Interactive White Board Flipchart

I had a great time with this activity.  I have never used a white board before, so I learned a lot with this process.  I can tell I am going to have to stop myself from spending too much time on these in my classroom.  I can see how it is a great tool to really catch student's attention by mixing things up. It will also be an excellent tool for me to have all of the online sources I am planning to use during a lesson all in one spot and ready to go.  I was able to tie in my color wheel theme for one of my slides!

I am also glad that we have the course pack with detailed instructions on the 9 different interactive activity ideas.  Thanks!

Morocco Inquiry Based Activity

The more we talk in classes about integrating technology into art class the more it makes sense to use inquiry based activities.  Especially for students who finish early or are advanced and need extra enrichment.

I decided to do an extra inquiry based activity for my optional page on my website.  And I chose the topic of Morocco.

One project that I really want to do in my classroom is a weaving project.  I felt that incorporating some information about Morocco in an inquiry based activity would be the perfect way to teach students more about the culture.  It will be a long project, so students will have time to complete it one at a time, if need be in the art room without using the technology lab.

Plus all these goats in the argan tree is really hilarious! I think students will get a kick out of that.

Scavenger Hunt

This week Rachel and I worked in a group taking photos of different types of lines for our art scavenger hunt.  We used our phone cameras and the dropbox app to complete the assignment.  I have got to say....I have really fallen in love with dropbox.  It is so helpful!  I love the convenience of being able to quickly have access to files when I'm on the go!

After finding the images we renamed them, resized them, and posted them to a picasa album is now on our websites.  

This is a tool that as an art teacher I know I will use often.  It is a great way to share photos and link them to my website in a slideshow format.

scavenger hunt

Resource Wiki

This week we worked on a resource wiki for art and music teachers.  This is a great way to save all of the resources that we have found online and share them with other teachers and students.  Sharing information online with other art teachers is really essential because there is typically only one art teacher at each school.  So it is great for us teachers to be able to have help from each other in different schools.  This is great for students and parents as well if they are interested in enrichment activities outside of school.

The process is a little time consuming to find the sites.  However, it will save time in the future, because you will know what is out there and will be able to know what lessons would be appropriate to integrate with the technology available for use.

Although it can be time consuming, as a whole you save time when you combine with the other authors of the wiki.  I would say it is a win-win.