Class+Notes

**__ Elementary Art Education Course Notes  __** Starting a wiki account- go to wikispaces.com Pick a username, spacename, chose a private label Managed Space tab to invite people Wikis are new (within last year-year & 1/2, intro to what a wiki is  Makes for more efficient teachers, and more responsible students  Widget- how you embed
 * 9/1/08 __Class 1: Course Overview/Introducion__ **

**9/4/08 Class 2:** **__Instructional Technology & Art, Differentiated Instruction Using Laptops__** Reading review discussion Art as a language No adult conceptions of elements and principles Exploration in expressing ideas Marks like letters Build and become more comprehensive just like language Age 7- stick person, gender differences Adult perceptions can kill art expression Encourage imagination while making observations Manipulation and experimentation Find meaning and connect to others Both structured and open environment

Psychological development (power point on wiki) Constructivism Different than teacher directed learning Two philosophies- student centered and teacher directed Draws on developmental work of Piaget (about learner) Trusting children: Given them ownership Getting children to own what they learn Development art teaching methods Encourage children to use their own lives, imagination as subject for art Piaget’s sensorimotor stage (Ages 0-2) Kinesthetic pleasures /beginning of thought… Lowenfeld, The Scribbling Stage Manipulative stage (Age 2-5) Bangdots- precursor to schemas Stacking colors Age 3- begin cutting Praise behavior: I noticed you used… What would happen if? Piaget Preoccupation stage (Ages 2-7) Representation skills Deferred imitation Mental Imagery Symbolic Play Egocentric view of the world.
 * 9/9/08 Class 3: __Psychological/Developmental Stages in Children’s Artwork__ **

Student teaching placement assignment- print forms from wiki Volunteer at the Erie art museum Review how to do things (adding a document} Power point  Artistic development  Lesson motivation  Create a baseline  Developmental art
 * 9/11/08 Class 4: __Psychological/Developmental Sages in Children’s Artwork__ **

Changes in wiki requirements Lesson Template located on wiki Lesson concept= nig idea Standards- determined by state Objective= What you want a student to do NOT AN ACTIVITY! Assessment= how you are measuring learning, can be qualitative/quantitative Materials= everything used to teach the lesson Anticipatory set= how you start the lesson to get students interested Activating prior knowledge= Finding out what student know, where they are at, do they understand? (Check for experience) Procedure= everything that will be done, step by step (Shoot for balance between teacher actions and students actions Teacher actions include hook  Closure= summarizing, wrapping up class, might mention what will happen next class, etc.  Review lesson plan assignment (how to write standards- section, grade, letter)
 * 9/16/08 Class 5: __Lesson Planning/ Standards__ **