2011 Open House
1st Grade
Students studied the work of abstract Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco. Students learned about primary and secondary colors as well as opposite and neighboring colors. Students learned how Orozco uses a computer to plan his work. Students learn how to draw round circles and straight lines in KidPix. They create their simplified imitation of the Samurai Tree series of art based on Orozco's interpretation of his work as similar to a mobile that turns.
Flash: Coffin-Hill | Horalek | Krein | Mattson
iPhone / HTML 5: Coffin & Hill | Horalek | Krein | Mattson
2nd Grade
Animals and Habitats: Students conducted research on an animal. In technology they experimented with switchzoo.com and learned Kid Pix paintbrushes and textures. Students created pictures and writing in Kid Pix.
Adelson | Clark | Kraft & Thomspon | Raney
3rd Grade
Roy Lichtenstein Kid Pix Recreations: Students studied Roy Lichtenstein and wrote about his art. Then, after technique instruction and given a choice of four of his pictures, students created their own using Kid Pix drawing tools
Clark | Harrington | Holcomb | O'Hearn
4th Grade Pop Art Galleries
Flanigan | Gishi | Keen | Varo
5th Grade Google Charts
This year students used both Excel and Google Spreadsheets. Their project was to collaborate using a shared Google spreadsheet. Teams chose their own topic of interest and conducted research to collect data. They produced both spreadsheet tables and the charts below.
Keen | Henrichs | Maybaum | Smith
5th Grade Pixel Art Samples
Students learned Excel basics and formatting by creating pixel art. Students learned to resize columns and rows, format and navigate the interface. These are some scanned samples from 5th grade students.
5th Grade Mondrian Animations
Students learn about the de Stijl art movement and Piet Mondrian's art. Students use PowerPoint to create an animated version of Composition II in Red, Blue and Yellow. Students compose songs using Sony Music Looper. Adobe Flash Requried to View
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