ART CANOE

Space Foundation Art Contest All students are invited to enter the Space Foundation’s art contest. This contest is also sponsored by Artsonia. All entries will be displayed on the Space Foundation’s website and Artsonia’s website. Minimum artwork size is 11”x17”. A parent permission slip must be included with each entry. Entries and permission forms are due by January 16, 2013. Parent Permisson Form download: http://www.artsonia.com/museum/collections/detail.asp?coll=265&express=y Contest info: http://www.spacefoundation.org/education/student-youth-group-and-community-programs/international-student-art-contest

My seventh graders are creating a collaborative stop motion animation of the Odyssey. Using Google apps has allowed the students to seamlessly and simultaneously create illustrations (while students are typing up storyboard scene descriptions) in the drawing app which are the uploaded to Google presentation. Scriptwriters write the script while sitting next the storyboard artists and writers. The animators create their character based on the storyboard. Due to the creative process aided by Google apps, all students have a job to do and can readily see/critique/ hone the work flow and product at any point during their work period. We are using the iStopmotion app to create the animation and Pinnacle or iMovie for the final clip editing, narration and music additions. Students are working with iPads and MacBook Pros.

Collaboration and Sharing: Hether Hoffmann's Sketchbot Portrait Video at the London Science Museum and One Day on Earth http://www.chromeweblab.com Just yesterday, I collaborated with the Chromeweblab and the London Science Museum to create my portrait live via streaming video. The above video is the result. As an artist and educator, this technology brings to mind the incredible collaborative potential of the web. Another example is the onedayonearth website. People from around the world created videos on 10.10.10 and 11.11.11. The website collated every single video on an interactive map to create a world wide 24 hour snapshot and final film. My video example for project is archive here:  Hether Hoffmann's One Day on Earth . See also the screenshot below. My 7th grade students have been using Google apps to create collaborative video storyboards. Groups worked simultaneously drawing and writing shot descriptions on one document. Each child worked on a separate de

Matt's artwork was selected for the IAEA statewide exhibit. http://www.artsonia.com/museum/collections/detail.asp?coll=267