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Posted by Michael McCline in FreshmenArt on
​My story is about a old man who lived in the same house, and the same room his entire life. He was born in his house, and eventually when he got old enough he got his first room. Throughout the years he added stuff and took stuff out his room. When he became an adult, his parents won the lottery and got a way better house. They sold it to his son. When he became 35, the boy eventually met a woman and fell in love with her. They got married. Eventually he got a promotion at work but he had to move in order to work there. He looked at his room one more time before he left.

 

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Electric Art Project

Posted by Joelle Putro in Physics · Gray · A on

I chose a tree for my sculpture because it represents growth. Over the past few years I have grown a lot as a person and I thought that this was a good representation of that. Trees lose their leaves during the winter but when the weather gets nice again they grow back. This represents how sometimes I have bad days but always grow and learn from them. Trees are very strong and so am I so I wanted to show that through my sculpture.


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My Senior Capstone

Posted by Mark Palmer in Capstone on
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We chose them because they have decades of experience with music and how the business works. The way that this fits both of our interests is that we are both musicians that wish to grow in the industry and eventually make a living from doing what we love. So, for us to put on our own show and be able to self-manage (being the producer, event coordinator, and performers) is an opportunity to show that we are ready to start our careers in music as we go on to college. We both have experience in performing but neither of us has ever really held our own show.

Sources: “Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 05 Feb. 2017. Web. 04 Apr. 2017. The reason why we have this article is because this is where we are having the event for our capstone. I have been going to the Clef Club of Jazz for 5 years. I know the artistic director and my mother works as a secretary on saturday. I go to the Clef Club every saturday for band. I have taught students that go there as well. “Young Musicians Flourish in Philadelphia.” NPR. NPR, 19 Dec. 2007. Web. 04 Apr. 2017. The reason why we picked this article because both of us being artists in Philadelphia we both can be inspired by this young girl. People in Philadelphia do not really value youth artest that wish to become musical really unless it is classical which is really bias to me. Muse, Queen. “Silencing the Music at Philly Schools.” NBC 10 Philadelphia. NBC 10 Philadelphia, 02 Apr. 2017. Web. 04 Apr. 2017. The reason why we chose this article is because it can relate to us because we are in the Philadelphia school system and we are in our last year of high school. As of this moment we do not have music in or school for the past four years I have tried to put a music program in my school. We feel like music is an outlet that everyone should be exposed to and this event that we are having for our capstone is for this. To make people aware that really don’t have music in our schools. “The Benefits of Music Education.” PBS. Public Broadcasting Service, 25 May 2012. Web. 04 Apr. 2017. The way that this article relates to what we are doing is because we have music in our lives and we are very smart. It’s like we have untouched mental abilities that people don’t play instruments really know about. The effect that music has on the brain is really good. So to have this event we will be talking about how the effects of music can help people mentally become more intellectual. For us, our job is to make sure that everyone is aware of the positive effects that music has for people. “How Playing Music Affects The Developing Brain.” How Playing Music Affects The Developing Brain | CommonHealth. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Apr. 2017. The way that is article relates to my capstone project is that there is a study that shows how music can help the development in young people because there are this in the brain that musicians develop rather than those who do not play an instrument. The overall goal for us is to stress how important music is in everyone’s life. “Schools are starving for arts education.” Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Apr. 2017. The way that this article relates to my capstone project is that it helps explain that schools are not really providing the right tools that students need to express themselves in the arts. Stressing the arts would help the school district of Philadelphia make a good and smart decision to put the arts back into most schools.

Quarter 4 Botany Urban farm Benchmark

Posted by Yaseen Thomas in Botany · Aziz · y1 on
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Reflection

 

Our interview consisted of a girl who had been working in a pretty well known Urban farm, Bartram's Gardens. In the interview we were able to receive much important information dealing with farming and also the impact it has on the community around it. We found out what everyday responsibilities there was working at their particular farm and farms in general. We then asked about the objective of Bartram's Gardens and when the organization came around. The organization has been around since 2008. Bartrams gardens has an impact on the community because they encourage the community to eat better they let the community know that they are growing fruits and vegetables. We also went into the factors that affect urban farming and the most important factor of urban farming and that was described to be the soil.

The factors that affected urban farming the most is the weather. Snow affects the farm because during the snow season the green family are the only things that grow. During the time the only things that grow in the snow are plants like lettuce. That is why they harvest during the summer time to get ready for the winter time. Another factor that affects it is rain. That is not directly affect the plants but for the workers. The rain helps the plants grow but as far as the workers they do not work in the rain, so they try their best to wake up the beds during the rain. In schools one of the main things that affects the gardens is consistency. Obviously you are not able to be there during later hours and weekends.

When you are growing these vegetables if you have your own garden they are free for you it just comes with labor. The gardens also sell their foods to the community. The economy is affected because these foods are normally cheaper but better for you. They also make society healthier because this is a healthier selection of foods opposed to store bought and you could taste the difference. Probably the career of a farmer or nutritionist connects botany and Urban farming concepts.


One Point Perspective

Posted by Nateerah Wilson in FreshmenArt on
​A young man named Codi had a passion for lovely furniture around his house. He had a great imagination. His parents left the house all to him with an abundance of money. Then Codi was thinking about adding more furniture to the dwell to get rid of the thought of his parents still sort of being in the house. This would help him be reminded that he is an independent man.

However, a sofa in his home brings back memories of when him and his brothers would watch football in the living room. The sofa was brown suede and the lamp was curve shaped. Codi admired his medals for track. There was a picture on the wall of his family ten years ago that they had taken in a diner for Christmas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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IGNITE PRESENTATION

Posted by Migdalia Ocasio in Intro to Design and Multmiedia on

Your high point of the course when it comes to your learning

The high point of this class was the photoshop project because it teached me a lot of new and useful things. It was fun and let my creativity flow which was my favorite part.

An area of growth for you

I think overall my writing and my whole website could be improved. I feel as though, my website looks cluttered and might want to simplify it so that it is more appealing to the eye.

How you have used or could use a skill or technique you learned this year outside of this class

I think I will continue using my website to update and keep whoever is looking at it up to date. I want to use it professionally and educationally in the future for my real portfolio.

An idea you want to pitch for a project for next year's class

I think a good idea would be editing papers online using several apps and seeing how well they worked.

3 tips for anyone taking this class

  • Have fun

  • BE ON TIMe

  • Always get a second opinion

Q4 Room Drawing

Posted by Manny Rodriguez in FreshmenArt on
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His name is Steve and he lives by himself and he is a gamer and a sneaker head. His basement is where he wants to be playing video games and keeps his sneakers. This is his basement and his sneakers are on the wall  and his console is on his table and the TV is mounded to the wall and the rug was hand made by his mother and those are his three personal items.

Kenneth's Cafe reading Capstone

Posted by Kenneth Davidson in Capstone on
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So basically I created a small cafe like thing in my high school “Study Skills” course. The process was pretty simple as I emailed the people I wanted to invite from Miss. Landman’s class and created the three stories to read in front of the class. It was pretty simple as I enjoy writing a lot. Once done I edited it with Ms. Landman. We had snacks and created a cafe-like setting. It was alright I guess.  A few of my peers were there along with reading my creative writing teacher for whom I wrote some of the pieces. After everything was said and done, I got some good feedback.  I didn’t get much from them in terms of improvement so I’m perfectly sure that each of my stories was perfect.

Glass

Posted by Jahdiyyah Matthews in FreshmenArt on
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Kelly sits there as she’s been waiting for her nephew to come home sitting under a painting of music notes. She has been dreading to tell him the news, shattered glass is on the living room floor, with the couch bed made, and she is sitting here in tears with candles around the floor. Kelly is falling apart and she has been for weeks but no one even notices what is really going on with her… Tonight is the breaking point she’s going to tell everyone she’s leaving.

Q4 Project

Posted by Demo Nianghane on

For Q1 I did the website making project. I made a blog site for people to use when they want to post stuff and/or interact with other people.

For Q2 I decided to do video editing so I could get a view on how my peer felt on the Black Lives Matter Movement.

For Q3 I decided to take a picture of two lions and photoshop flowers on them. This is to

make the lions look prettier. I also made the background more colorful and pretty. I think that all

green jungles and natural stuff looks boring and dull so I decided to make it look better. Some

tools I used on this picture is the cutting tool to cut out the flowers and place them where I

wanted, adjusted the size and the paint can to change my background. Pixlr isn’t really the best

App to use in my opinion. It’s not very reliable and doesn’t look neat. This project inspired me to

do 3D modeling next.

I decided to revise my image editing project. The first one I made looked terrible honestly. The goal was to make the lions look really pretty but they turned out looking like a mess. The revised project, I made it neater and more pink. The process was easy revising it, I didn’t really have to do much because I didn't need to remove the picture. This is because I already had a saved version of the picture without the color.

Some Tips would be to be on time, turn in checkpoints, and read over all project descriptions.


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Design Ignite Project 2017

Posted by Cristian Fernandez on

Cristian Fernandez

4/19/17

Slide 2:

*Visual*

Slides 3 & 4:

For this project I decided to do Web Design. For this project I used Weebly, a design tool that people use to create web pages, it gave me the ability to create and move text, images, and headings. The goal for this project was to create a website that was easy for people to use and is designed to show my most proud work to people. This project was successful in my eyes, this is because it shows all my work in a platform that works well and people can see easily.

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*Visual*

Slides 6 & 7:

For my Quarter 2 project I decided to do Image editing. This focuses on using web editors to change images so they can make them into whatever they want. I used the tool Pixlr for this because it seemed like the best tool at the time. I ran into many problems while making it, like figuring out what the tools in design menu did. Like here, I didn’t know what the “lasso” tool did, and… well I figured it out.

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*Visual*

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For last quarter’s project I decided to do Graphic Design. This is a project where you can design a road sign not including any words that displays a message that would be very useful to road users. I also used Pixlr for this project, I used the drawing section of the tool rather than the editing portion. This also included tools that would be useful for what you’re looking for. The sign I decided to make was a “No Skateboarding” sign.

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*Visual*

Slides 12 & 13:

This is a project where you can design a road sign not including any words that displays a message that would be very useful to road users. I also used Pixlr for this project, I used the drawing section of the tool rather than the editing portion. This also included tools that would be useful for what you’re looking for.

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*Visual*

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The most proud part of this class from this year was the first quarter project being completed. This was the website design project and it was the first time for me designing a website. This was very rewarding to me because Weebly is a good tool that I used and could see a lot of progress. The thing that I’ve most improved upon throughout the year by far has been time management. This has been a problem for me for my whole school career and these checkpoints and tools have greatly impacted this problem for the better. I now know how to design websites and create images for them

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Through the graphic design project I can use the skills I learned of scaling and using tools online to create an image that makes sense. I want to be an engineer when I get older so this will help me in my field.

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Speaking of blueprints, an idea I had for next year’s project for something that’s like graphic design. It has similar elements to the graphic design project, but it has more of an applied goal.

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I’d recommend for anyone taking this class to definitely turn project checkpoints in on time. These do add up and will affect your grade. It’s better just to get them in on time when they’re relatively easy.

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The project checkpoints do help us manage our time. This is the most valuable thing I learned this year. Time management is important to all of our classes and is a valuable life skill.

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The last tip I’d give to anyone taking this class next year is to always try with the work that’s in this class. I know this class is an elective, but it’s still important to get your work in on time and complete it with effort.