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Back to School Night 2011Integrating 21st Century Skills into our
Art classroom
Marie Spiegeland
• Class Objectives
• 21st Century Skills
o Information, Media, Technology
o Information Literacy
o Media Literacy
o ICT (Information, Communications & Technology) Literacy
• Classroom Examples
Agenda
Class Objectives
To teach art using 21st century skills, primarily by guiding students to:
• Develop Craft
• Engage
• Observe
• Reflect
• Explore
• Understand Artist Communities
What are 21st Century Skills?
21st century skills can be grouped into the following categories:• Information, Media and Technology Skills• Life and Career Skills• Learning and Innovation Skills
Information, Media and Technology
• In our classroom we pay particular focus to the Information, Media and Technology category
• We achieve this through:
o Information Literacy
o Media Literacy
o Information, Communication & Technology (ITC) Literacy
• The ability to access and evaluate Information
• The use and management of information
What is Information Literacy?
Classroom Example: Cubism
• Information Literacy to apply to our studies of Cubism in the following ways:
o Explore through accessing online museum catalogues
o Sharing images for interactive class discussion
o Engage in classroom painting session
What is Media Literacy?
• The ability to analyze media
• The creation of media products
Classroom Example: Media and Message
• Discussions to focus on artists and their choice of media
• Students to observe examples from history
• Class will explore how lesson extends beyond art and into areas such as technology
What is ICT (Information, Communications &Technology) Literacy?
• The ability to apply technology effectively
Classroom Example: The Online Portfolio Project
• Students to build an online portfolio to represent their best work
• Student objectives for the project include learning to:
o Analyze their own personal work
o Select pieces that represent quality work
o Photograph images to best represent art piece
o Reflect on learnings from the whole academic year
o Apply technology appropriately
Thank You for Coming!
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