Checked out and joined Wiggio. Not sure I'll use it, but hey, it's cool to play with!
Skype is wonderful - I used just the audio when my daughter was in Greece two years ago. The sound of her voice was wonderful and we were able to chat often. Since then, technology has touched both of us via laptop cameras, so if she - or one of my sons- goes far away, we'll become steady users of skype. Lukas is headed to NY state for college and asked me to use Skype instead of my requested weekly phone call.
Skype would be really cool to use with a class from another state or country. Not sure how we'd do it with art unless we shared ideas or critiqued each other.
8 hours ago
Good going, Jan. Here are a few ideas. Find a class or classes to partner with--there's an independent school thing going on that I bookmarked in Diigo or go to epals or Classroom 2.0 or your listserv. Pick a topic or an artist that you want to share about; style, what you think work would look like, type of art anything like that and scan them and share. Then have them talk about their art. Or another thing; have each class profile an artist and present it to the other class. Here's a Skype in the classroom link http://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/06/30/50-awesome-ways-to-use-skype-in-the-classroom/
ReplyDeleteAlso I could see you using Wiggio to post art work, share ideas, have them turn in their artist statements etc. Kind of a digital portfolio site.
Keep it up. I am not as tuned in as I'd like; dealing with grandchildren and lice--such fun.