Technology In My Art Classroom

Technology In My Art Classroom

I created lessons incorporating art and technology.

This is a video that I created to begin my painting unit with my classes. It is targeted towards the elementary level, focusing on color mixing, primary colors, and secondary colors. 

Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Collage

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Overview of Lesson

            This is an interdisciplinary lesson based on the book by Eric Carle’s "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". This lesson focuses on the students’ exploration of watercolors, papermaking, and collage. The students will be learning how to work with watercolors creating their own hand-painted paper. The students will begin the lesson by watching a video that I created on the author and illustrator, Eric Carle. The students will be using their hand-painted paper to create a caterpillar inspired by Eric Carle’s "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".

Objectives

• Students will learn techniques on how to use watercolor.
• Students will be able to explore and experiment with their watercolor.
• Students will learn techniques on how to collage.
• Students will learn about Eric Carle.
• Students will be able to build upon their motor skills.

Title: What Do You See Collage

Grade Level: 1st Grade

Overview of Lesson

This is a one-day interdisciplinary lesson based on the book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” by Bill Martin Jr and illustration by Eric Carle.  The lesson will begin by watch a video I created on Eric Carle. The teacher will then read the book to the students. After reading the book, the students will be using the SMART Board to learn how to draw an animal from the book. The teacher will show the students how to draw the animals using simple geometric shapes on the SMART Board. The students will analyze the animal and identify the shapes within the animal.  The students will be creating a collage using geometric shapes of an animal from the book.

Objectives

·      Students will be able to build on their knowledge of geometric shapes.

·      Students will be able to build on their motor skills.

·      Students will learn to draw a variety of animals using geometric shapes.

·      Students will be able to work on their observational skills.

Title: Drawing with Scissors

Grade Level: 4th Grade

Overview of Lesson

            This lesson is inspired by Henri Matisse’s artworks. The students will begin the lesson by using an interactive PowerPoint presentation focusing on Henri Matisse. The students will be creating a collage based on Henri Matisse’s Beasts of the Sea. This lesson will build on the students’ prior knowledge of warm and cool colors. It will also build on their knowledge of geometric shapes and organic shapes.

Objectives

·      Students will be learning about the artist Henri Matisse and his artworks.

·      Students will be able to build on their knowledge of warm and cool colors.

·      Students will be able to build on their knowledge of geometric and organic shapes.

·      Students will be able to build on their knowledge of collage.

      ·      Students will be able to develop their scissor skills.