IT Project: Lesson Plan Template

Endorsement Subject Class Unit Lesson Resources Art Education grades 9-12 Art Ceramics Class Documenting our work Technological Portfolio http://weebly.com/ http://www.ebsqart.com/Education/Articles/Business-and-Marketing/14/How-to-ArtistStatement/75/ http://www.slideshare.net/joeyweaver/creating-a-website-in-weebly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBdOgTj7x7o Create and publish an online art gallery with examples and commentary that demonstrate an understanding of the website and the pieces (1. Creativity and Innovation and 2. Communication and Collaboration) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. Students will be able to demonstrate their work through the use of technology. Students will be effective at using the website Weebly.com in order to create an online portfolio. Computer lab. Camera Light box/ backdrop for documenting work Objective 1: Students will learn how to effectively document their work through photography. Objective 2: Students will learn how to make a website that will demonstrate their artwork. Objective 3: Students will be able to write an artist statement in a way that talks about their work. What is needed to prepare the student for the lesson? Blooms Taxonomy Apply : Students will take photographs of their work Create: Students will create a website that houses their works of art. Lesson Topic: Art and Digital Portfolios. The following lesson plan/handout was written for high school (grades 10-12) Art students currently taking an upper level Ceramic course. The lesson requires students to document their pieces over the course of the semester, and then use those images to create an online portfolio of their work that will include writing. Student will use a document camera to photograph their pieces. They will create their online portfolio at weebly.com

Standard

Introduction Technology Uses/Materials Needed Objectives

Preparing the Student Assessment of Student Learning Lesson Sequence

Helpful websites to look at for teachers and students: http://www.ebsqart.com/Education/Articles/Business-and-Marketing/14/How-to-ArtistStatement/75/ ( this will help students know what to put in their artist statement) http://www.slideshare.net/joeyweaver/creating-a-website-in-weebly ( great for a click through of how to use weebly.com) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBdOgTj7x7o (great youtube video for students to get to know the website)

1.) You will need to create an account and login to the weebly.com website. You will then pick a title for you online portfolio and the kind of website address. You will pick option A the free option. You should use your first and last name here for the title. 2.) Once you do that you will pick a design. Remember to choose something that will reflect you and your work while being simple; you can click on the different designs to preview them. Once you have found one that you like click select. 3.) To make pages click the pages button then click the new page button.You will then be able to add a title and once done this click save. The titles you should title them Biography or you can choose to put this under home. You will also make a gallery page that will have your photographs of your work. When you upload the photographs they should have the title of the work, the medium, and the year. The last page is contact me; it should be a simple sweet short message that links the visitor to your email. 4.) After you pick your design it is time to add elements. This is where you will add the photographs of your work, and the biography as well as your artist statement. Under Basics is where you will find the text button and under multimedia is where you will find galleries and photos. When you pick these just drags them onto the place you want on your website. When choosing the gallery button it will ask you to upload your photographs.

5.) The majority of the work needs to be done under My Work. This is where you will upload your photos and artist statement. Here are some questions you might want to answer within your artist statement. What are your personal art values or aesthetic? How are your personal art values or aesthetic seen in your artwork? What do you like best about the finished product?

Describe the medium you use. Describe your style. Describe a theme that runs through your work. Why did you decide to become an artist? What do you like best about making art? What has influenced your work (Travel? Other artists? Family? Culture?) How does your work reflect this influence? 6.) My Bio should include a photo of you along with a few sentences that provide some type of information about you. Finally, complete Contact by typing a couple of sentences, adding your email address, then click on publish. Remember to click publish at the end of each day. Once you have completely finished your portfolio, please email your URL to the teacher.

Measurement of Success

Students will be able to reflect on their online portfolio; they will incorporate in their reflection their process what they would change what they plan to do with it in the future as well as how they will continue to use this online portfolio. This online portfolio can be something that students continue to use to document their work with other art classes that I or other teachers will be teaching. Artist Portfolio Rubric 1.) Quality of Photos (are they clear, do they demonstrate your work in the best way) (circle a point value ) 3 6 9 12 15 /15 2.) Portfolio includes artist statement, names of pieces, and contacts (circle a point value ) 3 6 9 12 15 /15 3.) Spelling/ grammar in titles and artist statement. (circle a point value ) 5 10 15 20 25

/25

4.) Ceramic pieces provide evidence of creativity, experimentation, and growth over the semester. 4 8 12 16 20 /20

5.) Student reflection, should include what they learned, what they would change, and how they will continue to use the online website. 5 10 15 20 25 /25

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/100