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bgilligan commented on Assignment 3: ePortfolio in the group Rolly de Juan’s ePortfolio

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 04:08:15 -0400

Awesome work, you really have an excellent grasp of the material, especially in the last part during this presentation.

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Week 13 - E-Portfolio in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 03:58:53 -0400

Over the length of the course I had some difficulties as I was maintaining my own classes as well. Especially with grading during term end before spring break. Spring break allowed me some time to catch up and […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Interactive Video - Week 12 - Activity 4 in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 03:36:53 -0400

Adding in interactive elements to a video was a little more challenging than the graphic, however I think it was more cathartic as well. This is an awesome way to jazz up existing videos.

I think I […]

bgilligan commented on EDDL 5131 – Week 12: Interactive Media – Activity 3: Create an Interactive Graphic in the group Rolly de Juan’s ePortfolio

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 04:16:49 -0400

The graphic is really straightforward and that is helpful for doing review for technical material.

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Create an Interactive Graphic - Week 12 - Activity 3 in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 03:52:04 -0400

Dasmesh Values
Learning Outcome:
Students will review the graphic and look through the associated links to gain a better understanding of the schools values.

The plugin that we used to help create the […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Create Interactive Text - Week 12 - Activity 2 in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 02:22:51 -0400

Elements of Art

The elements of art are the components that go into creating a piece of artwork. Line is the first element of art, shape is the second element followed by colour. The fourth element is form […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Week 12 - Interactive Media in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 01:53:37 -0400

I really like the idea of using interactive media, it is often more engaging than simple lecture and allows the implementation of other elements that you may not be able to do in a live classroom setting.

In […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Online Student Video Activities - Week 10 & 11, Activity 7 in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 02:47:17 -0400

LESSON 1: SHORT STUDENT VIDEO ACTIVITY
Course: Art 7
Learning Outcome: Students will be able to describe how to use focal points to create a composition.
Instructions: Create a short video explaining how to use […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Find and Integrate Video Resources in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 05:00:08 -0400

Ancient Greece/Grade 7 – Alexander the Great

Learning Outcome: To gain an understanding of the importance and scope of Alexander the Great and his impact on the modern world.

Alexander the Great was a huge […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Week 10 & 11 The Affordances of Video and Video Production Styles in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 07:14:21 -0400

In my specific teaching context I have a broad range of options available to me. Being that I am split between wholly academic and psychomotor capabilities it leaves considerable capacity to use video effectively, […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Week 9 - Activities 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 06:37:35 -0400

I used Audacity to create my audio much like many of the other students in class. I muddled with it a little at first but I eventually got the hang of it. Though admittedly I’m not much of a sound engineer. My […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Week 9: Activity 2 - Source Audio for Educational Use in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 03:17:15 -0400

So I had some serious difficulty deciding how to approach this assignment and finally gave some thought to the idea of Synesthesia, which is the ability to see colours and shapes when music is played. Wasilly […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Student Media Project Outline and Rubric in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 02:02:20 -0400

Activity 2
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will be able to distinguish different methods to create interesting compositions and use those methods effectively.
TITLE
Composition: How to bring interest into an […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Outline a Student Graphic Activity in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:11:00 -0500

Using font choices and graphics to enhance an advertisement.

Individual learning objective: Students will take three of the example “ads” and redesign them using better font choices, adding graphics from a […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Educational Graphic with Online Learning in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:50:34 -0500

The Dasmesh Punjabi School core values are an important factor in the daily life of all the students but students often times need to be reminded what they are.

This infographic uses simple shapes and ideas […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Create a Graphic and Alt Text in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 05:08:47 -0500

In art and design I try and get the student to focus on how best to create a composition that works visually and to aid in that development of their visual vocabulary the concept of the Golden Ratio or Golden Mean […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Resizing an Image in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:17:19 -0500

I will use the same image I used for the cropping to resize. The original size is 43.1 M at 15 x10 inches and 300 DPI. There are two ways that the size of the image can be reduced and in many cases for publishing […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Source Graphics for Educational Use in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:34:19 -0500

One Point Perspective

Learning Objective: To understand better how to create a one point perspective drawing.

The students will practice using the techniques in the writings to improve their […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Moose in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 05:33:42 -0500

Moose

The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia) (Alces alces), is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the largest and heaviest species in the Deer family.

Moose are distinguished by the […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Week2-Activity 4: OER Scavenger Hunt in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:08:53 -0500

The two resources below are selected if I would need to create online Art Literacy courses.

The first OER:

Edutopia: Stretching your Curriculum Canvas

Learning outcome: by the end of this reading and […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Source a Piece of Media in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 03:12:11 -0500

Lesson Grade 7-8 Art
Two Point Perspective

Learning Outcome:
The student will be able to render a number of shapes in three dimensions using the perspective method.

Lesson:
The student should follow the […]

bgilligan commented on Integrating UDL in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 06:22:01 -0500

I think the students in my particular grade levels could benefit from guiding appropriate goal setting, 7th grade especially seems to have a great deal of difficulty with this aspect of executive functioning and […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Integrating UDL in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 06:17:38 -0500

I teach 6th to 8th grade in a Punjabi Private School currently, 7th grade is my homeroom class and I teach them ELA, Science, Socials and Character. Then I have Fine Art classes that range throughout and 8th grade […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Accessibility Guidelines in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 05:44:02 -0500

Unfortunately being in the teaching environment I am in currently there is little to no accommodations for many disabilities. The number of students we have that require those accommodations are few and usually […]

bgilligan wrote a new blog post Aboriginal Education in the group BGilligan’s Portfolio

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:35:36 -0500

Our school doesn’t have a lot of material or other resources that would help with aboriginal studies or even with much about aboriginal awareness. I suppose that is to be expected at a school that focuses on South […]

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