Art assessment is important because as a teacher you want and need to know what your students have learned from past teachers and what they are learning from you. Assessments can tell you what lessons and techniques worked with students and which ones need to be modified to help the students learn more efficiently. The types of assessments I have experienced vary a little. I have have portfolio reviews, formal critiques with fellow students and with my professor only. Also, the most stressful, an art review by all of my professors where I had to show and explain my work as well as be sure to art language correctly. All of the strategies worked for different reasons. However, the one that made me learn the most about myself was my sophomore review at UCM. I had to gather my 25 best pieces of art to show the art department and answer questions. This had to be done to be able to stay in the art department there. This assessment showed me that if I explain my work with what I know and feel instead of what I think they want to hear I can do a lot better. It also showed me formally that I can be a teacher and talk to students about art and that I am knowledgable. You don’t really know what you know until put on the spot and that is exactly what this assessment did. DIfferent students react differently to different assessment strategies. SOme students feel comfortable talking in front of people and so a critique can be a good strategy for them, but, for the students that get nervous in front of people (especially when talking about ones own work) a portfolio review would be better suited for them. Just because a student can’t get across in words what he or she thinks about their art doesn’t mean its a bad piece of art. I hope that I will be able to see what they have learned through their works. If their project turn out the way they are supposed to and they can tell me about them then I know I got the information and examples by correctly and the way I wanted to. If the projects don’t turn out right then I know I need to change something in the lesson plan. Successful learning should be when your students are successfully doing the projects assigned and are wanting to go beyond the guidelines you set forth. Successful learning should spark the imagination and interest of all of your students. The feedback my students will need is feedback on project on how to improve them and make them more of what they want. I will need feedback from my students about the projects. If they are enjoying the projects and if they think I am doing a good job with the projects. If they aren’t interested int he projects or are confused then I will need to change something. I can get this feedback through the same type of surveys that we all have to take after classes. (How did the teacher do in explaining the material, etc.) Or, I can get this information from how they are working. Generally when a project is taking a really long time to finish the students don’t want to work on it. On the opposite end of things, if the students are breezing through the projects they are just trying to get it over with. I think that in art it’s a lot of being able to read your students.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Big Idea Book - Simplicity
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Why teach art? DB #3
I've wanted to be involved in art and be making art for a very long time. I was always coloring, painting, playing with play doh, and all kinds of other things for as long as I can remember. But, being a teacher was something I thought I'd never want to do for some reason. Going through my high school career however changed that thought. I graduated with a class of 44, so obviously I went to a small school. At this small school what was stressed were grades in Math, English, and Science class. Art was never stressed and COMPLETELY optional. With the art class being optional there were a lot of students in there that were there so they didn't have to take band or choir. The teacher never paid attention to these kids and just let them be bored and sail through the class. Just thinking about this makes me upset again today. This is what caused me to think that everyone could and should be interested in art. Even though these students didn't seem interested there is always something in art to spark everyones interest. Not only that but students learning visually through art can help in their other content areas. Learning through my art curriculum can help the students become more creative problem solvers by showing them that maybe there is more than one right answer to their questions. It can show them that their individuality not only in art but in everyday life is a good thing. They will also learn that with some things (like everything in art) are relative. What this means is that what seems to be right and real at one point may be completely different when compared to something else. "Blue may not look as blue as when it is put next to orange." Learning the arts can teach students to express what is not said normally, that putting their feelings into something can create awesome results. Students learning through art has endless results in all aspects of life. Art is very important to learning about other time periods and cultures and will prove important in the future generations.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Journey Map
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