Doodle for Google is an art contest held by Google each year to encourage students in the field of drawing. Students design Google's homepage for a day. This year I am going to have our students participate in the Google Design Competition. We are already working on our Rodeo Art Competition, but already the students are extremely excited about this new project. I think it's because it relates to a product that they are familiar with and instantly recognise as being "cool". The fact that they may be able to create something that would be shown world wide to all other fellow googler's is extremely impressive and exciting to them. I don't think I've ever had my students this instantly excited about anything before. I'll keep you posted on how it's going...
Have a Blessed One,
Miss Tabitha
Showing posts with label Student Projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Student Projects. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Lesson Plan: Prehistoric Art
This is one of my favorite lesson plans. I really like it because it is a great way to combine technology and art, not an easy task to accomplish when art is all about being hands on. Then I thought about it, technology integration should have a purpose, not just be there to be there for the sake of integrating, but to give students more of an understanding.
Duh! I know.
So in order for my students to better understand Prehistoric Art, I thought what a better way than to use technology to help transport us back in time. (Hey I think I may have just found found my niche that others have written about...how to incorporate technology into an art curriculum...let me know what you think.)
When students walk in the door, I have all of the lights in the classroom about and on the wall I am projecting a YouTube Video of fire. The students walk in and instantly know something different is going on today.
I start by having the students close their eyes and imagine that they are back in time. I tell them the story about them playing in a pasture that is surrounded by woods. They are playing with their dog, throwing the ball playing fetch. Then I tell them that this is how Lascaux cave was discovered. Although there are many accounts with varying details about this, I would suggest googling "How was Lascaux Cave Discovered", read through some of the accounts and you'll get a general feel for what happened.
Once you have told the story under the light of the fire talk to the students to open their eyes (while you are telling the story start opening this website: http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/02_00.xml It is a digital recreation of the cave. They should open their eyes just as the cave is starting to show. There are tons of ooh and ahhs at this point.
With your students start a discussion about what is on the walls. What is important to the cave artist. Also talk about the scale of the paintings etc.
Now you can have your students create their own cave art. You can do this in many ways. We often crumple up brown paper and have students go outside to find "paint brushes" that they will use to create their painting. They then use natural colored tempera paints.
There are also other cool ways to develop this project even more. You could try painting on actual rocks (if you live in an area that has flat rocks this might be an great idea.), create your own paint using egg and dirt sediment.
Duh! I know.
So in order for my students to better understand Prehistoric Art, I thought what a better way than to use technology to help transport us back in time. (Hey I think I may have just found found my niche that others have written about...how to incorporate technology into an art curriculum...let me know what you think.)
When students walk in the door, I have all of the lights in the classroom about and on the wall I am projecting a YouTube Video of fire. The students walk in and instantly know something different is going on today.
I start by having the students close their eyes and imagine that they are back in time. I tell them the story about them playing in a pasture that is surrounded by woods. They are playing with their dog, throwing the ball playing fetch. Then I tell them that this is how Lascaux cave was discovered. Although there are many accounts with varying details about this, I would suggest googling "How was Lascaux Cave Discovered", read through some of the accounts and you'll get a general feel for what happened.
Once you have told the story under the light of the fire talk to the students to open their eyes (while you are telling the story start opening this website: http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/02_00.xml It is a digital recreation of the cave. They should open their eyes just as the cave is starting to show. There are tons of ooh and ahhs at this point.
With your students start a discussion about what is on the walls. What is important to the cave artist. Also talk about the scale of the paintings etc.
Now you can have your students create their own cave art. You can do this in many ways. We often crumple up brown paper and have students go outside to find "paint brushes" that they will use to create their painting. They then use natural colored tempera paints.
There are also other cool ways to develop this project even more. You could try painting on actual rocks (if you live in an area that has flat rocks this might be an great idea.), create your own paint using egg and dirt sediment.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
This was easy!
In Drawing class today (just one of the 12 classes I teach)the students had light bulbs going off today! One of the students even remarked, "This is the easiest thing we've done all year! Why couldn't we have started with this?" Well dear student, if we didn't start where we did, even though you whined and pouted to do other things all year long, you wouldn't be where you are now, where this is so "easy"! I love teaching, especially on days like today. Comments from students like this one make it so worth it. When the students see that they are learning and are seeing the improvements that they are making in leaps and bounds it is so amazing! Have a blessed day, I pray your students have light bulbs go off for you today too!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Edublogger Challenge
So, I decided back in December to take the kick start your blog challenge, but when it started, I completely forgot about it. Good news is, it only started yesterday...so I was able to catch up. The second challenge is to make a post, simple enough...but I'm kinda stumped as to what to write about....
Today at school, I have been starting the kids on a new art contest project. Unfortunaltly our school is so small that we cannot actually participate in the huge Houston Live Stock Show and Rodeo contest, so we hold our own. Last year the kids did an awesome job and really enjoyed the competition between one another, this year I opened the constet up to our older students too and I am allowing them to work in any medium they choose, so far I am extremely impressed by what they are deciding to do. I have several students working in 3D mediums, creating wire sculptures, bead art, and I even have one student working in duct tape! I am actually really excited to see his final project.
Today at school, I have been starting the kids on a new art contest project. Unfortunaltly our school is so small that we cannot actually participate in the huge Houston Live Stock Show and Rodeo contest, so we hold our own. Last year the kids did an awesome job and really enjoyed the competition between one another, this year I opened the constet up to our older students too and I am allowing them to work in any medium they choose, so far I am extremely impressed by what they are deciding to do. I have several students working in 3D mediums, creating wire sculptures, bead art, and I even have one student working in duct tape! I am actually really excited to see his final project.
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