Final Project - Learning Summary Archive

My artifact

Prezi is one of my favorite ways to present. It is non-linear and can be set up, shared, and viewed so easily.

My presentation explains that in this class I was able to increase my online resources for use in my future classroom. Technology is just steadily growing and it will be up to me to include it in all of the subjects I teach.

I also learned that we must be aware of what struggles our students may have with an assignment we have chosen. Accommodations might be made for students with disabilities or impairments, but beyond that I have to be aware of situations that require additional thought such as, the student may not have access to the internet or family members who might be available/willing to help them if needed.

I will be using arts in every way possible. I've always felt that its a good way to get students involved, proud of what they are doing, and to keep things from getting boring. I am a writer, an actor, and a stand-up comic. I know what this involvement has done for my self-esteem, meeting new people, and willingness to try new things. I can't wait to offer that same opportunity to my students.

Tech Task - Storytelling

I used Storybird.com to create the one-page story below. You can also create entire books with this app. As a teacher, you can set up a classroom, list assignments, and let the students submit their work directly through this website. To help, there are pictures already created. The template helps you create the book by prompting for chapter titles, art work, etc. It is very easy to use once you look through it. You can even grant access to parents so they can log in and see the completed pieces their children created. There is even an option for you or the parents to create an actual book to purchase of the work done! As a teacher, I intend to have the children write often. With this app, they can create a book throughout the year and have a finished product in the end. Using apps like this gives lots of opportunity to satisfy a wide range of standards. I would use this tool because it is free, it is easy to use, it keeps me organized, and I like the looks of it. I would let my children use it because I think it's an easy app and all inclusive for what we'd need to complete writing assignments in the classroom. Classrooms without computers and students with little computer knowledge may be a challenge.






 

Studio 4 Project

Monotype Print

Creating a Character

The object of this project was to help students understand how to create a character with words, and then use that description to draw it. The description was decided ahead of time. Here is my list:

·         Woman

·         Age is thirties (a mom’s age)

·         Long, curly, brown hair

·         Blue eyes, which are small/narrow

·         She is angry, her eyebrow is scrunched and dipped

·         I may have gotten the paper too wet, but her lips are puckered. This is what I saw when I asked my son to make a mad face so I used it.

Learning standards:

Visual Art

·         Line and shape

Common Core ELA:    

·         Explain ideas and understanding in light of the discussion

·         Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details and clear event sequences.

·         Identify real-life connections between words and their use

I used water-based markers on a transparency page to draw my character. Using a spray bottle, I misted the front and back of a piece of sketch paper. After blotting it, I laid the paper over the transparency and rolled over it to transfer the drawing to the paper.

This project is appropriate for the abilities of most third-grade students. Those who cannot follow the directions closely may find that their pictures are not clear. Students with a physical disability or those with issues with fine motor skills may need assistance or modifications.

                                   

Hungry Caterpillar Collage

After reading the book The Hungry Little Caterpillar, I created a collage from the MIDDLE of the story. I used colored construction paper to make the shapes of a tree, the leaves, and the caterpillar. The leaves decrease in size across the paper to show that they are further away than the leaves the caterpillar is eating, which are closest.

This is a good project for a second grader because they are likely to be able to identify the parts of the story, (beginning, middle, end) use different sized objects to show position in the picture, and should be able to use scissors and glue adequately to actually create it.

Students who may have difficulty might not have fine motor skills mastered, may have depth perception issues, or may lack the creativity needed to successfully imagine the picture they are to create or to transfer it successfully from their idea to the paper.

Visual Arts experience: Shape and Space

Skills: Explores the tolls and processes of visual arts

The Common Core ELA:

R.SL.2: Recount or describe Key ideas or details from a text, read aloud, or information presented orally or through other media. 

2.RL.S: Describe structure of a story, including how the beginning introduces the store and the ending concludes the action.

2.RL.7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of it's characters, setting or plot.

Tech Task #4 Video

Third Grade

Multiplication Facts
Standard: Relate addition and multiplication for equal groups (4.E)

I used one of my favorite apps, Go Animate, to create scenes that I believe 5th graders would enjoy watching to introduce a video I got from YouTube. I used iMovie to put the whole thing together.

Go Animate has many scenes and options to create short videos. I've created a video to teach about bullying, one instructional video to help students remember the steps needed to complete an assignment and several just for fun. I am just beginning to explore iMovie but it gave me the ability to splice these two types of video together and that was very helpful.

Go Animate would be easy and fun for the students to create to explain an idea, show their understanding of a subject, or complete for fun as a reward.

Creating a video can be tricky for students with attention deficit issues, there is the creating, but also editing and finishing. Again, with any project assigned using a computer, the availability of a computer in the classroom and at home could be an issue.

Tech Task 3 Audio

Ohio's New Learning Standards - Music
Grade: Kindergarten
Cognitive & Creative Learning Processes: Producing/Performing
K2CE Explore steady beat and rhythm. 


Beat vs Rhythm

The following worksheets will be supplied to the student. Each worksheet has a different song and the key to help them understand what the beat is and what the rhythm is.

They will choose the appropriate video from a classroom channel on YouTube that goes with the worksheet.

Insy Winsy Spider

Hickory Dickory Dock

After completing this assignment, the students should have a better understanding of the difference between beat and rhythm.

I chose to use YouTube, a website for storing videos, because it is easy to use and familiar to many already. YouTube also allows the user to set up channels so it would be easy to group videos together for easy location.The students, even those in early grades, would be able to upload videos to save, use for assignments, share with family members, etc.

Some things to keep in mind with this type of assignment are: how many computers are available to your students, how familiar are they with using websites, and the security on YouTube is tricky for children who try to search for videos not related to the class assignment.

Watercolor shape family project

Grade: First grade
Purpose: Placing subjects in relation to each other to create a main idea. (In between, below, above, behind, etc.)
Learning targets: (1) Student identifies and shows a main idea in a work of art. (2) Identifies location in a composition. (3) Creates an oil pastel resist with secondary color.

The family art project was a fun one for me since I enjoy sharing details about my family, even if it is just to represent them with shape. Each member can be easily identified by their hair since each member of my family has unique hair color and styles. My daughter has curly dark brown hair, my husband has hair only on the sides of his head, I have blonde crazy hair, my oldest son has brown hair that is fixed to a point on his head and my youngest has curly light brown hair.

The scene is Arizona, where my daughter lives. We love to visit her on vacations and flying has become a favorite activity for the family.

In this project, I used oil pastels to draw the members of my family with just shapes and did not fill it in with color. I mixed red and yellow to get a pale orange color which I used it as a wash on the entire picture.

I positioned the subjects between two cacti and below a sunny sky. There are clouds above my family but it looks like my husband, who is very tall, has his head between the two clouds.

The learning standards included with this assignment are:

Visual Art
Elements: Color and space
Skills and techniques: Uses a variety of tools to explore ways of making lines and textures.

Common Core ELA
With guidance and support from adults, recall information rom experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Describe people, places, things and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and felings clearly.

Children with poor fine motor skills or students with physical disabilities may have difficulty completing this assignment without assistance or modification.

Teachers must be sensitive to the possibility of a student with an unusual family make up or negative home life and be prepared to assist and support.