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Lesson 4 Assignment

Title of Activity: Finishing Touches

Reference section:

Disney. (no date) retrieved September 30, 2010, from http://resources.kaboose.com/games/creepy-coloring.html

Grade Level: 1

Brief Description of Activity:

Students will go to a website where they will participate in a coloring game.  Students will choose a Halloween coloring page of their choice and will color the page.  The website the students will go to is http://resources.kaboose.com/games/creepy-coloring.html.  Once they have successfully decorated a coloring page, they will then print off the page on the class color printer and then write their names on the coloring page.  They will then have their art work displayed on the class bulletin board where they can look at their work and other students work as well.

General Learner Outcome:

o   Students will add finishing touches

Specific Learner Outcome:

o   Finishing touches (accents, contrasts, outlines) can be added to make a work more powerful.

o   Stepping back from a work helps in judging how it can be improved.

ICT Outcomes:

C.2 - Students will seek alternative viewpoints, using information technologies.

F.6.1.1perform basic computer operations, which may vary by environment, including powering up, inserting disks, moving the cursor, clicking on an icon, using pull-down menus, executing programs, saving files, retrieving files, printing, ejecting disks and powering down.

P.3.1.2 create visual images by using such tools as paint and draw programs for particular audiences and purposes.

Rationale for Computer Integration:

Computers are used in this assignment to allow students to explore the possibilities of online art creation.  The assignment allows the students of different artistic abilities achieve a more even ground and express themselves through color.

What is Effective Technology Integration for the 21st Century

Here is a link thingy to my PowerPoint.
http://www.slideshare.net/stephmellow/what-is-effective-technology-integration-for-21st-century-5253517

To Blog or not to Blog...

Students today have grown up with technology.  Being that I am somewhat older, I consider myself more of a technology immigrant.  I never grew up attached to a computer, and have yet to figure out even the simple tasks like blogging. 

So when I think and ponder on how, as a future teacher, blogging can be used as a tool, it seems like a foreign concept.

With the influx of technology in schools and life in general, blogging will be a beneficial way for me as a teacher to keep students involved in class.  

Gone are the days of having to send homework home with a students friend because they have been sick.  BLOG IT! - What a great way to help students take the drivers seat in their own education.

Having and incorporating a class blog will help to keep students on task, help to minimize the "I didn't know what to do" factor.  Blogs could even help a class grow closer together in a digital community. 

Blogs can help me as a Teacher to identify to my class on levels that they are comfortable.

Shoot - I could even have new things posted on a daily basis!  I could post videos, class presentations, homework assignments, course outlines - EVERYTHING.

I am somewhat excited about this concept, and the more I learn about how blogs work and what they can be used for, the more I think that blogs are a great classroom tool. 

All about Steph.

My name is Stephanie Anderson.  I grew up in High River Alberta, which is a small town outside of Calgary.  I graduated with a BFA degree from Brigham Young University Idaho and specialized in photography.  I love art, and most things related to art.  I also love graphic novels , mostly Batman. I enjoy good movies, and good books.  Right now I am re-reading Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and several other great novels.  I think that the world needs more positive role models, and hopefully I am on my way to becoming just that. I have a passion for teaching that I hope will evolve and grow with the education that I am lucky enough to be getting from the University of Lethbridge in the after-degree program.  I hope one day to be a high school art teacher, but we'll see how that goes.
that's it.

PS If Batman graphic novels are out of stock, Green Lantern will do just fine :)