Art Teaching with a touch of Technology

Photo by Art Schultz ©All rights reserved As well as a Tech Integrator, I co-teach this semester.  Along with Hannah Cone , my school's amazing HS 2D Art teacher, we teach a small Advanced Digital Photography course this semester. This class, is made up of Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors.  Assignments are all completed on their Blogger pages, and are paperless. Our school administration requires that all classes have an activity or test that counts towards an exam.  Not liking exams, I would rather give my students time to shine, and do something amazing. I proposed to my co-teacher that we have our students take the blogging up a notch, and start following professional photographers' blogs for a project.  The basic premise, for students to follow a thread in photography that interests, inspires, and pushes them to new learning. So, I am going to have them set up a RSS reader, Feedly , to follow a bunch of blogs that might interest them.  Then I am go...

Self Portrait with Daughter on Motorbike Tricycle This semester, I am back in the classroom!  I am teaching Advanced Digital Photography, and I am also blogging with my Photo students.  This gives my classroom another avenue to discuss their photography, as well as have them discuss their work. For the first assignment, I asked my students to create a Self Portrait.  A selfie, with content about themselves.  I wanted more than a happy snap, but something that describes them as a person. I did the assignment as well.  Here is my basic analysis:  I like the composition of the photo.  The image is off-center, allowing for a more interesting composition.  The young girl in the photo, is looking at the camera, but in a more natural pose. This photo shows what I care about.  My life has changed a lot since having kids.  They are important to me. Here are the other images from the shoot for this assignment.