Landscape Lesson Screencast

I decided to make a screencast to go along with the video I made for our video assignment. For that assignment, I shot a video of a landscape painting demo to show to my 4th and 5th grade students. I'll show this screencast before the painting demo. In the screencast, I talk about the artist and show visuals through Prezi. 

I used Quicktime to make the screencast. It was very easy to make. The most time consuming part was making the Prezi and recording. I had to record a few times until I got a recording I was happy with. If the kids respond well to the videos, I would definitely consider making these again for future lessons.  

Visuals

Photo/Realistic

I chose this visual to share with my students, so they can see an example of how brushes are meant to be stored. Some students need a reminder when we paint this week, so I plan on showing them the image when we discuss clean-up. I'd also like to add the picture to the brush storage area, so they are reminded when putting the brushes away after cleaning.

I found the photo and edited it/added text using PicMonkey. PicMonkey was easy to use and free. I'll definitely continue to use it.

Organizational/Chart

https://www.mindomo.com/mindmap/elements-of-art-75c697a9070a48c18013d072ecc47c15

I decided to make a simple mind mapping chart of the Elements of Art to share with my students when the elements are discussed during a lesson. I used Mindomo to create the mind map. I like the clean look of the digital mind map. I also like that links can be added. I found some short videos on Youtube about each element and added them to the mind map. I might also use this mind map as a visual for the students and ask them to re-create the mind map in a creative way, while showing that they understand the elements.

Transformational/Cartoon

I made a cartoon to share with my younger students to remind them what they are supposed to do when it's time to clean up. Lately, I've been having a few students that need a reminder and I thought something simple and silly might help them remember. I used toondoo.com/ to make my cartoon.

I really like this program and will probably use it again or introduce it to my students to use.

Creating a Video

Landscape Painting Demo


This week's assignment was the most challenging and rewarding.

I decided to make a film to demonstrate a painting project to my 4th & 5th grade students. 

I'm so glad this was one of our assignments. I've been wanting to make a video to introduce or demonstrate a lesson to my students and this assignment got me motivated. I plan on showing my students a Prezi of Heather Galler's artwork and following it with this video. 

This was a huge learning experience for me. I've never set up a camera to film a demonstration before. I've also never shot and edited anything educational that included steps. 

One of my biggest challenges was, lighting, setting up, and recording the demonstration. My video camera no longer works, so I ended up using my iPhone and attaching my iPhone bike mount to my tripod. By the time I rigged up the tripod and shot some footage, the lighting changed, and I had to re-shoot in another place. iMovie was also challenging as well. It's been a while since I've made a film and edited on iMovie, so it took some time to get the hang of it.

I hope the kids enjoy watching the video. It will definitely be nice to just play a video for them to watch and not have to repeat the demonstration for each class. 

Even though it was time consuming, I'd love to make another demonstration video. I have a few ideas on how I would do it differently. I need to figure out a better set-up and maybe shoot the video more zoomed in. I'd like to see how this lesson goes and get feedback from the kids, then make a part 2 for this lesson,