The period for Genius Hour is coming to a closing and one may ask how much progress is left before completion. In truth, all of the sketches for the tutorials have been completed. All that is left to be done is to recreate said sketches to a digital and more appealing media and to complete the pictures necessary for the tutorials. One stepping stone at a time, this project is almost done. In terms of how this all has happened, I intend to post all of the intermediate photos of the progress. These include the rough sketches of the tutorials, the in-progress visual aid pictures, and the in-progress pictures of the art tutorials in media form. It truly has been hard to create these tutorials but I am proud of the progress that has been going on with these tutorials. I can only hope it will help new artists out there.
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Today, during our Genius Hour, my teacher assigned us to read the article "Is Genius Born or Can It Be Learned?" by John Cloud. In this article, John Green expresses the grand diversity that are geniuses. Such a word holds much debate on simply its definition and who it applies to. Even more so to the focus of a genius, how one is created. Narrowing down on how geniuses are made can be even more confusing that simply defining a genius. There are some who believe that it comes from one's environment that encourages hard work and self-motivation to learn about something in the world. Others claim it to be genetics gained from their parents and ancestors. Possibly, it could even be a combination of both. Simply put, a conglomeration of opinions on what geniuses even are and how one is created. From this however, I can say that I have a bit more insight on what a genius might be and how to strive to be one. Encouraging myself to continue doing more in school and life in general is a good start to becoming a genius. Whether one would define another as a genius or not, it should be in the eyes of the one's self if he or she considers them self a genius. As a person should be his or her motivation to keep pushing forward in life.
While this question may seem out of the blue, the idea of a 3-D printer and art tutorials are quite similar. Just about a week ago, a man of the name of Mr. Cowen presented his home-made 3-D print to my peers and I. This printer was composed of wood, magnets, small support beams, a drill bit, and a raspberry computer. Simply by sending the computer instructions and having a plastic coil on hand, contructions could be made in a matter of minutes. Mr. Cowen had a simple goal in mind when making this 3-D printer and that was to construct a machine to help others around him. The simplcity of generating parts and tools with little money needed is remarkable and efficient. Even with the wow factor of this incrediable machine, a presentation can sometimes be boring. Drawing out to the last second before one's mind wonders elsewhere. Luckily, along with his intelligence, his wits came into play. Many addition components were added to this presntation aside from a powerpoint. Mr. Cowen also brought for various creations he had made with his 3-D printer and stories that went along with the object. Various gestures and mostly constant eye contact got my peers to keep attention on him with rarely any breaks.
So Mr. Cowen did a fantastic job on presenting a topic to the class. So to take away from this, I now have various ideas on how to present my genius hour project to my peers. Printing out the tutorials and laminating them to pass out amoung the class will be a must. Keeping attention can usually be achieved if there's something to engage your mind with. Also providing stories with pictures with give people at least something to take away if one isn't interested at all. Generally, there is a overall stereotype of what a genius is and how their life functions. For most, it is someone who aces all tests presented to him or her, can plan for any occasion, and have the answers to any questions. That person would soar when approached with business proposition and have a great income to boot. The propaganda spreads with the genius stereotype and the public mostly blind to how diverse a genius can be.
For today, the article How Geniuses Think by Michael Michalko will be analyzed for this author's opinion on the subject. For Michael, the approach for geniuses steams from their creativity. This is generally applied in how many options can be found for solving task. While most would likely find a straight-forward path towards the solution, geniuses would recognize most of the other routes for the solution. To go about this, geniuses generally put the task into different perspectives. One can not simply preform a task with a two dimensional approach as other solutions might be hiding on another side. From the transition to two dimensional to three dimensional, geniuses can also visualize their task. Seeing what steps to take and from experience, make a educated guess on what outcomes other approaches would provide. Then, geniuses find someway to produced creations of their own design which can be express in many way. These can also spring novel contributions for societies in simplifying equations or bringing about new ideas help everyone tremendously. Then, geniuses can generally spot out vague opposites and similarities between objects and concepts no one may have thought of. If it all fails in the end, geniuses are prepared for chance. Bracing for the worst or best of a situation, these genius can stand strong against the winds of fate. From my project, some of these strategies do apply when it comes to this genius hour project. Art is an ever evolving fields and many different perspectives need to be seen to draw what people see as great art. This is extremely prevalent in tutorials as one needs to convey easy steps towards a reader to help in assistance. The correlation between the written and the visual aid has to work as well and there is always the chance of still failing. However, this as essential as creating a masterpiece as the experience allows one to grow as an artist and a person. One can only grow from experimenting and express one's dream. All of these wrap up with a cheesy, red bow for this genius hour project. It’s time to step back and indulge on the concept of genius hour and what this does for all students, parents, and teachers alike. Delving into this article, it’s discovered that the ideas of genius hour were inspired by Google’s 20% work portion. During this percentage of time, employees are allowed to pursue a project of their own desire. In doing so, Google’s employees can indulge in their own interests and perfect working independently. This same concept is applied when working in genius hour with less pay and more skills honed such as acceptance of failure. Noting most schools are more lenient on standardized testing in this day and age, the skills students train in are better in test taking situations and not independent thinking. Knowing is certainly half the battle but there is not much that can be done when the major focus is there. That is where genius hour falls into its piece of the puzzle of providing free thinking and work skills. As this article states, this concept is great but how do you convince people such as the students and parents about this? For students, the curiosity and freedom of choosing what to do is certainly a breath of fresh air. Often bounded by the chains of worksheets and test prep, students often find that they can’t do something they wish to do as school consumes a majority of their time. Given the chance and time however, students can finally play around with something they like and present it to the world. While parents might judgmental at the start, they might find that their students will perk up a bit more than usual. Along with the skills students will gain, students can also gain confidence, better acceptance of failure, and the might to push themselves back on their feet.
From this article, I’ve learned about the origins of genius hour and how it affects almost everyone around you. For this project, time management is critical and some things may need to be dropped for the other items to be made. If you wish to read this article, go to http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/09/living/genius-hour-education-schools/. For all of this to start successfully, plans must be put into place. There's nothing worse than charging head first into a pit of despair. From the top, the rest of October and the first week of November will be dedicated to working out the basis of the tutorials. How this basis will work is through first sketching out the tutorials. Figuring out the flow will make creating these tutorials quite easier as text placement and the accumulation of pictures will be determined. At this moment, the objectives are to create a tutorial on basic proportions, hands, facial expressions, and clothing. From the basis, the rest of November to the first week of December shall be dedicated to recreating the tutorial into a digital format for printing and online view. This will consist of discovering a site or program for constructing the basis, creating said basis, and imputing and proofreading all instructions. Finally, the rest of December shall be dedicated to creating the pictures for visual reference and implementing them into the tutorial. Since the instructions have been made and implemented into the tutorial, the drawings can be more accurate in depicting the instructions. The very last thing that shall be done once all of the tutorials are finished will be implementing the tutorial drawings into categories on the Portfolio page. All in all, this time span should provide an ample amount of time to create these tutorials with no worries.
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