I had a plan A. Plan A was to complete this project in April. In school. Plan A is gone. Now I am on plan *%$#. In this version, everything goes wrong....BUT, I don't give up and keep solving problems as they arise. Let's start with the good news. Students are submitting their work towards the virtual exhibition on Google Classroom! So it's been great seeing the work start to trickle in. Today students are working on using a Google Form to submit their work to the show. The form is set up to collect their JPG image, title of work, size of work, audio interview file (which I am hearing from students is not accepted by Google Forms), and artist statements. To resolve this issue, I edited the Google Form so it would not be a requirement to submit the audio file and then students could submit everything else and send me the audio file separately.
The other major hiccup with doing the project online and using Google Classroom between two different sections of students who are collaborating on this is the permissions settings. Google Classroom does not promote group work! After much trial and error, I found you should NOT upload your document and set to "students can edit" because ONLY students in ONE section can access that file and the students in the other section end up working on a different file (and they need to see each other's work). The solution is to upload the LINK, not the actual file and then all students will be working on the same doc. On the back end, I created four assignments, one for each team, and then shared those assignments across two class periods of students (period 8 and period 9). Trying to get students to "build networks" and "customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process" (ISTE Student standard 1C) is much harder than it sounds. Even though my directions were to establish communication with your team (and then listed 3 suggestions for starting that communication), most students emailed me instead of their classmates. Most questions were, "How do I check with my teammates?". Obviously, it complicates things when we move to online learning, but I really saw a need to make kids connect with each other in this project because so much of the communication has been student to teacher / teacher to student. I am hopeful they will improve in their independence as we move forward. Lastly, this blog is just that. A blog. A place to free write and journal about the project. To see the curriculum document for this project, please visit my Teknologia Phase 2 page.
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Artist & EducatorI have been teaching art for over 20 years at the elementary and secondary levels. I am currently instructing high school students in courses such as Studio Art, Digital Art, Advanced Drawing and Painting, and AP Studio Art. For four summers, I also instructed a master's level course at Ithaca College on Integrating Art into the Elementary Classroom. I am also finishing my MFA in Visual Art with an anticipated graduation date of July 31st, 2019. In my own work, I am investigating themes related to perseverance and resilience. -Jessica Stratton Archives
May 2020
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