BSSD Course Descriptions_3_19_12 - the Bering Strait School District
BSSD Course Descriptions_3_19_12 - the Bering Strait School District
BSSD Course Descriptions_3_19_12 - the Bering Strait School District
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Fine Arts <br />
FA 1: Creative Writing: Sitka Fine Arts Camp <br />
This year-‐long course is for students who attend <strong>the</strong> Sitka Fine Arts Camp and would like <br />
to expand <strong>the</strong>ir experience. Following up online, students will be in a cohort of no more <br />
than twenty o<strong>the</strong>r students to learn how to effectively communicate, through writing, <br />
how <strong>the</strong> arts affects <strong>the</strong>ir lives and community. <br />
Platform: Moodle, 24/7 <br />
<strong>Course</strong> Instructor: Hillary Seeland, Sitka <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> <br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: One semester <br />
FA 2 : Digital Arts I <br />
As students learn and work with Inkscape, <strong>the</strong>y will gain a solid foundation of <strong>the</strong> basic <br />
elements of visual art: line, shape, form, color, value, space, and texture. They will learn <br />
about processes for evaluating artwork, selected artists’ works, styles and historical <br />
periods, methods of working with color, and many o<strong>the</strong>r topics that will help <strong>the</strong>m <br />
express <strong>the</strong>mselves in original digital drawings and artwork. <br />
Platform: Blackboard, 24/7 <br />
<strong>Course</strong> Instructor: E2020, Ketchikan <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> <br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: One semester <br />
FA 3 : Digital Arts II <br />
In part II of this online class, students will continue to use Inkscape as <strong>the</strong>y learn about <br />
<strong>the</strong> principles and elements of art and design. By <strong>the</strong> end of this course, each student <br />
will have created a unique portfolio of digital artwork, including repeating images to be <br />
used as a computer’s desktop background, a logo with text, two images scaled <br />
proportionally to one ano<strong>the</strong>r, and a poster image and layout. <br />
Platform: Blackboard, 24/7 <br />
<strong>Course</strong> Instructor: E2020, Ketchikan <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> <br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: One semester <br />
FA 4 : Image Design & Editing <br />
This introductory design class teaches students <strong>the</strong> basics of composition, color, and <br />
layout through a series of hands-‐on projects that allow <strong>the</strong>m to use <strong>the</strong>ir creativity while <br />
learning important foundational skills. Using <strong>the</strong> program GIMP, students will create a <br />
graphic design portfolio with a wide variety of projects to include cropping and <br />
colorizing images, tracing photos, creating posters using filters, creating comics with talk <br />
bubbles and text, and many o<strong>the</strong>r projects that will help <strong>the</strong>m develop <strong>the</strong> skills <strong>the</strong>y <br />
need to create and edit images of <strong>the</strong>ir own. <br />
Platform: Blackboard, 24/7 <br />
<strong>Course</strong> Instructor: E2020, Ketchikan <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> <br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: One semester <br />
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