Blog Post 13

Instructions:
How would you incorporate the arts into your elementary classroom using technology?
-Give examples that you would use in your future classroom.
-Keep your activities in your ideal age group.
-Show the Alabama Course of Study requirements for that particular grade level.

Keeping Arts in School

21st Century Technology, Art and Learning in the Classroom

I think it is very important to keep the arts in our classrooms. It is a part of our every day life. We take for granted the creative things in life. Most of your students will end up surprising you. Art is a way to clear their mind, keep them active, and make them think outside the box.
According to, Keeping Arts in School, Test results have proven that "Arts integrated learning increases test scores", says Carlos Cuesta. It is also stated that having the arts in the special education programs has a whole different level of engagement and focus with those special needs children. The arts is a way to keep the students engaged, keep them motivated. They have noticed that the attendance improves when they have the arts incorporated into their every day learning. Arts can be integrated into any subject.
In the video, 21st Century Technology, Art and Learning in the Classroom, They are given the opportunity every friday to get on the "chrome books" to look up a piece of art work. They then write how that art makes them feel. It gives them the freedom to chose what sparks their interest. It is not just what the teachers think they should write about. "Empowering students to drive their own learning" is what this teacher lives by.
The students have their own digital portfolio they can save all of their interest. Those chrome books are only a blank canvas, until they student becomes an artist using them effectively.