Today was great!

I finished the AOE class on Classroom Management earlier in the week and put all the pieces into place for the beginning of school.  I quickly made some new posters to reflect all I had learned.  I even have a "Woo Hoo" letter, shared with a kids accompanied by a exuberant "woo hoo", to be sent home with outstanding students.  I modeled, they modeled and we all practiced.  I'm feeling really positive for a new school year and a great new direction.

my new set up for students for photograph art for artsonia

expectations and consequences

Job chart

Minion bulletin board that was a huge hit in the hallway.

Wordle is just Fun!

This is probably old to everyone, but I have to say, I love Wordle.  I use it as a filler activity when I need to change things up a little.   First I have the students pick an art subject for their wordle and make a list of words that would apply to the subject.  This can be vocabulary words from a recent lesson, words pertaining to a favorite artist, or more personally words to describe a students strongest interest in art.  We go over the basics of the program which the students catch on to right away and I remind them to repeat words if they want to vary the sizes.  The more times a word is listed, the larger it will appear in the completed wordle.  I did this wordle by connecting to my blog and the program automatically created it.   Use the tabs on the top left to change color choices, fonts, directions, etc.  I do not allow my students to publish their wordle because I do not have written permission for their names to be posted on the website.  We are limited to printing in black and white at my school but these make a striking display if mounted on colored paper.   A title could be added to clarify the theme of the wordle for a bulletin board display. 

Wordle web site

 

Your wish just came true!

Dear Kim,

Congratulations! Your wish story has touched every Wishpool team member and thus selected as one of the receivers for this month's gift.

IPEVO Point 2 View USB Document Camera Qty: 1

Please continue your hardwork and come back and share with Wishpool and other wish makers how are the products fitting into your class.

Regards,

The IPEVO Wishpool Team
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I'm sure you can relate to my excitement when I opened this email.  I can't wait for it to arrive and to learn how to use it in the classroom.  Check out IPEVO to make  your own wish.

 

Using my new document camera from Ipevo on February 5th to demonstarte a project

 

Face on Stamp app for iPads

I was trolling new to me blogs this morning and stumbled upon the blog It is Art Day! from Mrs. Carter's elementary classroom. Follow her here.  She mention a new application she had discovered for portraits in the elementary classroom and I had to check it out.   I'm not sure how I will incorporate it into my classroom due to the fact I will have to solve the logistics of being able to use the iPads first.  The app is easy and will most definitely be a hit with the kids!  Here is my first attempt at Face on Stamp.  My immediate thoughts are maybe using it with a unit on Andy Warhol and create the identical stamp in 4 different colors and creating a 2x2 composition.  Any body else have any thoughts?