Welcome to the Northwest Vertical Team's first ever most awesome totally cool blog. Here is a way that we can participate with our colleges by collaborating, communicating, and thus creating a strong vibrant art program in our area of the district. Also because we are doing this by blog, no one needs to travel halfway across the city to meet afterschool. We can get all of this done from the comfort of our own computer and the convenience of our schedules. I know there are some of you that are not computer fans, but I also know that you are even less of a fan of meeting after-school. To make it easy to keep up and to post responses, just type in your email to the right the frame and you will be emailed when there is a new post.
Now some of you newbees may be wondering “What is a Vertical Team, and why should I participate?” A Vertical Team is a way for the art teachers in a single area to communicate and support each other to help and strengthen the art programs not only at an individual’s school but for the whole area. It is also a great way to increase advocacy for our programs and increase enrollment in the upper grades. With that said I thought that a blog would be a great venue for these goals.
I will start off easy by asking some fun easy questions. You can then answer in the comments, and can even respond to the comments of others. Ok, so this is an easy question to start off just to make sure all the technology is in working order.
What is you favorite thing to teach? This can be a material like watercolors or oil-pastels, a type of art like still-life or portraits, or even a type artist like Van Gogh or Picasso. Extra credit goes to those of you that use full sentences and tell us why J. Also don't forget to add you name and school at the end of your post.
I'll go first. I love teaching paper mache. I know it's messy but the kids get so into it and are so excited by the feel of it. Also I am a 3-D artist at heart and it's easier than clay.
ReplyDelete-Beth Koon
Ray Marsh
Ohhhhhh...I loved teaching students via technology. Photoshop was my favorite and theirs. Their eyes would light up. I and they also loved using food as the basis for a project. We would study Wayne Thiebaud, design REAL cupcakes, draw them all together as a still-life, scan the drawings, work in Photoshop with composition...SO MUCH FUN!
Delete-Tobee Ford-Nelson, Indian Creek
I love teaching Chihuly-inpsired projects. The kids are always interested in the glass-making aspect of it, and they are thrilled that they get to make such colorful works of art that are then displayed for all to see. I saw Beth do an AMAZING Chihuly project that I'll definitely be doing with my students. I did one with kindergarteners using coffee filters, markers, and spray starch. The students color the filters using markers, and then when they are sprayed with the starch all the colors run together and they stiffeen up. Oh and you have to let them dry over yogurt containers. They looked amazing on the windows!
ReplyDelete-Jessica Thompson-Lee, Shawanoe
I like scratchboard, I use it in drawing and in Intro. Showing students the positive and negative correlations is very valuable. Both media can work with any theme or topic.
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I love teaching kids how to make teapots. There are so many ways to make one and so many different styles of handles and spouts. I love looking at them all when they're done.
ReplyDelete-Chandra Beadleston, SM Northwest