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Seesaw Class Art Critique

Description: 

Students will create a Seesaw account and engage in a class art critique utilizing Seesaw. During the class critique students will upload a photo of their artwork and comment on two other students' art, analyzing the formal characteristics and which elements/principles of design the artist has used successfully. Individual students will share out their ideas with the rest of the class. Students will also have an ongoing digital art portfolio of their work on Seesaw.

Link: 
Seesaw Class Art Critique
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kchZ1KpiG-X7G6067hDDEU7rdPwoNaeoFIfRWknjCzo/edit
Author: 
hammonka
Content Area: 
Elective Subjects
Fine Arts
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Other
Licensing: 
Creative Commons Licence
Grade: 
9-12

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

  • How to create a Seesaw account
  • How to upload quality photos of artwork to Seesaw
  • How to make quality comments on classmate's artwork; analyzing formal characteristics/elements and principles of design
  • How to be a respectful audience while classmates are sharing out their ideas
  • How to fill out the project's rubric/self-assessment

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

When talking to the students who have also had me as a teacher in previous years, I have learned that they are more excited about this method of engaging in a class critique compared to the methods used in the past. Overall it has been going very well. There is a little down time when the fastest students are waiting for their classmates to upload artwork so that they may make comments but it has not been a major issue. 

One significant reflection is that It is very difficult to take quality photos of artwork using the chromebooks. It is recommended that students use their cell phone so that they may edit and crop the photo before it is uploaded to Seesaw. Really emphasizing how to take a quality photo and how to crop out unnecessary background space, also helps the students upload better photos of their work.