Title of Activity: Exploring Modern Art

Reference Section:

Ford family programs at MoMA. (n.d). Destination Modern Art Retrieved Sept. 27, 2006, from http://www.moma.org/destination/#

Grade Level: 3

Subject: Art

Brief Description of Activity:

Students will go to a website, in which they will explore the MoMA online. The students will chose three activities to complete at three different works of art. The websites students will visit is http://www.moma.org/destination/#. If the student completes this they may start gathering information about their favourite artwork to share with a small group. The information that they will need to share with the group includes: The title of the artwork, the name of the artist, the date the artist finished the work, and where the artist is/was from.


General Learner Outcome:
Develop an appreciation of artistic accomplishments, past and present.

Specific Learner Outcomes:
Appreciation: Students will interpret artworks by examining their context and less visible characteristics.
A) Contextual information (geographical, historical, biographical, cultural) may be needed to understand works of art.
B) Artistic style is largely a product of age
C) Technological change effects art
D) Our Associations influence the way we experience a work of art
E) Art is valued for different reasons; e.g., aesthetic, economic, symbolic, associative.
F) Art serves societal as well as personal needs.

ICT Outcomes:
C.5.1.1 share information collected from electronic resources to add to a group task

C.4.1.1 follow a plan to complete an inquiry

C.1.1.1 access and retrieve appropriate information from electronic resources for a specific inquiry

F.2.1.2 describe particular technologies being used for specific purposes


Rationale for Computer Integration:

Computers have been used in this activity to tear down the classroom walls and explore art! This is a great way to use technology and have students come into contact with modern art. The MoMA site does and excellent job of introducing students to the museum environment. I think it is a great way to help students peer teach, and use the technology that is available to us. This is an amazing site, and would be useful for any teacher to use. This activity would get the students excited about art; it is interactive, colourful, and informative!

Educational Blogging, a great concept!

In my last post I introduced myself. I talked about why I thought it was important to blog, but now, since I have taken the time to read the web sites that explain blogging in a much more specific sense, I have many more feeling on the topic. I am now well informed for the endless possibilities that the world of blogging permits! I am interested in the blog as a relationship tool between teacher and student. I am excited for this as a possibility in my class room, not only will it create a safe space for students to write, but what a insight into the lives of students. To be a successful teacher I believe that you need to create relationships, authentic relationships with your students, and this is a great way to grasp feelings and thoughts of students from out side the immediate classroom.

I also believe that blogging has a great potential to serve as a class notice board, every day it would take only a few moments to post that evenings homework and little reminders for the students to check when they got home. I think that it would also be a good tool for parents to become more involved with their child's education. Parents would able to see exactly what the requirements for the class would be, rather then receiving the vague notion of what was expected from verbal communication. We have all experienced the miscommunication that often happens during verbal communication. Blogging could potentially relieve some of these concerns!

I am excited for what this can do in the classroom, I know that I am going to implement this great tool in my class!

Well there you have it, I am now much more informed about the real educational benefits to blogging, and I am as you can tell excited about it!

Another day has gone, and another learning experience was had, it was a good day!

Good Night!

Paeonia 'Globe of Light' is a flower, a beautiful floating flower, a vibrant flower, its name 'Globe of Light' suits it perfectly. This flower is a great inspiration for me, it speaks to me about what it means to teach... not only to appreciate the 'Globe of Light' but to BE a 'Globe of Light.'



As most of you know I have been blogging for quite a while, with my husband Jeremia. We started a blog (www.radvanszkys.blogspot.com) before we left for our big trip to South America. We thought that it was a great way to stay in touch with friends and family and also share some of our photos with everyone. It worked out great, and we are still updating it, even though we have been back now for a few months. So The question is what do I think about blogging?!!... I think it would be safe to assume that I really enjoy it, I think it is a valuable tool, and I believe that its a great way to stay connected and learn about others around you!

I am starting this new blog for my Communication Technology class. I have begun the road to becoming a teacher, PS1 is already in full swing and it is much different then the many years that I have had in the Faculty of Fine Arts. I am enjoying my classes already, and am very excited for what is to come!

So as you can figure out I am a Art Major, I am really excited about getting in the schools to teach art. I think it is a integral part of life, and I can't wait to share that with the students!

Here is something to think about, you can also apply this to teaching, that is; teaching as the 'water' and students as the 'flower petals and stems.'

"Always keep the water fresh; flower petals and stems can very
quickly produce rotting bacteria."
Malcom Hiller