tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26932173611497067512024-03-06T00:49:37.316-08:00Pocket Art RoomThis blog will feature art discoveries made by both myself and my students. Together, we will sew a digital pocket of what we are currently exploring.Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693217361149706751.post-17999880798806361542012-05-24T05:34:00.003-07:002012-05-24T05:36:01.746-07:00Art Show 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #444444; font-size: large;">Family & friends: Each student has selected a piece they are proud to share with you. Come check out what we have been working on this school year! We have been exploring:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; font-size: large;">There will also be 3rd grade musical performances taking place in the cafeteria. Be sure to have a listen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">Check out the art room blog! </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">à</span></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";"> <a href="http://pocketartroom.blogspot.com/">http://pocketartroom.blogspot.com/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Did you know Stacey Peters ( my lesson writing partner, and art teacher extraordinaire at Hoffman Trails Elementary) has a website? You can find awesome drawing lessons and cool gift ideas at </span><a href="http://expressivemonkey.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999;">http://expressivemonkey.com/</span></a><span style="color: #ea9999;">!</span></span>Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693217361149706751.post-59360710469362776742011-12-07T08:12:00.000-08:002011-12-07T08:12:43.697-08:00What I learned today...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today was a late-start day here in Hilliard City Schools. While some got to sleep in, you might be surprised to know that while students are away, teachers are off attending school staff meetings and professional development. The art teachers use this time to get together and share our findings, ideas, and projects. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today, Ms. Beroske at Beacon Elementary shared with us how she uses <a href="http://aviary.com/">Aviary.com</a> to create wonderful technology packed lessons with her students. Today, we learned how to use iPhoto and Aviary to create a portrait that included our "imaginary friend." My birdie has a song in her head--just like me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693217361149706751.post-89166488859067483002011-12-02T09:42:00.000-08:002011-12-05T05:31:50.814-08:00Art Fun + Holiday Shopping Opportunities for the Whole family<div style="text-align: center;">There are several events happening in Columbus this weekend that feature arts & craft vendors. Check them out!</div><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><strong>Winterfair</strong></span>:<br />
A holiday artists’ market where fairgoers will find unique and beautiful handcrafted items for the home, office or gift giving.<br />
Admission: $7<br />
Children 12 and under free<br />
Free return admission any day of the fair.<br />
Dec. 2–4, 2011<br />
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Multi-Purpose Building<br />
Ohio State Fairgrounds<br />
10 am - 8 pm Friday<br />
10 am - 8 pm Saturday<br />
Noon - 5 pm Sunday<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Columbus Museum of Art Local Artist Holiday Trunk Show</span></b>:<br />
Saturday Dec. 3rd<br />
1:00-4:00PM<br />
480 E. Broad ST.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Holidays at CMA</span>:</b><br />
1st Saturdays<br />
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM<br />
Join us for this festive 1st Saturdays as we explore Lino Tagliapietra's whimsical glass installation, Endeavor, and then make a merry artwork. At 11:00 am, be sure to stop by the Cardinal Health Auditorium to watch the Columbus Children's Theater's classic performance of Mr. Scrooge. This program is recommended for families with children ages three to eight. This program is free with admission, no registration requested.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">2011 Clintonville Holiday Trunk Show and Sale</span></b>:<br />
All local artists<br />
4606 Indianola Ave. Unit M. <br />
Sunday Dece. 4th 10:00AM-4PM.<br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Hollyfest Arts & Crafts Show</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">Hilliard Davidson High School</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">Saturday, December 3</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">9:00am-4:00pm</span></div><div>$4.00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"> </span></div>Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693217361149706751.post-54654056462216331622011-10-11T12:11:00.000-07:002011-10-11T12:14:01.973-07:00Thought of the Day...<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Why is style important?</span></strong></div><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;"><strong>"Because it shows who we are." Evan</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><strong>"Because I like my style. Because others like it too. Also, my monkies are good." Ashu</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><strong>"Because it's what you feel in yourself." Josiah</strong></span>Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693217361149706751.post-37484058464717586552011-09-21T08:35:00.000-07:002011-09-22T07:39:15.542-07:00What's the Big Idea?<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">News from the 21<sup>st</sup> C. Art Room</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">This year we are continuing to explore things that art can do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want our 21<sup>st</sup> century students to understand that art plays a role in everyday life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><shape id="_x0000_s1027" style="height: 232pt; margin-left: -10.1pt; margin-top: 4.15pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 177.95pt; z-index: 1;" type="#_x0000_t75" wrapcoords="-243 0 -243 21414 21606 21414 21606 0 -243 0"><imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Users\MURDOC~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png"></imagedata><wrap type="tight"></wrap></shape><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">We are looking at art as a way to creatively express ourselves in relation to the many layers of our lives: our feelings, our identity, culture, society, environment and imagination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWoRfyLaKGP6sO28qb_7jF0iqyBV7gf9nlVrhApKpp3J37QoD1E6Ji47qk_Glsl2b7orM-lnri4L5a85uaZ8ZWbBy7LSue3vg7LC8lcT77ReEjFxdCZ-PDLo_8-GzvZZuDAvIfvhAro85/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWoRfyLaKGP6sO28qb_7jF0iqyBV7gf9nlVrhApKpp3J37QoD1E6Ji47qk_Glsl2b7orM-lnri4L5a85uaZ8ZWbBy7LSue3vg7LC8lcT77ReEjFxdCZ-PDLo_8-GzvZZuDAvIfvhAro85/s320/Untitled.png" width="250" /></a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">Students at Brown and Hoffman Trails Elementary will be taking this journey together through the collaboration of Rachel Murdock and Stacey Peters, art teachers at Brown and Hoffman Trails, respectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">We think that this will be a way to get students to think critically about art, its purpose and why we create art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">This year we will cover three areas in depth: </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.55in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">Feelings - Art can express how we feel.</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.55in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">Identity - Art can show who we are.</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.55in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">Culture – Art can change how we live.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">First, we will explore how art can communicate how we feel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">First grade </span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">will explore color and feeling through the help of chameleons, who express their feelings by changing color.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Second grade </span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">will express feelings through movement and dance and show the relationship between the feeling of the music and the art they create.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Third grade </span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">will look at feelings shown in self-portraits through expressions and the artist’s style before creating their own self-portraits.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fourth grade </span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">will respond to music through creating expressive skies and trees.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fifth grade </span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">will identify things in their life that have a positive impact on their feelings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their mixed media art will give you a glimpse of what they live for, laugh at and love.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">We are excited to find new ways to utilize our new technology in the art room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using the ELMO (a document camera) students can see live and recorded demonstrations on the big screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can share their work with the class or with students at the other school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">Using the wireless SMART slate, students can interact with what is on the screen while in their seats, which keeps students engaged in the presentation of new information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><shape id="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 98.65pt; margin-left: 167.85pt; margin-top: 14.5pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 72.65pt; z-index: -1;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Users\MURDOC~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image003.png"></imagedata></shape><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">We are looking forward to our journey this year. If you would like to be a part of our year, volunteer in the art room!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "sans-serif";">Stacey Peters (Hoffman Trails)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "sans-serif";">Rachel Murdock (Brown) <span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></span></div>Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693217361149706751.post-85133625648304401902011-09-14T05:57:00.000-07:002011-09-14T05:57:31.108-07:00ZENTANGLES!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To start the school year, grades 1-5 have been exploring the world of <strong><span style="font-size: large;">Zentangles</span></strong>! 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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have been creating beautiful zentangles using the first letter of our first name. These will be the covers of our sketchbooks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We plan to re-visit zentangles throughout the year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For more information on zentangles, check out <a href="http://zentangle.com/index.php">this </a>site.</span></div>Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693217361149706751.post-27983621624341160352011-09-06T05:23:00.000-07:002011-09-06T05:23:55.860-07:00OHSK8 Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUmjx0npClkFBqJOVhU2onRhD3eEwruRyMFHQmAYi61IJCV-2QK3AvtMOzBcahrM0_qQmXaqOJMZ1_vQwBNhUWWAxj15sbTL-8ZV8wEeKh6UdNsoKuTcDEwPQ_e1cbvIVXP4wF2VYY2wF/s1600/photo.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUmjx0npClkFBqJOVhU2onRhD3eEwruRyMFHQmAYi61IJCV-2QK3AvtMOzBcahrM0_qQmXaqOJMZ1_vQwBNhUWWAxj15sbTL-8ZV8wEeKh6UdNsoKuTcDEwPQ_e1cbvIVXP4wF2VYY2wF/s320/photo.PNG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpGwF5hOa_ZFo5s1rKCJviV4jWEXvkxKx_FW8EXdiK0i2idPpZIYVf_72XiJ6V3NJmQK3nIXYa3BX28EVPvohFtqwKJiBjdGtUDhcdDYICF1jjJ4biO_cWpHJWjQtIO56JtCaHmWjZeeP/s1600/b2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpGwF5hOa_ZFo5s1rKCJviV4jWEXvkxKx_FW8EXdiK0i2idPpZIYVf_72XiJ6V3NJmQK3nIXYa3BX28EVPvohFtqwKJiBjdGtUDhcdDYICF1jjJ4biO_cWpHJWjQtIO56JtCaHmWjZeeP/s320/b2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Over the weekend, I attended the opening of OHSK8, a hand painted skateboard show. There were boards done by many local artists-- me included! Check them out!Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693217361149706751.post-25892997601581801292011-06-14T10:59:00.000-07:002011-06-14T10:59:37.973-07:00Teacher Tech Camp - Building a Media Rich Blog: Teacher Tech Camp Recap Video<a href="http://coreyanddan.blogspot.com/2011/06/teacher-tech-camp-recap-video.html?spref=bl">Teacher Tech Camp - Building a Media Rich Blog: Teacher Tech Camp Recap Video</a>: "We had a blast at the Wex!"Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693217361149706751.post-14434642462176022382011-06-10T10:05:00.000-07:002011-06-10T10:05:19.947-07:00My Summer break in 60 secondsOK, so this is my first attempt at creating a video with iMovie and Final Cut Express. Let me know what you think! <br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/24927045">School's Out!</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/pocketartroom">Rachel Murdock</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.comShort North, Columbus, OH, USA39.979776 -83.004579139.971489 -83.0078206 39.988063000000004 -83.0013376tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693217361149706751.post-28713898673915964292011-06-09T06:17:00.000-07:002011-06-10T10:21:54.824-07:00testing...testing<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">So, here I am. This year, I am taking the "technology plunge" and creating a media rich classroom blog for both myself and my students.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"> </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">Describe your comfort level with technology. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">I use it every day both in and outside my classroom. From my middle school Xanga blog, to my college Myspce days, and current Facebook and Blogger familiarity, I feel confident.</span></i><br />
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</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">Explain how you currently fuse subject matter with technology in the classroom. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"> </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">I incorporate the use of Epson projectors, power point, and online sources with every lesson. We explore artist sites and use notebook software to further enhance objectives. This school year, I will have an Elmo projector in my classroom, as well as access to Mac laptop carts, flash video devices, and of course, this blog! </span></i><br />
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</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">Describe what you hope to achieve by taking this CEU course. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"> </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">I want to build a blog that myself, my students, my parents, and my school community can use to gain access inside Ms. Murdock's classroom. I want my students to see what I am doing as an artist--my processes, findings and interests. I want to showcase student work and reflection.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">Fun Fact: Did you know Ms. Murdock creates hairpieces? Check out my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/artzymorena">Etsy site!</a> </span></div>Rachel Murdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654901388066387548noreply@blogger.com