My views of what makes a good teacher are closely tied to my thoughts on mutual respect. The freedom and flexibility that will be allowed in my classroom will be based on whether or not my students exhibit respect for me, each other, the classroom equipment/materials, and the assignments given. The more respect exhibited, the more freedom of choice my students will have. This will not be difficult to do! I am a fun and easy-going person, as well as patient and understanding. I plan to strike a balance between seriousness and humor -- producing and discussing art should be pleasurable and informative.
My standards will be high, and I will expect my students to work hard to reach the goals I set. As I have said before, my class will build on skills and information necessary to complete assignments. Another way of putting this, and something that is probably obvious, is that the assignments at the end of the year will be considerably more challenging than the ones at the beginning. This should not be intimidating. Everything I expect of my students will be covered and understanding of the material will be achieved.
I guarantee that the students leaving my class at the end of the year will have a greater understanding of Art and Art History, a more highly defined technical skill, and the ability to analyze and critically discuss what they see.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Pointillism and Collage (Technology accessibility)
I believe that in order to have a successful lesson, a teacher should have a well thought-out lesson plan. I also believe that these lesson plans should be made available for parents, students, and colleagues to read and respond to if necessary. Here is one of my favorite lesson plans.
Pointillism and Collage
Teacher Juliet Pruitt
Grade Level 6th (Art 1)
Time Allocated -- 4 class periods (4 Hours)
Objectives
The students will participate in a discussion of pointillism and divisionism. The students will create a landscape collage consisting of round hole-punched paper, creating the image without any white negative space between dots. The students will employ elements of pointillism that they will learn. The students will be able to define the vocabulary.
Motivation
The students will view images of George Seraut's "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," "Bathers at Asineres," and "View of Fort Samson." These images will first be hanging up at the front of the room, and then passed around so that the students are able to see how the image looks up close verses far away. We will discuss the elements of pointillism and it's relationship to impressionism. We will discuss primary and secondary colors and their effects on each other.
Materials
art board to work outside with for initial drawing
hole-punch
assorted paper (craft paper, magazine, newspaper, etc.)
glue sticks
11X14 sheet of white paper
pencils
Vocab
collage
pointillism
divisionism
dots
color mixing
primary color
secondary color
light diffraction
Procedure
The teacher will -- Show the students examples of pointillism first from far away and then up close. Discuss with the students the elements of pointillism and how it relates to impressionism. Discuss how contrasting colors effect one another. Supply the students with the materials they will need and give them the freedom to choose from the paper selection. Lead the students outside to draw a landscape from real life to take inside and work from for the collage.
The students will -- Participate in motivational discussion. Go outside and pick a view to draw from and draw a landscape sketch. Take the sketch inside to begin their collage using hole-punched paper dots. Once the collages are complete, they will be peer critiqued.
Assessment--Once the collage is complete and dry, the students will display their image on the wall and critique each other's work. I expect the students to all participate and to incorporate the vocabulary and the ideas learned in the lesson into their critique. Images will be graded on the use of contrasting colors and the density of the dots. I do not expect to see any negative space between the dots.
I plan to make my lesson plans available in hard-copy form in my classroom as well as in posts on this blog. My blog will be updated regularly, allowing the parents of my students to have a sense of what their children are doing in my class. Here they will receive lesson plans, photos of students' completed work, photos of students in the process of completing assignments, etc. The blog is also a place for students to go and remind themselves of what great work they are doing and what they will be working on next.
For individual assessment I will, of course, be available for parent/teacher meetings, email, and phone calls. I want to foster a relationship with the parents of my students early on in the year. I believe that communication with parents is key to understanding a child and helping that child succeed.
Students will be expected to use the internet as a reference and, in some cases, inspiration throughout the year. I will also have certain assignments that will give students the option to incorporate various forms of technology. They will, for instance, be given the opportunity to make a short film. Digital print-making is another option in which students will be able to learn and operate Photoshop.
As I hope you all will learn first-hand, my classroom is open to myriad possibilities that I anticipate students will really embrace.
I plan to make my lesson plans available in hard-copy form in my classroom as well as in posts on this blog. My blog will be updated regularly, allowing the parents of my students to have a sense of what their children are doing in my class. Here they will receive lesson plans, photos of students' completed work, photos of students in the process of completing assignments, etc. The blog is also a place for students to go and remind themselves of what great work they are doing and what they will be working on next.
For individual assessment I will, of course, be available for parent/teacher meetings, email, and phone calls. I want to foster a relationship with the parents of my students early on in the year. I believe that communication with parents is key to understanding a child and helping that child succeed.
Students will be expected to use the internet as a reference and, in some cases, inspiration throughout the year. I will also have certain assignments that will give students the option to incorporate various forms of technology. They will, for instance, be given the opportunity to make a short film. Digital print-making is another option in which students will be able to learn and operate Photoshop.
As I hope you all will learn first-hand, my classroom is open to myriad possibilities that I anticipate students will really embrace.
Hello World! (Why teach Art?)
Greetings and salutations! From one creative mind to another, let me just say that I am excitedly anticipating a wonderful future in the art classroom. Art is fun and relaxing, as we all know. You should also know that art is so very important in developing our critical thinking skills, our motor skills, and the way we see and respond to the world every day.
You may be thinking "I have no talent for art. It'll be too hard and I won't get any better anyway." I'm here to tell you that that's just not true! My class will begin with the basics and build on skills as we learn them. Of course I wouldn't expect an Art I student to paint a self-portrait before learning about line, color, composition, and proportion. I am here to help -- help make art fun and feasible, as well as to help your concept of what art is expand as we progress through the year.
I was fortunate to attend Tuscaloosa Academy, a college preparatory school, in Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa Academy is a Montessori through 12th grade school, and I had the opportunity to take Art every year I was there. I had the same teacher, Mrs. Fitts, for the majority of my time at T.A., which was a great benefit to me and my fellow Art classmates. She knew us as more than just students -- she knew us as individuals with different backgrounds, strengths, and passions. Mrs. Fitts is a huge inspiration for me in the area of Art Education, and I think back to her lessons and her teaching style all the time when brainstorming about lesson plans or effectiveness in the classroom.
I was fortunate to attend Tuscaloosa Academy, a college preparatory school, in Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa Academy is a Montessori through 12th grade school, and I had the opportunity to take Art every year I was there. I had the same teacher, Mrs. Fitts, for the majority of my time at T.A., which was a great benefit to me and my fellow Art classmates. She knew us as more than just students -- she knew us as individuals with different backgrounds, strengths, and passions. Mrs. Fitts is a huge inspiration for me in the area of Art Education, and I think back to her lessons and her teaching style all the time when brainstorming about lesson plans or effectiveness in the classroom.
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