Final Curr316
When I think about creating lesson plans for my own class in
the future, I usually am always trying to think of ways to integrate other
subject areas into art projects. For this project, “Elements of Art in everyday
life, around the world, and in history” was a great way to integrate many
subjects into the assignment.
For this art project, I decided to incorporate a brief
presentation using either a slide projector or a computer, most likely a Mac,
to show students how to search for relevant resources and references before
they actually start their project.
Students will start off the same as they would any other art
project, with research, brainstorming, and of course sketching. They can use
the computer, for access to the internet and using websites such as Google, and
YouTube, just to name a couple, to help get them inspired. Using the internet in a computer lab,
will give students the opportunity to find references of how elements of art
are used in artwork around the world and in other cultures, in present day and
throughout history. If students
are focusing on a tradition or have been inspired from something of another
culture, other forms of art are appropriate for a major reference in this assignment.
For instance, music, lyrics, poetry, and even different styles of dance are a
valid for elements of inspiration for visual artwork that we be created on the
computer.
Before having to integrate technology into this lesson, I
made the decision to have students use music from their own personal collection
or a favorite poem to be used to create a visual artwork, using artistic
materials, most likely acrylic paint. But now with the integration of
technology and the opportunity to expand out of their own personal range and
research art forms of other cultures of other times in history, students have
the chance to not only learn something new to express through art, but also to
use Adobe Photoshop and/or Adobe Illustrator to create a graphically aesthetic
piece. Using these programs,
students can take patterns from other cultures such as the colorful line work
in Mexican blankets, or geometric patterns seen throughout Islamic Art and use
it as a base for their artwork.
Using music and poetry from other cultures can be shown on their designs
using symbols and visuals to help reflect their expression of the beauty they
took from learning about a particular culture.
After completing their artworks using different Adobe
programs, they will be required to type up a short description of their
artistic choices in color and design, as well as why they chose a particular
culture to work from. At the end,
a group critique of the entire class will be a large show of different cultures
throughout the world from different periods of time, and students can learn a
lot from critiquing their peers.
Everyone knows that using the internet gives countless
options and access to knowledge about anything. Using computers and technology
in schools lets students go beyond and explore new things each and every day.
It would be the ultimate dream for every school and school district throughout
the country to have enough computers in each school to be shared between all
the classes. Unfortunately, in some schools, that isn’t the case, but
integrating technology into classrooms would only benefit the students and there
are endless possibilities.
