A New Web Page!

For our last project in Instructional Technology, we were asked to create our own web page using Google Sites. This has been my favorite project thus far. Web page design is no longer rocket science with this program. In fact, Google Sites is very user friendly.
The only thing that is required to create your own web page with this program is a gmail account.

I am not finished yet, but so far here is my web site. I hand-painted all of the link symbols (ex: "home", "teacher bio", "welcome"....etc), scanned them, and linked them to their significant pages. See example below.


I am pretty excited about the results!

I hope to manage a web site similar to this one as soon as I start teaching. This could be a very helpful teaching tool. Not only would it help my students to stay informed and record some of their projects, but it will give some insight into my art classroom for the parents or guardians.

So here it is... (unfinished but getting close...)!

http://sites.google.com/site/luciegilot486/

Knoxvegas Cribs- The Premiere

Our last assignment was to create a photo story using IMovie. I decided to give my viewers a sneak peak into my apartment. I think you can find out so much about a person by their home. What do I eat? Am I messy? Who do I live with? Am I into decor? Is there art in my apt? Are there lots of books, is she a reader? Does she have a pet.... All these are answered in my short but fun movie story of "Knoxvegas Cribs".
This program was pretty fun to use, and I would love to be able to use this in my classroom. It would be a great tool for students to record their art work or to discover a way of sharing photos in a more creative way.

So here it is... dun dun dun.

Using Excel!

This week we learned how to make interactive spreadsheets (practice or quizzes) using the Excel worksheet program. This was a challenging task at first. After playing around with the program a bit, I feel it could be easy to get used to. It is great tool for any classroom including an art classroom.

Linked below is tutorial website on Excel spreadsheets for beginners.
Home & Learn Tutorial

I chose to make my spreadsheet on the design element of line with a focus on outline, contour lines, and hatching. My goal was for each student to practice in differentiating between these three types of lines and observe them within drawings. This is made for an elementary art class. After much trial, error, and success, I have finally finished my practice spreadsheet. Here is a screen shot of the spreadsheet.