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Secondary School Electives
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Computers: Instructor Leona Nez
Keyboarding
Computer Keyboarding is a course which offers students the opportunity to learn touch-types keyboarding skills(keying without looking at your hands) at aproductive rate of speed and accuracy. These skills will be developed on the Windows computer using the Learn2Type and Type Shark software. While developing skills, students will also enhance their knowledge of language skills and use Microsoft Word to learn how to key basic business documents and personal composition at the keyboard.
Digital Video
In this course, students learn to product a video. Topics include storyboards to plan projects, proper interviewing techniques, camera operation, editing of videotape, titling, and editing of audio. Major projects will include planning, promoting, and following up a school event, producing a videotaped news segment, and producing the senior tribute. By the end of the semester, students should be able to show the video. Class sized limited.
Web Design
This course is a semester intensive teaching the fundamentals of web design using Macromedia Dreamweaver. Students are introduced to the intuitive Macromedia interface- menus, timelines, toolbars, layers, palettes, and features. Topics include introduction to understanding HTML- the language of the internet, program integration. Color and file formats for the web, importing graphics files, drawing, and creating audio and video files for web production.
Microsoft Office
This class teaches the ability to use a variety of computer software, which is important to succeed in school and on job. Students will learn and get advanced in word processing, spreadsheets, graphing, integrated software, research, and presentations using Microsoft Office in Navajo and English language.
Computer Honors
This class teaches responsibility. Each student is assigned to a group and uses the course schedule to locate their projects. The teacher is there to organize, guide, and maintain both the computer lab and the program. The students will teach themselves by using manuals, tutorials, and resources presented to them. Each student will need to keep a notebook and to keep track of their daily activities, write down their unfamiliar words and define them, and write a report for every project. Students will work on their projects for four weeks and rotate afterwards. Students will need to turn in their notebooks on the last day of the rotation for grading.
Air Brush
This course is designed for beginners to develop the basic skills and techniques of painting with an airbrush. Students will learn how to use, disassemble, clean, and repair the airbrush. Cutting friskets, masks and liquid-frisket techniques are the blocking methods learned. Proper handling of paint and color is studied. The working projects are kept simple so that the student can concentrate on learning this complex tool.
Ceramics
This course is intended for those studying ceramics for the first time and is a comprehensive introduction to the craft of clay working. The primary emphasis is on studio work leading to a portfolio of finished pieces by the end of the semester. The main goal of this coursed is that you will be able to create as well as appreciate expressive, beautiful three dimensional clay forms. You will have an understanding of the other cultures and periods of human expression in clay and finally you will begin to be proficient at forming clay objects yourself. You will be introduced to a variety of clay... where clay comes from, how it was formed, how it is gathered, and the early methods for forming clay objects, pinching and coiling.
Students will also be introduced to the potter's wheel, centering the clay, forming bowls and cylinders... trimming and burnishing on the wheel. How sculpture is made with clay, slab construction, extrusion, tile making and slip casting. Texturing and coloring clay, color used in clay and slips, engobes,. Oxides and under glazes as well as non traditional decorative techniques including acrylic paint and dye.
Sculpture
This course is an introduction to sculpture. In the classroom, the students will explore various approaches to contemporary sculptural problems by working with a variety of media, such as foam, clay, wood, plastic, metal and stone. This project will require a process of planning and acquiring the necessary materials to culminate in a singular work. It will be the student’s responsibility to initiate, develop appropriate problem solving techniques and complete the sculpture within the defined time frame. This will include documenting the process with drawings and developing a statement of purpose and photographing the final work. The projects are designed to develop hands-on experience with diverse materials and methods.
Photography
Students will be exposed to a variety of technical and aesthetic concerns involved in the making of black and white photographs. By the end of the course students should be able to understand basic photographic theories and practice fundamental skills directly related to the creation of 35mm prints including: camera operations, film and lens choices, darkroom technique, composition and other field skills necessary to create B&W prints. Students will be asked to complete a final independent project utilizing the skills learned from class lectures, demonstrations and critiques to develop photographic abilities and vision. Where appropriate, the class is designed to show how traditional technique correlates with modern digital technology. Students will be expected to spend time outside of class shooting photographs, developing negatives, and making prints. Students must supply a binder for negative storage and their own 35mm camera with adjustable aperture, shutter speeds and focus.
Drawing
Drawing is a way of seeing. The objective of this class is to sharpen the student's powers of perception and to improve technical drawing skills. This will be approached through a variety of class exercises adn projects that deal with line, space, value, proportion and composition. By the end of the semester the student should be avle to use these skills as tools for personal expression and interpretation. As this is multi level class the more advanced students may be given some addtional &/ or different assignments from the beginning students.
Welding
Drafting
Mass Production
Auto Machanics
Woodworking
Cooking
Home Ec. 7
Home Ec. 8
Advanced Cooking
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