Now I'm a director

We've been working in class on creating visual stories... basically, we're making movies. It seems pretty simple using iMovie; the most important part about it is planning. Once I planned out what images I wanted to go first, second, third, etc. and the captions for each, the actual process was simple. I had to play around a little bit in iMovie to manipulate the images the way I wanted them, but all in all... pretty easy.

I wasn't really sure how I would incorporate visual storytelling into my classroom. Once I got started though, I realized that these would be great for studying particular artists! As an introduction to an art history lesson, these short movies will be a great way to get the students interested in the art. Seeing a glimpse of an artist's work and life in a short video may be just the way to get students motivated! I may not be able to make a movie about every artist we ever study, but I can certainly make a few about some of the more important and influential artists!

Interactive Spreadsheets

These interactive spreadsheets were an interesting experience. While sometimes writing the logic statements was a bit complicated, the final outcome provided a great tool for writing and taking quizzes. The students get immediate feedback on their answers. The only problem I found is that students will get the wrong answer if they misspell or enter the word incorrectly. The Word Bank was a way to combat this problem.

Revised Diagram

So, I had a look at my diagram and after talking to Dr. O'Bannon, decided I need to revise. For one thing, I needed to change the font to make it more readable. I also looked at the way it was mapped out. I definitely need to change the set up. I decided that since I was diagramming the Color Wheel, it really should be in a circle. I think the symmetry makes it much more readable. What do you think?

Here is a screenshot of my interactive spreadsheet for compound words! You can see that I got 100 points!

This is my diagram about the Color Wheel. As you can see, I've added the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors and labeled how they are mixed. I've also added some hints about mixing colors together and definitions of value, shade, and tint. The state and national standards are listed on the side.

I hope to be able to use this one day in an elementary level art class to help explain the basics of color theory.

Scavenger Hunt Slideshow

Today in class we worked on our scavenger hunt and digital collections. Here is a screen shot of my organization of the scavenger hunt photos. Each one of these images was named with lowercase letters and no spaces. Also, every image was re-sized to 4.5" by 6" and 72 resolution.







Here is the final slide show of our Social Studies Scavenger Hunt! Enjoy!