Week of 4/26

IMPORTANT CORRECTION:
Please turn in part 2 of Figure 5.3 in Handbook for K-8 Arts Integration and all of Figure 6.4 (NOT 6.3) when you make your final presentation. Also, turn in a revised lesson plan including any changes you made while facilitating your lessons, changes in materials or approach. Please include any observations you have in terms of doing things differently if you had the chance. What worked well, what was a challenge, what failed (it won't be counted against you if things fell a part! It is a good learning experience!)

FINAL PRESENTATIONS on MAY 3 & 17! (NO CLASS on MAY 10)
You must be present on both May 3 & 17 even if you aren't presenting that day.

MAY 3rd Presentation Groups:
1. Chloe & Kendall
2. Rebecca, Haley & Kristen
3. Melissa, Michele & Raquel
4. Emma, Chida & Noemi

MAY 17th Presentation Groups:
1. Sammi & Nichole
2. Caroline, Stacey & Nicole
3. Bryn, Melissa & Tim
4. Jessica, Brenda & Kat

Your presentations must be at least 15 minutes each (powerpoint/video/slide show/web) and document your process. The presentation must include visual documentation of the project. If you are using images & video in a powerpoint, you must also save these onto your CD or USB drive, otherwise you may have problems playing them during your presentation.

In addition to your in-class presentation, please turn in a copy of  your revised lesson plan (email it as a pdf or word document with a few images to me!) as well as copies of the activity sheets/worksheets from Handbook for K-8 Arts Integration. Although previous documents state that the worksheets should have been done individually, it is fine if you turn in one set per group.

The lesson plan should include:
Group names
School name
Grade level
Topic
Content Area
Big Idea
Specific CA Content Standards for Big Idea & for Visual Arts
Materials List
Resources
Lesson Sequence (Introduction, Modeling, Invitation to Create & Independent Practice & Performance Sharing & Assessment)
Sources

I will email you Kristen O'Neil, Rebecca Dean & Haley Cox's lesson plan as it is a good example (as soon as they email it to me..)

LAST but not least! Please email me photos of your work you did in class today with a brief description of the projects and how your design choices in terms of colors, materials etc. reflect the nature of your project.

If you have any questions about the final, please let me know!

Good luck!

Week of 4/18- FIELD TRIP

FIELD TRIP!!!!

Tuesday, April 19th, we will meet at UC San Diego at 3:15 p.m. to take a self-guided tour of the Stuart Collection (a collection of outdoor art installation on campus). We will meet at the Sun God statue which is located near the Faculty Club and Mandeville Auditorium and I will lead you around campus to examine some of the Stuart Collection.

Below is a link to campus maps and some driving directions. Parking costs $1/hour on campus and can be VERY hard to find. Please carpool and allow enough time to find parking. Wear good walking shoes and comfortable clothes as we'll be trudging through paths and forests.

http://www-act.ucsd.edu/maps/

From Interstate 5
Exit La Jolla Village Drive and head west (left from 5 North)
Go up the hill
La Jolla Village Dr. curves right and turns into North Torrey Pines Rd.
Follow North Torrey Pines Rd. around the perimeter of campus
Turn Right on Muir College Dr. and park in any of the parking lots can find a space in off Muir.
(You can buy visitor parking passes at the parking kiosks at the corners of the lots. Allow for 2 hours.)
Walk towards the center of campus and ask anyone which way to the Faculty Club.
Just at the south corner of the faculty club, you'll find the Sun God statue.



This week continue work on updating your blog and working on your final project presentation. Review what the requirements are for the presentation and the grading criteria!

April 26th, we'll be doing our own mini installation/sculpture project informed by our tour of the Stuart Collection. Please start collecting one shoe box or mailing box (Fedex are good options), cardboard, wire, bottle caps, corks, pebbles, cotton balls, popsicle sticks, twigs, fabric swatches and other found objects. You will be creating one of the following in class next week:

A Throne for Mother Theresa
A Monument to Someone you admire in your Family
A Bedroom for your Favorite Historical Figure

Have a good weekend and please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Annika Nelson

Week of 4/5

 Week of 4/5:
1)    Read Chapter 17 (Children and Their Art)
2)    Blog Entry- What types of collaborations have you engaged in as a student, member of a club or association, family or other type of grouping? What can the experience of being on a team teach students? How has being part of one of the urban, suburban or rural map groups affected your learning experience? How could you use collaboration in the classroom to teach citizenship and deal with challenging social situations? 


NEXT WEEK- Please bring glue, scissors, colored paper, collage paper (wrapping paper, magazines etc.) and some white drawing paper. Thanks!