Ok got that out of my system. Now for the AR summary, it has taken some time to organize myself as usual. Dr. Ludgate's video on the summary was encouraging. Glad to be almost there.
As for my findings in AR, I have concluded that the middle school art student reacts well to peer critique when done online such as using a social network like Facebook, Flikr, or Ning. This also helps when students are then forced to speak to others about personal artwork. I have found that my students don't always listen to what I have to say about their artwork because they have to listen to me, just one person's view, all year long. Having multiple views and comments can really challenge the student to see what it is he or she can improve on.
My lit review focused on student personal interest in relation to art, how this would create more interest in their projects. In the end, this personal reflection helped choose an original idea for their art piece in the Junior Visual Arts Scholastic Event. It combined the 1st idea I had with AR in proposing a project on student personal interests with that of the actual research, which happened to become an online critiquing process aiding in judging for a competition.
Overall, students were more involved and happy with the results.
Photograph by Ashley Burch - Students with medals and artwork at the Jr. VASE competition
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