Artifact 2

Stephanie Musser
Technology EPI0003
Instructor: Mr. Riberdy
Assignment: Using Technology in subject area

Technology and Art: "Art Zone" http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/
The US National Gallery of Art invites children of all ages to create interactive art online: design a virtual mobile; create a collage, painting, or a geometric sculpture, design and texturize 3-dimensional shapes and see how artists create these effects without a computer, create a "pixel face."  While you are making the art, you are also gaining new computer skills. 

Critical questions I ask myself when combining technology in my art lesson plans:
How can technology help you personalize learning?
How can technology engage multiple intelligences?
How can technology bridge the digital divide in K-12 settings?
How can technology assist the unique learner?
How can technology be used to simultaneously deepen student understanding and accelerate student achievement standards?

Possible Actions:
Encourage students to use the web as a research tool on a topic of great personal interest. Give parameters for the expected product, but let the student emerge as chief designer.
Review your favorite on-line educational game or activity. List the intelligences a student would have to tap to do well. Create a multiple intelligence rubric for the piece.
Create an extended learning program which focuses on on-line learning activities that could be used to "reteach" skills which students missed in class.
Identify software/on-line learning activities which can be used to accommodate a learner with unique learning capacities.
Choose one state standard relevant to your teaching and have each student create a problem which requires the performance of that standard. Use the web to find the resources to solve the problem.

Recommended Reading:
The Internet and the Law: What Educators Need to Know
by Kathleen Conn
Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2002
ISBN: 0871206773
Here's a handy guide to help you form sound public school policies for using the Web, email, and other computer technologies. Know the guiding principles that courts use when analyzing cases of free speech, copyright, defamation, harassment, and other legal issues.

Recommended Reading:
Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning
by David H. Rose and Anne Meyer
Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2002
ISBN: 0871205998
Explore this concept and how it can help you meet standards while you address the unique needs of each student. Drawing from brain research and the power of digital technology, the authors explain how to set appropriate goals for every student, choose the right teaching methods and materials, and ensure accurate assessment. A companion website offers lots of tools, resources, and more in-depth information.

Recommended Reading:
Visual Literacy: Learn to See, See to Learn
by Lynell Burmark
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2002
ISBN: 0871206404
Here's a guide to the fascinating field of visual literacy and how to use an image-rich curriculum to reach more students and teach them more quickly and meaningfully. Learn why students bombarded with visual media need to improve their visual literacy skills.
Explore ways to use color, typefaces, and graphics to improve communication and understanding in your classroom.