MY(digital)SELF-STUDENTS CREATE MEDIA ART

Silver level

Published on 6/7/2013

Learning objectives

  • to investigate their identity and gain self confidence, self-esteem, respect and acceptance of diversity.
  • adopt shooting skills and acting poses through cooperation and interaction with their peers and with help of a photographer and an actress
  • edit photos using technology and create New Media Art (video) about themselves. Management of their photos online and presentation to public
Created for

Ages 11 - 13

Subject

Art / Design

Digital/Media Literacy

Social Studies

Technology/ICT

Twenty-first century skills

21st Century Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Knowledge building & critical thinking

Global awareness & civic literacy

ICT for learning

Problem solving & innovation (creativity)

Student self-assessment

Featured tools

Interactive Cl...

Microsoft Powe...
Windows 7
Windows Movie ...

Kidspiration

Gimp

Picmonkey

PowerDirector II

Dermandar

Required hardware

PC

Tablet

Phone

Electronic white board

Instructional approach

Project based learning (PBL)

Personalized learning

Direct instruction

Independent study

Learning activity details

A unit with the 6th grade students of Kolossi Primary School in the lesson of Fine Arts. The students explore their identity using kidspiration and then they pose and shoot photos with their personal devises of each other. They edit photos on Gimp and Picmonkey and then they created their video presenting themselves, using Windows Movie Maker. They present their work to their peers and then to an exhibition to parents and guests. They also published their work online.

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