Week 12 Blog 12

I would say the most challenging aspect of this work for my students was the nudity. we talked about being mature and how we many see more nudity when we go on our museum trip at the end of the year. They all handled it well, no giggles, or silly comments. But with that said I think it still held them back. It was in their minds and keep them from exploring this work of art more. I think they can handle nudity but aren't ready to VTS it.

My students did have some interesting observation. There was some debate on weather there is one snake or two. They did recognize this work as Greek. There was some reference to Greek gods.

Even though I'm not sure about the nudity and 6th grade I think I will use this image again next year when teaching Greek artwork. I want my students to realize nudity is part of art and to learn to over come insecurities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN-imB5ZSCY

Week 11 Blog 11

Laokoön and His Sons
by Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athenadoros of Rhodes

I choose this piece mainly because I have been wanting my students to question the type of art, the medium. I know this is not a stage they are at yet and I understand it is a process. I just hope showing them this piece might jump start that way of thinking. I could be very wrong. This piece does fit into my current curriculum for 6th grade we are working on Greek pottery. This piece ties in to the point I want to make about the Greeks being wonderful storytellers. This will be the first 3d work I have VTS with this group of students, I'm excited to see what they have to say. I think the students will focus on is the look of pain/fear on the 3 men's faces. I hope I will be able to avoid or turn the conversation away from the nudity in this piece.

Week 9 Blog 9

  Guido Daniele. http://www.opticalspy.com/guido-daniele-gallery.html

I choose this image to VTS with a 7th grade class. The unit we are about to start is Hybird animal drawings. I feel it is visually interesting and fits with the unit. there are several things students could notice and talk about. I think my students would really like this art piece.

Week 7 Blog 7

What dangers/risks might be associated with premature cognitive commitments in the visual art classroom? How might VTS remediate these dangers/risks? If you paraphrase as facts then students think that is the "right" answer and will stop looking for any other options. like in the image we viewed this week, a students comment that "the boy is sad that his mother is paying more attention to the new baby then him" if I had paraphrased pointing to the front figure saying "the boy" or to the women saying "the mom" the class would have see those as concrete relationships. I instead used conditional language. This allowed the class to think of other relationships for the people in the picture like aunt, cousins, or siblings. It also allowed them to think of other reasons for the front figure to be "sad". 

I have noticed other student "correcting" other student (out of turn). It is something I am working on. When they disagree in turn I can paraphrase using conditional language but when they call out its more difficult.