Year 7 Visual Communication Work
The Year 7’s have been working their way through a unit of visual communication in ICT. They organise their various outcomes form the unit on pictochart. One objective for this unit was to try and apply the principles of good visual design and set out the learning outcomes on the pictochart according to these principles. The following are examples of good work by a number of students and serve as exemplars of how to use this tool to show learning. PLease click to see larger versions of the images.
Mr Roper’s 1st Rotation Year 8 Clocks
Well done to my cohort of Year 8N who completed their clocks over the last 2 weeks. They worked hard to apply the creativity strategies we looked at in this unit. All of the class managed to complete their practical and get through the portfolio work associated with this unit well. Congratulations and happy christmas!!
Ranen – featured student designer
I wanted to post this picture to celebrate Ranen’s work. We have been trying in year 8 to develop creative approaches to design and Ranen really responded with his clock numbers. I love the interlinked typography he has come up with. Additionally a happy accident with the laser cutter meant that he had to cut one part twice. He plans to use this unexpected extra piece to cheat a bit more 3 dimensionality to his outcome. Good stuff!
Mr R’s Designer of the Week (so far!) :)
Some great work coming out from aika these past couple of weeks makes here my designer of the week. Not only is she a talented graphic artist, she responded well to guidance on how to maximise the potential of her design so that it performs well in the context and material. This shows a great willingness to be open about her thinking and is a quality needed for great design. Well done!
Animation workshop no. 4
this week the students have once again been works with professional animator Emily Leung. The students have been looking at animating a figure made from wire – called an armature. They were trying to make the figure cartwheel. In the afternoon we moved on to action and reaction. The films will follow but for now here are a few shots.
Mr Roper’s Designer of the Week
A belated congratulations to Matheus in 9N who was my designer of the week last week. Unfortunatelyi only get round to posting this today.
What I really liked a it Matheus’ work was the way he listened and interpreted the guidance he was given to develop his idea. He created a very modern high tech look which will come out well in the materials we are using. Well done!!!!
Mr R’s designer of the week
This week my designer of the week is Pria. I really liked the way she has taken on board the design strategies we have looked at and applied them to her design work for the MP3 speaker. Well done Pria!!
Animation workshop 2
This week there were two exercises the students were challenged with – an abstract wire exercise concentrating on the arc of movement and a more concrete piece where students were asked to give a scene between rigid objects emotional meaning. The results aree soon to be posted. Enjoy the photos for now.
Animation Workshop 1 – Show-real
Here is the show-real form the Ink and Paper workshop.
Workshop 1 with Animator Emily Wong
the animation elements students started the first of their 5 workshops with professional stop prion animator Emily Wing today. Over the next few weeks they will experience a range of media that will form the basis for their own animation work later. Today they explored ink on paper – a very free and expressive approach to animation. For now here are a few photos. A compilation of he students short animations will follow.
