UniversityofNorthTexasArtEducation
I.LessonNumber,GradeLevels,Title,andDuration:
th
Lesson#2,Grade9
(Art1),HowTechnologyaffectsHumanInteraction,50minutes
II.LessonRationale:
Itisimportanttolookathowtechnologyaffectshumansabilitytointeractwitheachotherbecauseit
isessentialtoproductiveandeffectivecommunicateandproblemsolving.Learningthiswillhelp
studentsbetterunderstandhowchangesintechnologyaffectnotonlythemselvesbutothersaswell.
Thisisimportantfortodaysstudentsbecausemostoftheirliveshavealwaysbeenveryconnectedto
advancedtechnology.Andmosthumaninteractivenottakesplacethroughsomeformoftechnology,
SocialMediabeingaprimaryformofthat.
III.KeyConcepts:
Technologyaffectshowweinteract.
Technologyaffectshowweshareideas.
Technologyaffectshowweviewartandartmaking.
IV.EssentialQuestion:
HowTechnologyaffectsHumanInteraction?
V.LessonObjectives:
Studentwillbeabletonameartistswhousetechnologytoshareanddiscussart.
Studentwillbeabletodemonstrateanabilitytodiscusstechnologyandartwithothersinaninsightful
way.
Studentswillbeabletocreateapresentationandshareitonlinewithothersintheirclass.
VI.SpecificArtContent:
Howtousetechnologyandsocialmediatoshareanddiscussart.
Artistexamples:
o CaoFei
o AiWeiwei
o PaulHeard
VII.Resources&MaterialsforTeacher:
Computer
Projector
VIII.Resources&MaterialsforStudents:
Ipads
Internetaccess
IX.InstructionandItsSequencing:
DayoftheLesson(Day1):
1. Introduction/Motivation:
Introducetopicofsocialmediaandhowtechnologyaffectsourlives.Showexamplesof
artworkandartistswhousesocialmedia.
2. GuidedPractice
Classdiscussion:
Howdoweusesocialmedia?
Howmuchofaroledoesitplayinourlives?
Doweonlyuseitforcommunicationordoweuseittospreadotherinformation?
Howdoartistsusesocialmedia?
Whattypesofsocialmediadoartiststendtouse?
Issocialmediaagoodwaytocommunicateaboutartandtolearnaboutart?
Showstudentstheedmodowebsiteandhowitworks.
HelpthemallcreateaccountsviatheirIpadsandmakesureeveryonecanlogonandupload
assignments.
3.IndependentPractice
Studentswillpickanartistfromalistandcreateaslideshowwithashortbiographyof
theartistandexamplesoftheirwork.
Theywillshowhowartistsusesocialmediaandtechnologytocreateandsharetheir
artwork.
Studentswillturnitinbypostingitontheclassedmodopage
Studentswillwatcheachothersslideshowsandcommentonthemandbegina
conversationabouttheseartistsandhowtheyusetechnology.
4. Closure
Reviewwhatwediscussedtoday.
Remindstudentstofinishandturnintheirslideshowsandtodiscussthemonlinewiththerest
oftheclass.
5. FormativeEvaluation
Studentswillbeevaluatedbasedontheirparticipationintheclassdiscussion
Howmuchtheyinteractedwiththeclass?
Didtheyaddtothediscussionandseemtounderstandwhatwasbeingdiscussedand
howitrelated?
Theywillalsobegradedbasedonwhethertheycreatedanedmodoaccount.
6. ClassroomManagementProcedures
Materialswillbesetupatatableforeasyaccessandtosavetime.
Studentswillraisetheirhandswhenaskingaquestionoraddingtotheclassdiscussion.
StudentswillbetoldtherulesofusingtheIPad.
Studentswillbewarnedforbreakingrulesthefirsttime.Thesecondtimetheywillhavea
smalltalkwithteacher.Thethirdtimetheywillreceiveawriteup.
Teacherwillgoaroundhelpingandkeepingstudentsontask
X.SummativeAssessmentandEvaluation:
criteria:
great
needswork
incomplete
totalpoints
available:100
atleast10
artworksshown
byartist,
highquality,
captionsinclude:
title,artist,
medium,size,
date
alltenworks
shownwithhigh
qualityand
captions
between58
worksof
moderatequality.
Mayhave
captions
veryfewworks,
nocaptions,poor
quality
biographyof
artist,include
education,main
reviewsand
shows
allinformationis mostinformation
presentedinclear isthere,butsome
and
ismissingor
understanding
incorrect
form
littleinformation
abouttheartistis
given
explanationsand
examplesofhow
theartistuses
socialmedia
allinformation someinformation
andexamplesare
isthere,but
presentinaclear,
examplesare
understandable
missing
way
littleinformation
isgiven,no
examplesare
provided
studentscomment
oneachothers
presentationsand
respondto
commentson
theirown
commenton
commentona
otherswith
fewpresentations,
insightful
commentsare
suggestionsand
occasionally
ideas.and
insightfulbut
respondto
dontrespondto
commentson
commentson
theirown
theirownproject
presentationswith
meaningfulideas
afew
uninsightful,
meaningless
commentsare
made,no
responsesto
commentson
theirownwork
XI.InterdisciplinaryConnections:
Writing
XII.References&Resources:
artistexamples:
o CaoFei
Fei,Cao.(2015,March9).
RMBCity.
Retrievedfrom:
http://www.caofei.com/works.aspx?id=56&year=1&wtid=2
o AiWeiweistwitteraccount
Weiwei,Ai.(2015,March9).Retrievedfrom:
https://twitter.com/aiww
o PaulHeardswebsite
Heard,Paul.(2015,March9).Retrievedfrom:
http://www.paulheard.com/
www.edmodo.com
Ipads
computer
projector
XIII.ArtTEKS:
(3)Historical/culturalheritage.
(C)compareandcontrastcareerandavocationalopportunitiesinart.
(4)Response/evaluation.
(A)interpret,evaluate,andjustifyartisticdecisionsinpersonalartworks
XIV.NationalArtStandards:
VA:Cr2.2.Ia
Explainhowtraditionalandnontraditionalmaterialsmayimpacthumanhealthandthe
environmentanddemonstratesafehandlingofmaterials,tools,andequipment.
VA:Pr4.1.Ia
Analyze,select,andcurateartifactsand/orartworksforpresentationandpreservation.
VA:Pr6.1.Ia
Analyzeanddescribetheimpactthatanexhibitionorcollectionhasonpersonalawarenessof
social,cultural,orpoliticalbeliefsandunderstandings.