Art Methods Syllabus- Course Outline

Overview Assignments

Lessons and Journals:
Jan 23 - Jan 30
Feb 6 - Feb 13 - Feb 20 - Feb 27
Mar 6 - Mar 20 - Mar 27
Apr 3 - Apr 10 - Apr 17 - Apr 24
May 1
TEXT Resources Resources

Understanding Rubrics
Rubric ART Assignment
Rubric Journal
Observation - Clinical Form
FINAL INSTALLATION

  TENTATIVE ASSIGNMENTS & POINT VALUES
Journal | Art Assignments| Binders Folders Portfolios | Art Observations | Art Exhibit Observations | Student Exhibit | Suggestions

ART JOURNAL ASSIGNMENTS – Worth 0 to 3 points each. 8 times submitted. (24 points total)

You will keep a journal with images, with specific entry assignments per week

• assigned online sites summaries
• artwork, notes
• personal art ideas, application, reflection
• art teaching ideas
• collaboration ideas by department and subject
• technology

• Journal assignments will usually be due before the start of class on 1st and 3rd Monday of each month
• These can be e-mailed on MONDAY MORNING prior to class or turned in during class
• NO WORK ACCEPTED AFTER THE EVENING CLASS
• It will be evaluated and returned to you on the following Monday via e-mail or in class
• SEE RUBRIC ASSESSMENT FOR JOURNAL

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COMPLETED ART MAKING ASSIGNMENTS – Worth 0 to 3 points each 8 art assignments (24 points total)

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

• technical and compositional skill in using media (explained more with each assignment)
• quality craftmanship
• creative problem solving solutions
• imaginative/creative/original work
• incorporates connectivity with art
  SEE RUBRIC ART ASSIGNMENT

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BINDER - FOLDERS- PORTFOLIO-– Worth 0 to 12 points (12 points total)

• You will receive a binder for organizational materials
• Table of contents REQUIRED

As a future certified educator it is important to be well organized. Therefore, keep and organize all paper items: syllabus, schedule and all other handouts, notes on all projects and procedures as well as readings, “special art finds,” internet resources, returned papers and other paper information. “Special art finds” refers to any theoretical or practical articles you locate about elementary art teaching. BE ORGANIZED – CATEGORIZED – DIGITAL

• You will receive a vinyl folder for written work that is being handed in (not e-mailed)
• You will receive a portfolio from Race Office Supply, Oshkosh to keep your 2-dimensional work (completed projects, work-in-progress, extra projects and experiments.)
• Three-dimensional artwork will be returned after critiques. (NOTE: optional storage unit to be discussed)
• You responsible for setting up all of your work in a display, creating a rubric for assessments and keeping your work for your future student teaching and teaching career.

Please remember …all artwork is signed on the front with your signature AND
Your name + Art 202 are written on artwork back
Binder and portfolio will be displayed at evaluation May 1

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2 ART OBSERVATIONS -- Worth 0 to 10 points each. (20 points total)

• MAKE RUBRIC FOR OBSERVATION ASSESSMENT, including WI ART Education State Standards
  Build a new rubric OR option to search and clone
  http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3
• Written observations of scheduled elementary observations
• Digital images of displays and work
• Citations from text (associations with observed methods)
• Reactions to art activities (yours, treachers, students)
• Art criticism
• Modifications: (what was or what could be done collaboratively)

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ART EXHIBIT OBSERVATION-- Worth 0 to 10 points (10 points total)

BE ADVISED OF various district SCHEDULES

• Attendance at one VISUAL ART EXHIBIT HELD AT A SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE OR
  IN THE COMMUNITY with visual documentation,
  Viewing the display area in a school does not qualify for this assignment.
• MAKE RUBRIC FOR ART EXHIBIT ASSESSMENT, including WI ART Education State Standards
  Build a new rubric OR option to search and clone
  http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3
• Written observations of art exhibit with critique, commentary and recommendations

Journal | Art Assignments| Binders Folders Portfolios | Art Observations | Art Exhibit Observations | Student Exhibit | Suggestions
STUDENT (your) ART EXHIBIT -- Worth 0 to 10 points (10 points total)

• SEE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
• MAKE RUBRIC FOR ART EXHIBIT ASSESSMENT, including WI ART Education State Standards
  Build a new rubric OR option to search and clone
  http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3
• WITH YOUR NAME CLEAR AND LEGIBLE
• Install a display of your work prior to class on May 1
• Distribute RUBRIC on May 1, collect rubric from class members, tally and submit stapled together with your comments on evaluation
• NOTE: EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ASSESSMENT FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE CLASS

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SUGGESTIONS

• TREAT YOURSELF and OTHERS WITH RESPECT
• BE PREPARED FOR CLASS
• BE AN ACTIVE LEARNER: ASK FOR ASSISTANCE, ASK QUESTIONS, OFFER TO ASSIST
• STAY ON TASK
• CLEAN-UP INDIVIDUAL WORK AREAS and SHARED WORK AREAS
• PRACTICE ART with SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

FINISHED EARLY with CLASS WORK

Remember you are expected to stay to the end of each class session

• add details and imaginative twists to work in progress
• work on art assignments
• investigate special art topics
• work on computer: Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, PowerPoint, Hyperstudio