Hello!
I was a busy lady this fall taking a ceramics course up at Plymouth State University. I hadn't taken ceramics since high school so, at first, I felt pretty overwhelmed! The course was offered during the day and I was the oldest student by 20 years or so :-)
My classmates were sweet and fun to be around and very helpful to me--some of them were ceramics majors and/or had taken ceramics all through high school so they were full of great info and project ideas. There were also a bunch of future art educators in the class and it was interesting to hear what they were learning as undergrads versus what I'm learning in the grad program I am enrolled in.
Anyhow, I thought I'd try a bit of technology and tried to make a slideshow using PhotoSnack. Let's see how it goes!
Enjoy!
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Viewing and Writing About Art: A Language Arts Formative Assessment For All!
I'm so excited to share this neat writing/language arts activity I learned about at a recent conference! I really think it has TONS of great uses!
I'd like to thank Robin Perringer, art teacher at Nashua High School, for sharing this with me. She uses this with her high school students as a formative assessment--she mentioned she uses this in her ceramics class, but says you can use this with any of your students at any age level or with work they've created themselves or work by someone else (famous or not).
NOTE: Do not tell your students they will be writing poetry! :-) My experience has been that a scant few will be excited, but many will either go pale with shock and start stressing right away or exclaim "no!" and refuse to create a "silly" (or whatever creative adjective they can think of) poem! ;-) Once they are done, the students are always so blown away by the awesome writing they've done.
Here's how it works:
1. Have your students look at a piece of artwork. This can be a piece they've finished (or think they've finished), someone else's work in the class, or a famous work of art.
2. Have your students create the following:
I'd like to thank Robin Perringer, art teacher at Nashua High School, for sharing this with me. She uses this with her high school students as a formative assessment--she mentioned she uses this in her ceramics class, but says you can use this with any of your students at any age level or with work they've created themselves or work by someone else (famous or not).
NOTE: Do not tell your students they will be writing poetry! :-) My experience has been that a scant few will be excited, but many will either go pale with shock and start stressing right away or exclaim "no!" and refuse to create a "silly" (or whatever creative adjective they can think of) poem! ;-) Once they are done, the students are always so blown away by the awesome writing they've done.
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| Georgia O'Keefe, Cow's Skull with Calico Roses, 1931 |
Here's how it works:
1. Have your students look at a piece of artwork. This can be a piece they've finished (or think they've finished), someone else's work in the class, or a famous work of art.
2. Have your students create the following:
- Line 1: A creative name for the piece
- Line 2: An action phrase based on what you see
- Line 3: A simile or metaphor that describes the place/location/character or object
- Line 4: Another title, but simpler
And there you have it--an awesome "poem" and a sneaky way to check your student's understanding and get them thinking and talking about art!
Here's an example using an image by Georgia O'Keefe...
Smooth Porcelain Petals
Clutching, Hanging, Captured
Cold, like the dessert night.
Bone White.
I'm definitely putting this in my toolbox for future classes! ENJOY!
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