Studio 3 Reflection

Above is a picture that I created for a second grade level art class. We had to read and watch the story on video of "Rosie's Walk." Then we had take one of the scenes from the story and recreate it using construction paper, scissors, and glue. I recreated the haystack scene in which Rosie the hen jumped over the haystack and the fox that was chasing her did not jump over the haystack, he tried to go straight through the haystack and got stuck. We were instructed to try to make our picture into a type of collage, so to the best of my ability, I tore up pieces of paper and pieced them together to form the shapes that I wanted, like the sun, the cloud, the grass, and the haystack. To show near and far, the grass is the closest place in my picture, so I made it larger than it should have been. The haystack is also large because it is in the front of the picture. The cloud and sun is in the sky and smaller than the haystack because they are much further away.

This studio project is appropriate for second graders because it incorporates the use of scissors to cut out shapes, it incorporates tearing pieces of paper up to make them into certain shapes, helps them demonstrate how objects can be represented near and far with size, and allows them the opportunity to a part of a story in their own words.

Standards that backup this studio project:

1PE Notice and point out details and respond to expressive features in artworks

2PR Envision what cannot be observed directly and depict it visually.

3PR Create artworks based on imagination and observation of familiar objects and scenes.

4PR Demonstrate flexibility in their creative processes and use of art materials

Areas of potential difficulty for students would be the collaging process. It took me a minute to figure out how to piece things together to make it look like a collage. I know that I did not collage enough but it was an effort. Also for a child to have to cut out the shapes of animals would be difficult.

Art Tech Task #4

The tool that I chose to evaluate was YouTube. YouTube does everything. You can find a video tutorial on basically anything and it is so helpful. YouTube is not just for video tutorials, it can also be used for teacher lesson plans, movies, television shows, funny videos, etc.

I would use this tool in the classroom for lesson plan ideas, as I also use Pinterest for this too. I can use it for games if I need an idea, or I could upload an activity that my class did. I can put the students in charge of making their own video. I watched this video from a class the other day about phonics. I want to use that activity as it looked fun for the students, yet was effective in teaching them about phonics.

I would use this tool so that my students and their parents could look back on the projects that they completed in my class. I could use these as video projects such as creating a weather channel and my students would broadcast the weather as a science activity. YouTube is interactive in which students could take turns recording the scene and I will assist them in uploading the videos online so that eventually, they will be capable of doing everything on their own.

 YouTube has all the links and pages in the side margins which makes everything easily accessible. To upload videos, all you have to do is create an account, then on the main screen, click the upload button and go from there. Students might struggle with the distractions on YouTube. There are so many "interesting" videos available that students could easily lose track of what they are supposed to be doing on the website, but other than that, everything is relatively simply.

Art Tech Task #3

The that I chose to evaluate and test out is called WaveShop "a bit-perfect audio editor that doesn't modify samples needlessly." It is rated 4.5 out of 5 stars as of 2014. This app is different from other similar apps as when you edit a small portion of the audio file, only that small portion will be edited rather than the entire file. There are several features in this app, including changing audio format, a multithreading process, recording with no limit but disk space, etc. To view a full list of features, go to: https://sourceforge.net/projects/waveshop/

On the side bar is listed a few projects that are recommended to download from to begin editing an audio piece. This app is mainly used for basic wave editing, so the use of this app is limited in terms of not being able to vary pitch sounds.

I would use this tool in my classroom for my auditory learners. Sometimes it is good to change up how a lesson is taught so this would be a version that I would have my kids master at home. I would teach them in class how to access the app on the computer, then when they go home from school, they can listen to the recording of the lesson to help them with any questions and their homework. This is helpful for when I do not have enough time during class to fully teach a lesson.

A different way to use this app is to have the students work with a partner and teach their partner a part of lesson, after I have gone over the lesson. This is a retelling exercise to make sure my students understand the content. I would have them record themselves, so I could evaluate what they have mastered and still need help with.

This tool is easy to use because students would not need to necessarily edit their audio piece. They are simply using this app to record themselves or listen to the recording I provided for them. I would be the one to edit the audio piece that I provided. This tool may be difficult for students to use as they are younger students so it may be too complex for them with all the editing options there, they could get confused and side tracked wanting to explore what the entire app entails.