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Producing work in tandem with your class

6/22/2017

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During my time teaching summer school, I discovered the positive outcomes from creating work along side my students. My example shown to the right is a little piece of a Dale Chihuly inspired 2-D composition that I created as an example. Once my students began working independently, I continued the example. I noted a couple of reactions, outcomes, and responses as I observed my students and reflected on my own work:
 
  1. As I create the project prescribed to my students I am able to find the obstacles and potential trouble the class may have.
  2. Students see their teacher as an artist. I model “artist behavior” and an end product that we can critique and categorize.
  3. The class can see the potential of the project.
  4. The “Bob Ross Effect”, when students finish early, often they pull up a chair to my table and just watch me work. 
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Fostering content specific vocabulary

6/6/2017

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Trying to encourage content-specific vocabulary during class critiques can be like pulling teeth in a middle school art classroom, however, I have found this interactive "Elements of Art/ Principles of Design" matrix to be a helpful support. Similar to having a word wall in the art room, this chart allows for students to identify content specific vocabulary within a piece of art, simply by checking off the intersecting terms with a dry-erase marker. This simple act can stir a class discussion with vocabulary to support arguments and an interactive guide to convey and support the artistic judgements. Students are able to see a real-time, valid procedure to "grading" art. 

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Art Teacher fail?

4/6/2015

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Spring in the art classroom is Gnome Season at GMS. Eighth grade students are building ceramic gnomes using the double pinch-pot technique, various visual references, and skills learned from their 7th grade ceramic endeavors. As my students work, I usually build the same project on my own as an example of the steps required to complete the piece. Today, I was building my gnome's body and facial features when I noticed something a bit...off-putting. My gnome looks a little like Marty Feldman, the actor from one of my favorite movies -- Young Frankenstein. Can you see the similarities? Thank goodness it is a work in progress....gnome what I'm saying?
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Best Art Educator Memes & Quotes for Middle School and Above

2/11/2015

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