StudioExpectations

Now that you have read "Mrs. Mutner's Rules" (above), Mrs. Hodas' Rules may not seem so bad! :-)

NOW FOR THE REAL RULES

Be Ready to Learn • Say Please and Thank You • Dream Big • Keep Hands to Yourself • Be respectful • Do your best • Use Manners • Try new Things • Take Risks • Make Mistakes • Raise your Hand • Follow Directions • Work Hard • Be Kind!

Studio Expectations

Please be respectful. While you are in our digital arts (photography/design/video) studio, consider yourself an "employee" of an exciting new design/ photography/videography company. I’ll train you and evaluate your learning, but sometimes you’ll train yourself or another student. As you gain more training, you’ll gain the confidence to take on projects for real clients.

I will teach you how to be a professional. You will work hard, but expect to have fun too!

Basic Information

Instructor: Karen Hodas

Room: 102

E-mail: karenhodas@generalmclane.org

About Mrs. Hodas

I began teaching at GMHS in 2003. I love General McLane, and believe in the McLane Advantage. I have also taught at the college level as a Graphic Design Professor, I have worked as a graphic designer and photographer professionally, and have enjoyed making art (both fine art and digitally) my whole life.

I love teaching! My goal is for everyone to find something inspiring, interesting, fun, or new. I look forward to learning from - and being inspired by - you too.

Click the link below to learn more about Mrs. Hodas:

A little about the teacher

Class Website

https://sites.google.com/site/gmhslancerart

I created this website to make your learning easier and more organized. Click on your course from the home page, and you will see a detailed academic calendar.

What Can I Expect From Mrs. Hodas?

• To be fair
• To provide a variety of challenging projects using different media and skills
• To Give clear instructions and demonstrations for using the materials and doing the projects
• To Encouragement and guidance in evaluating your own and your peers’ work constructively
• To have a clear grading policy and frequent formal or informal progress reports
• Strict deadlines and homework due dates
• Respect for your input, ideas, and personal interests

PHOTOGRAPHY classes will have a photoshoot as homework EVERY weekend.

Course Objectives

Comprehensive Objectives – Graphic Design

As a result of taking this class, you should be able to:

Work professionally within a design team.

Identify numerous design careers which are available.

Evaluate designs (your work and others’) for audience, meaning, and effectiveness.

Use the elements and principles of design in a decisive fashion.

Plan a design project according to a client’s need

Build a design gradually using thumbnail sketches and mockups.

Create attractive layouts that communicate messages effectively.

Use color to communicate ideas to others.

Use typography effectively in a design.

Comprehensive Objectives –Photography

Work professionally as a photographer

Identify numerous careers which are available to photographers

Evaluate photography (your work and others’). We will do a weekly critique.

Use the elements and principles of art to create your photographs

Plan a photo according to the design principle that we are studying

Take a series of photos each weekend

Turn in a contact sheet of original photos each Monday (or first day back from weekend)

Experiment with several post processing techniques

Comprehensive Objectives –Video

Conduct yourself as a responsible videographer

Identify numerous careers which are available to the video making industry

Evaluate videos (your work and others’).

Do not film anyone who does not wish to be filmed

Plan a storyboard and have it approved BEFORE you film anything

Take a series of videos, do not settle for mediocre video results

Be school appropriate always, but ESPECIALLY when using the video camera!

Grading

I believe that every one of you is capable of receiving an A in my class, even if you’ve never worked on a computer before. I give lots of opportunities to improve sagging grades, including redos.

PHOTOGRAPHY: You must take the subscribed photos each week to be successful in class.

How Will My Grade Be Calculated?

Grading is done on a project basis:

• lessons
• design / photo projects
• quizzes
• final project
• Critique participation
• professional conduct / good behavior

How Will Projects be Graded?

Whenever possible, I will provide rubrics for each design project that tell you what I expect for Exemplary, Proficient, Partially Proficient, and Incomplete work. I consider three main things in evaluating student’s design work:

• Effort (visible in the work and/or demonstrated in class; spend quality time on your work!)
• Creativity (how original your work is)
• Following Directions (did you explore the assignment as given?)

Often, projects will be broken down into components, each component having its own due date, and no component accepted until the previous components have been turned in. Doing things in the right order means a better result. Also, when I see your work several times during a project, I can give you meaningful feedback that will probably make your work easier. Components turned in late or in the wrong order may receive little to no feedback.

What Are My Responsibilities?

Since everyone learns about design here, everyone is considered a designer, or photographer. Get used to thinking of yourself that way! My job is to teach you professionalism in addition to design skills. Professionalism means being respectful to yourself and others around you, and behaving in an acceptable, predictable way.

Art Studio Rules

Refer to the GMHS Student Handbook in your planner for school-wide rules.

We have art studio rules too:

What Do those Rules Really Mean?

Don’t prevent me from teaching.

• Don’t speak while I am instructing the class.
• Raise your hand if you wish to speak, and wait for me to call on you.
• Don’t interrupt when I am giving personal attention to another student.

Don’t prevent others from learning.

• Don’t behave in a disruptive or distracting way.
• Don’t engage in lengthy off-topic conversations.
• Keep the volume of your voice down.
• No singing, rapping, or other disruptive noises. Be safe
• Don’t throw, toss, flick, or roll anything across the table, floor, or classroom.
• Use classroom materials in a safe manner.
• Don’t behave in any way that threatens harm to anyone or our equipment.

Keep things clean.

• Clean up after yourself so your station is ready for the next student.
• Return classroom materials to the proper storage place.
• Don’t eat messy things that can leave residue on the computers.
• Keep your language clean.

Consequences

If you have forgotten one of the school or design room rules, I will give you a verbal reminder. Willful, severe or repetitive poor behavior will result in one or more of the following consequences:

• · student conference
• · parent contact
• · seat change
• · reduction of “professional conduct” grade
• · loss of privileges and/or materials
• · extra assignment
• · clean-up duty
• · in-class detention
• · administrative detention
• · office referral
• · class suspension

Good Behavior

Keeping our classroom welcoming, safe and interesting depends on everyone.

Here’s what I offer if you have a great attitude and behavior:

• A fun, exciting design room where you can learn cool skills.
• I will praise you for your outstanding professionalism.
• I will treat you like a responsible adult.
• 100% of your professional conduct grade.
• The opportunity to work on real projects for school activities.

Cheating

If you cheat in my class there is an extremely good chance that I will catch you at it. Cheating means that a student is not completing an assignment, quiz or project honestly and completely. It is cheating if you do the work for someone else, or if you give your files to him/her in some way after you have completed them. It is also cheating if you simply give someone the answers to a quiz, or if you read the answers off of someone else’s paper. It is not cheating if you help someone, but he/she must do all the actual work themselves. For example, completing tasks with the keyboard or mouse on someone else’s computer is cheating, not helping. Talking that student through it so that he/she does every step him/herself is helping. In other words, hands off!

Because they are usually both involved in the attempt to cheat, typically both the student doing the actual work and the student who did not do the work will be punished for cheating (see below).

Plagiarism

You will be asked to complete a number of short writing assignments in this class. These assignments must be written in your own words.

Plagiarism is a form of cheating in which a student directly copies words or unique ideas from other sources. Here are just a few of the forms that plagiarism takes:

• It is plagiarism to copy an entire encyclopedia entry.
• It is plagiarism to copy an entire paragraph from a Web site.
• It is plagiarism to steal copy the design that another person has created for the Web or for print.
• It is plagiarism to copy what another student has written in his/her notebook or essay.

Plagiarism not only has its consequences at school (see below), but it the “real world” it can get you severe financial or legal penalties.

Lying

Lying is not professional. It damages relationships. I give all my students my trust when the school term begins. If I catch you lying, I will be very disappointed. I will no longer trust you until you earn it back. I may also respond with a consequence.

Consequences

The consequences for cheating, lying or plagiarism will include one or more of the following:

• A zero on that assignment for all parties involved. There will be no opportunity to change this assignment grade at a later time.
• A call or email home to the students’ guardians
• A referral to a counselor or Principal.

Computer Policy

Computers in this lab are for work for this class only.

Exceptions to this policy may be made only with my permission on that specific day.

You may not touch any part of another student’s computer without my permission.

Don’t eat or drink in this lab EVER!

What happens when you are "finished" with your projects?

Each week you will have the opportunity to work on posted ANCHORS. Anchors are to be used when you are finished working on other projects. Every student will be expected to be working on a class related project at all times throughout the 85 minute class period. Anchors will not be "graded", however they will give you the opportunity to explore a concept that you are interested in that will also be directly related to the course. Anchors may be skill building activities, or they may be activities that allow you to experiment with new concepts.

When to work on ANCHORS

• You have completed that day’s task.
• If Mrs. Hodas is helping another student and cannot assist you with the current project/ problem. Begin an anchor as you wait.
• As Mrs. Hodas is taking attendance, passing back materials/assignments, or setting up a demonstration.
• Complete an anchor when you "have nothing to do"

Consequences

If you fail to respect the computer policy, you will lose your access to a computer for that day. This means that if you are found using the computer for anything other than our assignments (and you have not been given “free time” as above), you will be asked to log off for the remainder of the period.

Tardies

You are tardy (LATE) if you are not seated in your assigned seat when the bell rings (when class begins).

I take attendance the moment it rings. I follow the designated tardy policy of the school. Tardies typically result in detention. I will only excuse a tardy if you receive a written pass from another teacher that has the date and time written in ink. I will usually follow up with an email to verify the excuse. Forging a hall pass is lying and will result in appropriate consequences

Class Dismissal

I dismiss you from class, not the bell. Make sure you have cleaned up your area and returned any supplies to their storage containers before you go. Please DO not STAND by or LINE up at the door. You may leave your seats after the bell rings.

Second Period Classes

If you are in second period, that means you will have tutorial 4 times per week. This is the procedure that you must follow:

1. 10:50am, you have 5 minutes remaining in class. Begin to save your projects, and put your materials away
2. If you plan to LEAVE during tutorial, you must SIGN out to s specific destination using the tutorial sign out sheet (not the restroom sign out sheet).
3. 10:55am, the bell will ring, and you will need to stand for the pledge of allegiance
4. After the pledge of allegiance, you will need to BE SEATED and QUIET during the announcements
5. DO NOT TALK TO ANYONE DURING ANNOUNCEMENTS
   1. If you talk during announcements, you will not be permitted to leave for tutorial
   2. Second offense, you will not be able to leave for tutorial for the rest of the week
   3. Third offense, you will not be able to leave for tutorial for the rest of the term

Personal Electronics

If you use your phone inside my classroom, you will risk detention or confiscation of your phone if you do not follow the rules.

MP3 players can be helpful when focusing on an assignment. They are allowed within the following guidelines:

• Don’t use them during instruction.
• Don’t use them during group activities.
• When you are working independently, you may use an MP3 player so long as it is not audible to others. WEAR HEADPHONES
• Don’t sing along with your music. This is disruptive to others.

Music

I will often play music from my computer which is audible to everyone. I have a variety of music tastes. If you want to hear something specific, you may request it. Please don’t whine if you don’t like the music I am playing. Someone else probably likes it besides me, and I might end up playing music you like tomorrow.

Hall Passes + Restroom Breaks

At the beginning of class, you may NOT use the restroom unless you can be back in your seat when the bell* rings. Do not ask for permission for a hall pass or ask to use the restroom until I have taken attendance and I am done with the opening instruction.

Restroom Time; About six minutes should be sufficient for a restroom trip. If you abuse your restroom privilege, you will lose it for a period of time. (Note: I do not time you, and I will not address "time" with you unless I think you are abusing your restroom trip.)

***NOTE: you have 5 minutes between classes for restroom breaks. You must be in class and seated when the bell* rings. If you need to use the restroom, you may ask to leave after I review the agenda for the day. I will usually begin with a short demonstration. So be sure to go between classes if it cannot wait.

*Note: some period 3 classes do not have a start bell due to lunches, for those situations that CLOCK will act as your bell.

Be Creative!

Hopefully you signed up for this course to express your creativity and learn about digital art. You need to learn the basics before you can completely express yourself, however even small projects will benefit from being CREATIVE!!! I look forward to working with you!

Here is an overview of what the PHOTOGRAPHY classes will do each day: Daily Procedures

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