CEP 811 Reflection

During Sir Ken Robinson’s Ted Talk Do Schools Kill Creativity, he said, “My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” For me this line, really resonated with me, and connected all my learning from CEP 811 and CEP 810. For my …

Assessing Creativity

One would think that assessing creativity would be a natural component of an elementary art room. When it comes to assessing student artwork, for grading purposes, our district assesses the student's growth through a portfolio. We assess the proper use of materials, the use of the elements and principles of design and behavior. When discussing …

Art Studio Redesign

I have a beautiful art studio, especially for a k-4 building. The room is large; it offers a lot of in-studio storage space, a large storage closet, a kiln room and a teacher's office. I have 10 large table, and 30 chairs for the students. I currently have seven tables set up for students to …

Infographic

This week we were challenged to create an infographic on #MakerEd. For my infographic, I focused on how to transform the traditional art room into a TAB Choice Studio. A TAB Choice Studio connects the maker movement into the art studio in an authentic way. TAB stands for Teaching for Artistic Behavior, it is a …

A Maker Lesson

This week for CEP 811, we were challenged to create a maker lesson. I decided to build upon my repurposing project, of the stop action animation, using the 3Doodler create pen. In fourth grade, students learn about animals and their habitats. This is a natural connection to the Frog animation, that I created for the …

Personalized Learning

I found Richard Culatta’s Ted Talk about reimagining learning, inspiring. He talks about closing the digital divide and how to use technology to transform student-learning experiences, rather than just digitizing traditional learning tools. Culatta’s suggests three ways to help close the digital divide, personalized learning, collaborative problem solving and immediate feedback. Out of the three …

Repurposing with the 3Doodler

This week’s challenge for CEP811 was to gather some materials to repurpose, using our maker kit. For my maker kit, I chose to work with the 3Doodler Create Pen. If you do not know what the 3Doodler is, it is a pen that draws in 3D, how awesome is that for an art teacher! The …

The Art of Making

Well, as we conclude week one of CEP 811, I am feeling inspired and excited for the weeks to come. When learning about Making and Remixing, I automatically made a connection with Leonardo Da Vinci. In my mind, he is one of the original Artist Makers, and therefore decided to make my remixed video about …