My technology class at Moore has made me more comfortable incorporating technology into the art room. Last week I showed a video about the primary colors to all of my kindergarten classes and they LOVED it. The video can be found here http://youtu.be/yu44JRTIxSQ
In one of the classrooms I was able to use a smart board and in my other rooms I showed it to students on an iPad. The video was well received and requested to hear it again while they worked. I really enjoy the claymation feature of this video because it can explain color mixing in a fast and mess free way. I also had an extra minute or so to set up the supplies while they watched, which is a huge perk.
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For the past two weeks, I was given the assignment to make a three minute long podcast that could be used in an art education setting. My classmates and I discussed the benefits of this to a classroom where students may have special needs. I found that there are benefits to the students and the teacher. A podcast might be preferable to a student who wants to receive the information at their own pace. A podcast would give them the ability to pause and rewind directions as needed. Perhaps if homework was assigned this way, students with dyslexia or other visual disabilities could more easily receive the information as well.
After recording my podcast, I understood that podcasts can be beneficial to the teacher too. Last week when I began our discussion about landscapes to my second graders, I felt that I could have delivered the information better and that not everyone was sure of the objectives of the project. I felt a little thrown off in this presentation, partly due to the set up of the room. With out a magnetic board, I could not display the many images I wanted to show them and ended up passing them around, which distracted students. Without a place to draw as I talked, I thought I also lost students at some points in spite of the procedure that was written and illustrated on chart paper which I brought in. I knew the project would continue into next week, so I reassured myself that next time I can better explain the goals and give students the opportunity to make a new one. I thought that my podcast assignment would be a great way to very clearly state my intentions and deliver the information in a new way to my students. In my next class with them, I plan to have them all sitting at their desks and not on the giant class rug where we normally start. I would like them to have a blank sheet of paper in front of them and pencil in hand. I might even encourage them to close their eyes until they hear the directions to draw in the podcast. I have seen my students produce excellent work and feel that presenting information in a dynamic and clear manner, they might be more successful in the second week of this project compared to the first. Feel free to listen to the podcast I have prepared at the link below. I'll keep you posted! https://soundcloud.com/kara-j-rutledge/karaartcartpodcastmp3 Welcome! Here are my drawings from this past week. Full reflection on the experience can be found on my weekly assignments page. All were short drawings that captured a moment of my day. I used the apps Procreate and Sketches to complete them. I will try another app for the remainder of my drawings.
Here is a helpful link from our professor suggesting and reviewing popular apps for iPads http://www.creativebloq.com/digital-art/art-on-the-ipad-1232669 |
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