I apologize for the lateness of my reflection. It’s been kind of a long, tough week, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet. I choose to use Flickr for our photo sharing activity. I have a background in photography, but have gotten away from it in recent years. I’ve had the bug to get back into it lately, and a photo sharing site is an obvious place to display any work I might be doing in the up coming months. As an art teacher, I can think of numerous ways a photo sharing site could be useful for my students. They could use it to share photo ideas, inspirations, and resources for projects. Or, they could also photograph their work and build an online portfolio. The applications for photo sharing are really endless in a creative, visual art setting. The problem for me is, our district blocks EVERY photo sharing site. I tried eight different sites, and not a one made it past the filter. I suppose that answers the question about concerns. Content is definitely an issue. When I first opened the Flickr to get started with our activity, one of the first pictures I saw posted was of Japanese animated porn! Right there on the home page! So, I guess that might be a problem in a classroom setting.
I found the reading this week much easier to relate to as an educator. I’m glad that it was a little less broad and started to focus on the “how” of instructional design. I’ve had some experience with the ADDIE model, and was surprised at how closely I follow its structure in my own lesson planning. Elements of the model like authentic problem solving, valid assessment, and learner selected objectives and learning methods are all regular parts of a visual art curriculum. I also found it interesting that the author mentioned that early ID models were largely based around behaviorism. I find that I incorporate a lot of this philosophy into my own day to day planning and teaching. I teach a number of special needs students, so behavioral issues can play a big part in the success of a lesson.
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