Twitter and Quizzes on the Fly

Here is the set up:

Asking my art history students to twitter potential quiz questions using their cellphones during a presentation and then giving them a quiz on the fly and seeing instant results using my new einstruction CPS clickers and software.

Supplies:

1. Each student will have a Twitter account set up so they can tweet using a mobile device
2. The class has a Twitter account ApexHSArt
3. eInstructions Classroom Performance™ System (CPS™) clickers and software

While presenting a PowerPoint to my art history class, I will ask that they tweet potential quiz questions using the hashtag #apexhsart.

At select points during the presentation, i have embedded Twitter using the SAP PowerPoint Twitter Tools. Using the hashtag search allows me to see my student's tweets.

At this point, assuming the students submit decent quiz questions, I can on the fly ask a multi choice or true false question. I can quickly type the answer choices into the eInstructions CPS software and ask the question verbally.

Using the clickers, the students can answer the question. Again using the CPS software, i can show the class their answer results as a graph or as individual scores.

Of course this is all a theory that works well in my head.. :)

Twitter in the Art Room

Last semester, I incorporated twitter into my classroom. I decided to start with my Art History class and set up a classroom account.

Using twitter was optional however, I took the class to the computer lab and had each student set up an account. I also showed them how they could receive and send tweets via cellphone.



To encourage the students to check their accounts, I posted quiz tips and questions prior to the quiz. I tweeted about everything from interesting links, to homework reminds, to upcoming tv programs, to art history related events ...

I also embedded twitter to my powerpoint slides. The idea was to allow the students to use their cellphones to tweet during presentations. This didn't work out as well as I had hoped however, it gave me an idea. Next semester, I will ask them to tweet possible quiz questions that they think of during the presentation. Then at the end, we can look at the tweets as a review. Plus, if the questions are legit, I will incorporate them into our quizzes.

Next semester I would like to expand the use of Twitter to include not only my Art History class but also my Art One class. I was wondering if any of you are using twitter in your classrooms and if so, which practices have proven successful and which haven't.

I'd also appreciate any ideas/suggestions that you think could work well in an Art One class.

Comments welcome below -->

@iansands


Ian Sands
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70 Million on Facebook Fan Page

Looks like Hold Your Horses is on to us. This week, the Apex Art History version of the 70 Million video appeared on the official Hold Your Horses Facebook Page.

check it out --> Official Hold Your Horses Facebook Page


Here is our original post:

After almost nonstop requests to play the 70 Million video by Hold Your Horses, the class decided it would be fun to recreate the video using our own artwork selections.

Here is our version:

Summer Test Project

Localized Perspective!



This is a test for a project I want to do next year with the Art One students. It's called Localized Perspective. The idea is to create an image on a non flat surface that looks correct but only from one point of view.



We started by writing our words on a transparent viewfinder. Even though we wrote UP using block letters, we decided to start by only creating the P.





One person looks through the viewfinder and gives directions to the other person who lays the guide tape.




After all the guide tape is in place, duct tape is laid on top. In the future I'd like to use different colored duct tape... red, blue, pink.. something more colorful.




Here you see the "P" from the wrong angle...



Here it is from the right angle. Of course, this would have worked out better if the baseboard and the tape weren't the same color.. but the concept works!

The Balloon Mosaic

This was our last Art History project. The idea was to create a 40' x 46' mosaic of the Mona Lisa out of balloons. We created a grid using yarn then started blowing up the 2,000 balloons.

Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. The wind kicked in by afternoon, twisting our grid and popping our balloons. In the end we decided to dismantle. However, we will try again with a new approach... stay tuned!

Figure Drawings and Tape People

We started a unit on proportion which includes daily figure drawings and life size tape people!

Art History Kites

Today was kite flying day in art History. We took the kites we designed, Van Gogh, Haring, Dali, Munch and more into the sky... sort of...

Keith Haring's Birthday

Today in Art History we ate Keith Haring cake and watch Drawing The Line.

70 Million: The Video

After almost nonstop requests to play the 70 Million video by Hold Your Horses, the class decided it would be fun to recreate the video using our own artwork selections.

Here is the final version:




The making of: