The Other Chimney Rock

Did you know there are 14 other Chimney Rocks in the U.S.?  The one we visited this summer was in Colorado and it is a National Monument that is the home of many fascinating ruins from the Chacoan culture that inhabited the area 800 years ago.  This culture was the foundation of today's Pueblo culture still living in the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Nevada.

Click on the image to view the photo album in google photos.

Mesa Verde National Park

Spruce Tree House

We have a park pass that allows free entry and 1/2 price camping at all National Parks and most Monuments.  This year is the 100th
anniversary of the National Park Service.  We visited Mesa Verde and Great Sand Dunes National Monument early in June right before it got warm...

Best Hand Foreward

General Art classes have been working super hard these last 2 weeks.  We have done negative space drawings. Blind contour line drawings and the best hand drawings ever! And you thought you couldn't draw.

Kristina Davis

 Jonah Johnson

 Jenna Theis

 Emily Mika

 Yoselin Parra

 Kevin Miller

Abbagale Bush

Graphic Design I Final Projects

I have really enjoyed the creativity of my Graphic Design I students this year.  Here are their final project Year in Review Summaries.  They were able to choose whatever medium they felt best showcased their work. They are all different and that is cool.

Keaton Wakefield

Daneal Dickinson

Andrew King

Bailey Brumbaugh

Erin Lindeman   

End of the Year Video projects

What Already? Yes we are done. I had some exceptional video projects turned in so I thought I should share.  Thanks Multimedia II students for the grreat year!

How to embed your Photo Slideshow from Picasa Web Lbums

Go to Picasa Web Albums

https://picasaweb.google.com

make sure your album is public

Albums

1. On "My Photos," click your album.
2. On the right, click Link to this album.
3. In "Paste HTML to embed in website," copy the HTML and paste it in the source code for your site.

Slideshows

1. Follow steps 1–2 above for Albums.
2. Select Embed Slideshow.
3. Set the slideshow settings.
4. Copy the HTML and paste it in the source code on your site.

OKayyy My Turn, I guess, ifIhaveto.

Hi Multimedia Students its me.. Since I asked you to share something about yourselves in your blogs I suppose it is only fair that I do the same. I have been teaching in Sidney now for 33 years and yes that seems like a long time.  One thing that never seems very long is summer.  I try to pack as much into 10 weeks as possible.  Mr. Darling and I love being outdoors so you might have seen us on our road bikes.  We also enjoy backpacking and camping.  

This summer was an epic camping adventure, we visited in 4 different National Parks (Glacier, Rainier, Olympic and Rocky Mountain) and also volunteered for an Archaeological Dig with the US Forrest Service and Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming for a week. 

We have a tent and sometimes we just like to get away from civilization but sometimes we have company.

All of these pictures were taken with my iPhone,  even though I have a big camera I get lazy and big cameras are heavy when you are also carrying all of your food and sleeping gear. If I have one piece of advice, the best camera is always the one you have in your hand!

I also noticed several people mentioned that they enjoyed spending time by themselves and are jealous of their alone time.  This is for you

You should get out more