MEETING+MINUTES

Meeting November 6th:
County Professional Development Fine Arts Department: __11__/___6_/__09___

Members Present:

_x__Alysia Asp ___ Alicia Henry ___ Dean Gilger _x__Jennifer Fox _x__Leonardo Jackson _x _Jen Benson

Items Discussed: -Jen Benson shared an iMovie of student projects (and a student product), ways she is utilizing Photo Shop CS in her level II classes.

-Sharing ideas, L. Jackson and A. Asp shared 2-D and Graphic Design project ideas

-Jen Fox set up a NEW and improved wiki for collaboration modeling George’s for 3-D Visual Arts

Issues Raised: -Need to review newest Davis Publications Photography Textbook. -Each school would like a copy of the textbook “Focus on Photography” from Davis Publications to review for the textbook review committee, Alicia Henry has one reasons: the book has digital and film photography the book has diverse examplars the book follows national standards

Decisions Made: -digital arts teachers have come to a consensus that we would all like this book: “Focus on Photography”

Goals for next meeting: -share long-range plans amongst digital teachers, i.e. complete your wiki page -create/share a long-range plan guide or list of ideas for the digital arts teachers (curriculum guide is vague at best on digital concepts) -write a digital arts mission

Course selection Guide changes: -AP Art History for next year, need a syllabus written -circular discussion on students skipping foundations via portfolio review, wording change