As we discovered in class this week there are many ways that mobile devices can be used as productive and useful tools within a classroom setting. We have been prompted to identify at least three ways that the cell phones could be used within our classroom and two of them need to be specific to our subject areas. Due to my wanting to apply all three examples to my area of interest, all three of them have to do with the use of mobil devices within the areas of an art/ art history classroom (secondary education).

Things that would be really cool to do...divide the kids into groups making sure that at least one of the kids has a cell phone...

1. Make them take 3 different pictures both outside/inside that challenge the idea of "what art is". This is in correspondence to a unit on contemporary art and how artists continue to challenge the notion about what art is and how/if it functions.

2. Another way is to make them take a picture of one object of the groups choice and all have them draw or paint their own representation of that one item. It will display the individual creativity of each member of the group as well as be an example as how each artist has made their own representation of the same objects and places but each is unique. Such as the differences between the trees of Van Gogh compared to the trees of another artist.

3. It can be used as a museum scavenger hunt where I could text them a prompt such as "find me a painting that falls into the realm of realism or challenges the notion of identity or patriotism".

peace out

SC