This week we had school Tuesday through Friday and things are really starting to pick up! On Tuesday I jumped into my first investigative project, “I'm sure you have all heard a pictures worth a thousand words, well for our first project you are to document, research, investigate what reeeeally matters to you, what personal interest do you find worth while? You are requested to take a total of 20 photographs of things and places that matter to you. You will then use those photographs not only in a photographic essay but then incorporate the photos into a Mixed Media work.” This is how I worded where I wanted them to start at and for them to try to have the 20 by Thursday so we could begin the Mixed Media process. (I am wondering if I should rename this as I don’t necessarily want the Mixed Media as the focus but would like their Identity to become the theme of this project?) The prompt to collect/shoot the 20 photos was meet with a plethora of questions some of the more important ones being: Can I use past photos? Can we photography our best friends? What about pets? Does it matter if I have a passerby person in my photo? I was extremely pleased with the energy I felt from students about how they would showcase their interest. Some jump right in with expressing to others their ideas while others seems a bit more stuck and I went to spend time with them. We also talk a bit on composition and how would they showcase place verse objects. They were to get the photos outside of school time as our districted has upped the severity of the cell phone policy. Wednesday I reminded them of collecting their 20 photos and I touched base with my remaining students who have not turned in their Parental Permission Forms. This day was also a struggle for one of my students and I reached out to staff only to be meet with unhelpfulness. Thursday was a doozy of a day and not only did I instruct students how to start their Mixed Media projects but I was observed by my principal. I am excited for Monday morning and getting the chance to review what is going well and what could be worked on, I thrive for descriptive reflective criticism at school. I just never am a 100% on how I am doing comparatively in our school. I choose to break down the steps and verbal as well as visually display them on our Art website. I hope that this helps as I have a total of three students with IEP’s/504’s, two that are considered at-risk (due to low attendance), and a student that English is their second language. After going over the written directions I then demonstrated what they would want to start as they went through the process. We talked of emphasis, line quality, visual texture, and ect as I demonstrated to try and give them a larger idea of how they could showcase their imagery. I then allowed students to get started and they were given permission to actually use their phones on this day to download images to their laptops. I tried to leave more than half the time in class to assist students individual and provide more individualistic instruction to those in need. I also notice there were a few students due to where they are sitting that I am not getting to them as much as the others so I feel that a new table arrangement may be necessary on Monday. My one student who struggled on Wednesday also had issues during working time and trouble focusing. I would like to meet with my para for that class but can’t seem to find any time other that the 3 minutes during passing time between classes. Friday was another big day as students were given, in groups of 3-5, three different rubrics that had a multitude of various criteria. In their collaborating groups they had to go over what “aspects” they thought the group as a whole would want graded and “aspects” they personally felt they would benefit and want graded. I sat with the struggling students group and worked at keeping him engaged and a beneficial member of their group. Some of the students asked if they could have more time on the rubric on Monday as they were enjoying the process of the Mixed Media and wanted to spend their class time on it. I personal am perfectly fine with that and just as long as they have their personal “aspects” chosen before finishing their project. (I have yet to tell them they will be grading themselves). Monday during working time I hope to jot down survey questions that not only investigate contemporary themes that students may enjoy but deciding how to word the motivational interests questions and how this start to class is personally feeling to them.
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