Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Think, think, think....
SO. I've made this blog. I've subscribed to my classmates' blogs. I've set up an RSS feed. How can this technology be integrated into my classroom? Because I teach art at the elementary level, I see all kids grades K-5. I do not see this as a hugely helpful art tool with the little ones, as we're trying to master the proper use of scissors with some of them still! However, I think a site like this has potential for my older students. Particularly, the 5th graders. Something like this can become an online "art gallery" for my older kids. Our library media teacher, with whom I collaborate frequently, teaches basic technology skills in addition to her library media curriculum. So our kids are fairly tech savvy. If I create a blog for the entire 5th grade and post login info where all can find, my students can pick pieces of artwork that they have created during the year to post. Parents could access our blog and see not only what their own child is proud of, but what their peers are doing as well. It would be a new forum for the artwork to "hang." As it is now, I have 3 bulletin boards in the cafeteria to hang the work of 6 grades. With such little space, not everyone makes the cut. With an art gallery blog, EVERY student could have their artwork posted. Even better, it could be something they chose as opposed to me picking a dozen or so pieces to hang. This week, I hope to research my blog a little more to find out if there is a way for each student to have a personalized login instead of sharing the same one. Then we could have a grade-wide forum where student post and view their works.
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How would you address students who may be disrespectful in their critiques of one another's work?
ReplyDeleteWhen I do critiques in person, I take time to talk with the students about critique not meaning criticize. We have a format where we pick something we like about the work and something we would change if it were ours. That way we avoid wording it as "bad." I would require the same rules for the blog gallery. Aside from that, I would just have to be a vigilant moderator and constantly check and take down inappropriate comments. Another idea would be to follow the same consequences that students would have if they had insulted a classmate in person. This would also help make the kids aware that what they post on the internet, can be linked back to them in real life.
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