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Universal Technology: In this blog post I will address the idea of UDL or the Universal Design for Learning with technology. The main purpose and goal of this is to address ways to help and make our virtual learning accessible for all students. 

Firstly, we will focus on Multiple Means of Representation. This concept will be helpful in providing options in how each student chooses to learn and complete work. Specific to online- here are few sources to help complete online work...

1. Spellcheck: as simple as it seems we will all be able to use websites and the built in spell check in word to complete online entries. This will hopefully help students build their vocabulary and grammar skills.

2.Talking word Processors: This tool can be used for students who have trouble reading text online or in general. Having headphones plugged into whatever device will be used will keep the reader from distracting others while aiding students in still using technology!

3. Reminders: These are helpful apps on desktops and smart phones that can help students remember all the things they have going on. This will be encouraged in our class as well.

4. We will also insure before assigning online work that everyone has and understands using their device(s).

Next it the Multiple Means of Expression. Here we will allow students to show their knowledge in multiple ways. A few resources students are allowed to use are....

1. Instagram or another preferred social media website in the form of a portfolio! We will all create and use a social website to post clear, quality images of our art and eventually create a cumulative classroom gallery on a separate account, possibly a Facebook where parents can view all the projects we have worked on. 

2. Another site we will use to show what we know is Tumblr! This blog website will be a good way to comment on assignments posted to ask questions and to show your friends and family your work. 

3. Lastly, we will use “Harmony” an online drawing site. One very specific way we will use this is a way to “sketch” our first abstract drawing we will later make with another medium. This site may also be used to email me other sketches for class or homework.

Lastly is the Multiple forms of Engagement. This is how I will hand select activities within our art class that will grab the students attention and keep it! A unique way we will do this is through...

1. Nearpod: Nearpod is a very interactive and easy app on either a smart phone or online. The access is simple and gives students the options of viewing presentations on their own or on the smart-board. Students will also be given the ability to answer questions, poles, and even draw while viewing a power-point like presentation. Here is the link to explore the website: https://nearpod.com/

If there are any questions about this or any of the other posts please contact me via email!

P.S. Anyone who can tell me what two works of art these memes are based off of gets extra credit! Picture source: https://www.google.com/search?q=famous+art+funny&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=613&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFz9X4vaHSAhUJ0YMKHWXaCecQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=xkoMNXY8C5y23M:

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Fair Use,Plagiarism, & Virtual Ethics

As artist’s fair use, plagiarism, and copy right are incredibly important things to consider while producing works of art. Reference photos, tracing, and ideas become precious things that you must know how and when you can use them in your on art. In today’s blog post I am going to explain a few rules and the ethical use of other’s works to help make this semester go as smoothly as possible. Starting out we will address tracing. According to Matt Fussell, Writer for thevirtuallinstructor.com, there are two main arguments on whether tracing as an artist is cheating... Argument #1 – Learning to draw requires the refinement of observation skills. We learn to see as artists and make marks to reflect what we observe. This process requires practice and trial and error... Drawing gradually becomes intuitive.When the artist traces the subject, this process of improving is hindered. Tracing does not directly improve our observational drawing skills. Tracing is not the path the artist should take if improving drawing skills is the desired result. Argument #2 – When you learn to draw, you learn to observe and translate what you observe into lines, shapes, values, textures, etc. When the artist traces, the translation of the lines are not made by the artist. Instead, they are simply transferred to a surface...These are valid arguments and it’s clear that tracing should not be the regular practice of an artist that is just learning to draw.  (Fussell). Fussell goes on to explain how even though cheating is not the best way to develop technical skills, many artists use it as a tool to help them transfer their own original art and make their process quicker. This form of tracing is the only form that will be allowed within our classroom. Along with tracing, the idea of collaboration on artistic ideas is an important concept to cover in art. Within our classroom we will often bounce ideas off of each other to help develop a classroom community and more well-rounded ideas, however, the ideas used for individual projects must be our own. When creating your own art remember- using peers and other artists as inspiration is always a good thing! There is a difference between copying and being influenced by previous works and the ideas of others. Lastly, with my previous post explaining the incorporation of technology, I would like to touch on computer ethics for students within the classroom as well as for the instructor. Cyber bullying is one of the main concerns since the introduction of technology around adolescence. Any form of misconduct on our devices will be treated the same as if a student were to bully another in person and will not be tolerated. The same goes for using devices to cheat on tests, plagiarism, or distract from the happenings of our class. With all of this being said, when we all use technology properly we are given the opportunity to expand the reach of knowledge beyond where we could without it. Hopefully as we continue to venture into the realm of virtual learning we are able to see how the possibilities outweigh the potential for misuse!  -Ms. Morton

Works Cited: (2016, January 07). Retrieved January 28, 2017, from http://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/is-it-ok-to-trace-in-art

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This weeks blog post is to explain a new classroom goal! Introducing “SAMR” or the method of incorporating technology into our classroom in a way that substitutes old-fashion tools for new, 21st century tools, as well as using these new tools to create tasks and projects we could not have made before the technology we are so fortunate to have today! Above is a model of this method in the form of our favorite caffeinated beverages! This could be useful in understanding the different ways we can use technology with or without changing the actual task greatly.   Attatched below is a more in-depth explanation of SAMR with examples specific to Art Education: https://prezi.com/0tjsepnzknaw/samr-model-in-art-education/

A few ways we will incorporate this model into our classroom this semester are... 1. Incorporating technology that will be useful to know once out of school in the 21st century such as laptops, adobe products, google docs, social media, and more. One specific way will be through using either smart phones or ipads to submit thumbnail drawings to play projects. instead of no longer doing sketches we have simply changed the method in which they are done! 2. Online Critiques! These critiques will be done individually of our own work as well as critiquing peer work. This will be done on a class selected form of social media such as instagram, tumblr, or facebook and all the work will be displayed for peers and parents to view at any time. 3. Finally! we will venture to a school with a 3D printer to create a new kind of project thanks to the progress of technology. Students will design a 3D sculpture that we will be creating and displaying at the end of the semester along with other works both online in the form of a portfolio that could be used to further the students artistic skill into a career, and in person as a gallery where we will show friends and family what we have been working on all semester! If you have any concerns or questions about this model of learning we will be incorporating feel free to email me at: [email protected]. I look forward to experiencing this new journey with you all :) -Ms.Morton