VIRTUAL LAB PARTICIPATION
VIRTUAL LAB PARTICIPATION
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Virtual Lab Projects are offered in an asynchronous virtual module format through Brightspace, allowing students the flexibility to opt in to their choice of project(s) at which time they determine it is necessary. Students can opt to engage in any number of asynchronous projects sporadically, but are only permitted to complete the current week's module (assignment).
By opting in to a Virtual Lab Project students can make up missed face-to-face hours, and/or can earn additional hours beyond their face-to-face Apex+ schedule.
Students can also begin participation at any time, and continuous participation is not required.
For example:
A student can join a project on the 8th week even if they did not participate in weeks 1-7.
A student can participate for weeks 2 and 3, and then not again until week 20.
A student can participate in any number of projects at the same time. If a student participated in 2 projects during one week, they could earn 2.5 hours. If they participated in one, they could earn 1.25 hours, etc.
Each module is open from 8:00am EST on Wednesdays through 11:59pm EST on Saturdays. In order to be considered for credit hours, work must be turned in by 11:59pm on Saturday. Assignment submissions are timestamped, and cannot be accepted for credit after that time. Successful and timely completion of any module is equal to 1 hr, 15 min (1.25 hours) of Apex+ credit.
Teachers review work, provide feedback, and prepare new modules on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Students can opt to engage in any number of asynchronous projects sporadically, but are only permitted to complete the current week's module (assignment). See the graphic for the module timeline for 2022-2023.
For the 2022-2023 school year, there are 33 Virtual Lab Modules per project between September and May, and there are 8 different projects.
REQUESTING ENROLLMENT
REQUESTING ENROLLMENT
You must request enrollment to Virtual Lab Projects. In order to request enrollment into a Virtual Lab Project's Brightspace, use the VIRTUAL LAB REQUEST FORM (below). Once you are enrolled in the Brightspace for any virtual lab projects, you will remain enrolled until you request to be removed, using the same form. Note: If you request to be removed from a Virtual Lab Brightspace, your work is no longer accessible. This is not recommended.
Virtual Lab requests will be filled between Mondays at 9:00am EST and Thursdays at 4:00pm EST. Requests for the current week made after Thursday at 4:00pm are not guaranteed to be honored.
Adventure: Nature
Adventure: Nature
Teaching Artist: Emily Karol
Email: ekgerbasi@aacps.org
Watch a trailer for this class here.
"Art not only imitates nature, but it also completes its deficiencies."- Aristotle.
Adventure: Nature takes us on a deep dive into our connection with Nature and how it affects us as humans and artists. Each week, artists will explore their surrounding world with unique prompts specific to the different aspects of Nature.
Artists will submit artwork, written pieces, photographs, and/or performance pieces based on the weekly prompts for completion of virtual hours.
A willingness to adventure outside the comfort of one's home regardless of the weather is a requirement of this virtual lab.
The Art of Creative Journaling
The Art of Creative Journaling
Teaching Artist: Maggie Heemstra
Email: mheemstra@aacps.org
Watch a trailer for this class here.
Regardless of the type of artist you are, maintaining your creativity can sometimes prove to be a real challenge. A journal is an excellent tool you can use to keep your creativity alive.
Learn and understand the art of creative journaling - using visuals, colors, images, patterns, words, and writing prompts in order to create an outlet for your creative thoughts and ideas. The journal can help you practice and refine your skills, can function as a sketchbook, notebook, scrapbook or day planner. It’s ideal for brainstorming ideas. It can also help silence your inner critic. There are no rules or limits. There’s no wrong thing to write, plan or draw. It’s a safe space where your creativity can flow without being judged. And, it can also be used as a healthy, expressive outlet.
Art & Myth in the Middle Ages
Art & Myth in the Middle Ages
Teaching Artist: Shoshanna Schlauderaff
Email: sschlauderaff@aacps.org
Watch a trailer for this class here.
Explore Medieval themes from around the world. From alchemy & medicine, mythology & lore, to theatre & art— this project delves into many exciting and strange cultural aspects from the Middle Ages.
The themes chosen for this project are meant to inspire your imagination, creativity, and humor while delving into history and legends across the globe.
Not only is there much to draw on presently in media now, but the Middle Ages serve as a very unique and rich time in history to pull artistic inspiration from. We will be exploring why these ages weren’t so dark after all, and tapping into the wonders of technology, art, lore, textiles, theatre, and more!
This course will focus heavily on historical exploration & research, creative interpretation, imagination & engagement with mythology/fantasy, and communicating humor through art.
Experimental Cinematic Techniques: Creating Surrealism
Experimental Cinematic Techniques: Creating Surrealism
Teaching Artist: Lukas MacKinney
Email: lmackinney@aacps.org
Watch a trailer for this class here.
In an oft-quoted behind the scenes clip from Twin Peaks, David Lynch complains to his crew about their tight shooting schedule: “We never get any time to experiment, we never get to go dreamy or anything!”
In this virtual lab, we will do exactly that: experiment, and go dreamy.
Each week, students will be introduced to an unconventional method of filming, editing, or screenwriting to create dreamlike short films of their own.
Inspired by surrealism’s obsession with the nonsensical, bizarre, and irrational, we will be filming video art that is beautifully strange – and experimentally made.
Exploring Music in Media
Exploring Music in Media
Teaching Artist: Clay Michalec
Email: cmichalec@aacps.org
Watch a trailer for this class here.
There are nearly limitless functions music can serve in a scene or a narrative: Communicating a sense of time and place. Telling an audience how to feel. Communicating how a character feels. And plenty more.
In this Virtual Lab, a weekly module would include reading articles/synopses, watching film/television clips, watching livestreams of gameplay, viewing behind-the-scenes footage, viewing mini-documentaries, and completing a summative assignment (written reflection, video reflection, google slide deck, etc.) to express learning.
Each module will include a different topic (film, television, radio, video games, soundscapes, etc.) - a different way that music and media mesh with one another.
History, But Make it Fashion
History, But Make it Fashion
Teaching Artist: Emily McCort
Email: emccort@aacps.org
Watch a trailer for this class here.
Take a time machine back to explore fashion from the streets of the Renaissance to the grungy 1990s!
Whether you’re an artist who wants to practice drawing clothes from another era, or a costume designer who wants to research the period of a play, or an actor who wants to know what type of clothes you would've worn in Shakespeare’s day, this class has a little bit of information for everyone.
Each week will cover a different time period, followed by an activity incorporating fashion from that period. Spend one week designing a fall collection fit for Fashion Week in the 1960s, experiment with what your favorite modern tv characters would look like during the Renaissance, or sketch a gown and wig to rival that of Marie Antoinette’s - whatever your skills are, wherever your talents lie, use them to show off fashions of the past.
Mindfulness Artmaking
Mindfulness Artmaking
Teaching Artist: Shoshanna Schlauderaff
Email: sschlauderaff@aacps.org
Watch a trailer for this class here.
This project explores the art of meditation, noticing, and mindfulness. Utilizing Buddhist texts such as “Our Appointment With Life” by Thich Nhat Hanh and “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” by Shunryu Suzuki, this project is designed to help you explore your own mindfulness practice, learn to ground yourself in the present, and expand your self-awareness through artmaking.
Musical Storytelling: The Intersection of Music, Art, & Literature
Musical Storytelling: The Intersection of Music, Art, & Literature
Teaching Artist: Clay Michalec
Email: cmichalec@aacps.org
Watch a trailer for this class here.
Each module will include a piece of music that is based off of visual art and/or text (poetry, story, folklore, mythology, etc.) and an analysis of the elements that connect the art forms.
Historical context, instrument choices, text/lyrics, musical elements, and their interconnected relationships will be analyzed and discussed.
Students will demonstrate their learning and use critical thinking skills by completing various assignments in the lab.
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