Technos Curriculum Integration:
 Technology

 Concepts 
NC Course of Study Objectives: 21st Century Skills:
  • Art and Invention
    		• 5.02, 6.04A.1, B.1
  • Pride in Craftsmanship
    		• 7.02C.5, C.8
  • New Technologies for Art and Artists
    		• 7.05B.7
  • Intro to Photoshop Examples 1 Examples 2
    		• 7.05, 8.04B.7
  • The Golden Section Info 1 Info 2 Info 3
    		• 1.06B.1

    The Golden Section - Phi - 1/1.618 - shows up in our bodies, our faces, in most life on Earth



     Skills 



     Artists 



     Words We'll Use 

    • Bezier curve tool: Tool in many graphics software packages for drawing lines based on points and directional wings.

    • Bezier curve tool: Tool in many graphics software packages for drawing lines based on points and directional wings.

    • Casting: Making a solid shape by pouring a liguid medium (metal, plaster, etc) into a mold and removing it when it gets hard.

    • Concept: An abstract general notion; an idea.

    • Creative Thinking: Able to see and make things in a new or different way.

    • Critical Thinking: Shows or requires careful analysis before judgment.

    • Design: To create a work of art by combining elements of art into a planned whole.

    • Geodesic dome: An almost spherical shape created from flat surfaces or from straight structural elements.

    • Imagination: The process of creating a mental picture of something that is unlike things one has seen.

    • Layer: In Flash and other software, a distinct place you can put pieces of an illustration to keep them separate from other elements for purposes of animation or modification.

    • Photography: The art or process of producing images by the action of light on surfaces sensitized by chemical processes.

    • Printmaking: The art of using a printing plate or stamp to create one or a series of multiple originals called prints.

    • Technology: Electronic media (such as video, computers, compact discs, lasers, audio tape, satellite equipment) used as tools to create, learn, explain, document, analyze, or present artistic work or information.




     Projects 
    • Photography - stop motion (frame-by-frame) animation of a simple object

    • Intro to Photoshop - 'Combining Photos'



     Keeping Busy 

    • Work some more on your main projects to make them as good as possible.

    • Pick one of the optical illusions from the Optical Illusions book. Enlarge it to scale onto a poster-sized paper and see if you can create the same illusion as the original.

    • Design an interesting lamp

    • Design a machine for the future



     Enrichment 



     Homework/Makeup Work 

    • Make a flip book -     Examples     How-To 1     How-To 2
      Start with a small pad of paper. Make a drawing on each one just slightly moved from the previous one. When you are done with the drawings, you should be able to flip through the stack and watch a simple animation.

    • See also - General Homework options on the Homework page.