Yearbook
This course allows students to develop & demonstrate the skills of journalism, communications, & publishing. The course is a real world experience of meeting deadlines by creating a product that must be sold & delivered. Students in this course will be required to demonstrate use of concepts, ideas, & activities that will help them in their future endeavours. Students will gain computer skills using publishing software.
Develop photography, journalism and page design/creation skills. Develop collaboration skills that will benefit them in other careers. Learn industry standards for production and critique. Develop and apply a marketing plan. Every high school produces a yearbook which is a collection of memories from the year’s events. In order to produce this book, it requires a team to cover events, develop photoshoots and interviews, and finally put it all together into a cohesive document. This class, along with the other two Yearbook classes, is designed to fill that need with the school.
Growth as an artist requires organization, time, patience, and reflection Complex tasks require the sequencing of skills Complex tasks require different technologies at different stages Traditions, perspectives, worldviews are shared through media arts.
Students must demonstrate: Personal responsibility: manifesting ownership of the aesthetic dimension of the book. Motivation: engaging in real world experiences and compiling information about related careers. Cooperation: sharing economic and physical resources in a team project. Participation: operating in a school environment in a project designed to reflect that very environment.