During Term Three I had the pleasure of working with both the Art and Maori teachers in combining a unit of work with the Year 6 students. The brief was to use their knowledge from Maori and Art to produce a pendant or magnet. Through Maori the girls learnt about the patterns depicted in the wharenui. They discussed the meaning behind the traditional colours of red, white, black and green and chose their object accordingly. As students drew their images, they were mindful that these pictures held a story and the design of their fridge magnet of pendant had to represent something of personal meaning to each individual.
Through their Art classes, they looked at shapes. They were challenged to identify open and closed, positive and negative spaces on their design and use the same image replicated differently with these concepts. Finally the design was printed using our 3D printers. We used an app on the iPad called PrintShop which captured a photo of the girls design. From here we were able to resize and manipulate it before printing it. I am grateful to our Art and Maori teachers, Maria and Sue for their collaboration and combined effort to make this unit of work such a success.
Linda Chong
Head of the St Margaret's College Centre for Innovation
Cross posted from the St Margaret's College Centre for Innovation Blog
Thanks Linda for sharing this fabulous way you are starting to work in a cross-curricular way. I thoroughly enjoyed the recent session you ran for our ChchEd Maker Event recently and I know that teachers who went to your workshop were equally inspired.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pauline. The Chch Ed event was a great hit and thoroughly enjoyable.
DeleteThanks Linda for sharing this fabulous way you are starting to work in a cross-curricular way. I thoroughly enjoyed the recent session you ran for our ChchEd Maker Event recently and I know that teachers who went to your workshop were equally inspired.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant post Linda! Love the way you are collaborating with teachers across a range of curriculum areas to infuse innovation and tech. Thanks so much for sharing.:-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Aimie. I'm looking forward to more creative enterprises with you.
DeleteYou are doing such great things in 3D design, Linda. Really exciting to read about it.
ReplyDeleteWonderful example of bringing teachers of different strengths together to collaborate and create. Great to read re the positive uptake of staff to the concepts.
ReplyDeleteYou always rock it, Linda. Love how it is never theory with you and you get on and do it.
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