Visual Arts Education and 21st Century Workplace Readiness Skills
(View Complete Item Description)Virginia’s visual arts instructional programs reinforce and support Virginia’s 21st Century Workplace Readiness Skills.
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All resources in VDOE Visual Arts
Visual Arts SOL: Standard 9 At-a-Glance
(View Complete Item Description)The purpose of this document is to highlight standard nine of the 2020 Visual Arts Standards of Learning. This standard in all grade levels relates connecting music content, skills, and processes to career options, college opportunities, and the 21st Century workplace. Teachers and curriculum specialists can use this document to plan a sequence of instruction that prepares students for career, college, and workplace connections in visual arts education.
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Visual Arts SOL: Alignment to the 5 Cs
(View Complete Item Description)The Visual Arts Standards of Learning (SOL) are intentionally and directly aligned with the skills outlined in the Profile of a Virginia Graduate. The goal statements in the attached document are taken directly from the 2020 Visual Arts SOL document and re-organized to demonstrate alignment to the “5 Cs”.
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Examples of Visual Arts-related Careers
(View Complete Item Description)This document provides examples of careers in and related to visual arts.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: K-2 Media Exploration Station Rotation
(View Complete Item Description)Local Art Collaboration. Facilitated by the teacher, students connect with a high school art class to collaborate within a cloud-based platform on a digital work of art. Each student has the opportunity to contribute to the work of art.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 6-8 Digital Portfolio Slide Deck
(View Complete Item Description)Digital Portfolio Slide Deck of Personal Artwork Series. Students can use digital presentation software to share the process and result of a series of original works of art.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 6-8 Multimedia Artist Statements
(View Complete Item Description)Multimedia Artist Statements. Middle School students have learned a variety of methods for communication and when given a choice of format for personal expression can demonstrate their knowledge effectively. Students can present artist statements in the form of writing, audio recording, video recording, presentation, and more, allowing students flexibility and choice in expressing what they learned and what they did in the creation of an art project.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 6-8 Personalize Learning With Video Demos of Art Techniques
(View Complete Item Description)Personalize Learning with Video Demonstrations of Art Techniques. Video clips of art techniques covered in class allow students to pause, repeat, and access content on demand as needed for review, remediation, make-up work, and/or enrichment.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Identifying Copyright Infringement in Art
(View Complete Item Description)Identifying Copyright Infringement in Art. Students will research prominent cases of infringement, fair use, and appropriation of images in the arts.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 11-12 Multimedia Summative Portfolios
(View Complete Item Description)Multimedia Summative Portfolios. Students include both process and product documentation as well as reflections of learning. The portfolio could take the form of a website, slidedeck, interactive PDF and more.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 10-12 Student Design Themed Virtual Art Exhibition
(View Complete Item Description)Student-Designed Themed Virtual Art Exhibition. Students will design a virtual exhibition based on a theme of concept and develop criteria for curating works to include in the exhibition.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Digital Discussions Around Art
(View Complete Item Description)Think Critically about Art using Digital Discussions. Students develop critical thinking skills by engaging with artistic works and in describing, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating works of self and others.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Tracking Self-Assessment Over Time
(View Complete Item Description)Tracking Self-Assessment Over Time. Students use interactive digital tools to document progress over time. A common rubric can be used for self-assessment and reflection, based on teacher-established criteria and/or personal learning goals set by the student.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Video Conference With Professional Artists
(View Complete Item Description)Video Conference With Professional Artists. Use video conferencing tools to engage with and interview professional artists about their creative processes and career pathway.
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Digital Media Lesson Starter: Digital Monster Illustrations
(View Complete Item Description)Students will explore elements if art in a digital drawing program.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 3-5 Students as Art Gallery Curators
(View Complete Item Description)Students as Art Gallery Curators. Students can collect images of art work on sites approved by the teacher, which adhere to copyright and acceptable use guidelines. Images can be collected based on a theme identified by the student, or by the teacher based on lesson/unit objectives. Students can upload images and identifying information to a digital gallery for viewing by classmates, parents, and other community members or partners.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 3-5 Virtual Art Discussions
(View Complete Item Description)Virtual Art Discussions. Students can respond to a style or collection of artwork using discussion tools in the school’s Learning Management System (LMS).
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: K-2 Interview With an Artist
(View Complete Item Description)Interview with an Artist. Using a video conferencing platform, facilitated by the teacher, students can meet a local artist. The artist can discuss their creative process and give a tour of their studio, show what they are currently working on, and ask questions to the artist.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: K-2 Local Art Collaboration
(View Complete Item Description)Local Art Collaboration. Facilitated by the teacher, students connect with a high school art class to collaborate within a cloud-based platform on a digital work of art. Each student has the opportunity to contribute to the work of art. During the process, students will learn from each other and gain insights into new perspectives. Students will have the opportunity to video chat with fellow collaborators when possible, and give each other feedback. At the end of the collaboration, the classes can share their artwork in a digital gallery, along with artist statements describing their ideas and process.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: K-2 Video Artist Statement
(View Complete Item Description)Video Artist Statement. With support from a teacher, young artists can share information about their art making process and product on video.
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