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Visual art is an invaluable tool for educators who want to foster a creative environment for their students. While most would prefer a field trip to world-class museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art or Museum of Modern Art, it is not always a realistic option during a busy school year. With your Promethean ActivPanel<\/a> and its device-agnostic compatibility, you can bypass the parent permission slips and tedious planning, but still enjoy a night at the museum with students and parents.<\/p>\n

Pick Your Field Trip<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For example, you can teach a unit lesson on Vincent Van Gogh\u2019s Starry Night<\/a>, and guide your students in running their own interactive art exhibit on their digital devices. Utilizing the National Core Arts Standards<\/a> (NCSA) to set assignment parameters, ActivConnect and ClassFlow will also help you facilitate each step of this project-based assessment process.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Without reinventing the original lesson, ClassFlow allows you to effortlessly convert resources<\/a> and share content<\/a> with student devices at your ideal pace. Creating activities<\/a> in ClassFlow that will check students\u2019 ability to analyze and interpret key aspects of Van Gogh\u2019s work (such as a simple matching game<\/a>). Afterwards, students can apply newly acquired knowledge in the digital sketch lab with one of the ideal apps for the art classroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check for Understanding<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Quick Poll feature is an excellent way to segue to the next step of the lesson and give students the opportunity to interpret meaning and intent behind the artwork. After running your preferred polling type<\/a>, bring home teachable moments of the lesson by extensively interacting with poll results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Use Apps for Interactivity <\/strong><\/h4>\n

By installing apps<\/a> from the Google Play Store on your ActivPanel like Starry Night Interactive<\/a>, ActivConnect seamlessly transforms your classroom into a live, participatory art exhibit. Add Adobe Photoshop Sketch<\/a> into the app wheel, and you will be able to operate the app with the same user interface experience as your smartphone or tablet. The Promethean Annotate App<\/a> will allow you to simultaneously walk students through visual aspects of the assignment and make notes. When mirroring a student’s work<\/a> on Sketch, the Annotate App is great for providing instant feedback by highlighting key aspects of the students\u2019 own versions of Starry Night<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Share Student Work with the Class<\/strong><\/h4>\n

When students finished individual assignments and received critique for their work, it\u2019s time to open their own gallery and host the exhibition opening live from your classroom. With Sketch pre-installed on their device, students will serve as guides to the event at their assigned stations and showcase their work to parents. Accompanied by refreshments, parents can also create their own artworks on Sketch and participate in the final Paint and Sip event.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Students can use ActivCast to display Mom and Dad\u2019s masterpiece and give critique with the Annotate app. Use the screen capture<\/a> function to create an archive of images from the session that will be a part of the Impression Gallery<\/a> app. Hold a contest for the best artworks of the night, and use the Instant Whiteboard App<\/a> to feature the winning images. Last but not least, don\u2019t forget that there\u2019s always room on the infinite canvas<\/a> to capture all of the highlights of a successful Night at the Museum.<\/p>\n

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