New Kiln Room & MORE!!!!

Having a bit of fun & learning along the way!! 

I know that there are a couple issues, but I'm learning!! 

Making a Portrait Using Kleki

Have you all tried kleki.com? 

It is so much fun, so easy to use, and free!  A majority of our students use the same type of computer provided by the district.....but some do not.  I wanted to make sure we were all using the same thing so I could give them instructions that worked for EVERYONE! I'm using it with 2nd - 4th grade, and they LOVE IT!!  Here is my asynchronous video for portraits.  

Give it a try...and let me know what you think! 

Stop Motion App: The "E"dition

With my school system & my kids' school system out because of the tornado...I'm trying to keep them occupied!! I showed them how to use the Stop Motion App, and this is what the three of them came up with (5, 8, and 10 yr old).  It is pretty odd/twisted/weird....but they are my kids (so it is to be expected! ha ha).  

4th Grade Dino Narrative Stop Motion: Ice Cream

This Stop Motion App video was created by one of yesterday's groups! They were extremely successful in telling a story. I'm so super proud of my amazing young artists!!! 

Check out the other stop motion videos my students have created on my new student focused YouTube channel: Art With Mr.E  (My other one is a mix of student and teacher content). 

Stop Motion: 4th Grade

As part of a grant our district was awarded for Art & Music...we received 3 iPads for our art room.  Technology has been hard to implement well in my classroom before because I only had a Fire to use.  I'm excited to try more projects that incorporate technology, and have a Tech Station set up in my classroom for student to utilize. We required as a part of this grant to have the students create using the Stop Motion app.  THEY LOVE IT!! I'm excited to try it for other projects in the future.  Go to my new student project YouTube channel to see other examples!! 

Art With Mr. E YouTube

Stop Motion App

Today we had an art & technology workshop....and had the opportunity to learn about & use the Stop Motion App!  I had so much fun!!! It was easy to use and I see the potential in the art room!! 

Check out what I came up with!! 

iPAD & ACCESSORIES: FINALLY!

So you may remember my EdBacker campaign...or maybe not?!?  I was blessed to have my campaign fulfilled in less than 3 weeks!!  However, because of my school district...things were delayed a bit for several reasons.  One of which being our 2 week fall break!  All that being said....I now have my iPad & accessories!  I LOVE IT!!!!!!  I've got much to learn, but I'll be sure to share as I do!!  We have a PD day coming up in Feb for iPad's in the art room....and I'm going to try to get into that!!!!  

THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART

OF ART WITH MR. E & UPGRADE IN THE ART ROOM!!!!

 Gretchen Borders

Janet Turner- McDonald

Keith Sherry

Chrystal Starbird

Emily Kajihara

Laura Maxwell

Margaret Hayes

Marion McIntyre

Bethany Johnson

James Myers

Grace Pfeiffer

Shanna and Hugh Piatt

I FINALLY GOT MY SMART BOARD!!!!!!!

I was told it would be installed when I got back to school this year...and much to my not surprise..it wasn't.  However...I think it was worth the wait!!  I have the Polyvision brand smart board...and it is the newest version.  I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I'm so excited to start using it with my classes once we get back from fall break.  I am teaching 3 days of intercession this week....and will probably try to find ways to incorporate it into those classes!!!!!!  

Should I be concerned that the box said HOT?  Maybe I shouldn't ask such questions!  

Does anyone have fun sites they enjoy using with their smart board?!?!!? 

LET ME KNOW!

If everyone gave a dollar....

Hey readers/friends/art teachers/fellow bloggers!  You my have seen my recent post about starting a campaign on EdBacker for an iPad for the art room!  So far it is going slow...very very slow.  So I thought I'd share this thought.......if everyone on my followers list gave a dollar...I'd be able to get 2 iPads for my classroom!!! :)  If you haven't looked at my link...take a moment & consider giving!! THANK YOU!

https://edbacker.com/c/ipadintheartroom

I LOVE MY LADIBUG!

I completely rearranged my room with the arrival of my Ladibug.  My reading area was in this corner, but my drop for my LCD projector...the major outlet in my room...and the internet connections(because our wi-fi is "iffy" at times).  I wanted to make this technology as user friendly & integrated into my teaching as possible.  So my "need" for order & sameness had to take a backseat as I totally rearranged my room.  

Here is an example of what it can do!(note the awesomeness of the turtle! ha ha)

If you have any questions about this...let me know.  I am still learning as I work with it...so I might have to get back to you on some questions.  

Here is the link to the Ladibug site if you want to learn more!

http://www.myladibug.com/index.php