Click the link above to access summary of learning slide show.
- What tool you used to create the artifact and why you chose it.
The tool I used to create my summary of learning was Microsoft power point. I chose this because it is a basic computer tool that every student and teacher must learn how to manipulate. This is a program that almost every employer will ask people who are interviewing if they know how to use it. I think it is a very important tool for students to learn how to run as they get older.
- What were your biggest take-aways from #IEA319.
My biggest take away was that art is everywhere. I know it sounds cliche, but in all honesty I did not realize how much a person actually uses art in their day to day life. As a grown up you do not give a second thought to how you learned your colors or your shapes. you just kind of know them. But you had to start somewhere. Every time you post a photo to facebook or instagram and you edit it, you are using art. Every time that you create a new blog post or twitter post over a certain topic you are expressing art in its simplest form.
- How you plan to incorporate integrated expressive arts in your future classroom.
I plan to use many of the websites and tools that were given to us in this class. I love science and art and I struggle with history. I think that by allowing students to use art as a way to show off their knowledge, students will flourish. Whether it be through comics or slide decks or graphic collages. Students will be able to display their understanding and knowledge of the topic. They world is not a black and white place with only one way of doing things. Education should be the same.
- Any other relevant information you’d like to share with your course instructors and classmates.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and all that it had to offer. As a preschool teacher these tech tasks proved to be very useful in my classroom already. I have my students painting and displaying colors. Doing a simon says sort of painting game. Or pulling up Sumo Paint on the computer and allowing them to experiment on how to use it. Giving my preschool class a change to learn how to function a computer, even though they already have a lot of skills on the tablet.
By allowing them the ability to use the mouse to the computer they are working on their fine motor skills. When my students vocalize how hard it is to select things I let them struggle for a bit. Teaching them problem solving skills. When I don't react to them right away, they then go to their classmates. This builds team bonding. They learn to work together to now solve the problem. It can be as simple as that.
