Teacher: Isabel Fernandez & Delaney Kjellsen
Friday, December 3rd, 2021 at Johnson Elementary
Going into this lesson I felt very prepared. I think this is because I was originally very nervous about teaching a 3D art lesson and prepared myself much more tan usual in a preemptive attempt to do my best. This lesson was the first I've ever taught where students would have to utilize technology and use modeling clay. There were issues with technology again, however, no unexpected hiccups arose due to the modeling clay.
Similarly to the previous class, the students came in with their laptops and placed them at their desk to come back to later. We began the class with a whole class conversation about Lucy Sparrow, the inspiring artist for this lesson. Talking about Lucy led to a fantastic discussion about the artistic making process she has and how they could apply that to their own models, the difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional, and material use. I think this conversation was incredibly helpful for the success of students and growth of their taking about art and understanding material processes. Though I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation, and believe it was integral to students success, I think that for a two day lesson it needed to take up less time so students could complete their food models. However with that being said, because students have some time to finish in the next class, there wasn't a big time issue.
We had originally planned for students to use their sketches they made of their food on the PearDeck during their studio time, but once again technology did not work how it was supposed to. I think that if my co-teacher or I had made the PearDeck, this wouldn't have been the case because we would have access and control over the document to personally aid students in getting connected digitally. With what we had, I think it ended up being okay not having the sketches up, but students seemed to forget what they chose last class or would change it because we (the teachers) couldn't re-direct them to their original plan on the PearDeck. I did find that even without that resource, by asking questions I could lead students back to the original plan.
The demo was integral in the success of the students ability to create 3D food models. At first we had a difficult time keeping the students engaged, but once I asked everyone to bring their seats up to where we were demoing engagement increased. Students asked lots of questions and engaged in a great discussion about how to Pinch and Form the clay using "Bones" to create their pieces with successful art-making choices and methods.
Time towards the end was the most stressed because students did not finish and some quality making time was used redirecting the class and engaging in great discussions. If I were to teach this lesson again, I think I would make it a three day lesson. Day one and two would stay the same and Day three would be saved for finishing the food models and a more in depth gallery walk in a way that did not seem rushed.
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