Master of Arts in Educational Technology
Technology Showcase
Throughout my time in the MAET program at MSU I have researched, created, blogged, uploaded, tweeted and recorded my experience. On this page you will find a selection of my work as a Master's student. Most of my work consist of the integration of technology in a visual arts classroom to better prepare the future artists of the 21st century.
Personal Manifesto: Becoming an ArtEd Techie Mastering Art Education in a Technological Age
Technology Based Lesson Plan
Lesson: Digital Graffiti: Illustrating a Social Issue
Course: Digital Arts
Grade Level: 9-12
Michigan Content Standards and Benchmarks: ART.II.VA.HS.6 Create media productions that demonstrate knowledge, contexts, values and aesthetics.
The lesson I taught was a digital arts lesson in which students used photo manipulation in a free online photo editing software called Pixlr to create a scene that depicts graffiti on a wall. The twist was the students had to successfully illustrate a social issue of their choosing. The lesson began with a video as a mind capture of a graffiti artist’s stop motion production. I then taught the students a brief history of graffiti using a presentation I downloaded and tweaked from slideshare.net. The students then created their piece using a free online graffiti font generator and Pixlr.
The technology chosen allows for students to build on prior learning and construct a visual representation of the information learned. The students will use the technology as a tool to produce an art piece with deeper learning of graffiti and social aspects in art. Elements of cognitive constructivism are present in which the students construct their understanding into a visual representation rather than record their understanding. The learning was intended to fulfill a content standard already in the high school art curriculum.
Course: Digital Arts
Grade Level: 9-12
Michigan Content Standards and Benchmarks: ART.II.VA.HS.6 Create media productions that demonstrate knowledge, contexts, values and aesthetics.
The lesson I taught was a digital arts lesson in which students used photo manipulation in a free online photo editing software called Pixlr to create a scene that depicts graffiti on a wall. The twist was the students had to successfully illustrate a social issue of their choosing. The lesson began with a video as a mind capture of a graffiti artist’s stop motion production. I then taught the students a brief history of graffiti using a presentation I downloaded and tweaked from slideshare.net. The students then created their piece using a free online graffiti font generator and Pixlr.
The technology chosen allows for students to build on prior learning and construct a visual representation of the information learned. The students will use the technology as a tool to produce an art piece with deeper learning of graffiti and social aspects in art. Elements of cognitive constructivism are present in which the students construct their understanding into a visual representation rather than record their understanding. The learning was intended to fulfill a content standard already in the high school art curriculum.
Online Course Design
During CEP 820: Teaching Students Online I created an online course for a high school digital arts course using the online learning platform, Haiku. The program allowed me to organize information effectively in order to conduct a successful online course.
In my short experience of creating an online course, I have learned to be flexible and patient. This is a must when working with technology. Be willing to try new applications and resources. If you can deliver your information in a new exciting way, try it. The kids will let you know if it was unsuccessful. Remember the essential rule of design, K.I.S.S., Keep it simple, stupid! You don’t want to overwhelm the students and add distractions, keep the course flow clean and simple. Good Luck in your online course designing!
In my short experience of creating an online course, I have learned to be flexible and patient. This is a must when working with technology. Be willing to try new applications and resources. If you can deliver your information in a new exciting way, try it. The kids will let you know if it was unsuccessful. Remember the essential rule of design, K.I.S.S., Keep it simple, stupid! You don’t want to overwhelm the students and add distractions, keep the course flow clean and simple. Good Luck in your online course designing!
Wicked Problem Project
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In this video I will illustrate a project in which I took an educational need (the wicked problem), and created a solution using technology.
The Educational Need: As an art educator, I am responsible to assist senior art students to prepare and create a portfolio of their artwork in preparation of college reviews. Students entering colleges and universities to pursue the fine arts have opportunities to apply for art scholarships with a portfolio review for their high school artwork. College professors will critique the art and offer scholarships to those who they see potential in. . Typically, students collect all their artwork and physically take their art to the colleges and universities, but recently schools have requested digital files as the medium for the artwork to be submitted. My wicked problem is to provide a unique way for students to create a portfolio using technology. The Solution: Using the web-site creator Weebly.com students will create an online art portfolio. The students will be able to have images and text readily available for any interested college and university. Using a website will allow the students to organize the information and artwork more efficiently than using a blog. The Weebly service is free and allows educators to set up accounts for their students. |
Website Design
Below you can see my classroom website on the right and student created online portfolio on the left. Both were created using Weebly.com, which is a template based web design program. The student portfolios began as a project for CEP 812: Applying Educational Technology to Issues of Practice as a solution to an educational need in the visual arts department.
Educational BlogOnline blog used to present and publish coursework throughout the MAET program.
Podcast
A short audio production in which I interviewed a kindergarten student and a senior in high school about art in order to practice the use of pod-casting.
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GlogsterGlogster is a visual alternative to blogging, in which the user can input interactive videos, audio and animations. Below, my Glog is a personal learning plan from a MAET course.
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StAIR Lesson DesignIntroductory StAIR Design on the Elements of Art for Middle School students. The link will take you to Merlot.org in which you can download the stand alone presentation. StAIR lessons are stand alone lesson, in which students can guide themselves through the lesson.
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Digital Storytelling A short video I created on a lesson using line with 4th grade students to demonstrate my knowledge on digital storytelling.
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Personal Learning Network
I am very thankful for the MAET program introducing me to the power of social media as a personal learning network, to continue my education after I graduate.