(8 hours)
January Thursday 16th
Todays classes were put in a different order because of the end of the quarter and testing
Classes are a mix of grade 9-12
1st hour
Graphic Design with the photography teacher
Today most of the students were done with their projects but a few were still working. I went around and helped the students that were still working on their projects, For the ones that weren't I would ask them questions on what they like about the class or what they planned for their future. One student was trying to get into Harvard at the moment and she led twelve different clubs it was very fun to hear about that.
2nd hour
Pottery with the pottery head teacher
This class was all done with their work so it was more a class I could work on my own lesson plans for the day tweaking things and finding ways I could make it run a little smoother. This class I also went around to different teachers and hand them resource sheets that I made for students interested in the 3D field but don't know where to start. I feel like this would be very beneficial to the students since they are just before they go to college so they could get a head start.
5th hour
Drawing with the fine arts teacher
This hour was more talking with the teacher about the lesson I was to teach the next hour. We walked over what the kids might like and how i could set up the cheat sheets. Towards the last half of this class I was sent to the graphics labs to set up for my lesson, this included getting the projector to work with my apple play, getting the sound working and setting cheat sheets on the desks.
6th hour
Graphic design with the fine arts teacher
This was the class I taught, I taught a lesson called intro to 3D animation. I showed them how to move a box across the screen for the first 15 minutes and the last half of class was me going around and helping them figure out what they could do with the program. It was a lot of fun seeing what people started to do after they were done with the animation. Some started modeling, others started playing with the 2D functions while others started ray tracing their boxes.
3rd hour
AP arts with the Fine arts teacher
I spent a little of this class cleaning up my cheat sheets that the students left and then went on to the classroom. This class was a cleaning day, I helped scrape the paint off of tables and clean the floors. After this I started to set up for my second lesson of the day.
4th hour
Intro to art with the Photography teacher
This class started out with cleaning up the classroom while I set up my computer and handed out the cheat sheets. I did the same lesson as before but this time I only had one person interested and on the computer by the end of class, it was a little disheartening. After this class I was able to clean up again and watch the meeting with the Paras.