LESSONPLANFORMAT

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

studentsupload uploadedontime, uploadedontime, notuploadedon

slideshowbefore freefromspelling
butwithsome
time,andstillhas
deadlinefreeof
andgrammar
mistakes
errors
spellingand
mistakes
grammatical
errors

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.