5 Smart Lessons

We were asked to come up with five lesson plans that would fit our subject area, here are five I thought would work with visual arts.  They were smart notebook lessons however I converted them to PDF to upload.

 

Drawing Cartoons PDF

Effective Pencil & Charcoal Shading

Famous People – Leonardo da Vinci

IEWSS.Egyptian.Art.Old.Kingdom

Value Scale and Shading

Cyber Safety

The government does sum it up pretty well! The government of Canada has a webpage devoted to tips on cyber safety for young individuals. This is a great idea not only do they give rules that parents should put in place for their children but also what to watch for.

 

Check it out here!

Integrating Technology into the Classroom

Integrating technology into the classroom is still a controversial topic to many educators around the world. Some say that technology is necessary for classrooms, while others refuse to work with it. Integrating technology into the Classroom makes both positive and negative points that are backed up by great data. Though I find they have more negative points then positive, the article is still a good read and may sway your judgement one way or the other.  They make some interesting points, such as how technology can assist the non-traditional learner ( someone who isn’t available to come to the classroom) or how technology should not be used just for technologies sake but to aide the learning process. Some negatives could be that technology changes too fast, we all know how quickly a computer or cell phone becomes outdated. I find to be a good point that we did not discuss in class, technology is rapidly changing so how can we make sure that we are teaching our students with up to date materials? Another negative point they  talk about is instructional quality. This could go both ways, if a teacher is trained or has prepared themselves with the technologies at hand there should be no concern. However, plenty of teachers teach themselves how to use many of the technologies that they do come in contact with. A quote I will take from the article is something that Molebash says,”we must always keep in mind that a good driver doesn’t watch the car’s hood while they are motoring down the road. Instead, a good driver carefully watches the road  ahead, looking for the obstacle and challenges that lie before them. It is time that education quit watching  it’s hood and start looking at the road ahead.”

Here is the link to the article Integrating Technology into the Classroom

Do’s and Dont’s of School Blogging

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10wCFnqA13d9wlda30poe7KTtNqBMPUNtsmobHTMZfO4/edit

 

My groups research and view on blogging in the classroom.

5 Useful Links

 

 

 

 

Building 21 Century Skills for High School Teachers 

* Would have been a great workshop for teachers.

Jing

*How to create a screen cast.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything

*She really does have a lot of good guides in here, particularly involving Ipads.

Graffiti Creator Or this link

* This is great for students who struggle with art, it engages them on a topic they are interested in today.

Drawing in One Point Perspective

 

 

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It’s a work in progress, but check out my other blog, Learning Poi!

Video Trouble, Any Suggestions?!

I can’t seem to upload a video from my desktop to my blog…. Any suggestions? It’s a video I recorded of myself not one I got from YouTube or anything, not to sure what to do here….?

T.P.A.C.K

“How are teachers to acquire an understanding of the complex relationships among content, pedagogy, and technology? The standard approach suggests that teachers simply need to be trained to use technology.(page 1031)” Well T.P.A.C.K., this is easier said than done. Not all teachers are technology friendly. As for myself it takes me twice as long to learn than others, so is it worth getting all fancy when It will take me years to learn the basics?

To Be Continued…..

SketchUp 8

I found this while reading Bloom’s digital Taxonomy, and its the perfect thing for an art class (or just for fun personal use!) I spent some time fooling around with it and got VERY distracted, it is a lot of fun! There are just so many neat things you can do with it. They showed in a tutorial designing a playground structure, but I spent my time making a office building. You can design a kitchen, bike park, or even a swimming pool. I downloaded the simple version, and it seems to be enough for now. Though they do offer a “Pro” version which the one I looked at cost $495. Check it out, you will find yourself having fun!

 

help!

I would like to add more posts under my main description, but they just keep pushing the older ones down. How to I keep my first post on the top and let all the rest go down? Or even just make my description in a text box on the top of my page?