Capturing the Art Class: Capturing the Art Class:

Use of the Document Camera to enhance the Use of the Document Camera to enhance the Visual Arts experience.Visual Arts experience.

IntroductionIntroduction

Welcome to my art Welcome to my art room!room!

As you enter my art room you will As you enter my art room you will see many ways that learning is see many ways that learning is achieved through visual media.achieved through visual media.

In the center of the classroom sits In the center of the classroom sits my “technology table” that my “technology table” that houses my document camera, houses my document camera, LCD projector, laptop, and any LCD projector, laptop, and any other tools I may need.other tools I may need.

Teacher UseTeacher Use

I use my document camera to project everything that I need the students to see as a whole class. This allows me to conduct a whole class demonstration with very little energy dispersed!! (Which is great at my 9 months pregnant state! =)

Student UseStudent Use

I also use the document camera so that students I also use the document camera so that students can display their own process in painting or can display their own process in painting or other artwork. This makes their achievements other artwork. This makes their achievements even more rewarding as they can see their own even more rewarding as they can see their own hands moving in such a large scale!! I also have hands moving in such a large scale!! I also have the choice of capturing the image to send home.the choice of capturing the image to send home.

Figure Drawing!Figure Drawing!

Integrating the document camera within a lesson was a breeze!

In this figure drawing lesson, we rotated the camera lens and captured still images of students posing in the front of the class.

We then projected the image onto the white board and learned how to draw figures in different poses.

The students loved to see themselves on the screen!!

Zooming In!!Zooming In!!In this Abstract appreciation lesson, students were able to appreciate the art of abstraction. When we discussed how some abstract work came from simple, everyday objects that has been enlarged, we were able to use the zoom feature of the document camera to create our own abstract art.

Students arranged their own everyday art materials and zoomed in until they reached a desired effect. Some even chose to set objects at unconventional angles for an even better result!!