What happens when the technology teacher unexpectedly takes on the job of part time elementary art teacher? Karen Bosch will share her wonderful two year adventure in the art classroom. Learn about how she creatively incorporated all kinds of technology tools into art instruction. She’ll share technology tips for organizing and presenting lessons, managing the classroom, publishing student artwork, and using interactive online links.
Technology Tools, Tips, and Tricks for the Art Classroom
1. Technology
Tools, Tips, and
Tricks for the
Art Classroom
Karen Bosch
K - 8 Technology Instruction
Southfield Christian School
Southfield, Michigan
tinyurl.com/boschart
Sunday, October 20, 13
6. A story, Not a
sermon
Technology was easy, art was hard!
Share the tools, tricks, and tips that became a part
of my art classroom!
All resources posted online!
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8. Collecting ideas
Searched out Art Teacher
Blogs!
Followed using Google
Reader (no longer
available) and Feedly
(online and app)
List.ly list of the blogs I
follow
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9. Collecting ideas
Searched out Art
Educators on
Twitter!
Followed
hashtags #arted
and #artsed
Link to educators
that I follow on
Twitter
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10. Organizing ideas
I am an“Idea
Hoarder”
I am a “Digital
Hoarder”
Bookmarking using
bookmarking websites
Delicious and Diigo
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11. Evernote
Create notebooks with
ideas I found online -
copy/paste
Take photos and audio
notes with app
Syncs between
computers and mobile
devices
Tag (label) each note
Free account!
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13. pinterest
Visual
Organize Boards
by topic
Follow Art Teacher
Pinners - they help
curate projects for
you!
Link to my Pinterest
Boards
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14. Lesson Presentation
Projector!
Used Powerpoint,
Keynote,
Hyperstudio,
Smartnotebook
Included famous
artwork, links to
websites, videos,
examples, project
steps, cleanup
Theme for the
month
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15. videos
Discovery Streaming
Videos from Youtube -
downloaded and
inserted into
presentation (collected
on Pinterest)
Art video slideshows
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17. Document Camera
iPevo Webcam ($79.99)
and Extension Arm ($24)
iPevo WishPool - gives
away products to
teachers each month!
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18. Document Camera
iPad Justand ($89.99) and
Apple TV ($99) projects
iPad wirelessly
Boardcam and Stage apps
let you write on iPad
screen
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19. smartboard
Teacher drawing,
annotating,
illustrating
Interactive websites
and files
Student drawing
and illustrating
Free Smartboard
file downloads!
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20. iPevo Interactive
whiteboard system
Small device and pen to
turn a flat surface into
an IWB
Connect to labtop or
computer (must have
projector)
$149.00 (!)
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21. iPhone and iPad
My iPhone: my
most valuable
and versitile
teaching tool!
Presentation
online shares
dozens of ways
to use phone in
classroom!
Will share more
ideas how to use
camera
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22. management
Raps about Rules with
GarageBand
Create raps with Songify and
AutoRap apps - works great
with students in groups or as
class!
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31. publication
Pixels and
Paintbrushes blog
(currently
unavailable due to
virus attack)
WordPress -
Blogging directly
from my phone or
iPad
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33. iPhone and iPad
Camera - still images
of students and
artwork
Video - fast editing
using Splice app
Artwork slideshows
using Animoto (app)
and Smilebox
(computer) - free
teacher accounts!
Artsonia
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34. Artist statements
Fotobabble app on iPad,
iPod, or iPhone (free!)
Snap photo of artwork
Record one minute
description
Automatically publishes
to internet!
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35. QR Code
Listening Galleries
Pink Pigs, Super
Heros
Used Audioboo app
(free!) on iPods/Pads
to snap photo of
artwork, record 3
minutes of audio
Automatically
publishes to web,
print out QR codes
from Audioboo
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36. Ipads in art
Creative APP-titude - iPad
Activities for the Art
(geared towards students)
6:00-6:50 pm Friday
10:00 - 10:50 am
Saturday
Repeating this session
2:00 - 2:50 pm on
Saturday
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37. Ipads in art
Drawing apps
Photography apps
and art
Art simulation apps
Combining Art and
Digital Storytelling
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38. The next part
of the STory
Back to teaching technology full time.....
BUT still combining technology and art in my lessons!
My New blog: Elementary APPtitude
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