Monday, December 14, 2009

Entry # 15

My overall reflection for this course is satisfacton. I loved this class and have learned a lot about myself and teaching. This class has really prepared me for teaching on my own. I enjoyed the books we read and found them helpful for experiences and relation to the students. I have learned about classroom management, student interaction and furthered my lesson plan development skills. I have expanded my knowledge about secondary art education in many ways. I haven't really had much experience with older students and to be honest I have always been nervous about being in the classroom with them. After this experience and learning more about lessons to teach, I feel like I have more aware and ready to be a teacher in a secondary art education classroom. I am not as nervous to be their teacher, I feel like I can relate to them really well. My main suprise was my ability to hold it together and pull through on certain mishaps or events that werent predicted. For an example with the students who werent motivated. As for the areas I want to further my exploration, I want to be able to be more comfortable with the students and work on my classroom management. I really enjoy this class and think it would be helpful for art educatin students. Thank you for a great semester and I have enjoyed blogging with you all. Best of luck to you and you will all be great teachers :D

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Entry #14



My overall teaching exprience went well. I have enjoyed working with secondary students. Our classroom was very diverse and created a challenge. The lesson I taught was a hero shrine lesson. The students needed to choose a positve hero and construct a shrine to that person. They needed to include a sculpey clay sculpture that represented their hero in someway. I really liked this project and think the students worked well on it. I think they liked to create their own shrine and include what they wanted. I think they had the hardest time choosing a hero, I think more brainstorming would be an improvement. The students worked well on their projects, some students seemed bored or unmotivated, I tried to brainstorm with them and help them get motivated or work a little harder. This was another thing I could improve on make sure everyone has an idea before we move to the next step. I also think more days would be helpful for this project. The outcomes were good all of the students finished and had a nice project. There were a few that were not very ambitious but they included what they needed to for the project. I think the discussion on the last day went well, students shared their heroes and different parts about their shrines. It was a good experience for them to open up and share ideas and opinions. I think the students really grasped the idea of honoring their hero with a shrine they created.


This was a student's Shrine to Mr. Luther King Jr. He created different colored people out of sculpey clay. I thought this was very clever.
These students created shrines to their parents and father. Both did an excellent job creating their shrines. Very nice detail and use of box space.