Shapes and Lines
Mobile Lesson Plan
Valerie York EDIM 515
Driving Question:
How will students enhance their visual literacy of shapes and lines using technology and mobile devices?
Students will identify 5 basic shapes: circle, square, oval, rectangle, and triangle in various groupings and presentations.
Students will use basic shapes and lines create geometric landscapes.
Students recognize shapes and lines in the environment by their visual qualities.
Standards
Virginia Visual Arts Standards of Learning for Kindergarten
Visual Communication and Production K.7 The Student will identify and use works of art:
2. Line—straight/curved, thick/thin, long/short, up/down/across
3. Shape—circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval
Analysis, Evaluation, and Critique
K.16 The student will classify objects in the environment by their visual qualities (e.g., color, texture, line, shape, pattern).
Information Literacy
Use and Manage Information
Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand
ISTE Student Standards
Creativity and Innovation
Communication and Collaboration
Research and Information Fluency
Kindergarten, Art Class and Computer Lab, four 45 min. sessions
Circular Square by Sam Javanrouh https://www.flickr.com/photos/wvs/2448408838
Outcome Goals for Students
Students will become shape experts by knowing and applying their visual qualities. They will learn to differentiate shapes in grouping and in their environment. For example, it is called circle time because we sit in a shape of a circle.
Students will be able to draw,trace, cut out or cut on, and manipulate shapes and lines. For example, they would be able to create a geometric landscape with physical art materials and with technology apps and programs.
Students will become more adept at experimenting with or creating art with technology.
Stronger than Stone by Martina Rathgens
https://www.flickr.com/photos/riviera2008/3734125449
Technology Tools
iPad Teacher’s own, desktop
iPads Set of 30 to borrow from grade level,
three 45 minute sessions
Computers in lab and Computer lab time
to coordinate with lab instructor,
one 45 minute session
Taken in Second... by Torley
Activities
Starter Activities for iPads in Art Class
Although we would have enough iPads for all students for our first time we will pair share.It is easier to borrow and set up a fewer number and they can help each other.
Students can try free apps like Play123 which we can have loaded to iPads. This one is particularly easy to navigate.
We will use QR Code reader on IPads to take students to two sites I want them to become familiar with, Pic4Learning.com to bring up safe images of shapes. I could also use these images to load for our assessment. The other site is Artsonia.com where we have an online gallery.
Computer Lab: Our instructor has many shape based activities and games available in the lab. I would coordinate with her to have a shape based lab before and/or after our iPad session/s in art class.
Play123 Video
BestAppsForKids. (March 20, 2012). Educational IPad Apps Play 123. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX-Ao6rJ6FQ.
Assessments
For Word Slapps app, I can upload my own images to assess the students on shapes.
Word Slapp App for iPad from By Zorten Software, LLC
iPad screen shots Images from https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-slapps-vocabulary/id413888079?mt=8
Access to Technology
All the activities will be done at school with school technology.
Will send QR codes to scan if
parents want to access the
lesson at home.
Our school QR code
for Artsonia.com
Management of Technology Tools
With planning, I can have another adult assistant in the room when we work with the iPads. There are students and classes that have more familiarity with mobile technology than others. The iPads can be checked out an instructor and students logged in as users.
Power user by Alex Couros https://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/5536535796