My Comment on Annie's Blog
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
BP5_Artsonia
Artsonia.com is an interactive website formed to showcase children’s art. It is currently the largest student art museum in the world! There are so many wonderful assets to using this program. One of the most unique assets is the availability to view and understand multicultural art, giving our art students an opportunity to view other children’s art from all over the world. This type of online web 2.0 tool really helps get the students involved in art critique and discussion, and opens up a world of opportunity for them by offering them their own web gallery. I believe one of the most important factors of being a successful educator is the inspiration and courage we give our students. Artsonia does both. By uploading their artwork they can get recognition from family members, friends, other students, teachers, and more. The students are able to share stories and lessons, and their families and friends can even purchase their art directly from the website. The funds collected from any sales, goes back to the school to be used for the art program, which is a great fundraiser for schools on a tight budget.
Parent involvement is such an important part of student work. Getting the parents motivated and excited for their student's online gallery is a great way to connect them to your classroom and to their child's success in art. Getting the parents on your side is sometimes the most difficult task a teacher can have. Artsonia increases the parent’s involvement in many ways. They can check up on how their child is doing in school and see the interesting projects their children have completed. They can also e-mail the artwork as a proud parent to relatives and friends, which in turn will help boost their child’s moral and help influence them to continue working hard in art. When families are on board, it really helps give our students confidence which is a very important factor of producing successful art.
The most beneficial use is for the teachers. Many school districts (including the one I am currently working for) do not have computers for student use in their art classrooms. Artsonia can still be integrated into the class by posting artwork online and e-mailing it out to parents, fellow teachers, administrators, etc. It can be viewed from anywhere and shared with anyone. Artsonia is also a wonderful way to share lesson plans with other art teachers from all over the world. I find some of my best lesson plans come from an ideas given from other teachers online. All types of information, and discussions can be shared by students and teachers a like. And most importantly Artsonia is a perfect way to show off how great your students are. It is also important to get your fellow teachers and administrators involved in your student’s work and to show how great of a teacher you are. By posting your student’s work you are creating a life long web gallery and portfolio for your students to archive for many years to come. I really look forward to using this website in my art classroom.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
BP4_DoInk
When searching the web 2.0 tools I was amazed to see the huge variety of fun tools right there at my finger tips. After searching for ART, so I could apply the tools to my classroom I stumbled upon DoInk a fun and very easy way to create drawings and animate them.
Many times in my classroom I have students working at different paces. Projects take weeks, sometimes months to finish and there are days towards the end of my projects when some students are finished before others, this tool would be a perfect creative outlet for those students to enjoy while they the rest of the class finished up on their projects.
One project I really enjoy to do with my class is called advanced scribble. When I teach advanced scribble my students use craypas and ink to produce a smooth, flowing line design. While playing on DoInk I created a line design similar to that of my advanced scribble project.
Even after drawings are finished you can have fun turing your drawings into animations with DoInk.
*I also found another fun tool that I wanted to share. This tool could not really be used in my classroom, but it could possibly make for a fun experiment with older students. It is called Youniverse At this website you can take quizes based on your visual preferences and find out your "visual DNA." You can connect with others and see what their visual preferences are compared to yours. It reminds me of a board game my wife and I play with our friends called compatibility. JUST FOR FUN Check it out!
Many times in my classroom I have students working at different paces. Projects take weeks, sometimes months to finish and there are days towards the end of my projects when some students are finished before others, this tool would be a perfect creative outlet for those students to enjoy while they the rest of the class finished up on their projects.
One project I really enjoy to do with my class is called advanced scribble. When I teach advanced scribble my students use craypas and ink to produce a smooth, flowing line design. While playing on DoInk I created a line design similar to that of my advanced scribble project.
Even after drawings are finished you can have fun turing your drawings into animations with DoInk.
*I also found another fun tool that I wanted to share. This tool could not really be used in my classroom, but it could possibly make for a fun experiment with older students. It is called Youniverse At this website you can take quizes based on your visual preferences and find out your "visual DNA." You can connect with others and see what their visual preferences are compared to yours. It reminds me of a board game my wife and I play with our friends called compatibility. JUST FOR FUN Check it out!
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