourself acqainted.

https://instagram.com/
Name: lfas_photo
Password: ilovephoto

LFAS Student Profile (What we expect from you)

Passionate and talented Arts' students, who's passion is clearly demonstrated by their full participation in the curriculum. 

Translation: Teachers are less concerned with natural talent, and more concerned with work ethic. To have an effective "creative education," students need to be "coach-able." Therefore, teachers at LFAS are looking/marking for the following qualities:

1) Resilience: Students who are able to...

• Listen to feedback, and implement said feedback into their own practice
• Take their own initiative to overcome challenges

2) Creative Thinking ("Novelty Factor"/ Generating Ideas / Developing Ideas): Students who are able to...

• Use their creative ideas as a form of self-expression
• Generate new ideas
• Develop a body of creative work
• Be willing to take risks with their thinking

3) Collaboration & Participation (Relational Learning / Collaborative Relations): Students are able to...

• Be engaged listeners
• Clarify and extend questions (translation: students who strive to understand and then take it to the next level)
• Contribute to plans
• Solve conflicts or challenges
• Share and connect ideas to others
• Give and receive constructive feedback

LFAS Student Profile
What kind of people do we want to see you become?

compassionate

authentic

global citizens

resilient
open-minded

honest

respectful

creative

passionate

collaborative

visual

artists

Grade 10 Darkroom Rotation

Group A

Forest

Zahra

Channy

Celeste

Simon

Peter

Sam

Group B

Jadessa

Romero

Elise

Haley

Katelyn

Jocelyn

The Cleaning Award

Book Binding Instructiuons

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/45669383691662402/?s=3&m=facebook

Why Process Journlas?

Articles:

http://www.alive.com/lifestyle/journalling/

Getting Started ~ Process Journal Covers

1. A Brief History

2. 1000 Journals Title Sequence

Process Journal Inspiration: 

What do these journals all have in common? 

Ms. Echols' Classroom Rules (& All-Round Good Life Habits)

Treat School like it's your job:
You won't make money, but you will get paid in grades!

1. Be on time. It's a good "life habit." It looks professional. It's also courteous & respectful to your teacher. Being late is the opposite. 
2. Say hello & goodbye. It's just plain good manners...and good people skills will get you far in life. 
3. Listen (*Full Body Listening) while the teacher talks. That's a big one. If you talk while they are talking, you might miss something important! It might even be something that affects your grade. Not to mention the fact that it's also kinda rude. If you can't help yourself when you're next to your friends, then it's your responsibility to move yourself somewhere else where you can concentrate better.
4. Come prepared; bring your book, pencil case, and make sure (if possible) you have eaten & gone to the washroom. 
5. You can eat in class, if it's once and a while and if it DOESN'T DISTRACT YOU FROM YOUR WORK. 
6. Water and/or tea is encouraged as long as it's kept away from keyboards. (Ms. Echols will provide a tea station)
7. Clean up after yourself; another important life skill and all-around good habit. It is inconsiderate to leave your mess lying around for others to pick up, or to leave glue sticks drying out without their lids on.....etc. Check that you have cleaned up after yourself before leaving. 
8. Hand your work in on time. This is a SUPER IMPORTANT life skill! If you don't complete work on time in the real world... you can get fired, or kicked out of university. We don't want that. That would be sad. It also happens to be super frustrating (and a giant waste of time) for teachers to have to track students down to hand in their work. It prevents them from organizing super cool field trips and other fun activities...and that makes everyone sad. 
9. You are responsible for material missed while away. Ask your peers. Check the blog. Get yourself caught up. 

*Full Body Listening; now...this is a throwback to elementary school, but it is still super relevant today:

• Listen with your ears (that one's obvious)
• Listen with your eyes (look at the person)
• Listen with your mouth (by not talking or moving your lips)
• Listen with your heart (care about what they're saying)
• Listen with your mind (think about what they're saying)