EXCITING NEW COURSES IN THE ARTS STARTING AT CEDAR RIDGE
More information regarding the Texas Cultural Trust developing the curriculum for these classes as well as a course catalog descriptions are available at http://www.txculturaltrust.org/programs/arts-education/
**DANCE & MEDIA COMMUNICATION** Course #7149
Do you love technology and media? Love to dance? Cedar Ridge is one of the 1st schools in the state to offer a new course called Dance and Media Communications! This course will be include state-of-the-art devices for student use in conjunction with movement projects involving state of the art technology. Dance and Media Communications provide rigorous and relevant experiential study of dance history, dance technique, and choreography with student learning in media literacy and technology applications. Creation and analysis of student performances is balanced with explorations into contemporary practices in digital media. Students learn how to integrate traditional movement and choreographic skills with current technology applications to create new media such as animations, digital images, multimedia presentation, digital video, websites and interactive performances.
It will be taught by Karen Searles who was selected to be a NexGen Trailblazer teacher giving her a NextGen digital classroom and a class set of devices. She has attended rigorous training for this class for 2 years and is so excited Cedar Ridge will be the first school to have it in RRISD! Contact Karen_Searles@roundrockisd.org in G128 or see your counselor to add it to your schedule today! Course # 7149
Don’t miss out on this groundbreaking course in the arts! No dance or tech experience required. Fulfills your Fine Arts credit. Open to all grade levels. PLEASE HELP CEDAR RIDGE BECOME A TRAILBLAZER BY ADDING THIS COURSE TO YOUR SCHEDULE TODAY! GET A FRIEND TO JOIN YOU! SPREAD THE NEWS! We appreciate your support and hope to see you in Dance and Media in 2015!
**MUSIC AND MEDIA COMMUNICATION**
Innovative Music curricula designed to provide access to rigorous and relevant instruction in music and media-based skills to those students entering high school who may not have an extensive background in music. The standards-based curricula provide access to instruction in fundamental music skills and knowledge. Students explore and discover their own connections to music and their musicality using technology- and media-based resources for listening, recording, sharing, composing, and making music.
Contact Cayla_Cardiff@roundrockisd.org for more information.
**ART AND MEDIA COMMUNICATION**
Art and Media Communications combines rigorous and relevant experiential study of modern, post-modern, and contemporary visual art and design with student learning in media literacy and technology applications. Creation and analysis of student artworks will be balanced with explorations into contemporary practices across the visual and commercial arts fields. Students will learn how to bridge traditional hand skills with current technology applications to create new media such as animations, digital images, multimedia presentations, digital videos, websites, and interactive or site-based installations and performances. Furthermore, student work will culminate in a capstone project that investigates an issue relevant to the student and uses art, design, and visual communications to address a problem within the community or effect a change. This project will afford students an opportunity to learn and practice creative research skills, develop a narrative, engage an audience, and connect an online community to their project.
Contact Tim_Lowke@roundrockisd.org for more information.
**THEATER AND MEDIA COMMUNICATION**
Theatre and Media Communications I and II provide students with a rigorous and relevant experiential study of theatre coupled with video and audio design. Creations and analysis of student performances are balanced with explorations into contemporary practices in digital media. Students learn how to bridge traditional stagecraft with current technology applications to create new media such as animations, digital images, multimedia presentation, digital video, websites, and interactive performances.
Contact Kristie_Copeland@roundrockisd.org for more information.
