Archive for November, 2009

All Those Basic Geometric Constructions are Coming Due!!

November 17, 2009

I’m publishing the grades for the Basic Geometric Constructions that I assigned two weeks ago when I was out for a sub for four days. It’s time to be done!!!

Monday, the first four were due and ready to publish, along with your Cityscape.

Tuesday, the next three are due and ready to publish.

Wednesday, the next three are due are ready to publish.

Thursday, the last two are due and ready to publish.

Friday, you should have everything in, including the extra-credit back page (four separate illustrations). Extra credit work is, of course, optional.

Monday, November 23, I will introduce three more assignments that will take us through to the end of the semester. Tuesday, November 24, the Six- and Eight-Fold Symmetries are due and ready to publish. Let’s go!

Below, an example of good work!

Six- and Eight-Fold Symmetry

November 9, 2009

Until further notice, we’ll start every class period with a lesson from “Adobe Classroom in a Book,” doing first the Photoshop lessons and then at some point moving over to the Illustrator lessons.

Next, we’ll use the middle third of each period to work on Mr. Paisley’s six-fold and eight-fold symmetry shapes created in Geometer’s Sketchpad, either in Mr. Paisley’s room or in mine. Almost all my computers have the Sketchpad on it already, and I’m working to get all of them working soon.

Finally, the last third of the period should be used to catch up on the Cityscape and various Basic Geometric Constructions that were assigned two weeks ago. We’ve got to get them finished and into our Let’s Get Visual presentations.