This is the link to my ePortfolio PDF
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Technologies
The ten technologies, old and new, that I found useful throughout this semester are WIX/webquests, iMovie, Flash, Lino, VoiceThread, SoundCloud, 3D Printing, Blogger, YouTube, and Photoshop.I selected these ten different types of technology because they all have helped me to some extent during this course and I foresee them all helping me in the future in my own classroom.
I found WIX particularly useful when we designed web quests for the middle/high school students. It was a great resource to keep us organized and was pleasing to look at. It enabled Shannon and I to easily create our own website despite having very little knowledge of how to go about designing one. I could also see myself using a WIX page to create a class website if the school that I eventually work for does not have a program like Google Classroom. It would be a great way to post what we did in class each day along with a reminder if there is any homework, especially if students are absent.
I also found iMovie to be extremely helpful throughout this course and other art education courses I took this semester. iMovie is user friendly and, similar to WIX, enables me to create a professional-looking movie without needing much experience in making videos. I could certainly use iMovie as a teaching tool in my classroom when I want to begin a discussion or to start a lesson. It would also be fairly easy for the students to create their own video projects in my class using iMovie.
Similar to iMovie, Flash was a useful program to learn this semester. Although it was a bit more difficult to figure out and would probably take some more practice than just what I had during the class, I found it to be a useful tool to get a message across. I was effectively able to illustrate the basis of my teaching philosophy by creating a short video. It could be a good way to spice up a website or get students thinking about your lesson.
Something that I will definitely use for myself and in my future teaching experiences is Lino. This was an excellent way to share quick ideas or notes using the familiar method of sticky notes. The only thing challenging about this when incorporating it into our web quest was that the students had trouble with posting their own comments and sticky notes without creating their own Lino account. Despite that minor hiccup, they were able to post some sticky notes with messages on them, which allowed them to communicate with Shannon and me effectively.
I also enjoyed using VoiceThread as an educational experience. I really liked the way that you can create an online exhibition that anyone can access. This is a much more flexible way for students to see art and for me to curate a shows for my classes. I could picture myself using this website at the start of a lesson to show examples of work that go with the project they will be creating and then I would invite my students to comment on the videos.
SoundCloud was useful for commenting on other peoples work and videos. It works very similar to VoiceThread, although I got more experience with VoiceThread over the time of the course, so I would probably be more likely to use that.
3D printing is a very exciting new technology that I feel will make others see that the arts are necessary in schools and hopefully provide more of a budget for art programs. It is a way that students who might not always be so excited about traditional art mediums, like painting and sculpture, get excited by using digital processes to create artwork.
Blogger is something that I have used for other classes in the past and have used throughout this one as well. I find it very helpful to keep track of my progress when trying new processes or just documenting my thoughts. In my studio classes, I have used this website to document how I did a certain sculptural process or took pictures of my paintings within different stages just to see how far I have come along.
YouTube is also something I have used many times before, but started uploading more videos onto it because of this class and other art education classes. It is always a useful tool to use when sharing videos with others or finding videos about almost anything. The only down side to YouTube is that it has some inappropriate content on it, so it is not always allowed to be used by students. Typically the student would not be able to explore videos on YouTube on his own and it can only be used for the teacher to show a video to the whole class.
Photoshop is also a useful tool that I have used in the past and with this course. It is also a way for students to explore digitally rather than traditionally and can make artistic ideas possible that could not be done by hand. I have also used it to aid me in traditional ways, too. I have used it on my paintings to see if I should make some adjustments before altering the painting permanently.
I found WIX particularly useful when we designed web quests for the middle/high school students. It was a great resource to keep us organized and was pleasing to look at. It enabled Shannon and I to easily create our own website despite having very little knowledge of how to go about designing one. I could also see myself using a WIX page to create a class website if the school that I eventually work for does not have a program like Google Classroom. It would be a great way to post what we did in class each day along with a reminder if there is any homework, especially if students are absent.
I also found iMovie to be extremely helpful throughout this course and other art education courses I took this semester. iMovie is user friendly and, similar to WIX, enables me to create a professional-looking movie without needing much experience in making videos. I could certainly use iMovie as a teaching tool in my classroom when I want to begin a discussion or to start a lesson. It would also be fairly easy for the students to create their own video projects in my class using iMovie.
Similar to iMovie, Flash was a useful program to learn this semester. Although it was a bit more difficult to figure out and would probably take some more practice than just what I had during the class, I found it to be a useful tool to get a message across. I was effectively able to illustrate the basis of my teaching philosophy by creating a short video. It could be a good way to spice up a website or get students thinking about your lesson.
Something that I will definitely use for myself and in my future teaching experiences is Lino. This was an excellent way to share quick ideas or notes using the familiar method of sticky notes. The only thing challenging about this when incorporating it into our web quest was that the students had trouble with posting their own comments and sticky notes without creating their own Lino account. Despite that minor hiccup, they were able to post some sticky notes with messages on them, which allowed them to communicate with Shannon and me effectively.
I also enjoyed using VoiceThread as an educational experience. I really liked the way that you can create an online exhibition that anyone can access. This is a much more flexible way for students to see art and for me to curate a shows for my classes. I could picture myself using this website at the start of a lesson to show examples of work that go with the project they will be creating and then I would invite my students to comment on the videos.
SoundCloud was useful for commenting on other peoples work and videos. It works very similar to VoiceThread, although I got more experience with VoiceThread over the time of the course, so I would probably be more likely to use that.
3D printing is a very exciting new technology that I feel will make others see that the arts are necessary in schools and hopefully provide more of a budget for art programs. It is a way that students who might not always be so excited about traditional art mediums, like painting and sculpture, get excited by using digital processes to create artwork.
Blogger is something that I have used for other classes in the past and have used throughout this one as well. I find it very helpful to keep track of my progress when trying new processes or just documenting my thoughts. In my studio classes, I have used this website to document how I did a certain sculptural process or took pictures of my paintings within different stages just to see how far I have come along.
YouTube is also something I have used many times before, but started uploading more videos onto it because of this class and other art education classes. It is always a useful tool to use when sharing videos with others or finding videos about almost anything. The only down side to YouTube is that it has some inappropriate content on it, so it is not always allowed to be used by students. Typically the student would not be able to explore videos on YouTube on his own and it can only be used for the teacher to show a video to the whole class.
Photoshop is also a useful tool that I have used in the past and with this course. It is also a way for students to explore digitally rather than traditionally and can make artistic ideas possible that could not be done by hand. I have also used it to aid me in traditional ways, too. I have used it on my paintings to see if I should make some adjustments before altering the painting permanently.
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