ART CANOE

I presented in the Tinker Lab at the Illinois Computer Educators State conference yesterday. I presented my ideas about having a maker mindset, dispelling the myth of natural creative talent, and, of course, student STEAM\Art projects. I had great time engaging and networking with other educators, from around the state and nation, in person and via live Twitter feeds. Nice @HetherHoffmann is representing @questgifteded with the utmost professionalism at #ice16 ! pic.twitter.com/D2KnXlMUjV — Quest Academy (@questgifteded) February 25, 2016 Super grateful for @ipevo for interactive whiteboard gift! #ICE16 @questgifteded can't wait- try it #arted @drezac pic.twitter.com/pG3VNgCx43 — Hether Hoffmann (@HetherHoffmann) February 25, 2016 My #sketchnote from #ice16 featuring @bengrey @adambellow and @HetherHoffmann pic.twitter.com/w5Z1XQ0aBI — Tricia Fuglestad (@fuglefun) February 25, 2016

5th graders are researching dragons from different cultures. The students are creating a collaborative Google Slide presentation with their research summaries and original sketches. Next week, they will create their own illustrations and interpretations of St. George and the Dragon. The Pinterest board below includes art history dragon images shared with the students during class.   Follow Hether's board People vs. the Dragon: ART (St. George, etc.) From around the world on Pinterest.

Google Drawings Cheat Sheet by Kasey Bell and shakeituplearning.com

The Hoffmann Advisory spent time reading appreciation grams from each other and those that I wrote for each advisee. We also listened to love songs from the 40s-80s.  

The 5th grade classes will be research the theme,  People Against Dragons, as an art historical unit (student created-website or google slides- museum guide) that will end with a story individual illustrations combined short green screen animations about a dragon. Below is a screen shot featuring some the student art history resources. Follow Hether's board People vs. the Dragon: ART (St. George, etc.) From around the world on Pinterest.