Each summer for the past few years, I have taught art at a SAM (Science, Art and Math) Camp here in Florida. The camp is located on a college campus in the same building as a local museum which always has wonderful modern art displayed in it. Because of that, I like to do something about modern art with the children. I give them some background on modern art relevant to the artists whose work we study and off we go on our projects.
This year, I think I'll start with Paul Klee. I found a few good videos that I might use.
And another nice version for kids here:
I think there's an exhibit of George Inness' paintings, so perhaps a pastel landscape in that style would be appropriate. Here are a few that emphasize mostly color and shape.
This training began with a look at Prezi. This app is for web based presentations as Keynote and PP are, but it is different in that it has a large space that can be rearranged. This makes a difference in the presentation process and in the construction of the presentation. Visual metaphors as well as larger spacial relationships can be utilized, so perhaps more interesting to view and probably can be used creatively by art teachers. The video below shows how to import your PowerPoints into Prezi. Kind of cool.
Okay, I just tried this out and found it to be NOT very intuitive. It took me quite a while, then there was an error message when I published it. Boo. Here is my attempt.
