Art Museum
[EQ] Research, Problem Solving and Communication
How is technology used for research, problem solving and communication?
Objectives: Student will be able to research an artist on-line and create an in-depth art history report presented in the form of a PowerPoint art museum.
General Directions:
Students will work with a partner.
Select an artist:
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Henri Matisse
- Michelangelo
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- Georgia O’keefe
- Vincent Van Gogh
- Pablo Picasso
- Frank Loyd Wright
- Mary Cassatt
- Jackson Pollack
- Henry Moore
- Andy Warhol
- see me for other options
Review PowerPoint Example from last semester on server
Notice hyperlinks; fill effects, and trapezoid drawing tool.
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Day 1-2: Photo Editing Lesson
Objectives: You will learn about digital media and how it can be distorted and exaggerated. You will be able to edit a photo (remove pixels), save it in different file formats, and add it to a PowerPoint slide.
- LEARN about Distorted Media
- WATCH > Images, Pixels & RGB & discuss
- Try Out > RGB Color Explorer
- Easy Bib’s Guide to Credible Websites
or Evaluating a News Article / Website
10 Ways to Spot Fake News - See direction handout & rubric for Photo Editing in Paint.net
BALLOON Handout & Rubric Lesson
HOW TO- Handout & Rubric
- Example SlideShow
Photo-Reuther
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Day 3-4: 3-D Rooms, Fill gallery, Save pictures
The individual gallery with be done in Powerpoint then uploaded to your Google Drive. You will then work with your parter on a shared Google Slide presentation to continue the assignment.
Day 5-6: UPLOAD TO GOOGLE DRIVE
- One partner will open their gallery and share it with the other partner to combine both galleries.
- Work on the same SHARED file.
- Link pictures on wall to correct detailed slide
- Add a title slide (Opening to your museum)
- Add a biography slide
- Add “your favorite” picture slide along with a cropped picture of you in your gallery
- Add a works cited slide (exit slide)
- Add another room of your choice
- Add navigation buttons to link all slides together
Research Online using the following Web site:
- http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/artists?projectId=art-project
- http://artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
- http://www.abcgallery.com
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Required slides:
- Title Slide with artist name and partner names
- Entrance slide “Welcome”; this could be an actual picture of a museum that holds most of the artists work.
- 1 gallery slides with hyperlinks to larger pictures =7 works of art (second gallery slide = extra credit)
- 7 detailed artwork slides with name, date, medium, and location on each (14 -= extra credit)
- Biography slide of your artist
- Your favorite work slide, include a picture of you (cropped in Paint.net) and state why you like the work. Add narration to these slides.
- One extra places in the museum (café, gift shop, etc.)
- End slide with works cited
- To create a button > SlideShow > Action Button. Once your button is on the slide, recolor and link button
- Navigation > All slides should have link buttons that make it easy to get around your museum.
Art Museum Rubric and Check List (this includes only one gallery and one extra place in your museum)
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Content Standards:
1.62 Demonstrate knowledge by creating a multimedia presentation utilizing appropriate media (e.g. audio, video, animations, etc.).
3.34 Plan, design, and develop a multimedia product using information (e.g., text, graphics, charts) to present research findings in the most effective way, citing sources.