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"Memory"
Teacher page
a WebQuest for 9th grade
designed by
Gabriella McDannel
Intro
The main concept of this WebQuest is memory. Personally as an artist and emotional being, I have always held my memories close and often reflect on them. I reflect on past memories for inspiration, documentation, learning, helping with making new decisions, and for building foundations of relationships with people in my life. Memory is something all humans of all ages can relate to in some fashion or another. No matter your geographical location, home life, economic status, religion, ethnicity, collection of family and friends or anything in between, memories are created. Of course some memories are positive, full of love, excitement, adventure, laughter, joy and much more. Some memories may also be traumatic, scarring, sad, upsetting, frustrating or embarrassing, but they all have significance.
I wanted my WebQuest to be easily accessible, applicable and something that can be intimate and personal to each student. I feel that it is important to make connections with other academic subjects such as sociology, biology, etc.,our everyday life,and our emotions when both learning about and creating art. I also value the idea of giving students as many options as possible so that they are independently thinking, creating, and feel more ownership and personal dedication to their work.
Learners
This WebQuest is designed for students in a 9th grade level art class. This WebQuest however may be also used for a few grades above and perhaps below. The students should have a base knowledge of art making processes, as well as art concepts and signficance of art in life. Some of the example videos touch upon sexual orientation, socioeconomic statuses, adoption, death and other serious topics. However, they are done tastefully, accent positive ideas, and can be helpful for learning when handled in a safe, mature environment that is supportive of learners and open conversations. This WebQuest can also be helpful to teach concepts of psychology, sociology or perhaps biology when looking at memory in a more scientific lens.
Curriculum Standards
National standards for New Media:
[CREATING]
Anchor Standard #1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard #2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard #3. Refine and complete artistic work.
[PERFORMING PRODUCING PRESENTING}
Anchor Standard #6. Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
[RESPONDING]
Anchor Standard #7. Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Anchor Standard #8. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
[CONNECTING]
Anchor Standard #10. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
Anchor Standard #11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.
National Standards for Visual Arts:
Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work
HS Proficient VA:Cr1.1.Ia = Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
HS Proficient VA:Pr4.1.Ia = Analyze, select,and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.
Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
HS Proficient VA:Cn10.1.Ia = Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
Process
After viewing videos of inspiration, navigating through the WebQuest and reading about the creator (myself) and how to contact/document their process, they will begin their assignment on Day 2. Students are invited to create a video similar to those they saw on Day 1 by Story Corps. The videos are beautiful animations paired with real life audio of interviews of various pairs of people. Students are asked to think of whom they would want to interview, create 1-3 thoughtful open-ended questions and create a formal invitation. There are lists links that take students to lists of example questions that would help produce an interview with depth and suitable for the project. The invitation may be made on paper with various materials or made with an ipad with a drawing application. The invitation must then be given in person or emailed to their interviewee before the next day.
By Day 3, students should have either recorded their interview/conversation using PowerPoint,Soundcloud and/or Skype at home, or will be invited to use the ipads or computers at school to interview someone from school staff during the class period. Students must then upload the audio and save it on a computer at school, then continue to the art making portion.
Students are invited to choose their medium, and to create a piece of art that is based off of the interview/conversation that was shared with him, the relationship they have with the interviewee, or an object that is based off of a memory with the interviewee. Students will then take a picture of their art piece and upload it to the file that contains the audio recording.
Students will then make the background image throughout the audio recording, the image of their image creation/artwork. This final product will be graded based off of the rubric that students may access directly from the WebQuest.
I ask that they use either my email or the direct messaging set up on the "Contact Me" page to document and communicate with me their progress throughout the week. I will use this to not only stay in the loop, answer questions and concerns and feel more involved, but also for when I grade the students. I strongly believe the process of art making is if not more important, the same importance as the final product.
This WebQuest is designed in hopes of being completed in 5 days, but may need up to 7 or 8 classes depending on any bumps in the road, or simply students needing more time for their art making process.
Variations:
For hearing impaired or students who may need some extra support with reading, the text on each page of the WebQuest could be spoken, recorded and uploaded as audio recordings via Soundcloud like the "Intro" page.
For visually impaired students, tactile diagrams could be put into use.
More examples of adaptations, technology and tools that can be used for necessary variations for certain students to use the WebQuest can be cound in the link below:
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/at/types.aspx
http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/resources/edu_parents.cfm
Resources Needed:
For this WebQuest, computers, laptops, or tablets are necessary. Phones may be needed for the interviews as well.Use of internet to screen videos as well as access to Vimeo and YouTube is also necessary. If students are unable to access these websites, the teacher may project the videos for the entire class at once. Cameras or cell phones with cameras are necessary to document the invitations as well as art works/image creations, which are then uploaded. PowerPoint is also necessary to combine the images and audio recordings like the example video provided on the WebQuest. Paper, pens, pencils, colored penicls, acrylic/watercolor/oil paints, clay, scissors, tape, glue, magazines for collage, printers for collage, are possible materials that could be available for students to create with. The more variety of materials, the better!
Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated based off of the rubric that is provided on the Webquest for their viewing and tool as they work. The process, evidence of hard work, dedication and personal/emotional connection with the interviewee are extremely important. Exploration and use of art materials as well as practicing and developing art making skills that in the end create an artwork that ties into the interview and overall theme of memory shall also take place to some degree.
Conclusion:
Through exploring and navigating the WebQuest as well as working hands on outside and inside the art classroom, students will investigate the concept of Memory and create their own conclusions through both thought as well as creation and presentation.
Resources:
Vimeo, YouTube, Merriam Webster Dictionary, Dictionary.com,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/art.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/browse
http://www.socialphy.com/posts/images-pics/17864/Recreating-Photos-from-Childhood.html
http://dzinetrip.com/photography-series-of-dsimantled-old-objects-by-photographer-todd-mclellan/
http://www.mariaclaudiacortes.com/#
http://www.knowitall.org/artopia/index.html
http://blog.art21.org/2012/08/30/the-museum-as-memory-palace/#.VEcdcovF_gJ