The Beginning of IPADS in Art!

I'm really excited about this. I finally received an IPAD! Haha, just one, plus it's a loaner but I don't care I'm super excited about it! It's been my goal for the last several years to incorporate more technology into my art curriculum, and I know that this is really going to be the jumping off point for me to broaden what I already do. 

My goal for having the ipad in the classroom is to allow the students to use it once they are finished with their work, to take pictures of their artwork and to use photo editing apps to enhance their images. I'd also like for them to play around with video animation apps to familiarize themselves with that. So as you can see I created an IPAD station. At the station is a list of rules, like don't take pictures of someone without asking permission, ect. I also have my e-mail address listed for the kids(where you see the crown.) I'd like for them to send me their photos and take the time to sometimes post their artwork or video creations here.

What I LOVE about photo editing apps is teaching words like Contrast, saturation, crop, enhance, focus, ect. GREAT art words that are so easily taught through photo editing.

Another thing that I'd like to do with the IPADS once I receive more or get more loaners is to use them to expand upon my claymation/stop motion animation lesson that I do every year. If you'd like to see some of the videos we've made using regular cameras and windows movie maker then the videos are in my Youtube section on the right hand side of the page. A great APP that I'm really looking forward to using is Stop Motion Studio. It's very easy to use. Today a student and I put together a video in less than five minutes and we even added our voices to it, laughing the whole time. Putting together that short video was so much EASIER than how I've had to do it in the past where I have to gather all the photos and edit them together myself. This way the kids will have free reign over editing.

So there you have it, my hopes, dreams, and plans for technology in the classroom. Hopefully in a year to a few years I'll be like an iPad art teacher master!

~Keep teaching those Awesome Artistes!