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Cheyenne Parfleche
Undergraduates, future teachers, enrolled in CS 360: Logo Programming at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls completed this project during the fall semester of the 1996-1997 academic year. For this project, students investigated Native American art using the world wide web, as well as library and school resources. Each student selected art pieces to inspire a logo programming graphic design project. Logo procedures were developed using top down design to create a design inspired by Native American art. A home page was then created by each student after studying html coding and home page construction.
What Was Learned from Doing This Project
I learned a great deal from this project. As I look back on the semester, I'll be able to create other pages myself and also how to use WWW for other information.
How the WWW Was Used to Research This Project
I used the WWW to visit different museums and saw some very interesting designs of Native American Art. I saw a Cheyenne Parfleche (trunk) from the collection at the Detroit Institute and focused on a section from that piece of art work.
I also used the WWW to see how other pages are designed, to help with color choices, and to study special bullets.
How the WWW Project Focused on Coursework
It made the project interesting and enjoyable as well as making a purpose to learning many new aspects of technology, including: Logo, WWW, and computer generated music all connected to the Native American Arts.
What Mathematics Was Utilized in Your Project
I used graphing to determine the appropriate lengths and widths for the nested rectangles in my design. I also used this to figure out how many crowns could be used on the top of the figure and how far apart each one would be from one another.
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