Revision of Syllabus for Introduction to Math Art from Fri, 2011-01-14 13:13

Tentative syllabus:

We meet once a week but it is ok not to be in the meeting physically as long as you make the assignments;

The first week we will solve the technical issues.  You will share your work with the teacher through a google document and also on the math 2.0 wiki.  It will be exciting to have young kids share art together and maybe also solve puzzles.
Unit 1: Getting started and getting acquainted with each other. Finding ways to communicate and help each other. Downloading MuMart. Taking care of technical issues.   Create your own google document and share it with me (danovak@gmail.com ) so I can edit.  Add you name to the sharing document.  Some of the students are getting Skype or Google Chat, which is convenient but is not required. Understanding the course outline. Introducing the MuMart Screen. Learning how to create The Spiral of Life and to link it to your Google document it (http://screencast.com/t/njamUuCkTC).  Put the text, the picture and the program in the document.
Unit 2: Starting to learn MuMart systematically through the lessons with exercises. Step by step Startup instructions. Shapes. Three assignments, Shapes Assignment, Lines Assignment and Arcs Assignment, and a quiz, Shapes Quiz. Also, the Spiral of Life Assignment. 
Unit 3: Individual transformation commands: REPEAT I (two sets)  RQuiz1 and RQuiz2, SPIN and Quiz, SPINRL and Quiz. Art Gallery Assignment. 
Unit 4: More individual transformation commands: MIRROR and Quiz, GROWBY I, GROWBY II, GROWGBY and Quiz. MuMart Writing Art Assignment. 
Unit 5: All transformation commands: Mixed I, Mixed II and Quiz, Mixed III and Quiz. Mandala Assignment. 
 
Unit 6: Test. Tile Assignment and HSB Color Assignment.   Read the Dynamic Art Theory and watch Dynamic Art Videos and begin creating ar  final project. Note that "JT" should be "AT".