1920 photo 1 syllabus

Photography 1 Syllabus  & Grading Policy rev 6_8_19

Hillwood High School

Teacher: Stephen Campbell
email: stephen.campbell@mnps.org
phone:615-353-2025 extension 440109

Course Description and objectives

Course description

Beginning level use of a digital camera and digital editing software on a Macintosh computer.  In addition students will get instruction in traditional art and design concepts, composition, design and layout techniques, history of photography, and the use of digital media and the internet to display and present their digital images.

Course objectives (What I Want You to Know)

How to use the camera’s features for creative control of your photographs

The kind of lighting to use in a given situation to create the best photographs

How to demonstrate good composition in your photographs

How to use the computer and digital imaging software

Course standards

https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/education/standards/art/std_art_va_gr_9-12.pdf

Course Requirements and Teaching Methods

Classes will consist of a combination of lecture, discussion, lab activities and project-based learning. Projects are usually completed in-class. In addition to in-class activities, quizzes and semester exams are designed to test the student’s skills, knowledge and vocabulary. Students are required to begin the development of a portfolio which properly presents their work. 

Suggested materials

Pencils, pens

Grading scale

A 100-93

B 92-85

C 84-77

D 76-70

F 69 and below

(more on back side)

Grading

How your grade is determined

Nine-week grades are determined by the following categories and percentages:

Homework 10%

Formative grades 0%

Summative grades 90%

Daily classwork: Many assignments are graded on satisfactory completion of the daily assignment. Daily classwork assignments are due on the day they are assigned. A 0 will be recorded if the daily assignment is not done. Daily assignments may only be made up for excused absences.

Projects: Assignments for projects usually contain criteria and problem solving content encompassing the entire range of cognitive abilities. The student will exhibit knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation in almost all assignments completed for a grade. Evaluation is determined by the proper execution of criteria contained in each assignment (Were all the specifications & conditions accurately met? Are minimum standards and competencies exhibited? Is the work professionally prepared and presented? etc.). Projects usually take more than one class period and count more than daily assignments. Projects are due on the due date. If project work is late and must be made up, the makeup period may be extended to 2 class periods for a maximum grade of 80. A 0 will be recorded if assignments are not done.

I utilize rubrics, score sheets and checklists to determine the numeric grade for most projects.

Signatures acknowledge understanding of this document.

Student Signature:___________________________________________Date:__________

Parent/Guardian Signature:___________________________________________Date:___________

Definitions

Homework: The purpose of homework is to help reinforce what was taught in class. Sometimes its purpose is to gather extra information beyond what was taught in class

Formative assessment: The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. Formative assessments are generally low stakes, which means that they have low or no point value.

Summative assessment: The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark. Summative assessments are often high stakes, which means that they have a high point value.