This activity was a great way for all of us to learn about some new technologies that other students find important for learning. My group posted technologies that I have never heard of like "Create your own Jackson Pollock", and glaze softwares which could be very helpful for a future ceramics classroom. Im really happy that I can now use this sheet to come up with lesson plans that include new technologies that students will be able to associate with.
We all added technologies that we thought were important, and it was collaborative because we each posted a few of them on the spreadsheet. As more of our group added things we started moving things into better categories, and putting them into art fields that they could be beneficial in. We have technologies for jewelry design, ceramics, drawing, and more. This spreadsheet can really help us in the future when we want to include a technology successfully into a lesson.
Shannon,
ReplyDeleteIt seems that you and your group really benefited from the group work and the spreadsheet. How difficult was it for you and your group to put it together? Were you able to do it quickly or did it take much more time? I was so worried about getting it done and thought it would take a lot of time to complete that was why I wanted to start it early. Also collaborating with group members and exchanging ideas and waiting to hear back from them took a lot more time than expected. You are right that the spreadsheet does serve a wonderful purpose if there are technologies listed on it that you have never heard of before. They help because you are exposed to new avenues and then you use that in your future lesson plans or classroom.
I was also intrigued by the glaze software and the "Create your own Jackson Pollock." While doing my own research, I learned of interactive media that can be used in an Art History class that is almost like a computer game. Users can explore famous works of art by clicking on various parts of the image to learn more information about them. This would be so helpful in teaching architectural terms because students could explore cathedrals and monuments in a much more interactive way than just looking at 2D images in a textbook or slide show. This type of hands-on instruction would be much more fun and interesting for young students.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you say that the spreadsheet helps when we want to incorporate "technology successfully into a lesson." There is a lot of technology out there that will be beneficial to our students in learning the specific material from a class whether it's art, for your field, or math which is my field of study. The technological inventories are only growing by the day, and many teachers are adjusting to certain ones that are out there to teach new material. Sometimes you may not want to teach by just lecturing math concepts and sometimes you may not want to have an activity that involves kids drawing a figure or working on some type of artwork. Those options will be there and will be used most of the time. However, how about using a computer to listen and go through a math lecture on your own. I think this would snap the student out of possibly being bored during a regular math lecture and actually learn a lot. Also, you could do an activity where you create some sort of art on the computer or some technological device, which would leave students with the mouth open about how cool the subject is to them now because they just learned how to do art on the computer. These are extra options that, we as future teachers can definitely use to switch things up, especially to put the interest back into the subject, if it isn’t already there.
ReplyDeleteThe key is meshing technology with core curriculum standards. Using technology to wow students is not the purpose of technology. If one has to resort to technology to keep students interested, that teacher is starting a bad cycle that could detract from the lesson. As long as the technology supports the standards and the purpose of the lesson, I say go for it.
ReplyDeleteI also found it very interesting to see all of the different technologies that our peers posted because I never realized how many different technologies were involved with art classes. I always pictured everything more hands on and not technological, but this showed that every form of art has a technology to enhance it and help students in these new generations where technology is so important. The group effort definitely helped every group member because one person could not find all of these things on their own.
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