tool #9

Skype and Jing are both useful tools that will allow students to see and talk to others outside their classrooms.
I will use Skype to have Ridgecrest students share art projects with other students in the district. I will also try to contact a docent at MFAH about the shows that will be on display during their visit.

tool #8

The first video will help students prepare for their visit to the MFAH in 2011 since as I mentioned previously, my dvd from the district is not working as it should. The other will give students an idea of what museums actually do....what is a show? What is it that curators actually have in mind when creating a show? Is it artist, genre, theme or other based?
Both are from YouTube.

tool #7

I really like the idea of sharing images and combining them with music and words. I think this will keep my students engaged in the experience and make it much easier for me to replay the show without the repetitive experience on my end.

I am unable at this time to post the photostory I created last with Terri. It's on my desktop and I hope to get help from our tech specialist later next week.

I would like to use this tool to make an updated version of the MFAH 4th grade field trip "how to" that I have used in the past to help students know how to act and what to expect at a museum. The dvd is inaudible and I plan to take photos at the sculpture garden and have students act out roles...docents and the process.. and then let them assemble the photos into a MFAH photostory for the next year's batch of 4th graders to view.

tool #6

This is something I could use with my art teacher PLN. Not sure how I could use a WIKI as an Art teacher but I am sure that the more we play around with it and work with each other we will come up with many great ideas. I'm going to bring this up at our next art meeting since most everything students do is create art and not necessarily sit at a computer. I will investigate this idea and tool some more and I am sure in the near future we will be using this a lot.

tool #5

I joined Delicious.com and added www.princetononline.com and artsandactivities.com for my initial tags.

This tool will make it easier to find a new lesson plan away from home and I will be able to narrow my search much more efficiently. Also it will eliminate the problem I encountered this year when my computer needed to be reimaged.......forgot to save my bookmarks and ultimately lost a bunch of them.

tool #4

I like the idea of using google docs for rosters in the enrichment classes which has always been a challenge to keep up to date, we can share as a team the latest adds and drops to our classes without wondering which version we're currently using.

The google reader will make it easier to learn what other art teachers are up to....I can getlesson plans ideas earlier this way instead of waiting until our monthly meeting. This will make the process much more streamlined instead of checking blogs individually, I can just check google docs. My students will benefit from this obviously.

Looking through some of my photos of Seattle. This one was taken on our next to last night after a dinner at Etta's. It is a wrought iron fence looking into Seattle waterfront.