The Elements of Art need to come together when an artist thinks about a compositional design. This intentional and thoughtful process inspired my students to sing and dance 
(of course).
Watch their super cute original music video below:

This movie may be short, but we invested 20 lunch recesses into making this happen.
Take a look at the behind the scenes video below or use this link.

My fifth graders did it! Teaching art projects on iPads is unchartered territory for me so every success is a huge piece of news for Dryden's art program. The latest success is an all grade-level collaborative animation project on the iPads using the technique of rotoscoping.
Here is my first blog post stating my plan for this rotoscoping lesson.
Here is the blog post showing our movie that we planned to animate.
Here is the blog post showing the amazing thing that happened when we began this project.
Here is our final movie below:

Congratulations to the following students who will have art on display: 
Sophia S. 4-3  The Scream Painting 
Kylie S. 4-3  Digital Rene Magritte 
Zach Z. 4-3 Digital Rene Magritte 
Joanna G. 3-4 Appalachian Mountains 
Elizabeth S. K-1 What is Art?  
Vanessa M. 5-3 Not Christina's World Painting 
Ava W. 2-2 Different is Good 
Emily T. K-3 What is Art? 
Lexi C. 3-4 Watercolor Leaves 
Peter G. 3-2 Nice: My Wish for the World 
Kenzie W. 3-2 Play: My Wish for the World 
Michael S. 3-2 Fair: My Wish for the World 
Ben G. 3-2 Best: My Wish for the World 
Alex C. 3-2 Life: My Wish for the World 
Robert J. MA2 Spooky Landscape 
Owen W. MA2 Spooky Landscape 
Timothy B. 5-4 Self-Portrait 
Alexis E. 5-4 Self-Portrait 
Jesse Z. 1-1 Monochromatic Fish 
Lucas B. 3-3 Save: My Wish for the World 
Charlotte L. 1-3 Patterned Mittens 
Annabelle H. 2-3 Spooky Landscape 
Haley D. 5-3 Digital Not Christina's World 
Chris R. 5-2 Digital Not Christina's World 
Daniella D. 5-1 Self-Portrait 
Aiden B. 5-1 Self-Portrait 
Isabella H. 3-3 Watercolor Leaves 
Kamila P. 3-3 Love: My Wish for the World 
Brenda P. K-3 Pumpkin Patch Landscape 
Marion B. 4-4 The Scream Painting 
Ryan S.1-3 Lima Bean Monster 
Kate W. 1-1 Eat Your Veggies 
Isabel M. 1-1 Eat Your Veggies 
Jill N. 1-1 Eat Your Veggies 
Emily D. 1-1 Eat Your Veggies 
Michelle J. 5-2 Cultural Arts Fair Program Cover Winner

Congratulations to my Fugleflick Filmmakers who created the NUMBER ONE student made movie in the NextVista.org Video Contests in 2011.

The audience voted from a group of winning videos from the NextVista.org contests and chose our silly and educational video on Careers in Art as the winner.

Congratulations to:
Alec, David, Jason, Kevin, Riley, Will 
and Mrs. Mueller
View our video below.

Over 7000 art educators from across the country and around the world converged for a tremendously inspiring professional development conference in the heart of NYC. Take a look at my experience thanks to my art teacher friends from my online personal learning network who enrich and support me, to Artsonia who screened 4 of my students' artwork on a 30ft LED screen via the Big Screen Plaza, to NAEA who provided excellent speakers, discounts on museums, collaboration parties, etc and the generous support of my school district which made this trip possible. I am very fortunate. The poster image on the movie below shows me at the Starbucks Tweet Up posing with my former Art Ed Professor but current Art Education Rock Star, Dr. Elizabeth Delacruz, University of Illinois.
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I presented four times each with dynamic and inspiring art teachers from across the country. See my conference schedule with links to presentation resources on previous post here.