Wordle and Tagxedo are online applications for creating word art. They work by counting the words you feed into it. In the resulting art, words that appear most are the largest.
Check out Wordle here.
Tagxedo is a little more advanced, and lets you create shapes (!!). I asked Tagxedo to “read” this blog and create art based on the words we’ve used so far. Here’s what it made for us:
Artistic, right?
EOSA students OWNED the “Speak Out!/LETTERS” page of the most recent issue of the OakTown Teen Times! This marks the beginning of a new relationship between EOSA and the OTT, with more student journalism starting up in the fall.
Check out the entire new issue of the OakTown Teen Times here: READ IT!
Through a residency with the Asian-American Orchestra, EOSA first-years wrote poetry and performed their original writing on June 11 at Youth Uprising.
Thanks to Fifth Stream Music for their support, and check there for pictures of the event.
Continue reading for original student works!
As part of a unit on the Harlem Renaissance, EOSA Juniors created artwork as a response to Romare Bearden’s “The Block” (1972).
"The Block II" by Romare Bearden (1972)
After looking critically at Bearden’s portrait of Harlem, students were tasked with creating their own collages which emulated Bearden’s style, and captured the feel of a chosen (Oakland) block.
Follow the link below to see some completed student artwork:
In EOSA’s first ever post-session, some intrepid writers took on the challenge of creative writing and exploring Oakland. Enjoy some student writing and photos of the trips to the amazing Jack London Aquatic Center and Oakland Museum of California!
Ms. Hamann’s and Ms. Sheffer’s Academic Seminar class created beautiful self-portraits as part of their final project. They tore into old books, scissored, glued, and markered to portray their relationship with reading. Check out the results below!
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