20 TEGR 112: TEACHING ART IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADE

Lesson 3.3: Correlating Art with

Technology and Other Subjects

Lesson Summary
This lesson discusses ways of integrating art with technology and to other
subjects

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to develop a way to integrate
technology with art and include art in another subject area

Motivation Question
Can you still remember during your elementary days when your teacher
provided you an art activity during the Science lesson or Math lesson? What
topic was it and what output have you created?

Discussion
Computer technology in the 21st century has significantly changed the
educational aspect all over the world. Students thus need to be computer
literate in order to compete academically and in their future job.
In teaching art, the use of computers makes the class more exciting.
It can be a vital tool for learning art and across the curriculum. “Art teachers
who are technologically literate are uniquely positioned to play a major role in their
schools’ attempts to restructure in the face of an ever-changing global
marketplace” – Phillip Dunn

Using computers, students can access different images and see world
arts. They can engage in a critical discussion about a masterpiece and
compare and contrast the art in varieties of culture. Students can also visit
virtual museums on websites. Computers offer interactive learning processes
that can be accessed by the students and serve as additional learning tools.

TWELVE GOOD REASONS TO USE THE INTERNET IN THE ART CLASSROOM

Once your art classroom is connected to the Internet, you can do the
following:
1. Network and share ideas with other art educators around the globe

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2. Collaborate with other art teachers on student art exchanges and joint
classroom projects
3. Participate in professional development courses and workshops offered
over the Internet
4. Download and incorporate online tools, images, and curricular resources in
your lesson presentations
5. Promote your art program globally by posting students' teaching materials
and assignments on your school's website.
6. Take a virtual tour of art museums and other public art sites worldwide.
7. Promote student research into art and visual culture using online tools and
resources
8. Foster student dialogue and collaboration with their peers from other
schools
9. Build connections to other subject areas in the school curriculum
10. Expose students to different perspectives and ways to visually represent
the world.
11. Allow students to learn online from artists and other art professionals
12. Empower students to use the Internet as a medium for personal
expression, communication, and lifelong learning
Source: Craig Roland, The Art Teacher’s Guide to the Internet (Worcester, MA:
Davis Publications, 2005,) p. 16.

Visual arts such as painting, drawing, and even making crafts can be used to
make tedious and complicated subjects be engaging to the students.
Students are either presented with an existing art or asked to make an
object related to any discipline of their course of study. This process of
creating or observing art helps children simply absorb complex concepts.
INTEGRATION OF ART TO OTHER SUBJECTS
Life Sciences: Students can be provided with painting or objects, say
animals or trees, and made to discuss the diverse facets of the painting.
Students can be asked to make a drawing of the objects being discussed
example, a leaf. Students can also be made to observe an object (e.g., a
caterpillar or a butterfly) and made a drawing based on their observations.
Students can also be presented with different life cycle stages and express
their understanding of those stages in a visual format.
Mathematics: For younger students to remember numbers, they can be
made to color drawings of numbers. Repeating this activity will get this
imprinted in the mind of the students. Similarly, children may have to draw
with a geometric object such as a line, shapes, and shapes to teach
geometry.

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Geography: In teaching culture or topics about other countries, Kids can be

made to draw flags. Students can also be made to illustrate maps and color
different regions using different colors.
History: Teachers can also show paintings or pictures of different eras'
architecture to facilitate a discussion.
Music education: Students can be made to draw figures while listening to a
specific genre of music.
Language skills: Students can be given new vocabulary words and be made
to draw the word’s meaning. Also, just like number coloring activities, children
can be given tasks of coloring different alphabets or words.

ADVANTAGES OF THE INTEGRATION OF ART WITH LEARNING.

Increased engagement: Contrary to textbook learning, which may become

monotonous and routine, art engages learners in new ways. Whether they
observe a design or paint or create one, they must be wholly immersed in the
activity. Arts also make learning more enjoyable.

Improving the quality of learning: Because children are more engaged, this
positively impacts learning quality. Due to greater participation, the learning
stays in the children's minds long after leaving the classroom. Studies have
also shown that integrating the arts helps improve children's engagement and
significantly affects their academic performance.

Stimulate creativity: To be successful in today's times, creativity is an

essential skill. Not all kids are inclined towards art. For those who have less
interest in art, incorporating art into learning can be an excellent introduction
to creativity.

Increased confidence: Whether painting, drawing, or coloring, these activities

offer children a creative way of communicating their emotions. Even if it is
merely a drawing, making a work of art also gives a sense of accomplishment
and success. In this way, incorporating art into learning reduces children's
fears of failure and encourages them to take more risks.

Source: https://liveyourpassion.in/self-interest/art/Get-started/Make-
Learning-Fun-by-Integrating-Art-into-Other-Subjects-316

Learning Tasks/Activities
1. Read the discussion in this module. And perform the given tasks.
Unit 3 Lesson 3.3 Activity 1 (Art Integrated Across Curriculum)
1. Select a topic from any subject in an elementary grade.

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2. Think of a way how you can integrate a concept of Art in this particular
topic.
3. Prepare the materials, for example, worksheets that you intended to use in
teaching the topic with art integration

Unit 3 Lesson 3.3 Activity 2 (Art Integrated with Technology)

1. Select a topic from the Elements and Principles of Art and think of a part
in a lesson process to integrate technology in teaching art.
2. Create the material with technology integration. For example, suppose you
mean using PowerPoint presentations in presenting pictures. In that case,
you have to create a presentation, or if you want to use a short video clip,
you have to provide a copy of a video clip.
3. Do not limit yourself to the use of computers and the Internet. You can
record yourself or someone doing a performance or art to be shown in
class.
4. Provide a short detail on how you intend to use that particular material to
teaching Elements and Principles of Art to elementary graders.

Assessment
1. Perform all the activities enumerated on the tasks. Make sure to save a
copy of the output and the materials as these will be included in the portfolio
at the end of the semester.
2. Make a reflection about the lesson with this guide question:
a. Can we integrate art with other subjects across the curriculum and
with technology?
b. What did you feel while thinking about the activities where you
can insert art? Was it difficult?
c. What advice can you give to your future self when dealing with
technology in art.

Instructions on how to submit student output

• Encode your answer and save it in a WORD format. Name your file
Learning Task:
Family Name_CourseOffering_Unit#_ Lesson#_Activity#
Domingo_M090_Unit3_Lesson3.1_Activity1
Assessment:
Family Name_CourseOffering_Unit#_ Lesson#_Assessment#
Domingo_M090_Unit3_Lesson3.1_Assessment 1

• Submit your output to the email address of your instructor:

[email protected]

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Module Posttest

TRUE or FALSE
__________1. Stage setting should be an attention in an art class.
__________2. Activity such as DRAW and TELL develops confidence in a child.
__________3. Grades and rewards are example of extrinsic motivation.
__________4. Demonstration should be fine-tuned.
__________5. We can find differences and uniqueness in every child in a
group.

References

Arts Curriculum. (2011). Canada: Prince Edward Island.

Hurwitz, A., & Day, M. (2007). Children and Their Art Methods for Elementary School. USA:
Thomson Wadsworth.

Ingram, C. (2020). Retrieved from Art Class Curator: Island, P. e. (2011). Prince Edward Island
Arts Curriculum.
Lancaster, J. (2003). Art In The Primary School. New York: Routledge.

Teaching the Elements of Art - one by one. (2020). Retrieved from https://www.design-your-
homeschool.com/: https://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Elements-of-Art.html
Young, M. (2020). Elementary Art Guide. Retrieved from eric.ed.gov:
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED103334.pdf

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