AMY Northwest Middle School

Student Teacher: Kate Shindle
Cooperating Teacher: Walter Myrick

Learning How to use Google Canvas and Create Drawings

Due to unfortunate circumstances, we are all learning and teaching from home on our devices. Many people think that art class should be impossible to teach online. Thanks to technology, we have a program called Google Canvas to help bring art class to each student’s home. This lesson will show students all the amenities of the digital program, such as all of the tools/features they can choose from, colors, and layers they can practice with. To show basic knowledge of how to use this program, the students will be given time to create their favorite fruit using Google Canvas. I will expect the entire page to be filled with color, and to have at least one fruit. This will allow the students to draw something manageable, while giving them the opportunity to practice all the different aspects of Google Canvas and get acclimated to it.

 

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Kate Shindle
TYL ‘21, Art Education

Within my own art practice, I’ve found it hard to stick to one medium or canvas at a time. There are constantly so many different artistic paths to travel down, and at times I can’t stick to just one. This is what I love about making art, though. The possibilities are endless, which means that there must be a medium for everyone out there. Art is in all of us; it’s a shame that some feel as though they can’t be artists, or make art, or “can’t even draw a stick figure”. As a teacher, it is my job to inspire and motivate my students, and as an art teacher, it is my job to help my students find that inner artist that they each have inside of them. Some of us may not be the best at drawing with pencil or markers, but masters at clay work. For others, painting may not be the easiest, but jewelry making is. We all can be creative and artistic when we find our perfect medium, and even if we don’t think so, having a good art teacher to encourage and remind us really does help.

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Kate Shindle’s visual note

Kate Shindle’s visual note