How do you paint a memoir

By collaborating with the 8th grade ELA teachers, my students go to take the memoir that they were working on in their ELA class and turn it into a painting

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 One of the first things that we did was study compostion, such as Masaccio's Holy Trinity. The goal was for the students to come up with three rought sketches of a memori that would get the viewer's eye all aroudn their work. The students used the info sheets from the English teachers to help plot out their favorite memories.

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The students then received a palette, palette knife and acrylic paint as they began to work with color. I encouraged them to only use the primary colors, just so that they could see what values and hues that they could make. 

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 Over the course of a few days, they began to wrap up their canvas boards with their paintings. Some of them even had a bit of free time to make up a "free draw" painting so that they could use up their paint

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It was nice to have a class set of Ipads at our disposal so that they could further discuss their memoir work. The students that finished first got to use the Pages app so that they could properly showcase their art and emotions into a written form. Check out some of them below

Clarissa.pdf Download this file

CormeekMeek.pdf Download this file

Elisabeth_Neal.pdf Download this file

Ginger_best_.pdf Download this file

Heaven2.pdf Download this file

Jacob.pdf Download this file

Krysta.pdf Download this file

Olivia.pdf Download this file

Maria.pdf Download this file

Santaliz.pdf Download this file

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Zachary.pdf Download this file

Edmodo Assessment - make quizzes and instant feedback

My latest tutorial on how to use the quiz function on Edmodo so that you can make up quizzes for your students.

I like this A LOT better than grading through Google Drive and Flubaroo. There is also a great way to add files and links to the quizzes, so you can make the quiz orally administered through sites such as Vocaroo

Don't forget to check out my previous Yahoo Voices article on using Edmodo for Assessment

Check out my Edmodo tutorials YouTube playlist

Voice Thread Memoir work

My Media arts students did a Voice Thread project in collaboration with the 8th grade ELA teachers. I thought it would be fun to do this with the iPads and the free Voice Thread app BUT never again!

The app only allows users to export via email. SO I had students login individually onto my laptop and then I would access their VoiceThread and embed it into my blog. I am hoping that after I post these they will be viewable, but for some reason only one is showing. This is frustrating as I know my kids worked very hard on them.

Jason's

 

  

Harley's

 

   

Ciarra's work

 

 

   

Sahra work

 

 

Kaitlyn Briscoe

 

  

Dejonte

 

   

Blake

 

  

Mark

 

  

Brandon

 

  

Alex

 

 

Jennifer

 

 

 

 

How did Dragon's Lair change animation

Dragon's Lair - the animated video game

Check out part 2 of my animation in the 80's articles as I talk about the classic arcade hit Dragon's Lair

Don't forget my previous post of 80's animation with Pink Floyd's The Wall

@toondoo on Unlimited vs. Limited Government

By collaborating with the seventh grade social studies teachers, my students created works of digital storytelling where they could teach me the basics of limited/unlimited government, why the Magna Carta came about or about Queen Elizabeth

They were able to view my ToonDoo Tutorials to complete it. Check them out so you can do this in your class

This is one about the Magna Carta as told by Obama

 

The MAgna Carta by jasoncarranza | Make your own at www.toondoo.com

Mr. Spock also teachers about the differences between Limited and Unlimited Govt

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Unlimited and limited governments by Wesley4546 | Make your own at www.toondoo.com

Here is an insanely creative masterpiece that has every celebrity possible - even Bieber

The Day That Totally... by sharkdude12345 | Make your own at www.toondoo.com

The "true" story of the signing of the Magna Carta

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MAGNA CARTA by denay143 | Make your own at www.toondoo.com

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Wendell "gets" a DeLorean and talks about the Magna Carta

Magna Carta by wendelllh3 | Make your own at www.toondoo.com

"Batman" and Matt discuss history

batman and matts adventure in s.s. by mattvidean | Make your own at www.toondoo.com

Laly talks about the English Bill of Rights and the controversy at school on a test

English Bill of Rights Mess Up by KittyKat449 | Make your own at www.toondoo.com

How to film and edit video on an iPad

My Yahoo! Voices article reviews a few iPad apps to help you shoot and edit video, along with the basic do's and don'ts when working with video and what NOT to waste your money on.

Don't forget to check out some of the work that I have done utilizing these tools in my previous blog post, How do you make trailers on the iPad app