Bethany's thoughts

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Chapter 10 Quote

"We all want our students to be artistically literate, as well as
read-and-writing literate, don't we?" I think you'll be interested in one
of the projects I'm doing this year. Next month we're taking a virtual
field trip to major art exhibits around the world. I've already identified
some of the websites."

I chose this quote from chapter ten because I think it is a great quote that the teacher tells the mother, who is concerned about her children being exposed to high-quality art. I think this is a great way for students to be able to see many art exhibits around the world, which is something they would never be able to do on their own. This way, they can get an upclose look at some of the most famous artwork that they wouldn't be able to see on a local fieldtrip. With all the children having access to a computer, they can all look at the same artwork at the same time and learn at the same time. They are unlimited to any type of art that the teacher wants them to see and learn about. The internet provides access to almost any piece of artwork you could think of. Learning on the internet allows them to see about a dozen museums compared to only one they would see on a field trip.
After visiting all the virtual art museums, the children will make their own art collection and make their own webpage to post their artwork on. This is a great assessment for the children to help them show what they have learned.
What is another type of assessment that could be used for this lesson?

1 Comments:

  • At February 10, 2005 11:06 AM, Blogger Rodney T. said…

    I agree, Bethany, that the students will benefit from being able to virtually visit these museums and then create their own virtual museum. Clearly, taking the inspiration that they might gain from the project and creating their own artwork is the best way for a teacher to assess the success of the project.

    I think it might also be good for students to have a competition where they will name the artist, title, century of production (the actual year might be a tall order for kids), and perhaps the country of the artist. The teacher can hand out a collection of pictures to teams of students, and the team that correctly identifies the greatest percentage of works of art will win the competition.

     

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