Course Outline

Course Outline

Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational School	Course code: ASM 2O Description: This course enables students to create media art works by exploring new media, emerging technologies such as digital animation, and a variety of traditional art forms such as film, photography, video, and visual arts. Students will acquire communications skills that are transferable beyond the media arts classroom and develop an understanding of responsible practices related to the creative process. Students will develop the skills necessary to create and interpret media art works. COURSE BLOG  http://mediaartsblogtonkin.blogspot.ca/
Teacher:  Ms. Tonkin                   sarah.tonkin@granderie.ca   or                                                                                        mediaartsshsm@gmail.com
Course Learning Goals By the end of this course, you will: - apply the creative process to create media art works - apply traditional and emerging technologies, tools, and techniques to produce and present media art works for a variety of audiences and purposes - examining, interpreting, assessing, and reflecting on media art works - demonstrate an understanding of how media art works reflect personal and cultural identity, and affect personal, cultural, and community values and their awareness of those values - demonstrate an understanding of the types of knowledge and skills developed in media arts and how they can be used outside the media arts classroom - demonstrate an understanding of, and use correct terminology when referring to, elements, principles, and other concepts relating to media arts - demonstrate an understanding of the socio-cultural and historical contexts of media arts - demonstrate an understanding of responsible practices associated with producing, presenting, and experiencing media art works		Outline of Units Unit 1 – Introduction to Elements and Principles of Design, Blogs Unit 2 – Illustrator, Photoshop and Photography Unit 3 – Animation Design, Stop-Motion Animation and Live Action Video Unit 4 – Sound Recording Unit 5 - Culminating Activity
Term Work (70% of final mark) Culminating (30% of final) Knowledge 10% (Tests) Thinking & Inquiry 10% (Planning, process of work) Communication 10% (Oral and written responses) Application 40% (Art projects) Breakdown of activities Ø  Written test Ø  Final Project Additional Information: ·         Community Agreements-Mutual Respect, Active Listing, No Put Downs, Right to Pass ·         You will be assessed on your performance of the LEARNING SKILLS throughout the year. The learning skills are RESPONSIBILITY, ORGANIZATION, INITIATIVE, SELF-REGULATION, COLLABORATION, and INDEPENDENT WORK. ·         Always come to class prepared to work. Student will need to have their own 4GB USB and a 4GB SD card.  Students need to sign-up for a Google Blogger account as that is how most projects will be submitted for marking.