RESOURCES

SURVEY RESULTS

In December, 1995 the technology survey was sent to 990 private schools in Wisconsin and by February, 1996 177 schools responded. The questionnaire dealt with types of computers, peripherals, internet access, networking, the purposes for which computers were being used, software types, and future plans. Results of the survey are as follows.

Computers in Use:

35.8% Apple

30.3% MACS

29% IBM

Printers in Use:

30% Dot Matrix

21% Inkjet

19% Color

19% Laser

Monitors:

91% Color

9% Black and White

Networking:

18% Internet

12% Omnifest

Present Use for Computers: (136 schools reporting)

94 schools use computers for research

107 schools use computers for reference

97 schools use computers for play

19% of the schools use computers for other purposes

Types of software in use:

Clarisworks

KidPix

KidPix2

KidPix Companion

Hyperstudio

Future Plans:

30% plan access to the internet

15% plan to acquire more MAC's

7% plan to acquire more IBM's

19% plan to increase MAC software

6% plan to obtain multimedia equipment

Undergraduate and Continuing Education in Art at Mount Mary College

Mount Mary College will offer several opportunities for teachers in the area to attend workshops or courses on using the computer for artmaking.

MATERIALS USED IN TRAINING UNIT WRITERS

Books

Cole, Robert W., Editor. Educating Everybody's Child. Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD. 1995

Drake, Susan. Planning integrated Curriculum: The Call to Adventure. Alexandria, Virginia:

ASCD. 1993.

Herman, Joan L., Pamela R. Aschbacher, and Lynn Winters. A Practical Guide to Alternative Assessment. Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD. 1992.

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes. Interdisciplinary Curriculum Planning: Design and Implementation.

Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD. 1989.

Johnson, David W., Roger T. Johnson, and Edythe J. Holubec. Cooperative Learning in the Classroom. Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD. 1994.

Kagan, Spencer. Cooperative Learning. San Juan Capistrano, CA: Kagan Cooperative

Learning, 1992.

Marzasno, Robert J., A Different Kind of Classroom - Dimensions of Learning. Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD. 1992.

Reiser, Robert A., and Walter Dick. Instructional Planning (Second Edition). Needham Heights, MA: Simon and Schuster Company. 1996.

Sumner, Deborah, Editor. Whole Teaching. Peterborough, NH: The Society for Developmental

Education. 1993.

Tomlinson, Carol Ann. How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms. Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD. 1995.

Wyman, Sarah LaBrec. How to Respond to Your Culturally Diverse Student Population.

Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD. 1993.

Videotape Series

Marcia D'Arcangelo, Executive Producer. Integrating the Curriculum (Tapes 1 and 2). Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD. 1993.

Marcia D'Arcangelo, Executive Producer. Redesigning Assessment (Tapes 1, 2, and 3). Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD. 1992

HYPERSTUDIO ACROSS THE CURRICULUM & GRADE LEVEL
Presented by Noreen Strehlow

K-8 computer Lab Specialist at Holy Family Whitefish Bay since 1990
Co-President Elect of the Milwaukee Educational Computing Association (MECA)
Editor’s Note: The icons that were used by Ms. Strehlow are not included.

JUNIOR AND SENIOR KINDERGARTEN:

Hand Tool - used for page turning in book stacks (Color Me/Chef Tom)

Arrow - used for selecting items from the menus

Paintbrush - used for drawing their first pictures on the computer (many discover that double –clicking will allow them to change the shape of their brush)

Eraser - I try to steer them away from the eraser…( You need to emphasize the fact that it is not a paintbrush or they will spend too much time using it to fill their screens with bricks or hearts. Once the eraser has been contaminated by changing it to a color, any new stack started or new card will be filled with that color or pattern. It should remain white.)

Use + N to get a new card rather than waste time erasing.

Paint Bucket - used for filling in areas of the Color Me Stack ( it takes quite a bit of practice to get the drip area of the bucket into the white sections and not on the black line of the picture, we use UNDO often.)

Magnifying Glass - used for coloring in areas too small for the paint bucket

Tearing off the Tool and Color Menus

Selecting New Stack & Open Stack from the FILE MENU

Selecting UNDO from the EDIT MENU or using + Z

Double –Clicking on a pattern or mixed color in order to mix a new color

FIRST GRADE:

Line Tool - used for creating a simple horizon line in their drawings

Spray Paint Can - used for adding soft shading to spheres or clouds

Circle & Box Tools - used for making areas that may be filled with colors or patterns they have edited

Filled Circle Tool - used for making snowmen on a dark blue background, the sun in a light blue sky, a crescent moon on a pitch black night, grapes, or a color wheel

Filled Box Tool - used for making brick houses, color wheels with square blocks, robot bodies

Pencil Tool - used for making small details to self-portraits such as eye lashes, adding the "pricklies" on a cactus, or for creating a mountainous horizon line

Text Tool - used for adding names or short sentences to their pictures

Using +> and +< to move forward and backward through cards without buttons

Double-Clicking on the line and brush tools to change the size or shape

Selecting Draw Filled from the OPTION MENU

SECOND GRADE:

Editing Box - used for erasing areas or moving clip art or pasted down text

Lasso - used for capturing clip art

( This is a skill that we spend several sessions on in a variety of ways because it is one of the most difficult to master and the most useful.)

Using Load Background from the FILE MENU ( We load a background like a tree, and then practice lassoing clip art to create a scene)

Using Save Screen from the FILE MENU in order to save their drawings

Using + B to Add a Button that will trigger the path animation NBA

( This requires step by step instruction, and not just a simple demonstration.)

Using Save Stack As … from the FILE MENU in order to create their Hyperfolio Stack

Getting students used to saving and naming their work

THIRD GRADE:

Using + C to copy a graphic and + V to paste

(This is very handy for creating a custom border, and the same keyboard commands are used in other paint programs such as Print Shop Companion Editors, ClarisWorks, and Superpaint.)

Double-Clicking on the TEXT TOOL in order to change the text size and style.

By this time, the studnets are fairly comfortable with all the paint tools, but some may still need practice lassoing clipart. They understand the concept of cards, buttons, and stacks in general, and now can use the program as a complete tool. We create buttons, practice using the transitions, and add sounds from sound disks. By this time, students have at least one or two "keeper" screens from earlier years in their Hyperfolio, but now they can design the "Cover Card" for the stack.

FOURTH GRADE:

Using + T to ADD a TEXT ITEM in which an AppleWorks file can be imported

(Since third grade is when I introduce them to AppleWorks, they should have a few stories or poems stored on their disk which can now be brought into their Hyperfolios.)

Using the microphone to record their voice and add it to a button (Wear ear plugs! Sound is very attractive to the students, but be sure it is the absolute last thing they need to complete a project. If you let them work with the sound too soon, you can kiss productivity good bye!)

FIFTH GRADE:

Using Replace Colors… from the OPTIONS MENU in order to clean up scanned graphics

(This is a good age group to make an electronic book. Use a book commonly read in a primary grade and scan the drawings. Then have the students choose Standard Colors from the OPTION MENU. Replace the three colors surrounding a corner color with that corner color and then make sure the black outline is clean and free of holes. The students color the pictures and add the text. This project engages the fifth graders in the graphic process, teaching them attention to detail, precision work, and when they see the little ones reading the book, it gives the entire process a practical meaning.)

Using the Color Editor under the EXTRAS MENU,the students also learn how to colorize a black and white scanned graphic.

Students will continue to work on their Hyperfolio text files. They can also scan drawings they have done, load them as backgrounds for their stories, and colorize them.

SIXTH, SEVENTH,& EIGHTH GRADES: should be able to combine all elements in a wide range of projects.

INTERNET ADDRESSES

Andover School Technology Plan

Amon Carter Museum - American Art Resource

Art Education Resources

Art History Resources on the Web

Artists on the Web

Art Lex a dictionary of visual art terminology

Arts

Arts and Ecology

Arts USA

Art Techniques, Model Magic Activities and...