The New Children's Museum was great! From the moment I stepped in the building I was drawn to everything surrounding me. The fact that I am 21 years old and loving the place, I am sure that younger children love it even more. There was so much color and life to the place that I could stay in there for hours. What I liked most about the museum was that everything was hands on! Kids were not there to sit and write sentences, but to explore new ideas. There were different sections of the museum that had different activities, so a kid was never stuck at one station. There were so many different things that you could do at each station. For example, in the Rain House, not only did we make a Thunderstorm, but we counted the birds on the walls, and we noted the colors that were used to decorated the house and why that was relevant. The media art was appropriate because it got students thinking in a different way! Students were so intrigued with each different thing going on.
There was a lot of entertainment, but it was educational entertainment! This was great because kids were learning as they had fun!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Art: Week of March 22, 2011
Media art has taken a new spin on art and has enabled it to be taken to the next level. Photography, one of my personal favorite pieces of art, has enabled artists to add, take away, and enhance pictures. Taking pictures is fun, but by the time a person touches the photo up, it could be changed into a whole new picture. Sandy Skoglund's Radiocative Cats photo, was one that stood out to me. The whole time you look at the photo your eyes wonder around, there is not one dull spot in the picture. The placement of the cats and how they contrast with the grey really makes the photo pop.
Kids always love to get up and move in the classroom and making a video about a topic that they are learning would be the perfect way to get students excited about a topic. They could each be a part in a play and make their own "accessories" to add to themselves to play their part in the video. Later that week you can play the video for them!
Luz Chung's presentation was very eye opening. I really liked how she started off her presentation with the video clip from the Daily Show. I cannot believe how people would pass things because of what one person would say. Students need to be learning about things that they don't know, but how will they learn about important people if we don't include them in the text books. The woman on the board's main excuse for not including the information in the text book was because the man wasn't famous enough. This is concerning as an incoming teacher because now I know that I am going to need to teach a lot more to my students than what is provided in the text book.
Every student in the classroom is important and has a different background. As a teacher I really need to know each of my students and their backgrounds. After taking my multi-cultural class I really started to recognize how important it is to not only talk about the different cultures, but experience them. Taking the students on field trips or showing them photos or videos can really help them understand the importance of where people come from. Each student needs to be encouraged and know that they can do anything that they put their minds to and it is my job to make sure that each one feels included!
Kids always love to get up and move in the classroom and making a video about a topic that they are learning would be the perfect way to get students excited about a topic. They could each be a part in a play and make their own "accessories" to add to themselves to play their part in the video. Later that week you can play the video for them!
Luz Chung's presentation was very eye opening. I really liked how she started off her presentation with the video clip from the Daily Show. I cannot believe how people would pass things because of what one person would say. Students need to be learning about things that they don't know, but how will they learn about important people if we don't include them in the text books. The woman on the board's main excuse for not including the information in the text book was because the man wasn't famous enough. This is concerning as an incoming teacher because now I know that I am going to need to teach a lot more to my students than what is provided in the text book.
Every student in the classroom is important and has a different background. As a teacher I really need to know each of my students and their backgrounds. After taking my multi-cultural class I really started to recognize how important it is to not only talk about the different cultures, but experience them. Taking the students on field trips or showing them photos or videos can really help them understand the importance of where people come from. Each student needs to be encouraged and know that they can do anything that they put their minds to and it is my job to make sure that each one feels included!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Art: Week of March 8th, 2011
SDMA VISIT!
I have never been to the SDMA, so I was really excited to go. Balboa Park has a beautiful atmosphere, so the outside and the inside of the museum were warm and welcoming. Having a tour guide was essential because he knew a lot of information about the artwork and about how the museum was set up, so we not only learned about different pieces of art, but we could ask questions if we needed to. What I liked most about the Museum was that it had all different types of artwork. Each piece of art was unique in its own way, but it was neat how we could compare and contrast them. I really enjoyed learning about the different mediums that each artist used to create their piece and how they could relate to different educational concepts (Math, History, Science, and Literature)
I definitely think that museums like SDMA are viable and accessible. Every person that worked at the museum was very welcoming and wanted us to come back. They even gave us folders that we could keep that had contact information. Having young students attend museums is a great learning experience and it can open their eyes to new ideas. They will also learn to make connections between art pieces and learn about the history of not only the piece of art, but the artist as well. I also liked how this museum was kid friendly and had different stations where kids could explore different ideas and quiz themselves on what they learned. Once I am a teacher, I will definitely take my students to art museums because they will learn a lot about not only art, but different subjects as well and they will have fun!
I definitely think that museums like SDMA are viable and accessible. Every person that worked at the museum was very welcoming and wanted us to come back. They even gave us folders that we could keep that had contact information. Having young students attend museums is a great learning experience and it can open their eyes to new ideas. They will also learn to make connections between art pieces and learn about the history of not only the piece of art, but the artist as well. I also liked how this museum was kid friendly and had different stations where kids could explore different ideas and quiz themselves on what they learned. Once I am a teacher, I will definitely take my students to art museums because they will learn a lot about not only art, but different subjects as well and they will have fun!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Art: Week of March 1, 2011
When I first heard that we were going to get to make our own headdresses, I got really excited. Most days, I usually wear an accessory (flower or headband) in my hair for fun, but I learned that in some cultures people wear headdresses for different purposes, such as religion. I love adding things to my hair, so it was fun being able to create my own headdress. In class, we read two Cinderella Stories, Cinderella and the Rough Faced Girl. The two stories were related to one another, but they also had many differences. The assignment was to create a headdress representing or symbolizing a Cinderella story.
There are many different ways to make a headdress and I really liked how no one in the class had 2 of the same headdresses, in fact every student had a different idea. From the very beginning I knew that I wanted to make my head dress out of different colors of tissue paper. I really liked how we were able to use a variety of supplies and colors for our headdresses. We were not limited to just a few options. When we first started my eyes were immediately drawn to the bright yellow, green, and purple tissue paper. These colors contrast one another and I thought that all three of them would look great together. My plan was to make a crown that symbolizes Cinderella's crown and allow the jewels of the crown to be symbolic of the evil stepsisters vs. Cinderella. The green diamond jewels symbolized the evil step sisters and the purple jewels symbolized Cinderella and all of her beauty.
This project was really fun and it would most definitely be beneficial in a 2nd Grade classroom. There are many similar features in different fairy tales and I think that it would be fun if students made a headdress that had the similarities on the front and the differences on the back. Making a Venn Diagram before hand would be very beneficial to them. They will not only have fun making the headdress, but they will be learning how to find similarities and differences between 2 stories.
This project was really fun and it would most definitely be beneficial in a 2nd Grade classroom. There are many similar features in different fairy tales and I think that it would be fun if students made a headdress that had the similarities on the front and the differences on the back. Making a Venn Diagram before hand would be very beneficial to them. They will not only have fun making the headdress, but they will be learning how to find similarities and differences between 2 stories.
CA Standards:
Grade 2: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas #9
Compare and contrast two or more versions of
the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by
different authors or from different cultures.
- As a class we really concentrated on this element of the standards and in fact, we made a Venn Diagram to help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two Cinderella Stories.
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