Teachertube

 

While surfing the net I have been finding many different and good information on teachertube

 

I think this one is soooo funny  Be kind to your erasers , She had way to much time on her hands, but I like it. I wonder at the beginning of the year I can have the kids group together and create art rules videos.

I used this one “Repeat”,this teacher posted 40 others some OK others fairly good. Click Teacher tube and flip through using the blue arrow keys and see if any work for you.

Interactive drawing ceiling tiles

When drawing a perspective of the school hallway, students always have problems with the ceiling tiles or if you have floor tiles this would work also.
http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/ceiling.html

Cool snow idea

 

We had an open house at our school and I got talking to a local public school art teacher . We compared lessons and one thing she wanted to do on the next snow day was a Jackson Pollock in the snow. So tomorrow if the snow hasn’t melted I’m going to have my 6th grade do this project.

1. Watch video: Any you have or  used

http://www.sfmoma.org/multimedia/videos/250

2. Set up area:

I blocked the space out with yarn

3. let them splatter I tell them to have some idea of what motion they want to create. BE EXPRESSIVE!

 

Finished project:

Review:

http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/artist1.shtm 

Power point from the National Gallery

Worksheet from this website

http://www.dawnsbrain.com/lesson-docs/art-book-33_pollock.pdf

“Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists”
Multiple Choice Quiz and Response Sheet

She has great worksheets for these books.

Educational Wikis

 

I love reading wikis and blogs and my husband uses wikis in his college classroom. That is why our one border collie is named Wiki.  I have been researching and I have been seeing some interesting wikis while researching this year here are a few places I have found.

Best Educational Wikis of 2010 if you want to browse them.

http://blog.wikispaces.com/2011/01/best-educational-wikis-of-2010.html

Wikispaces hosts webinars off and on for a variety of topics check out the site periodically and see if any interest you. The have a variety some on educational wikis. They have a new one each month around the 15th. The one last month demonstrated how professional development wikis can get important information and tools to educators across multiple rural districts in Texas. Some ideas expressed would be great for our diocese since our schools are very spread out.

http://www.wikispaces.com/Webinars

Not art related but a really cool thing

http://blog.wikispaces.com/2011/01/interview-the-journey-of-a-t-shirt-team.html

Art site has some great things I have found that can be geared for younger than high school grades.

http://www.dawnsbrain.com/index.php?s=crosshatch

New  teacher wiki chat

http://blog.wikispaces.com/2011/02/my-story-new-teacher-chat.html

Middle school

Great Website, podcast and info. blog
has great ideas for creating classroom podcasts
http://www.blog2008.thevirtualclassroom.org/?tag=color

Good site

Nice site for sign up sheets for parties or materials lists needed for projects.

Online sign up for items, when I have junk art day, and sign ups for volunteers for the school play decorations I use this online form.

http://www.timetosignup.com/

Using books in the Art Room

I try to use book readings for my K-3 grade at least twice a year, and create an art lesson around literature.

This year I have been using www.strorylineonline.net

So far I have used Sophie's Masterpiece, The Night I Followed My Dog,  Stellaluna, A Bad Case of Stripes and the Polar Express. and When Pigasso Met Mootisse.

A few examples of the art created from the book readings. I Also I do lessons with the older students with illustration, graphic art and comics and cover art.

Barnes and Noble has wonderful videos interviewing authors: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bn-studio/videos-podcasts/index.asp

one I used is from Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid