Freestyle Academy\u2019s Conceptual unit for Juniors aims to teach students to use unconventional forms to express themselves, strengthening their abstract thinking and communication skills through a variety of projects with different mediums across their English, Digital Media, and Elective classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my first projects in my English and Digital Media classes, I immediately found myself challenged in ways distinct from other courses I took in the past. New technology that I learned in Digital Media, along with English assignments that pushed me to think much deeper about writing in comparison to other English classes I’ve had over the years, were all very engaging and opened my eyes to the many creative possibilities that I would explore this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Early in the year, Freestyle students went on a field trip to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In our English class, we wrote a reflection on a particular art piece that inspired awe in us, challenging us to think deeply about our own emotions and experiences in order to channel that in a short paragraph response. That writing was then taken for our Digital Media class to create a voiceover for a video to be made in Adobe Premiere Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n