Thing 11

1. I found several great tools. Poll Everywhere, Wallwisher, Harmony Draw, Hyper History Online, Imagination Cubed, and Kerpoof. I plan to do a research project on my iPads. Kids will look up information on the web about a topic such as styles of art and post their findings on Wallwisher.
2. I can't say that my thinking about the learning that will take place in my classroom has changed. As an art teacher, I am expected to focus on a project based learning experience. I only have about 40 min. of working time per class with the new schedule this year. This doesn't allow for much deviation from completing art projects for all the contests and events that my kids are expected to enter. But I will be able to use more technology with the new iPads that I will be getting. I will use groups and give each group an iPad so that they can research, use Pol Everywhere, and Wallwisher. I will need to figure out how I can keep everyone in the group engaged since only one iPad will be used per group.
3. No unexpected outcomes really. I am pleased that I am communicating with an art teacher in New Zealand and another in Puerto Rico about exchanging student art work. This would not have happened if I had not learned of Art Education 2.0 and Swap Bot. I have learned a great deal but I will use technology differently from a core teacher because my needs and the needs of my kids and my TEKS are different. I still have parts that I wish to revisit and spend more time on such as learning Skype and Podcasts and I will do so after I learn how to use my iPad.

Thing 10

1) I want to make sure that students verify sources when doing research and try to acess several resources when reserching on the net. Secondly, never share your personal information such as passwords, phone numbers, erc. with others. Also, respect fair use laws and unstand what they mean.
2) I found that the Texas School Safety Center had excellent resources for explaining digital citizenship. I have bookmarked this site. It discusses topics such as bullying and internet safety.
3) I would teach the idea of digital citizenship to students by modeling it as I go through the assignment. Teachable moments always arise as students work and I will take advantage of those. Also, I will discuss things such as copyright laws and fair use rules before we start an assignment.
4) I found a Parent's Guide that will be useful to print and send home from the Texas School Safety website. http://www.txssc.txstate.edu/media/K12downloads/iNetSafety/Teens&Families/Parents_Guide.pdf

Thing 9

1) I think that, for art, it is important to tie technology to an objective from time to time but not for every project. Art is very "hands on." Sometimes that means using technology and sometimes that means using art media.
2)Students should be held accountable for stations/centers because they must have a purpose for using them and they must be able to take care of the equipment.
3) I really enjoyed Learning Games for Kids and Thinkfinity. These could be used in stations to do research, visit museums, and create digital art. Time at the stations using these links could be monitored by having students find answers to questions pertaining to the activity and to reflect on their work in their journals.
4) I could not get any of the apps links to open but I will try again tomorrow. I am interested in several: Harmony Draw, HyperHistory Online, Imagination Cubed, and Kerpoof. I see students creating art timelines, designing digital art, and working with math concepts as related to art. I see stations where kids are making decisions together about how to solve problems and how to answer questions regarding the assignment. I can hold students accountable by monitoring the room, assigning journal reflections about the assignment, and saving work to the server when possible.
5) I will discover other ways to use the iPad as I learn how to use it. Right now, I can see kids looking for art demos when they have a questions about technique or to research a topic online. In stations, they can post on blogs with other students in other schools either in the US of other countries.

Thing 8

I have learned that the iPad can be used for research and that multiple iPads can be synced with my laptop. I will have to practice how to do this since I am not familiar with using an iPad. I will use the iPad mostly as a research tool, to review techniques or directions for projects through video or slide shows. There are many interactive sites such as Adventures in Art and Sanford ArtEdVentures that provide authemtic learning adventures. I will set up bookmarks for tutorials and research. Looking forward to using this new tool.

Thing 7

I created a collaborative project in Edmodo called Artists @ SOMS. The objective is to describe the properties of water through observations made during practice of watercolor painting techniques. I plan to implement this project during the fall or spring semesters. I will use watercolor painting materials. Students will practice watercolor techniques such as wet into wet, wet into dry, scratching into paper, and painting with water. Conclusions will be compared and shared with science classes.

I just found an interesting page, Art Education 2.0 and joined several blogs regarding connecting classrooms, sharing art, working with disabilities, middle school art teachers, technology and art, and others. http://arted20.ning.com/

I will be pairing with an art teacher in Belgium in the fall. Our 7th and 8th graders will be trading Artist Trading Cards and perhaps get to know each other a little better.

I discovered a new site for technology to create a "wild" version of oneself and learn about wild animals. http://www.buildyourwildself.com:80/

Spaced Learning: A Better Way To Remember

Spaced Learning: A Better Way To Remember

Thing 6

I used PollEverywhere and Wallwisher. I set up a poll that asks students to pick the correct style for Vincent Van Gogh. Wallwisher asks students to post comments regarding what makes them an artist. I see these tools encouraging participation because students must log onto the tool and contribute by adding a post (to Wallwisher) and selecting an answer to the question in PollEverywhere.

Art is For Everyone by Janine

Art is For Everyone by Janine

Thing 5

I used Storybird to create a description of an artist. This tool could be used in my classroom to create similar type books by students. Another assignment might be choose an artist and then write a story with the pictures to incorporate language arts with art. Elements and Principles of Design could be demonstrated by evaluating a series of images as to how each demonstrates each Element of Principle.

The Animoto video could be used to showcase student art throughout the year or for a particular assignment. Students might also use their own art to create a video.

Thing 4

I have not been successful in running Google Apps on my computer as it interfered with my Delicious toolbar. I use my Delicious bookmarks daily. I did create some documents when I took a workshop for Google Chrome. But I have found no real use for Google Apps in my classroom since I am an art teacher. I did create a Presentation with slides in Google Docs. I prefer Powerpoint, however. I also made a quiz in Google Form. I rarely give quizes of this nature but it could be created as a Google Form.

 

Thing 3

1) I found You Tube videos to be most helpful. There are many videos showing art techniques, such as origami, drawing, painting, that I can project from my TV for greater visibility for students. Techer Tube usually has nothing that I can use. I did find an Arts Awareness video on School Tube that was interesting. Kids Tube offered a couple of illegible drawing lessons but nothing of substance.
2) I posted two videos. One on Sumi Painting and the other on Throwing a Pot. I discovered that if I right clicked on the video in You Tube, it allowed me to copy the html code.
3) I did not know that you could alter copyrighted information and still be able to use it. I found the video to be difficult to follow...too much activity. But I believe it was saying that if the value of the altered use of the information was less than the value for the author, then it could be used. Also, there is more freedom within education as long as the work was kept inside educational use walls.
4) I found Picasa to be fun and educational from the point of becoming more computer savy. It will be a good technology project if Picasa is loaded on the computers in the labs.

Thing 2

I have visited and commented on the following Blog sites and found them all to be interesting and educational. I am so glad to find these blogs. They will all help me to grow as an artist and a teacher.
http://lauraswatercolors.blogspot.com/
http://shouldishoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/bella-venizia-e-roma-teaser.html
http://harishbaliga.blogspot.com/2009/06/by-lake.html#comments
http://dansartstuff.blogspot.com/2011/01/last-year-i-was-involved-in-advisory.html
http://blog.art21.org/

I think it can be invigorating and a broadening experience to participate in blogs. We learn so much from each other. Sharing information is often better than taking a class.

I found that some people commented in thoughtful ways and others simply left brief comments of support or appreciation. Both are valid. I feel quite comfortable sharing my thoughts and ideas. I think it is important to pay attention to the advice given in this blog to make regular contributions and to be polite and respectful.

I plan to visit the Art Teacher's Guide to the Internet: http://artjunction.org/blog/ from the University of Florida. It has interesting ideas to stimulate creativity and other things.

Thing 1

It took me almost an hour to get this far. I had to create two Avatars to get one that I could transfer to my blog page. I did not install Google Apps becaue it interfered with my Delicious bookmarks when I installed it on my school laptop. I had to take it off. I'm afraid to install it on my home computer for the same reason.