Art,+Technology,+and+Education,+December+3

**Teacher's Lounge: Art, Technology, and Education**
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 [|More information] // Have you been using technology in your classroom? When is technology vital to teaching and learning and when does it get in the way? Have you thought about how technology contributes to learning in and through the arts? Join us for an informal discussion of these questions and hear firsthand from some of your peers about their experiences with educational technology tools. This workshop includes hands-on opportunities to try out selected platforms and apps. //

Program Facilitators: Georgina Valverde, Kristin Enright, and Jack Gruszczynski
Teacher Programs Intern: Sophie Bolla Guest Presenter*: Tamara Kaldor


 * ***Tamara Kaldor** ||
 * Tamara Kaldor, M.S., is a child development expert with over a decade of experience teaching and consulting with parents, educators, and leading international organizations to integrate technology to support the social-emotional and learning needs of ALL children. Tamara is a Regional Program Manager for Common Sense Media and Program Coordinator for Erikson Institute's Technology in Early Childhood (TEC) Center. She has been invited to deliver workshops on digital citizenship, integrating technology into the classroom and lesson plans, and navigating the digital world responsibly throughout Chicago, the U.S. and internationally. ||

**Related Links and Resources**
Common Sense www.commonsense.org Common Sense Education provides teachers and schools with free research-based classroom tools to help students harness technology for learning and life, helping them to make safe, smart, and ethical decisions in the digital world. Its educational rating system, Graphite, helps educators discover, use, and share high-quality digital products that propel student learning.

Graphite www.graphite.org
 * [|Graphite: Awesome Apps and Sites for the Arts]
 * [|Graphite: High School Websites for Creativity and the Arts]
 * Graphite: Great Art History Apps and Websites
 * [|Graphite: Art Museum Learning Resources]

SAMR, a model for reflecting on how you're integrating technology: is it an act of Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, or Redefinition? [|Introduction to the SAMR Model (Video)]

Additional Links and Resources
Lesson plan selections for "teching up"

Pre-K

Language Arts lesson in [|Artwork Resource Packet: Thanksgiving by Doris Lee]

[|Lesson Plan: The Inca Project]

[|Activity: Boy on a Ram]

K – 5

[|Lesson Plan: Texture Sculpture]

[|Lesson Plan: Vessel Volumes from Website: Cleopatra]

Lesson Plan: African Myths and Stories from [|Website: Art Access: African Art]

Water, Water Everywhere lesson in [|Artwork Resource Packet: Distant View of Niagara Falls by Thomas Cole]

6 – 8

[|Lesson Plan: Create an Abstract Urban Landscape]

[|Lesson Plan: Industry and Environment]

9 – 12

Dear Diary lesson in [|Artwork Resource Packet: Train Station by Walter Ellison]

[|Lesson Plan: Plant and Animal Classification]

Lesson Plan: The Effects of Acid Rain on Stone Sculpture from [|Website: Science, Art, and Technology]

Home Sweet Home lesson in [|Artwork Resource Packet: The Rock by Peter Blume]