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When calling students to attention, I say "Mona" and they say "Lisa." At that point, they stop working and look up. I also ask them to show me their "Mona Lisa" when they line up to leave the classroom. This image is one I could use as wallpaper on my computer for the smart board, a poster in the classroom, and will include in my beginning of the year information when I welcome the students to the new year.
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Animated Gif
This is a gif of the classroom rules. Students will see one letter at a time and at the end, they will notice that the rules spell the word "ARTIST." I also have a poster of this in the classroom next to the white board to serve as a reminder. This is something that I could have running as students enter the room for the first month or so while they're getting used to the classroom routines and rules.
Information Graphic
For this image, I chose to highlight the 8 Studio Habits of Mind for the art room. I chose a simple layout with just the 8 titles on a pallet with rainbow colors. We focus on these one at a time as the school year progresses.
Hello from another Art teacher :) I really like your infographic! It's got a great theme and important information. What did you use to create it? I don't know about you but I often feel limited on "theme" choices for my subject.
ReplyDeleteI love your meme. I just got back from France. I spent many hours searching the Louvre looking for Mona Lisa. Your meme made me smile :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! And the Louvre had to be an amazing experience! I used an old version of photoshop to make it b/c that's what I had. I'm going to add this electronic version to my wallpaper as another reminder for my students. For now, I have been using a poster I ordered from Amazon and hand wrote the wording on it with a sharpie white paint marker. It works fine, but I can see potential for more of the electronic uses.
ReplyDeleteThemes are hard. This year I did a superhero theme. Next year I'm either going lego ("Art is Awesome" like the "Everything is awesome" song in the movie) or trains (STEAM). The students know my call out for "Mona" and "Lisa" so it works well in terms of classroom management.
I also name everything in my classroom after artists. My iPads are named Frida Kahlo, Banksy, and Michelangelo. My wooden model guys are named Pablo Picasso, Vincent VanGogh, and Claude Monet. My tables are named by number, color, and artist -- I change them around all the time. I find that giving common objects real names helps the names stick long term. They always laugh when I introduce a new artist and they recognize the name from something I've named in my classroom.
For the infographic, I used an old version of Adobe Illustrator -- again b/c that's what I had. You can export a jpg from inspiration/kidspiration and I think from Powerpoint as well. If not, you can PDF it and save as jpg from Adobe Acrobat.
ReplyDeleteAlso Jenna -- If you want me to change the name to yours and send you an electronic copy, I will. It only takes a few minutes!
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