3D Printing Come to RMS

As an introduction to their sculpture unit, Art 7/8 and Art 1 students experimented with using the emerging technology of 3D printing to create miniature sculptures.  They learned how 3D printing is being used in not only in art, but in science and medicine as well.  Students used Tinkercad, a 3D modeling software to create original sculpture designs.  They worked in the computer lab for 2 days creating their designs in early March.  It took a team of teachers two weeks to print the finished sculptures.  Thanks to Linda Kay and Robin Young for their help in bringing this cool experience to our art department!

~ Mrs. Duvall

Netbooks Make a Splash in Dance

Students in Mrs. Garcia's dance class, under the direction of Mrs. McLain, are working in groups and using the netbooks to learn new dances.  Students are watching instructional videos on how to do a dance then learning that dance as a team.  The technology allows students to watch the video over and over again as well as to rewind to certain parts and  to slow it down to get the subtle parts of the movement.  The dances they learn will then be demonstrated to the rest of the class.